Operations and Technology

What to expect

Our two-year Explorer Programme is a deep dive into Operations at Barclays. As an analyst, you’ll enjoy structured rotations throughout your programme. You’ll get insight into our inner workings and what goes into efficient, painless processing – whether it’s for investment transactions or personal credit cards. And you’ll get exposure to the whole bank – giving you the opportunity to build a strong network and great prospects for development.

Millions of people, businesses and corporations across the globe rely on Barclays. From helping people buy their first homes to enabling companies to grow; from the day-to-day personal finances that make life possible to the massive investments that help whole economies thrive, Barclays is there. Every minute of every day. And none of this can happen without the smooth-running, ever improving systems behind the scenes. Payments need to be processed. Credit card systems need to be maintained. Trades, equity transactions, debt financing — all of these must be verified and swiftly processed.

This essential work is down to our five Operations teams, each of which can provide you with unique insights and experiences as you begin your career with Barclays.

• Investment Operations

  Investment Operations provides fast, reliable and secure financial services to a large client base across Barclays' Private Bank and Wealth divisions. Investment Operations’ wide-spanning coverage of Barclays’ operational structure provides a wealth of experience and knowledge: you can expect a varied and interesting role that will provide you with a great springboard for the rest of your career.

• Client Reporting

  Client Reporting focuses on providing clients with timely, accurate and consolidated reports on how their assets are performing. Here, you’ll get the opportunity to develop your knowledge of financial reporting standards, as well as learning how we provide clients with a high-quality service that meets their expectations.

• Client and Account Opening

  Client and Account Opening focuses on opening and maintaining different types of accounts for clients in the Private Bank and Wealth Management divisions. This is an interesting area to work in as you’ll learn about different clients and their specific needs whilst also developing an understanding of manual processing and automation projects.

• CASS Operations Risk and Control

  CASS Operations Risk and Control aims to increase risk awareness across the bank by promoting best practices and educating colleagues on how to assess, control and mitigate risk. You’ll get involved in a wide range of activities with various departments, including examining the risks associated with change projects and investigating breaches. You’ll build your knowledge fast and start to expand your network at Barclays.

• Lending Operations

  Lending Operations helps the bank to centralise, standardise and enhance its daily lending processes. Here, you’ll learn the start to end processes and become a subject matter expert in each stage of the lending process. You’ll expand your knowledge of the operations function and develop your transferable skills through exposure to processing tasks, project work and the other teams within the department.

How you’ll develop

You’ll learn continually, from start to finish – whether it’s the hard skills you need to be brilliant at your job, or the professional skills to be brilliant in a business of this size, we give you the essential learning experiences you need to play a full role in Barclays. At all times you’ll be supported by an experienced line manager who will help you realise your potential and discover where you’d like your career journey to take you in Barclays. You’ll be surrounded by colleagues you can share with and learn from. You’ll get lifetime membership of our global graduate network, with exclusive access to content, events and forums to support you and help you develop. And you’ll get the opportunity to have an impact on the communities in which we live and work.

What’s more, you might qualify for a bursary towards your professional development. By the end of your programme you’ll have gained all the understanding and skills you need to move into a fulfilling permanent role.

Who thrives here

To make the most of this opportunity, you’ll be curious and creative, tech-savvy and adaptable. You’ll be great at communicating and collaborating, competitive but caring. Motivated by pace and pressure, you’ll be driven to achieve — and to do it right. You’ll also be customer-obsessed, ready to develop a deep understanding of what we do, why we do it, and how your role impacts on our business outcomes. These are qualities that people at Barclays have in abundance, and we’ll help you develop and strengthen them from the day you arrive.

What to expect

Our Technology Explorer programme is an immersive, hands-on, two-year programme. As an analyst, you’ll enjoy structured rotations throughout your programme, with one rotation potentially taking you into a related team. Working with business areas to understand their needs and convey them to teams of developers, you’ll help drive forward change and help us find innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll join the team behind some of the industry’s biggest innovations – from the first talking ATM to Blockchain and Siri payments– and see bold ideas transformed into practical, real-life solutions.

How you’ll develop

You’ll learn continually, from start to finish – whether it’s the hard skills you need to be brilliant at your job, or the professional skills to be brilliant in a business of this size, we give you the essential learning experiences you need to play a full role in Barclays. At all times you’ll be supported by an experienced line manager who will help you realise your potential and discover where you’d like your career journey to take you in Barclays. You’ll be surrounded by colleagues you can share with and learn from. You’ll get lifetime membership of our global graduate network, with exclusive access to content, events and forums to support you and help you develop. And you’ll get the opportunity to have an impact on the communities in which we live and work.

What’s more, you might qualify for a bursary towards your professional development. By the end of your programme you’ll have gained all the understanding and skills you need to move into a fulfilling permanent role.

Who thrives here

To make the most of this opportunity, you’ll be curious and creative, tech-savvy and adaptable. You’ll be great at communicating and collaborating, competitive but caring. Motivated by pace and pressure, you’ll be driven to achieve — and to do it right. You’ll also be customer-obsessed, ready to develop a deep understanding of what we do, why we do it, and how your role impacts on our business outcomes. These are qualities that people at Barclays have in abundance, and we’ll help you develop and strengthen them from the day you arrive.

What to expect

Join our Cyber Security team within the Chief Security Office, and you’ll have the opportunity to play a key part in keeping our customers, clients and colleagues safe from cyber-crime. This is a team in which everyone is focused on defending the bank: some are proactive, researching potential threats from hackers, while others play a reactive role in which they respond to incidents that might challenge our security. To gain maximum benefit from your graduate programme, you’ll experience many aspects of our work over a two-year period. You can expect three rotations around a variety of teams which might include Cyber & Physical Security, Resilience, Crisis Management, Security Operations and Intelligence and more. This is an exciting place to be: hackers constantly attempt to find new ways to threaten our security, and we never rest in learning new ways to prevent them. We’re one of the strongest banks for Cyber Security, and this is your opportunity to learn from the best.

How you’ll develop

You’ll learn continually, from start to finish – whether it’s the hard skills you need to be brilliant at your job, or the professional skills to be brilliant in a business of this size, we give you the essential learning experiences you need to play a full role in Barclays. At all times you’ll be supported by an experienced line manager who will help you realise your potential and discover where you’d like your career journey to take you in Barclays. You’ll be surrounded by colleagues you can share with and learn from. You’ll get lifetime membership of our global graduate network, with exclusive access to content, events and forums to support you and help you develop. And you’ll get the opportunity to have an impact on the communities in which we live and work.

What’s more, you might qualify for a bursary towards your professional development. By the end of your programme you’ll have gained all the understanding and skills you need to move into a fulfilling permanent role.

Who thrives here

To make the most of this opportunity, you’ll be curious and creative, tech-savvy and adaptable. You’ll be great at communicating and collaborating, competitive but caring. Motivated by pace and pressure, you’ll be driven to achieve — and to do it right. You’ll also be customer-obsessed, ready to develop a deep understanding of what we do, why we do it, and how your role impacts on our business outcomes. These are qualities that people at Barclays have in abundance, and we’ll help you develop and strengthen them from the day you arrive.