Senior FX and Rates Strategist, Vice President

To generate differentiated macro, FX and rates research and actionable trade recommendations across Emerging Asian markets, helping clients navigate market developments and identify investment opportunities. The role will contribute to Barclays' thought leadership, strengthen institutional client relationships, and enhance the firm's research franchise across Asian markets.

Barclays is seeking an experienced senior strategist to join its Asia FX & Rates Strategy Research team. The successful candidate will combine deep macroeconomic expertise, quantitative rigour and strong market intuition to deliver high-conviction investment views across Emerging Asia FX and local rates markets. The role requires a recognised market practitioner with a strong track record of producing differentiated research, developing actionable trade recommendations, and engaging with institutional investors. The successful candidate will work closely with economists, cross-asset strategists, sales and trading teams, while playing a leading role in shaping Barclays' research agenda across Asia.

Key Responsibilities

• Senior role in research coverage of Emerging Asia FX and rates markets, developing differentiated views on macroeconomic, policy, valuation, flow and technical drivers.
• Generate high-conviction trade recommendations across FX, government bonds, money markets, swaps, futures and cross-market relative value opportunities.
• Develop proprietary analytical frameworks and quantitative models to enhance forecasting, scenario analysis, risk assessment and idea generation.
• Publish timely, insightful and commercially relevant research that combines rigorous analysis with clear investment implications for clients.
• Drive thematic research initiatives on key regional and global macroeconomic issues, including monetary policy, capital flows, geopolitics and structural market developments.
• Analyse central bank policy, fiscal developments, balance-of-payments dynamics and investor flows across Asia to identify emerging market opportunities and risks.
• Collaborate closely with economists, equity strategists, credit strategists and global macro teams to deliver integrated cross-asset investment views.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with institutional investors, including asset managers, hedge funds, sovereign investors, banks and corporate clients.
• Represent Barclays' research views through client meetings, roadshows, conferences, webinars, media engagement and other external forums.
• Partner closely with sales and trading teams to ensure research remains relevant, actionable and aligned with client requirements.
• Contribute to the development of the broader research franchise through thought leadership, innovation and mentorship of junior team members.
• Maintain the highest standards of analytical integrity, regulatory compliance and professional conduct.

Required Skills and Experience

• Significant experience in FX strategy, rates strategy, macro research, economics, trading or related financial market roles, with a strong focus on Asian markets.
• Fluency in English is required, with Mandarin fluency preferred.
• Deep understanding of Emerging Asia macroeconomics, central bank policy, foreign exchange markets, local rates markets and cross-asset interactions.
• Demonstrated track record of generating actionable investment ideas and communicating investment views to institutional investors.
• Strong quantitative and analytical capabilities, including experience in econometric modelling, forecasting, scenario analysis and market strategy development.
• Proven ability to develop differentiated views, challenge consensus thinking and translate complex analysis into clear investment recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce high-impact client-facing research and deliver compelling presentations to senior investor audiences.
• Strong programming and data analysis capabilities, particularly in Python, with experience in quantitative research and working with large datasets.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI, data science and emerging technologies to enhance research productivity, modelling, idea generation and client engagement.
• Strong commercial judgement and market awareness, with the ability to identify themes and opportunities that matter to clients.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced global environment, managing multiple priorities while delivering to tight deadlines.
• Experience collaborating across functions and regions within a global financial institution.

Preferred Characteristics

• Established reputation among institutional investors and market participants.
• Strong client engagement skills and experience building a successful investor franchise.
• Intellectual curiosity, independent thinking and a passion for financial markets.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a desire to develop innovative research products and analytical frameworks.
• Strong leadership qualities with a willingness to mentor colleagues and contribute to team development.

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

This role is regulated by Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

This role is deemed as a Certified role under the PRA & UK Financial Conduct Authority - Individual Accountabilities Regulations and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific, and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To produce and deliver Research with differentiated market insights and actionable ideas to Barclays Clients. 

Accountabilities

• Analysis of market, sector, corporate and/or economic data to help develop investment theses for your coverage universe to produce best in class Research.
• Research may range from individual company or sector notes, through to long dated thematic reports.
• Presentation of Research views to Barclays Clients; this can be through direct, face to face and virtual interactions, Research hosted events and written communications.
• Engagement with Markets, Client Strategy and other stakeholders, to raise awareness of your Research both to Clients and internally. Prioritise interaction with the most relevant and valuable Clients for your Research.
• Provision of insights and Research views to internal Clients to help them navigate financial markets and risks.
• Collaboration with the Supervisory Analyst, Compliance and other stakeholders to ensure Research is produced and delivered to Clients and internal stakeholders in a compliant manner.

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.