CDEG VP

About the Role

Join us as a Vice President, Client Insights and Analytics at Barclays. The Client Insights and Analytics (CIA) division, within the Client Data and Engineering Group, focuses on delivering analytics based on client data, including capital returns across CIB businesses. CIA partners closely with Senior Relationship Management, Banking, Markets Distribution, and Trading to assess the needs of Institutional and Corporate clients while ensuring optimal value creation for shareholders.

As a CDEG VP, you will be responsible for calculating client relationship returns within CIB, supported by a suite of technology platforms that enable informed business decision-making. CIA also collaborates extensively with teams across Corporate Bank, Payments, Barclaycard, PBOS, Treasury, Finance, and IT to design and implement both strategic and tactical solutions. This broad engagement model ensures effective deployment of financial resources across Barclays International. In addition, CIA contributes client and data insights to numerous Pan-Barclays International initiatives, senior management presentations, and analyses for the Power of One Barclays (P1B) program.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in this role, which supports the delivery of high-priority, cross-business client initiatives across Investment Banking. You will work closely with senior team members, coverage partners, and technology to help deliver accurate, well-structured insights and reporting, particularly across strategic client areas like Alternative Asset Managers and Global Treasury Coverage.

Key Responsibilities

• Support high-priority, cross-business efforts, focused on building out the Power of One Ethos across the firm (largely Pan-IB, PBWM).
• Assist in building out planning for Strategic Projects including milestones, KPIs and key deliverables.
• Develop financial models and scenario planning to assess the viability and potential impact of strategic initiatives.
• Assist with ad hoc deep dives into IB wide client initiatives.
• Assist in production of KPIs for initiatives being run, as well as senior management presentations.
• Monitor industry trends, benchmark peers, and synthesise external insights to anticipate shifts and identify opportunities.
• Analyze market and industry trends to generate insights that shape strategic direction and competitive positioning.
• Provide operating and administrative support to senior leaders, simultaneously shaping and executing long-term strategic change, whilst helping to navigate complex challenges in the performance of their roles.
• Implement Target Operating Model, business development, and financial and non-financial resource allocation, providing strategic insight and thought leadership.
• Provide strategic support to and oversight of demand pipeline and the book of work, including assistance in the development and execution of strategic initiatives, projects, research, and analysis to support decision-making.
• Support and guide operational efficiency and colleague/customer/client experience within the organisation, including the identification of areas for improvement, streamlining of processes, and implementation of best practices to enhance productivity, effectiveness and experience.
• Manage people plans, talent development, and succession planning, including the identification of high-potential employees, provision of mentorship and guidance, and support to leadership development and diversity initiatives.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders, manage communication channels, and ensure effective coordination across different departments and teams.
• Participate in compliance activities such as SMR and other regulatory registrations/certifications, as well as support for crisis management and risk mitigation, including the development of contingency plans, coordination of responses to emergencies, and business continuity.
• Manage all organisational/team requirements relating to technology, real estate, people and communications in conjunction with relevant partners across the firm.
• Enable oversight of risk management and compliance with internal and external requirements, including internal Governance on critical control activities in partnership with the CCO team, such as Records Inventory and RCSAs.
• Oversee cost control and workforce management of the Business/Function, including involvement in financial analysis and planning, forecasting, and monitoring of financial performance against targets.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes. Lead specialists to influence departmental operations in alignment with strategic and tactical priorities, balancing short and long-term goals and ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviours (Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others) to create an environment for colleagues to thrive.
• As an individual contributor, be a subject matter expert, guide technical direction, lead collaborative, multi-year assignments, and guide team members. Train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long-term profits, organizational risks, and strategic decisions.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving business goals.
• Collaborate with other areas for business-aligned support, staying up-to-date with business activity and strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives. Use in-depth analysis with interpretative thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions. Adopt and include outcomes of extensive research in problem-solving processes.
• Seek out, build, and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills.

Desirable Skillsets

• Experience in consulting or strategic advisory is a plus.
• Ability to craft a narrative by blending internal and external data.
• Ability to synthesize data into actionable insights.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and able to put a strawman together to kick-start discussions.
• Self-starter who can use public information sources to research market trends, recent news, and competitor activity.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint proficiency, including Think-cell.
• Familiarity with data tools and CRM platforms (e.g., Eagle One, Analytics One).
• Understanding of PBWM, Markets, or Investment Banking products & services is a plus.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work on cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Key skills/competency

• Client Insights
• Analytics
• Financial Modeling
• Strategic Planning
• Business Development
• Data Analysis
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Investment Banking
• Cross-functional Collaboration