Join Barclays as a Front Office Business Analyst and play a key role in delivering a one-stop platform for the global EFG Funding Desk. As part of the Cash Management Program, you will work closely with the UK and EU Funding Desks, supporting daily funding operations with real-time, accurate data and contributing to the transition from T+2 to T+1 settlement cycles. Embedded with the business, you will act as a bridge between business needs and engineering execution by helping to translate workflows into scalable solutions. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complexity, can think structurally and comfortable working with global technical engineering team.
To be successful in this role, you should have:
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage directly with business users
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to break down complex problems into structured solutions.
- Work closely with business users to lead business analysis and requirements shaping into clear, actionable user stories and technical specifications.
- Ensure delivered features meet acceptance criteria and business goals.
- Strong ownership mindset with focus on outcomes, accountability, and execution discipline
- Good understanding of APIs, backend/frontend architecture basics, database concepts and ability to closely work with technical engineers.
Some other highly valued skills may include:
- Basic knowledge of Java & SQL with hands on experience with tools like Jira/Confluence
- Prior exposure to prime brokerage and/or funding/settlements business domain
- Ability to learn new tools and technologies quickly
You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant to success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology skills, as well as job-specific technical skills.
The role is based in Glasgow.
Purpose of the role
To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.
Accountabilities
- Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.
- Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
- Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
- Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
- Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
- Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
- Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
- Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.
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.
