Assistant VP

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, 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.

Join us as an "Assistant VP - Global Markets" at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.

To be successful as an "Assistant VP - Global Markets" it 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 to ensure you are always working on the correct visa. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

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 and external stakeholders across multiples businesses in New York, London and Asia. The role will involve dealing with internal stakeholders at all corporate grades within Structuring, Trading, Operations, and Product Control.

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

• Work as the process owner
• Stakeholder Management and Leadership
• Decision-making and Problem Solving
• Some other highly valued skills may include
• An FRM or CFA certification is preferable

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Understanding of Cost of Income items like Brokerage, Exchange and Clearing fee, Agent/Custody fee, Regulatory fees etc. that Markets business must bear.
• Interact and be part of negotiations with external service providers like brokerages etc. for reviewing plan by product and region.
• Utilize cutting edge technology to develop tools that provide insight into drivers of various costs. Leverage Technology available for RMG teams
• Integrate data feeds and automate the process of producing MI using tools like Tableau, SQL, Python, Hypercube.
• 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 promote best practices across processes.
• Ability to understand the drivers of the cost and prepare Management commentaries.
• Understanding of various asset classes like Credit, Equities, Rates, FX etc. that markets desk deal in and the nuances from a cost of income perspective.
• Ability to communicate the finding and ideas to desks and work with them to identify volume, business expectations for future periods.
• Ability work on unstructured data, work on sourcing the data from various tools, teams both internally and externally. Create systematic data views to build analytics on.
• Analyze data and understand the business context to be able to propose opportunities for cost saves for the firm
• Work with respective asset class FO desks, Operations across multiple geographies – LDN, NYK and APAC to understand constraints and advise them on the plan options available.
• Understanding of the complexities of cost of income with an overlay of global markets and economics.

This role will be based out of of Nirlon Knowledge Park (NKP, Goregaon) in Mumbai.