Join Barclays in the role of Global Equities Client Strategy, where you will enable the success of the business and assist senior leaders in navigating complex challenges, making informed decisions, and achieving their goals.
This role will be based at 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London.
Essential Skills:
1. Experience in the Global Markets Division and Investment Bank overall.
2. Experience in Corporate Strategy or Client Strategy at banks.
3. Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and MS Excel.
4. Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, presentation).
Desired Skills:
1. Knowledge of Equities.
2. Management consulting experience from a top firm.
3. Project management skills and the ability to coordinate inputs from various sources.
4. Confidence and maturity to interact regularly with senior management.
5. Strong analytical skills, proficient in financial and strategic analysis, with the ability to multitask under tight deadlines.
The role may involve assessment on key skills such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, along with technical job-specific skills.
Purpose of the Role:
To enable the success of the business and assist senior leaders in navigating complex challenges, making informed decisions, and achieving their goals.
Accountabilities:
1. Collaborate with business and senior leadership to develop and implement strategies aligned with organizational goals and compliance requirements.
2. Act as a liaison between different business units and functions to foster communication and collaboration.
3. Manage and coordinate strategic initiatives, projects, and change management efforts to optimize processes and strengthen controls.
4. Identify areas for operational improvement, streamline processes, and implement best practices to enhance productivity.
5. Develop performance reports for key metrics supporting strategic objectives and assist in financial planning, forecasting, and monitoring.
6. Support business heads with HR-related activities such as hiring, workforce planning, and onboarding/offboarding processes.
Vice President Expectations:
1. Contribute to strategy, drive requirements, and recommend changes; plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and improve processes; escalate policy breaches.
2. If managing a team, define roles, plan for future needs, and coach employees; lead specialists to influence operations aligned with strategic priorities.
3. Exhibit leadership behaviors: Listen and be authentic, Energize and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
4. For individual contributors, act as a subject matter expert, guide technical directions, lead assignments, and mentor less experienced staff.
5. Advise stakeholders on functional and cross-functional impacts and alignments.
6. Manage risks and strengthen controls, demonstrating accountability and leadership in risk management.
7. Understand organizational functions to contribute effectively to business goals.
8. Collaborate across areas to stay aligned with business activities and strategies.
9. Develop solutions through sophisticated analysis and interpretative thinking, incorporating extensive research.
10. Build and maintain trusted relationships with stakeholders, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
All colleagues are expected to embody Barclays’ Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and demonstrate the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.
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