Join us as an “Assistant VP – RMG PMA " at Barclays, where you will be leveraging technology & risk expertise to aid Markets Management in effectively understanding and managing the Risk & Capital profile of the Business.
To be successful as an “Assistant VP – RMG PMA” one must have collaborative and entrepreneurial drive to partner across products, functions and regions, and leverage experience in Risk to deliver the Content platform for the Markets organization in Tableau. It is critical to leverage technology to build next gen. tools to help solve business problems.
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, as this is a high-profile front office position which requires effective engagement with a variety of internal stakeholders across multiples businesses. The role will involve dealing with internal stakeholders within RMG, and across Markets – Sales & Trading, Technology, QA, Business Management.
Basic/ Essential Qualifications:
- Strong experience in Risk & Capital tools, methodologies and applications.
- Broad experience with risk concepts across Markets including Risk Analytics, Stress, Pricing and Risk modelling, Capital.
- Experience in working with large data sets and using relevant analytical tools.
- Experience in creating Dashboards in Tableau or other similar platforms.
- Strong technical skills across Python, SQL, Microsoft Excel.
- Strong Analytical and Problem Solving skills.
- Leadership skills – mentor junior members of the team.
- Experience presenting / communicating complex risk concepts and analysis.
- Stakeholder Management and Leadership.
- An understanding of the Regulatory Framework in which the business operates including how this practically translates into control frameworks within the bank.
- Preference to CFA/FRM.
Desirable skillsets/ good to have:
- Understanding of one or more of the following asset class including Macro, Credit, Equities & Securitized Products.
- Utilize cutting edge technology to develop tools & automate existing and new responsibilities wherever possible.
- Experience in Market risk concepts & or Stress Testing methodologies.
- Mentorship
- Provide hands-on support and guidance to junior team members in executing daily tasks, ensuring quality and accuracy in deliverables; proactively assist in resolving operational challenges and promoting best practices across processes.
- Mentor junior team members (e.g., BA3/BA4 grads) and contribute to their technical development.
- Support team expansion planning and resource allocation based on business growth and operational capacity.
This role will be based out of NKP in Mumbai.
Purpose of the role
To maintain the smooth and efficient operation of our trading desks, providing operational support and expertise to traders, sales professionals, and other key stakeholders, helping them maximize their productivity and minimize disruptions and handling administrative tasks, and providing market information and research.
Accountabilities
- Provision of immediate and efficient technical support to traders and sales professionals on the trading desks, resolving hardware, software, and network-related issues to ensure uninterrupted trading activities.
- Coordination of trade execution by liaising with traders, clients, and other internal teams to ensure smooth transactions.
- Maintenance and updating of trade records, transaction logs, and client databases accurately.
- Reports, presentations, and documentation preparation to support sales and trading activities.
- Monitoring of market data and assist in the analysis of financial information for trading decisions.
- Operational tasks such as processing trades, confirming orders, and resolving trade discrepancies.
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.
