Finance Data Analyst AVP

Join Barclays as a Finance Data Analyst AVP, where you’ll have the chance to design, validate, and deliver Management Information (MI) reports and analytics that support US Consumer Banking Finance. This role partners with CFO teams, Financial Control, Risk, and Technology to provide accurate, timely, and actionable insights for executive decision-making. You will lead MI reporting processes, ensure data integrity across multiple systems, and maintain compliance with regulatory and operational standards. Additionally, you will drive automation and process optimization initiatives, support transformation projects, and communicate complex financial information clearly to senior stakeholders.

To be successful as a Finance Data Analyst AVP, you should have:

• Experience in Finance MI reporting or development within banking or credit card/financial services, with understanding of finance data architecture, governance, and tools.

• Proficiency in data analytics and reporting technologies, including Python, SAS, SQL, Essbase, Tableau, Power BI, Excel, and VBA; familiarity with Oracle and AWS is a plus.

• Ability to collaborate across business, finance, and technology teams, gathering requirements and delivering solutions for new product launches and acquisitions (e.g., Project Concord), while documenting business and functional requirements for reporting initiatives.

• Governance and control mindset, with experience maintaining process documentation, reconciliation, validation procedures, and compliance for MI reporting; skilled in tracking progress and managing change logs using JIRA.

• Communication and presentation skills, capable of creating clear, concise, and visually engaging presentations for senior management, and proactively resolving issues in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Degree in finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or related field, or progressive experience in Finance, MIS, or similar roles.

• Advanced proficiency in MI reporting and analytics tools, including Tableau, Power BI, Python, SAS, SQL, Alteryx, Essbase, Excel, and VBA, with strong understanding of banking data architecture and financial analysis.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with proven ability to deliver clear insights, manage complex reporting requirements, and collaborate across business and technology teams.

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

This role is located in Wilmington, DE, Whippany, NJ and New York, NY.

Salary for Whippany, NJ:

Minimum Salary: $100,000
Maximum Salary: $150,000

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.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of a competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

Salary for New York, NY:

Minimum Salary: $100,000
Maximum Salary: $150,000

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 develop business capabilities for Finance through key stages of functional design, data, end-to-end-process and controls, delivery, and functional testing. 

Accountabilities

• Functional Design: leveraging best practice concepts, and in collaboration with Line SMEs, support options analysis and recommendations as part of decision making.
• Data Analysis/Modelling/Governance: design conceptual data model underpinning all phases of the processes, and governance requirements in accordance with GDMS standards and principles.
• End-to-End Process & Controls - development of target process and controls design/documentation and operational runbooks and aligning these components with organisational and role/service model design definitions.   .
• Delivery/Implementation Support: update design/functional requirements throughout the development cycle, and resolve RAIDS related to functional requirements and business processes. Project management for change programmes that have limited technology investment.
• Functional Testing: develop scripts and data to test alignment to requirement definitions, ahead of user testing cycles.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders 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.