Vice President Investment Banking Client Strategy and Analytics

Barclays Bank Plc; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the UK seeks a Vice President in investment banking to enhance and manage client relationships. The ideal candidate will conduct in-depth financial analyses, generate new business opportunities, and collaborate with various teams to deliver comprehensive solutions. A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field is essential, along with demonstrated experience in data analytics, investment banking, and strong leadership abilities. Ideal for candidates seeking to make significant impacts within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics or related field.
• Ability to organize and analyze complex financial data, build valuation models.
• Proven experience applying data science to investment banking.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with corporate clients.
• Conduct in-depth financial analysis on client companies.
• Collaborate across teams to provide comprehensive solutions.

Skills

Build scalable analytics using Python

Data analysis and financial modeling

Strong communication skills

Leadership and strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

SQL

Tableau

Job description

To build and maintain relationships with clients, understand their needs, expectations and financial goals to develop and propose appropriate investment banking solutions for clients and their companies,

Responsibilities

• Development and maintenance of strong relationships with corporate clients by understanding their business, financial goals, and industry trends.
• Generation of ideas and identification of opportunities that expand the bank's client base and generate new business opportunities.
• In‑depth financial analysis and due diligence on client companies to assess their financial health and valuation.
• Collaboration with legal and compliance teams to review, draft, and maintain legal documentation required for transactions, including contracts and agreements.
• Collaboration with other teams, such as Capital Markets, Sales and Trading, Research, and Risk Management, to provide comprehensive solutions to clients.
• Champion Energy Transition and Sustainability by engaging with clients on their climate, transition strategies and sustainable finance opportunities where applicable.
• To build and maintain relationships with clients, understand their needs, expectations and financial goals to develop and propose appropriate investment banking solutions for clients and their companies.

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 escape breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department's future needs and operations, counseling 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 specialization to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long‑term profits, organizational 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 organization 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Econometrics, or related quantitative fields.
• Demonstrated initial ability to build scalable analytics using Python, SQL and web APIs.
• Previous demonstrated experience in applying data science to investment banking: corporate finance and strategic decision‑making in a comparable role.
• Ability to organize and analyse complex financial data, build valuation models, and create impactful client materials.
• Proficiency in Excel/ PowerPoint to create client materials for M&A, Capital Markets and treasury product transactions.

Other Skills of Value Include

• Knowledge of machine learning and AI applications.
• Experience in applied quantitative roles in markets, buyside or consulting.
• Experience in corporate finance advisory or strategy roles.
• Familiarity with data visualisation tools (Tableau, Power BI etc.).
• Proven ability to work independently and manage multiple deliverables in a fast‑paced environment.

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.

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.