Analyst - Structured Credit

Purpose of the role

Desk Analysts cover relevant sectors and credits and watch for news events.  Desk Analysts work with Traders and Salespeople to convey company and market updates internally and externally to clients.  Desk Analysts build financial models for the purpose of forecasting financial performance and evaluating capital structure opportunities.  Desk Anaylsts spend significant time researching relevant companies and their industries to identify emerging trends which will impact subject company performance.  Diligence consists of reading and understanding industry press, company financial reports and documents, expert interviews, and meeting with company management teams.

Accountabilities

• Maintenance and updating of financial models, as well as client databases accurately.
• Reports, presentations, and documentation preparation to support sales and trading activities.
• Monitoring of market data, industry news, company news and assist in the analysis of financial information for trading decisions.
• Monitoring financials and news flow for particular credits, sectors and general financial news
• Using your understanding of fundamental credit to work with traders to develop trade ideas
• Performing fundamental credit analysis on specific credits and developing actionable investment ideas for the trading desk
•  Participating in earnings/company calls, building financial models, and maintaining trading blotters

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team's operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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 Analyst -Structured Credit Team, The Structured Credit team in Mumbai works with trading & analyst teams across the globe and supports the traders and senior management by producing business critical MIS reports, running models & analysis, building and maintaining tools to help find trading opportunities and recommend trade ideas, analyzing companies, tracking news and performing ad hoc customized analysis.

To be a successful Analyst - -Structured Credit Team, the candidate will assist the US and EU Financing desks on the single asset financing and asset-backed lending (ABL) transactions. They will work closely with the traders and will also be integral to bridging the gap between front office with all the product support functions. Over time, this role could evolve into taking full ownership of risk management, monitoring and PnL recognition.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for the success in this  role such as Assist trading desk with new and existing transactions: margin calls, interest payments, RWA/LBS, hedges and exposure calculations, Assist the onshore traders on all aspects of repo/TRS trades (collateral funding with internal desks, financing, manage trigger events, fixings).Assist in monitoring the credit performance of the obligors in the existing trades, including by use of proprietary data sources and summarizing information using Barclays provided AI tools like CoPilot.

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• Quantitative background from a top tier school with basic knowledge of Credit instruments.
• Strong analytical and  problem-solving skills.
• Candidate must be a self-starter and very pro-active.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Strong ability to multi-task.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong Analytical Skills.
• Excellent communication skills (oral/written)

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

• Basic understanding of financial products and Markets;
• Knowledge/prior experience of Credit instruments, their risk factors and pricing.
• Quantitative background from a top tier school, with experience in a structured credit business preferred.
• Aptitude for self-learning and collaborative mindset.
• Proactive in nature. Should be keen to learn and implement learnings in real time.
• Certifications like CFA would be an added advantage.

This role is based out of Mumbai, NKP