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Associate Director- Americas

Barclays

London

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GBP 65,000 - 80,000

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Job summary

Join a leading company as an Associate Director in London, focusing on managing banking requirements for Financial Institutions across the Americas. This role involves relationship management, strategic recommendations, and designing tailored financial solutions. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills and a background in corporate banking.

Qualifications

Experience in Corporate Banking Product Knowledge.
Understanding of Investment Banking product offerings.

Responsibilities

Manage client relationships to identify financial goals.
Design customized solutions for clients' specific needs.
Communicate the value proposition of proposed solutions.

Skills

Communication

Presentation

Credit Skills

Analytical Skills

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Join us at Barclays as an Associate Director within the International Corporate Bank Financial Institutions sector. You will have a key role in assisting the Relationship Director with managing the banking requirements of our Financial Institutions clients across the Americas. This is an ideal opportunity to support existing relationships, take ownership of some accounts and contribute to the continued success of the sector.

To be successful as an Associate Director, you should have experience with:

Corporate Banking Product Knowledge (Cash management, Wholesale Lending/Credit, Trade Finance, FX, Risk Management, Debt Capital Markets)
Corporate Coverage relationship management (Financial Institutions preferred but not essential)
Understanding Investment Banking product offerings and relevance to client needs

Some Other Highly Valued Skills Include

Emphasis on excellent communication and presentation
Ability to engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders
Effective credit skills, Analysis and interpretation of Financial data
Correspondent Banking sector knowledge of the Americas would be beneficial

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.

The role is based out of our London Office

Purpose of the role

To establish and nurture profitable partnerships with both corporate and individual clients. It's the bridge between the bank's offerings and clients' needs, ensuring mutual benefit and long-term success.

Accountabilities

Management of client relationships to identify the clients financial goals, challenges, and risk tolerance to support the analysis of data obtained from various sources, including the investment portfolio and cash flow, to identify trends, insights, areas for improvement and additional services to support client needs.
Research and understanding of the client's industry trends, regulatory landscape, and competitive environment to inform strategic recommendations.
Design of customised solutions that address the client's specific needs and objectives, incorporating a range of products and services from the bank's portfolio.
Communication of the value proposition of proposed solutions, justification of recommendations, and negotiation of terms that are beneficial for both the client and the bank.
Provision of guidance to clients to support their financial decisions, offering expert investment advice, risk management and wealth management strategies support, and updates on market trends to ensure a positive and continuous relationship.
Assessment of financial, legal, and operational risks associated with client relationships, and implementation of measures to minimise potential losses.
Documentation of all client interactions, transactions, and agreements to ensure transparency and auditability, and communicate findings effectively to support product development, service offerings, and the overall bank strategy.
Monitoring of client satisfaction, revenue generated, and other relevant metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of relationship management efforts.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
Influence or convince stakeholders 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.

Seniority level

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Employment type

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Full-time

Job function

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Business Development and Sales
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