Treasury Operations Funding - AVP

Barclays UK; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Glasgow is seeking an Assistant Vice President to manage funding flows and liquidity risks. In this role, you will interact with various teams and external partners to ensure efficient operations. Ideal candidates will have experience in treasury operations and strong analytical skills. This position offers a dynamic work environment with exposure to global markets.

Qualifications

• Experience in operations ideally across different asset classes or treasury functions.
• Strong problem-solving skills under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce accurate funding forecasts to trading desks.
• Daily funding of nostro accounts through various payment types.
• Monitor and resolve causes of funding breaks to minimise costs.

Skills

Operations experience

Problem-solving and analytical skills

Communication skills

Control strengthening

Stakeholder management

Payments authorisation experience

Job description

Join the Cash & Liquidity Treasury Operations Funding team where you will play a key role in managing funding of the Firm’s nostros, minimising liquidity risk, and driving operational excellence across Barclays’ global network. Partnering with Treasury, Trading, and Operations teams, you will manage funding flows and act as the last line of defence against settlement and payment risks. This role offers exposure to global markets, multiple asset classes, and a high level of interaction with senior stakeholders across Treasury, FX, Finance, and IT. This is an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a high-profile function, working with stakeholders across the business and external partners worldwide.

To be successful in the role you will need the following skills/experience:

• Experience in operations ideally across different asset classes or a central treasury/cash management function
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with attention to detail and the ability to make decisions under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proactive in strengthening controls and embedding best practices across funding and settlement processes.
• Stakeholder management & managing expectations
• Experience of authorising / releasing payments & maker checker responsibilities

The role itself entails:

• Producing accurate & timely funding forecasts to the trading desks
• Daily funding of nostro accounts through a variety of different payment types
• Monitoring, investigating and resolving causes of end-of-day balances and funding breaks to minimise costs and risk.
• Managing global funding requirements across different legal entities
• Building and maintaining relationships with various internal teams (Treasury, Trading, Operations, Finance, Technology) and external partners (custodians, correspondent banks, agents)
• Timely escalation of issues and real time investigation into root cause & impact

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Strong knowledge of cash and liquidity management, treasury operations, or funding in a global bank or financial institution.
• Knowledge of intraday liquidity management and techniques to minimise balances and costs.
• Experience of a payments / settlement function

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, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The successful candidate will be based inGlasgow.

Purpose of the role

To support business areas with day-to-day processing, reviewing, reporting, trading and issue resolution.

Accountabilities

• Support various business areas with day-to-day initiatives including processing, reviewing, reporting, trading, and issue resolution.
• Collaboration with teams across the bank to align and integrate operational processes.
• Identification of areas for improvement and providing recommendations in operational processes.
• Development and implementation of operational procedures and controls to mitigate risks and maintain operational efficiency.
• Development of reports and presentations on operational performance and communicate findings to internal senior stakeholders.
• Identification of industry trends and developments to implement best practice in banking operations.
• Participation in projects and initiatives to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.

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.