Vice President, Insurance Coverage – International Corporate Banking Americas

Step into the role of Vice President, Insurance Coverage – International Corporate Banking Americas at Barclays. As a Vice President within our Insurance Coverage team in ICB Americas, you’ll be at the forefront of our mission: partnering directly with client treasury departments to deliver tailored solutions across debt and trade products. You should be a high-caliber, commercially driven Vice President to contribute to the expansion of our Insurance Corporate Banking portfolio. This is a purely growth-oriented role designed for an experienced banker who can identify, prospect, and onboard the next generation of successful insurance names. You will bridge the gap between complex insurance balance sheets and modern banking solutions, focusing on the unique treasury needs of Insurance SMEs and high-growth mid-market firms. This is a high-visibility role where your expertise and energy will help shape how we grow and serve this critical client segment.

To be successful as a Vice President, Insurance Coverage - International Corporate Banking Americas, you should have:

• Insurance SME Expertisein Corporate Banking or Financial Institutions Group (FIG), with a deep focus on the Insurance sector

• A granular understanding of how insurance treasury functions operate, including premium collection cycles, claims payments, and regulatory capital requirements (e.g., BMA, Solvency II, or NAIC)

• ​ Proven track record in selling Transaction Banking (liquidity/payments) and Trade Finance (Letters of Credit/Guarantees) specifically to insurance clients

• A grasp of capital markets, structured finance, and liquidity management strategies

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Enjoying the challenge of prospecting and have a demonstrated history of exceeding new business targets

• Ability to listen to a client’s pain points and pivot the bank’s offering into a bespoke, commercially viable solution

• Exceptional clarity and confidence in presentations. You must be able to lead discussions with C-suite executives at both established firms and emerging insurance leaders

• Experience in business development within a complex financial institution, knowing how to align internal stakeholders to win a mandate

• You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

• This role is located in New York.

• Minimum Salary: $145,000

• Maximum Salary: $215,000

• The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Purpose of the role

To establish and nurture profitable partnerships with both corporate and individual clients. It's the bridge between the bank's offerings and clients' needs, ensuring mutual benefit and long-term success. 

Accountabilities

• Management of client relationships to identify the clients financial goals, challenges, and risk tolerance to support the analysis of data obtained from various sources, including the investment portfolio and cash flow, to identify trends, insights, areas for improvement and additional services to support client needs.
• Research and understanding of the client's industry trends, regulatory landscape, and competitive environment to inform strategic recommendations.
• Design of customised solutions that address the client's specific needs and objectives, incorporating a range of products and services from the bank's portfolio.
• Communication of the value proposition of proposed solutions, justification of recommendations, and negotiation of terms that are beneficial for both the client and the bank.
• Provision of guidance to clients to support their financial decisions, offering expert investment advice, risk management and wealth management strategies support, and updates on market trends to ensure a positive and continuous relationship.
• Assessment of financial, legal, and operational risks associated with client relationships, and implementation of measures to minimise potential losses.
• Documentation of all client interactions, transactions, and agreements to ensure transparency and auditability, and communicate findings effectively to support product development, service offerings, and the overall bank strategy.
• Monitoring of client satisfaction, revenue generated, and other relevant metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of relationship management efforts.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.