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Date live: Jul. 31, 2025

Business Area: See job description

Area of Expertise: Early Careers

Reference Code: JR-0000067544

Contract: Graduate

The main function of this role includes below:
•Assist in the origination and execution of strategic initiatives, ensuring regular progress tracking with emphasis on management and regulatory implications
•Develop and maintain performance reviews, management presentations, strategic documents, governance packs, scorecards, marketing materials and talking points
•Prepare and coordinate materials to support senior leadership meetings and communications
•Conduct in-depth analysis of key performance indicators such as revenue, volumes, and margins/spreads to identify trends, variances, performance gaps, and growth opportunities
•Deliver strategic insights through analysing performance matrix, peer benchmarking and opportunity identification for business growth
•Hold pen on strategic projects aligned with business objectives by creating detailed action plans, tracking milestones, and managing risk communication across stakeholders
•Design dashboards and generate MIS reports covering revenue, returns, client opportunities and interactions, headcount, and more
•Drive continuous improvement initiatives from ideation to implementation, with a strong focus on enhancing client experience
•Streamline and automate reporting processes using analytical tools such as Tableau and Business Objects
•Perform ad hoc analyses to support strategic decision-making and periodic management reviews


Stakeholder Management and Leadership
Strong Planning and Organizational skills, Confident and eloquent in written and oral communication, Analytical Skills, Self-motivated, Focus on Quality, Target Oriented, High on Integrity, Crisis and conflict management, Decision Making, High follow up skills, Enthusiastic, Outstanding negotiation and persuasion skills, Proactive, Ability to handle stress, Take initiative, Team Player, Capable of leading teams, Ability to delegate responsibility, Comfortable at working with numbers, Cooperative, Excellent rapport building skills, Ability to drive results


Decision-making and Problem Solving
Adept at communicating across business and cultural barriers to ensure customer satisfaction; Knowledge of writing proposals & documentation, Exceptional presentation skills, Capability to develop and maintain strong relationships, Potential to handle multiple priorities simultaneously, thrive in a team-oriented & deadline driven environment, Aptitude for negotiating & bargaining.

Purpose of the role

To participate in the day-to-day activities of the international corporate banking division providing insights and expertise that help senior colleagues make informed decisions, develop new products and services, and identify new market opportunities.

Accountabilities

  • Execution of small research projects, research to support strategic decision making, preparation of presentations and reports to communicate research findings, collaboration with senior management to implement research findings for international corporate banking, interacting with global clients and supporting in deals.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives.
  • Participation in training and development programs to enhance skills and knowledge.
  • Identification of opportunities, development of business cases, management of the deployment and launch of new products and services for international corporate banking.
  • Management of client relationships and provision of customer service support to clients and customers, under steadily decreasing supervision, responding to questions about products and services, processing of transactions,.
  • Management of the development and implementation of financial models and strategies that support in decision making for international corporate banking.
  • Training and mentoring of junior colleagues.

Analyst Expectations

  • To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
  • Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
  • Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
  • They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
  • 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
  • Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
  • Partner with other functions and business areas.
  • Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
  • Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
  • Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
  • Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
  • Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
  • Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
  • Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
  • Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
  • Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
  • Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
  • Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.

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