Analyst - Group FPandA

Barclays Corporate Banking; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking an Analyst - Group FP&A to develop and implement the bank's financial plans and stress testing methodologies from its Chennai office. The role involves assessing resilience under various economic scenarios and communicating financial risks to stakeholders.

You will contribute to capital planning, governance, and data quality while coordinating planning cycles across teams. Ideal candidates bring strong MS Office skills, financial acumen, and experience in budgeting and

Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge required in financial planning, stress testing, and risk assessment.
• Experience with regulatory capital and planning processes is a plus.
• Ability to communicate complex financial information to stakeholders clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement stress testing methodologies and analysis of results.
• Manage financial risks and communicate risks to stakeholders.
• Analyse capital position and optimise capital utilisation.
• Coordinate planning cycles and stress tests delivery.
• Maintain data quality and governance around reporting workflows.

Skills

MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint)

Financial acumen

Planning & forecasting

Budgeting

Analytical skills

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Job Description:

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To develop and implement the banks financial plans and stress testing methodologies by assessing the banks resilience under various economic scenarios.

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of stress testing methodologies and analysis of the results to identify potential vulnerabilities, assess capital adequacy, and inform risk mitigation strategies.
• Management of the banks financial risks, including development and implementation of risk management strategies and communication of financial risks to relevant stakeholders.
• Analysis of the banks capital position and assessment of its ability to meet regulatory capital requirements, development of capital management strategies to optimise capital utilisation and evaluation of the impact of capital allocation decisions on the banks risk profile and financial performance.
• Orchestration of process cycles for the Planning and Stress Testing FTC and project managing delivery of the Planning Process and stress tests).
• Documentation of requirements prescribed by the Regulator, Process/Data Owner Tracking and reporting cycle progress via P&ST Steer Co, POC, Working Groups and the workflow tool..
• Management of data, dataflows and data quality from contributors - input through to report submission..
• Management of BAU systems to enable a quick outcome and iterative generation of Capital or Funding plans and separately drive process reengineering initiatives..
• Ownership of the controls environment, standards, conformance, partnering with BIA to ensure the FTC meets its controls and governance objectives..
• Provision of ongoing governance supportincluding but not limited to Regulatory liaison, Group & BBUK Board engagement, Group Attestation & KPMG engagement.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your workand areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.

Join us as an Analyst - Group FP&A at Barclays, where you will develop and implement the bank's financial plans and stress testing methodologies by assessing the bank's resilience under various economic scenarios.

To be successful in this role, you should have below skills:

• Perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard which will impact both the role itself and surrounding roles.
• Likely to have responsibility for specific processes within a team.
• Execute work requirements as identified in processes and procedures, collaborating with and impacting on the work of closely related teams.
• Cross check (maker-checker) work of colleagues within team to meet internal and stakeholder requirements.
• Provide specialist advice and support pertaining to own work area.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute.
• Deliver your workand areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how all teams in area contribute to the objectives of the broader sub-function, delivering impact in the work of collaborating teams.
• Financial acumen i.e. Understanding of Accounting standards.
• Understanding of financial planning processes.
• Expertise at MS Office applications like Excel, PowerPoint.
• Planning, Forecasting, budgeting & analytical skills

Some other highly valued skills may include below:

• Good Business Acumen, banking experience preferred.
• Well versed with Finance concepts.
• In-depth understanding of Financial statements.
• Risk and Controls practice in day to day deliverables.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role will be based out of Chennai.