Barclays - Analyst - Market Risk

Barclays is an international financial services provider engaged in personal banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth management with an extensive presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. Barclays- purpose is to help people achieve their ambitions in the right way.

With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs approximately 140,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide.

At Barclays, we recruit based on merit and are committed to promoting diversity throughout our organisation.

About Team

- The Risk Reporting & Engineering team provides critical infrastructure services within the broader Risk function. In particular they exploit their geographical distribution and time zone advantage to provide regional continuity helping the firm to reliably deliver on its client and regulatory obligations.

- Supporting the firm's accreditation process with regulators seeking to verify implementation of Basel 3 guidelines and US & European legal framework which enforces it.

- Contributing to accurate measurement of financial balance sheet usage enabling clients to benefit from our capital base whilst protecting both employee and shareholder's interests.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

- Overall responsibility for the quality of market data its impact on exposures and or the daily reporting of VaR, ensuring that problems are overcome by means of effective dialogue with internal and external team members.

- As historical time series are a key component of all of our risk simulation methodologies, having the necessary skills to ensure that the data used within our risk engines are correct.

- To monitor the risk calculation break downs and determine root cause.

- During times of stress, assist colleagues from the differing asset class groups with tasks that may differ from their immediate role.

- To undertake daily reporting activities and Project work to develop/modify reports in line with new methodology/business changes.

- The role will also involve extensive testing of time series, systems, new methodologies within the differing Market Risk system environments that exist within our Risk arena.

Requirements:

- High quality degree with some quantitative subjects

- Experience in a top tier institution exposed to Credit or Market Risk, delivery of projects, and/or Product Analysis

- Expertise with Excel VBA skills/Microsoft Access Project/SQL/Word

- Quantitative analysis and research skills

- Prior risk exposure

- Team player, ambitious/ focused

Barclays Values and Diversity

Our common purpose is to help people achieve their ambitions - in the right way. We- ll measure and reward our people, not just on commercial results, but on how they live our Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship and bring them to life every day. To find out more about working at Barclays and the development opportunities we offer please visit our website www.barclays.com

We are an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.