Job Description

Join us at Barclays as a Liquid Finance Transition Manager, where you will be responsible for onboarding clients across multiple platforms and markets that we currently offer trading and investment opportunities for. You will manage relationships of various internal stakeholders ranging from Sales, Tax, Legal, Credit, KYC, and Operations. Additionally, on-boarding serves as the primary point of contact for clients, handling the day-to-day dialogue and action. As the Transition Manager you will be responsible for end-to-end coordination of all new clients onto the Barclays platform across Equity Financing, Fixed Income Repo and Prime Brokerage, Futures Execution and Clearing, OTC Clearing and FXPB.

Some key accountabilities will include:

Product Analysis: working with clients to translate their operational and trading needs onto the Barclays Prime Brokerage platform across products and entities. Coordinate with Sales, Risk, Pricing and Product to deliver seamless solutions to our client base. Stakeholder Management: Cultivating client relationships and facilitating the onboarding process end to end through regular communication on on-boarding requirements (such as KYC, Regulatory, Operations), and being central point of contact throughout the on-boarding process, including educating clients on platform capabilities and Barclays infrastructure. Project Management: internal coordination across key stakeholder groups to align prioritization, manage expectations and meet client go live dates.

To be successful as a Liquid Finance Transition Manager, you should:

Demonstrate experience in a client facing financial services industry - a prior role in Transition Management or Prime Client Services is essential. Have considerable understanding of the Hedge Fund and Asset Manager landscape, with focus on clearing, settlement and financing across products and strategies. Have a working knowledge of products including Cash Equities, Bonds, Repo and Equity Synthetics. Knowledge of Exchange Traded Derivatives, OTC Clearing and FXPB is beneficial and preferred. Be detail oriented, with the ability to work in a resourceful manner but in a team environment with the ability to build internal and external stakeholder relationships. Demonstrate willingness to improve processes and enhance end to end workflow.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

FCA registered: Regulations, Certificate in Securities, Certificate in Derivatives would be beneficial A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is preferred Evaluative mindset with ability to problem solve and escalate to proper stakeholders accordingly

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


You will be based in our Canary Wharf, London Office.

Purpose of the role

Liquid Finance Platform covers a variety of roles and is central to the delivery of best-in-class products and services, and for the provision of strategic client and risk solutions across the full spectrum of the Prime Financing businesses.

Accountabilities

Working with clients to optimise the Liquid Financing relationship Provide best-in-class service and escalation oversight Primary contact for Liquid Financing clients in areas such as trading, risk, billing and reporting Provide expertise on industry and regulatory initiatives Subject matter expert for our clients, with a deep understanding of each client's business mix, operational requirements and product sensitivities

Vice President Expectations

To 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, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department's future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.. 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational 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 in relation to the work your team does. Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies. Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions. Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes. Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.