Avp Macro Tsa

Join us as an “Macro TSA AVP” at Barclays Trade and Sales Assistant function is a dedicated function sat within the Front Office to ensure the timely and accurate capture of contractual obligations on the Firm’s systems across the Macro Business. This involves the entering and accepting the economic terms of any trades into Trade Capture Systems, inclusive of subsequent Risk Modifying Activities on that trade, and encompasses a broad range of Trade Capture activity types and systems. This is to meet both our regulatory and internal control requirements.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as Day to day interactions with both Rates Sales & Trading as well as infrastructure departments (Markets Operations, Technology, Finance, Market Risk).

**Basic/ Essential Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in business/finance.
- Excellent communication skills (oral/written).
- Knowledge of Markets (IRS, FX & Bonds).
- Ability to work efficiently under pressure.
- Organized, superior attention to detail.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Understand the Front to Back lifecycle of a trade and its associated risks to the firm and to clients.
- Experience gained in high volume House and client service environment.
- Knowledge of Markets (FX, Rates).
- Knowledge of Python & SQL.

**Desirable skillsets/ good to have**:

- Primary Support to FX, Rates Trading & Sales.
- Trade Capture.
- Past Trade Activities (product dependent but includes and is not limited to Allocations and Life Cycling activities).
- Position Changes (Novations, Terminations (Full & Partial), NPVs).
- Perform novation/termination on vendor platforms like Capitolis and Markitwire for and FX/Rates.
- Capturing quotes in Barclays systems to meet regulatory requirements, through continuous engagement with Rates Sales and Trading.
- Responsible for exception and query management.
- Adhere to a ‘right first time’ policy on all risk modifying activities.
- Production of bespoke reports for all products covered (FX and Rates).
- Liaise with internal counterparts (i.e. Sales, Trading, Legal, Infrastructure Middle Office, Confirmation and Settlements, Finance, Compliance, New Product Services, Collateral Ops).

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