Credit Risk Data Analyst

Barclays; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Credit Risk Data Analyst to translate regulatory requirements into data specifications and designs. You will work across risk, business and technology teams to capture requirements and support testing and governance for A-IRB implementation.

Responsibilities include analysing credit risk data (PD, LGD, EAD), ensuring data lineage and quality, and collaborating with stakeholders to refine solutions. Roles can be based in Glasgow or Northampton.

Qualifications

• Translate regulatory (IRB) requirements into structured requirements and data specifications.
• Experience with credit risk data (PD, LGD, EAD) and data lineage, quality, and controls.
• Experience in IRB / Basel / regulatory change programmes or similar risk transformations.

Responsibilities

• Identify and analyse business problems and client requirements needing change.
• Develop business requirements addressing problems and opportunities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure proposed solutions meet needs and expectations.
• Support creation of reports on project progress and change governance.

Skills

Regulatory requirements translation

Data analysis and governance

Stakeholder engagement

IRB / Basel regulatory programs

Tools

Data tooling

MI/Reporting environments

Job description

Join us at Barclays as a Credit Risk Data Analyst. You will support the delivery of critical regulatory objectives by translating business and regulatory requirements into clear requirements, data specifications, and solution designs. Working across business, risk, and technology teams, you will drive requirements capture, stakeholder engagement, data analysis, and support testing and governance activities to enable successful A-IRB implementation.

To be successful as a Data Analyst, you should have experience with:

• Solid business & data analysis capability, including translating regulatory (IRB) requirements into structured requirements and data specifications
• Practical working experience with credit risk data (e.g. PD, LGD, EAD) and understanding data lineage, quality, and controls
• Experience in IRB / Basel / regulatory change programmes or similar risk transformation initiatives
• Ability to engage stakeholders across business, risk and technology to gather, challenge and refine requirements

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Knowledge of data tooling, data modelling, or MI/reporting environments
• Experience working in structured delivery environments (e.g. L0–L3 requirements, Agile or large-scale programmes)

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.

This role can be based in Glasgow or Northampton.

Purpose of the role

To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.

Accountabilities

• Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.
• Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
• Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
• Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
• Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
• Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
• Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

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 elevate 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.