AVP - eTrading & Digital Asset Risk

2755 Barclays Services Corpor; City of Niagara Falls (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in New York, NY seeks an AVP - eTrading & Digital Asset Risk to lead risk oversight, governance, and controls across electronic trading and digital assets. You will partner with Front Office, Technology, and Control Functions to identify risks, assess controls, and strengthen risk management for trading products and algorithms.

The role requires collaboration, data analytics, automation, and leadership to drive scalable risk governance solutions and effective challenge to senior

Qualifications

• Experience in market risk, electronic trading risk, operational risk, risk governance, or similar second-level risk functions.
• Understanding of electronic and algorithmic trading controls and risk management frameworks.
• Advanced experience with data analysis and dashboard development using analytical tools.

Responsibilities

• Join Barclays as AVP - eTrading & Digital Asset Risk, supporting the risk oversight, governance, and control framework across electronic trading and digital asset activities.
• Partner with Front Office, Technology, and Control Functions to identify emerging risks, assess controls, and strengthen risk management across trading products, algorithms, and new technologies.
• Provide effective challenge to senior stakeholders while helping drive scalable and innovative approaches to risk governance.

Skills

Market risk

Electronic trading risk

Operational risk

Risk governance

Electronic trading controls

Alteryx

Tableau

SQL

Python

AI tools

Automation

Stakeholder management

Senior leadership engagement

Digital assets knowledge

Tools

Alteryx

Tableau

SQL

Python

AI tools

Job description

Purpose of the role

To set the risk appetite setting for the Trading portfolio and active calibration & monitoring of limits.

Accountabilities

• Collection and analysis of market data from various sources and ensuring risk is correctly captured, modelled and capitalised.
• Escalation of critical risk issues or breaches to Traders and senior Risk Management Leadership teams for timely action, as may be required.
• Review and provision of feedback on market risk models including change governance.
• Internal, Regulatory and Scenario stress testing for the Trading portfolio, as required.
• Steer and execution projects of market risk wide-significance e.g. FRTB, One Risk, as required.

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.

Leadership Behaviours

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.

Individual Contributor Responsibilities

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.

Communication & Influence

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.

Role Overview

Join Barclays as an AVP - eTrading & Digital Asset Risk, supporting the risk oversight, governance, and control framework across electronic trading and digital asset activities. You will partner with Front Office, Technology, and Control Functions to identify emerging risks, assess controls, and strengthen risk management across trading products, algorithms, and new technologies. This role will leverage data analytics, automation, and technical solutions to enhance risk monitoring, reporting, and strategy. You will also provide effective challenge to senior stakeholders while helping drive scalable and innovative approaches to risk governance.

Required Experience

• Experience in market risk, electronic trading risk, operational risk, risk governance, or similar second-level risk functions.
• Understanding of electronic and algorithmic trading controls and risk management frameworks.
• Advanced experience with Alteryx and Tableau Data analysis, process automation, and technical development capabilities.

Highly Valued Skills

• Experience using SQL, Python, AI tools, or other automation technologies.
• Ability to analyze complex datasets and develop risk reporting, dashboards, and management information.
• Stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills, including engagement with senior leadership.
• Knowledge of digital assets, algorithmic trading, data governance, or associated regulatory requirements.

Assessment Criteria

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, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Location & Salary

This role is located in New York, NY. Minimum Salary: $ 100,000 Maximum Salary: $160,000. The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available..

About Barclays

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.