Job Description

Purpose of the role

To enable the success of the business and assist senior leaders navigate complex challenges, make informed decisions, and achieve their goals

Accountabilities

• Collaboration with business and senior leadership to develop and implement business strategies that align with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.
• Liaison between different business units and functions, fostering communication and collaboration.
• Management and coordination of strategic initiatives, projects, and change management efforts to optimize business processes and strengthen the control environment.
• Improvement of operational efficiency within the organisation including the identification of areas for improvement, streamlining of processes, and implementation of best practices to enhance productivity and effectiveness.
• Development of performance reporting for key metrics that reinforce the strategic objectives of the division and support the external commitments made. Involvement in aspects of financial analysis and budget management, including assistance in financial planning, forecasting, and monitoring of financial performance against targets.
• Support to business heads in partnership with HR on hiring, workforce planning, joiner/mover/leaver actions.

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.

Join us as an “LF CS Analyst” Markets Client Strategy is a dedicated team within Distribution, the sales organisation within Markets. Each product cluster has its own Client Strategy effort but they each partner closely to deliver a robust and coordinated holistic client strategy across asset classes, ensuring that we make the best use of our resources to deliver value for clients and maximise returns.

To be a successful “LF CS Analyst” candidate is expected to work in a high intensity, results oriented team environment as part of the EM Client Strategy team in Mumbai, which is virtual extension of Global EM Client strategy team. The candidate is responsible for producing Business Strategy presentations, Business Performance reviews, Marketing Material (Client Briefs), Presentation to monitor performance, owing competitor benchmarking to identify GAPs/solutions, owning/optimizing internal databases to facilitate internal KPI reviews and performing ad-hoc customized analysis. The candidate is expected to interact closely with counterparts in other regions and products to understand their requirements and deliver innovative and accurate result in minimum duration.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success role requires sound understanding of EM Business and financial markets (Fixed Income Securities in particular), good eye for detail and an ability to liaise with the Senior Business Managers, Trading desks and Technology teams to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of critical business strategy inputs.

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

• Production of Business MI and Strategy Presentations
• Production of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and trend analysis
• Production of Sales & Client performance reports and analysis of drivers for sales revenues, volumes, market share, interactions etc.
• Produce Client Strategy / Business Strategy reports for Desk Heads and Senior Management
• Develop Sales dashboards and various MIS reports analysing volume, Client Revenue, Productivity and Client Interactions etc..
• Provide Competitor Analysis landscapes (Coalition) for Senior Management meetings
• Produce Monthly Business Review decks for business heads
• Create Client Briefs and marketing material for client meetings
• Create scorecards to monitor business objectives and propose required management actions
• Drive the optimisation and automation of any databases and standardised reports
• Ad-hoc customized analysis as required by the business managers to analyse the business performance or lead/lag indicators.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Experience of creating dashboards in Qlikview, Qliksense, Tableau, Business Objects, Python, SQL etc….
• Enhance Controls, streamline processes and bring efficiencies through automation, wherever possible
• Expert in PowerPoint presentations, writing reports and designing storyboards
• Excellent communication skills (oral/written)
• Good at Senior stakeholder engagement
• Good MS Excel knowledge including VBA
• Strong Analytical Skills
• Aptitude for self-learning – Should be able to demonstrate a self-starting attitude
• Proactive in nature. Should be able to take decisions and support those
• Willing to work in EMEA hours on regular basis
• Team player

This role will be based out of NKP, Mumbai.