Wealth Advisory India

Barclays; Mumbai City; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays Wealth Advisory India is seeking an Assistant Vice President to advise on trust and fiduciary services, coordinate with legal teams, and support governance and compliance programs in Mumbai. You will engage with multiple stakeholders to document client needs and ensure regulatory alignment.

Ideal candidates have graduate qualifications in law or related fields, strong networking skills, and the ability to navigate complex structures with precision.

Qualifications

• Graduate in law or company secretary; legal document handling.
• Strong project management and networking skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing abilities.
• Adaptive learner with ability to analyze ideas and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Advise on trust and fiduciary services and respond to inquiries.
• Review structure documents with legal team and ensure compliance.
• Support compliance, governance and periodic filings for insurance business.
• Prepare and circulate proposals to Business Acceptance Forum and coordinate approvals.
• Liaise with Trust Operations and maintain accurate data records.
• Participate in governance activities and risk assessments.

Skills

SME expertise

Market trend analysis

Customer guidance

Product presentation

Marketing collateral

Training & workshops

Networking events

Education

Graduate in law or company secretary

Job description

Job Description

Purpose

To work with clients to provide a world class range of investment solutions and products across all asset classes, wealth structuring, lending and banking services.

Accountabilities

• Provision of SME expertise on specific products and services to customers and colleagues, including features, functionalities, benefits, limitations, risks and compliance.

• Identification of market trends, new features, regulatory requirements and potential risks, and analysis of data obtained from sales figures and, customer feedback, to support the product development process, and communicate key findings to relevant stakeholders to improve product offerings

• Response to customer inquiries, resolution of issues, and provision of guidance on product usage.

• Presentation of the advantages and features of the product to potential customers, building trust and encouraging adoption.

• Assistance with the development and execution of marketing materials for the product, such as brochures, presentations, and online content.

• Participation in training sessions and workshops to share product knowledge and expertise with colleagues and other stakeholders.

• Participation in events, conferences and other networking opportunities to showcase the product and generate interest.

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.

Join us as Wealth Advisory India where you will be responsible for Reviewing Trust and Fiduciary Documents in conjunction with legal team. Conducting Structure Risk Assessment and Review Committee meetings and preparing the paperwork for the same. Assisting in Trust related compliance required under the Companies Act, etc. Ensuring compliance under the India Fiduciary Standards including various checks on special assets infusions, real estate infusions in the Trust. Ensure periodic filings required for insurance business. Support to the Trust & Fiduciary team as second Point of Contact for :

a) Preparation and Circulation of proposals to Business Acceptance Forum on structure acceptance special assets infusions b) Distribution related activities - Call back confirmations, documentation c) Transactional order approvals d) Structure onboarding e) Updation of System post Business Acceptance Forum approval f)Liasioning with Trust Operations for transactions g) Record keeping of the trust data and supporting on the necessary case for internal checks.

Legal Research, Secretarial research and secretarial support for Trust Structures, Supporting (from Trust Front Office perspective) to Client Due Diligence team, Data Management Team, Control Functions. Supporting the platform on various projects for bringing in efficiencies.

To be successful, you should have:

• Understanding the basic client requirements on succession planning, trust and fiduciary service.
• Good project management and (both internal and external) active networking skills.
• Good interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Adaptive and a quick learner, with capability to analyze new ideas, strategies, products, etc.

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

• The candidate should have at least a graduate qualification from a recognized or a reputed institution preferably in law or a company secretary.
• The ideal candidate will be comfortable with handling structure documentation and have the ability to connect with legal to document the client’s requirements appropriately.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• The role holder provides the inputs on structure documentation, legal agreements required for setting up of the trust and its account opening.
• The role holder is expected to work with high concentration to ensure that the clients requirements are appropriately documented in the trust legal documents with legal team.
• The role holder will be regularly be involved in the governance activities and needs to ensure that periodic governance mechanisms, risk assessments are in place.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as:

• The role holder extensively interacts with Legal team for trust and fiduciary services documentation.
• Continuous interaction is also expected with internal stakeholders from controls, compliance, fiduciary partners.
• Interaction with Client Due Diligence Team, Data Management Team during structure onboarding and closure.
• The role holder is not immediately expected to have any direct supervisory responsibilities

Job location is Mumbai.