Help shape the insights that drive Barclays’ risk decisions. In this WCR Portfolio Risk Reporting Analyst role, you’ll sit at the centre of Barclays’ risk management engine—translating complex data into meaningful insights that influence senior decision‑making. You’ll work across regulatory and internal reporting, analyse portfolio movements, and help the organisation understand how economic and geopolitical shifts impact clients and sectors. For someone with an analytical mindset and a passion for data, this is a chance to build a career in risk with real visibility and impact.
To be successful as a WCR Portfolio Risk Reporting Analyst, you should have experience with:
Handling, processing, and analysing large datasets
Producing management or regulatory reports with accuracy and clarity
Proficiency in Excel
An analytical academic background (e.g., engineering, maths, finance, economics, or similar) OR proven experience in reporting, analytics, risk management, or data handling.
Some other highly valued skills may include
The ability to interpret risk metrics and propose data‑driven insights
Understanding how macroeconomic and geopolitical trends influence portfolio risk
Knowledge of coding languages
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills
Location: Glasgow
Purpose of the role
To gather, analyse, and present risk data in a clear and concise manner to stakeholders across the organisation, facilitating informed decision-making, risk mitigation, and regulatory compliance.
Accountabilities
- Development and maintenance of a variety of risk reports, including credit, market, operational, and liquidity risk reports, and regulatory reports.
- Extraction of risk data from various sources, including internal systems, risk models, and external market data feeds.
- Analysis of risk data to identify trends, patterns, and outliers, and assess the impact of risk exposures.
- Monitoring key risk indicators and metrics to identify emerging risks and track the effectiveness of risk mitigation strategies.
- Development and implementation of risk reporting improvements and automation initiatives.
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.
