Senior Analyst

Join us as a Senior Analyst within the corporate Banking Coverage Support Hub, where you will play a key role in supporting critical banking processes and frontline teams. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality operational and analytical support across the deal lifecycle, ensuring accuracy, efficiency and seamless execution of business-critical activities. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders, streamline processes, and enable relationship teams to focus on client delivery and revenue-generating initiatives.

About Corporate Banking:

Corporate Banking provides integrated banking solutions, specialist advice, products and services to businesses of all sizes, multi-national companies, financial institutions and multinationals in non-UK markets

About Deal Support Team:
The Deal Support Team (DST) was setup in May 2008 with an objective to provide support to the Corporate and Business Banking origination teams through research and analysis. It provides end to end support in the deal value chain, right from prospect generation to pitchbook and engagement books to support initial client meeting or annual discussions with the existing customers.­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Also supporting with ancillary services through the Coverage Support Hub

Overall purpose of role:

Working within a Coverage Support Hub to provide first class operational support to frontline Corporate Banking UK Coverage colleagues through the completion of defined tasks including but not limited to Annual Review Process and KYC review, Transaction Monitoring, Pricing Review etc. creating capacity for Associate Bankers and Relationship Directors to focus on the key business objectives

• Collaborating with frontline colleagues for successful execution of essential, business critical procedures and templates within dedicated area of work, which provide significant value to the whole of UK Corporate Coverage

• Drive continuous improvement to review & streamline processes. Develop and implement improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency & productivity

Key Skills Required for this role (Basic/ Essential Qualifications):

• Precision in undertaking critical administrative activities and ensuring all information is accurate and aligned with standard operating procedures at all times

• Ability to prioritise & manage multiple projects simultaneously to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Passion to support and/or execute ad-hoc initiatives, projects or remediation activity, as required

• Collect, analyse and interpret data to generate insights for effective business decision making.

• Prepare reports & presentations to depict performance and improvement initiatives to management & stakeholders

• Identify and mitigate process risks to ensure business continuity

• Stay up-to date on industry best practices & trends in operations management

• Familiarity with relevant software, including CRM tools and workflow management systems

• Strong written and verbal communication skills to interact with internal teams and stakeholders

• Team player with the ability to work cross-functionally with various departments and teams

• Ability to guide and mentor other team members

• Ability to drive and embed a Consistently Excellent mindset across the team

• Understand the importance of risk and control in line with the ambitions of the Bank

• Proficient in MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint)

• Knowledge and understanding of the financial services industry, in particular corporate or investment banking products

• Flexible to work in shifts, particularly UK

​Some of Highly Valued Skills (Desired Skills/ Desirable skillsets/ good to have):

• Preferably a Postgraduate or MBA or MBA equivalent

• Experience in the banking/ middle office or related field

• Ability to analyse data and generate monthly insights and reports for internal stakeholders

• Ability to be flexible and organised

• Expertise in process improvement methodologies to reduce waste and enhance process efficiencies

• Develop and maintain network of contacts within relevant specialist areas and projects; ensure business and process knowledge is up to date; use expert knowledge to positively influence decisions

• Ability to think critically and act decisively in high-pressure situations to resolve issues swiftly

Risk and Control Objective:

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as strong stakeholder management, data analysis and project delivery skills, with the ability to drive process improvements, influence decisions, and deliver outcomes in high-pressure environment.

This role is based in Gurugram.

Purpose of the role

To support coverage to grow income for both new and existing customers by providing marketing leading tools, a world class learning & development programme as well as analytical support in terms of sales management tools to contribute to the overall success of UKC. 

Accountabilities

• Design, execution and embedding of an ongoing roadmap to provides market leading Tools for RDs and Coverage.
• Design, execution and embedding of an ongoing training plan to provide ‘World Class Learning’.
• Support the delivery of mar
• ket leading client collateral to provide a competitive advantage to RDs.   .
• Collaboration with Product to develop market leading industry/segment focused products and multi product solutions and develop and drive initiatives.
• Development of the data capability across UK Corporate to enable delivery of client insights to drive acquisitions and increase wallet share.
• Maximise the positive impact of UCRM and Salesforce as a tool for Corporate Banking.
• Implementation of agreed minimum standards and best practices across UK Corporate  and support this with sales management tools to drive overall success.

• Analyst Expectations

• To meet the needs of stakeholders/ customers through specialist advice and support
• Perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard which will impact both the role itself and surrounding roles.
• Likely to have responsibility for specific processes within a team
• They may lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources. They supervise a team, allocate work requirements and coordinate 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 manage own workload, take responsibility for the implementation of systems and processes within own work area and participate on projects broader than direct team.
• Execute work requirements as identified in processes and procedures, collaborating with and impacting on the work of closely related teams.
• Check work of colleagues within team to meet internal and stakeholder requirements.
• Provide specialist advice and support pertaining to own work area.
• 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 all teams in area contribute to the objectives of the broader sub-function, delivering impact on the work of collaborating teams.
• Continually develop awareness of the underlying principles and concepts on which the work within the area of responsibility is based, building upon administrative / operational expertise.
• Make judgements based on practise and previous experience.
• Assess the validity and applicability of previous or similar experiences and evaluate options under circumstances that are not covered by procedures.
• Communicate sensitive or difficult information to customers in areas related specifically to customer advice or day to day administrative requirements.
• Build relationships with stakeholders/ customers to identify and address their needs.

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.