Analyst - SP Product Control

1203 Barclays Global Serv. Cent; Zone 12 Alandur; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays Global Services Centre in Chennai and Pune is seeking a Trading Finance Analyst to oversee the financial aspects of trading activities and ensure accuracy of the trading book. You will support regulatory reporting and external audits, while communicating complex financial information to traders and risk teams.

The role requires strong accounting knowledge, MS Office proficiency, and the ability to collaborate with regional and global teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experienced with MS Office toolkit.
• Qualified accountant.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to interact with regional and UK/US teams.
• Strong control awareness and ability to streamline processes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial aspects of trading activities and maintain accuracy of the trading book.
• Prepare regulatory reports and support external audits.
• Communicate complex financial information to traders and risk professionals.

Skills

MS Office

Chartered Accountant

Communication skills

Control awareness

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Job description

Job Description Purpose of the role

To oversee the financial aspects of trading activities, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the bank's trading book, maintenance of compliance with regulatory requirements, and provision of insights into trading performance.

Accountabilities

Reconciliation of daily profit and loss (P&L) figures for trading desks to ensure they align with the valued positions in the trading book, investigating and resolving discrepancies between P&L figures to ensure they reflect the true economic value of the trading portfolio.

Support the identification, assessment, and mitigation of trading risks, and report on these financial risks to senior colleagues.

Maintenance and analysis of the bank’s trading data, ensuring its accuracy, completeness and consistency, and provision of insights to traders and senior colleagues on trading performance.

Preparation and submission of regulatory reports to authorities, and provision of support to external audits including addressing auditor queries and ensuring trading activities are appropriately reflected in financial statements.

Effective communication of complex financial information to traders, risk professionals, senior colleagues, and external stakeholders.

Cross functional collaboration to ensure a coordinated approach to trading activities.

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 work and 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.

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Experienced with MS office toolkit
• Qualified accountant
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in both formal and informal settings & ability to interact with the region and UK / US as part of a global team (written and verbal)
• strong control awareness - in particular, the ability to identify and elevate potential control breakdowns and to streamline processes in an effective and efficient manner

Some other highly values skills include:

• Financial engineering would be an advantage
• Article ship / Industrial trainee in mid to large sized firms
• Audit exposure in large financial institutions / banks preferred

This role will be based out of Chennai and Pune.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.