Collateral Margin Analyst

London, United Kingdom

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Date live: 11/10/2022

Business Area: COO & Functions

Area of Expertise: Operations

Reference Code: 90273427

Contract: Permanent/Regular

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Collateral & Prime Margin Analyst
London

As a Barclays Collateral & Prime Margin Analyst you will be engaged with Barclays Collateral function during a time of regulatory change, contributing to margin activity and delivery of regulatory compliance. Considered a first line of defense function, to ensure strong delivery, control and oversight of risks, manage client service and interactions across the teams. Partnering closely with colleagues, as well as a diverse group of stakeholders across business and infrastructure teams.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

This opportunity is open to dynamic working arrangements. Such as working from home, flexible or compressed hours, and part-time options as well as the opportunity is open to job share arrangements. If you have a need for flexibility, please apply and discuss this with us during the hiring process.

What will you be doing?

• Ensuring clients’ margin calculations and comparisons are performed daily, to satisfy client requirements and minimise Barclays’ risk
• Developing an understanding of the products involved in the business, particularly with regards to parameters driving their valuations
• Communicating effectively and escalating issues within CMS and with traders and other support functions across all global locations
• Delivering reduction in Risk Weighted Assets (RWA) and understanding implications
• Ensuring a robust risk and control framework is in place across the group with clear management information, escalation and analysis, where required
• Developing the market relationships with clients, counterparts, peers and industry groups to support function
• Partnering with colleagues in Pre-Markets Trade, Operations, Finance, Risk & Legal functions in a Global context to drive delivery on key business initiatives and objectives
• Contributing and helping to lead the definition and shape of the global CMS function and needs

What we’re looking for:

• You will be an independent, motivated and enthusiastic team player
• Strong experience with detailed, analytical, numerate work stacks
• Ability to multi-task within a busy, fast paced environment
• Naturally inquisitive about the Trade portfolio and Financial Services with Derivatives experience

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Excellent interpersonal skills including relationship management, communication and teamwork
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Track-record of delivery in a significant business-facing role
• Derivatives knowledge (Preferably in FI/EQ/CFD)

Where will you be working?
In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links. With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within.

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Our approach to hybrid working ensures there’s the right balance of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, as required for each role. For business areas that offer a hybrid working experience, this will be in a structured way, where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week. Some roles may require full onsite working. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager.

We continue to embed and review our hybrid working environment and remain in a phase of testing and learning. This means that working arrangements could change, with reasonable notice, to align with the needs of our business.

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We’re committed to providing an inclusive culture and environment, that recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives, as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs.

Our approach to working flexibly is designed to support you to balance your life and to accommodate diverse needs, whilst still allowing us to meet our business needs. If you’d like to request a flexible working arrangement, please discuss this with your hiring manager.

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