Assistant Manager

Join us in a key role where you'll drive the implementation of data governance, partner with business teams, and support critical strategic decisions. You will shape and improve data management practices while collaboration with stakeholders across technology and business. This position offers the opportunity to influence data strategy, solve complex challenges, and ensure complaint and scalable data solutions across the organisation.

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

Service Delivery

• Deliver insightful analysis and assist in the development of pitch books

• Source public records to complete financial analysis and to contribute business logic to pitch books

• Conduct overall market and industry research to incorporate into pitch books

• Develop customer/supplier and market benchmarks

• Share knowledge and best practice standards to continuously improve content delivery

• Compile accurate and thorough reports measuring research output and impact on deal success

• Conduct meetings to provide feedback and updates on progress and results

• Provide reports summarizing team activities and statistics on driving business success

Controls and Compliance

• Ensure adherence to and compliance with governance, risk policies, procedures and compliance policies

Quality Management

• Ensure that the highest quality and accuracy standards are achieved in all market and industry research and that it matches the pitch book structure and requirements

• Drive quality improvements initiatives

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders across businesses served

• Work with the functional owners to ensure cohesion between individual and departmental goals

• Liaise with Barclays Corporate senior management to obtain feedback on support levels and quality of output and build improvements into the research

Decision-making and Problem Solving

• Ability to quickly think on one’s feet and arrive at a solution after the analysing the situation

Risk and Control Objective

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards

Person Specification

Technical Skills/Competencies

• Excellent analytical and data interpretation skills

• Understanding of advanced financial analysis concepts to undertake analysis of publicly listed firms and multinational corporates

• Knowledge of Marketing & Industry research tools – Factiva, Refinitiv, Capital IQ, Mintel, etc

• Knowledge and understanding of the financial services industry, commercial or investment banking

• MS Office Applications (Excel, Word and Power Point)

• Communication skills

• Ability to synthesise and summarise information concisely

• Ability to speak internationally with ease

• Teamwork

• Enjoys working in cross functional and multi-national teams

• Ability to drive own performance and achieve results

• Take responsibility for own personal development

• Attention to detail and quality of output

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• Understanding of business and macro-economic environment in the UK

• Preferred to possess industry specific knowledge in Retail/ Manufacturing / Hospitality / Business Services / Healthcare / Technology sectors in the UK

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Preferably a Postgraduate, or MBA, or MBA equivalent or CA/CFA

• Market and industry research experience, preferably for a business research or consulting firm

• Relevant experience of working in a financial services institution preferred

• Aptitude to work in a variable business environment, periodically requiring tight deadlines and aggressive turn-around times

• Flexible to work in shifts, particular UK

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as stakeholder management and leadership, decision-making and problem solving, effective service delivery and quality Managent

This role is based in Noida.

Purpose of the role

To support the bank's decision-making processes by providing timely, accurate, and insightful information through designing, developing, and maintaining management reports and dashboards that effectively communicate key performance indicators (KPIs) and trends across various business units.

Accountabilities

• Conduct market and financial research for pitch books as well as ad-hoc research to inform the BCB (UK) sales teams of latest market developments.

• Create benchmarks based on accounting & financial concepts to deliver insightful analysis to the key business stakeholders to drive new business activity.

• Enhance the conversion of sales pitches into actual deals and customer acquisition, i.e. drive wallet share and new business activity

• Liaise with key business stakeholders to ensure a clear understanding of the value derived from the analysis and improvement areas

Analyst Expectations

• 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.

  • 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.