Collateral Management Analyst – Prime Margins

Barclays; Whippany (NJ); On-site; USD 64,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision coverage

401(k)

Life insurance

Paid leave

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Collateral Management Analyst – Prime Margins to help safeguard exposure and manage margin calls for prime brokerage clients. You will work with external clients and internal teams across Prime Brokerage, Settlements, and Operations to monitor exposure and ensure proper collateral is collected.

The role emphasizes risk management, attention to detail, and exceptional client service as part of a global organization with teams in Whippany and beyond.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services operations.
• Middle office exposure.
• Knowledge of risk and controls.
• Experience with collateral management is preferred.
• Knowledge of prime brokerage processes.
• Experience with margins, cash wires and payments.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day processing, reviewing, reporting, trading and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with bank-wide teams to align operational processes.
• Identify areas for improvement and provide recommendations for process optimization.
• Develop and implement operational procedures and controls to mitigate risks and maintain efficiency.
• Create reports and presentations on performance and communicate findings to senior stakeholders.
• Identify industry trends and adopt best practices in banking operations.
• Participate in projects to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Skills

Financial Services (Operations)

Middle office experience

Risk and Controls experience

Collateral Management

Prime brokerage experience

Margins experience

Cash wires and payments experience

Job description

Join Barclays as a Collateral Management Analyst – Prime Margins. At Barclays, our vison is clear – to safeguard exposure, strengthen client partnerships, and drive assurance across global markets. Your role will sit within the Barclays' broader Collateral Management organization, and you will play a critical role in risk management for prime brokerage clients. You'll be responsible for monitoring trading exposure with counterparties and ensuring appropriate collateral is collected and maintained to mitigate risk. In this highly client-facing position, you will partner closely with external clients and internal stakeholders, including Prime Brokerage, Settlements, and Operations teams, to manage margin calls, validate exposure calculations, resolve operational and technology-related issues, and ensure client requests are handled efficiently. As part of a global organization with teams across Whippany, London, India, and Singapore, your role offers broad international collaboration while supporting sophisticated prime brokerage clients with bespoke and often highly sensitive requirements. Success in this position requires a good control mindset, attention to detail, and a commitment to delivering remarkable client service.

To be successful in your role as Collateral Management Analyst - Prime Margin, you should have:

• Financial Services (Operations)
• Middle office experience
• Risk and Controls experience
• Collateral Management (preferred)
  
  
  

Other Highly Valued Skills May Include

• Prime brokerage experience
• Margins experience
• Cash wires and payments experience
  
  
  

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

This role is located in Whippany, NJ.

This role is regulated by FINRA.

Minimum Salary: $64,000.00

Maximum Salary: $87,000.00

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

Purpose of the role

To support business areas with day-to-day processing, reviewing, reporting, trading and issue resolution.

Accountabilities

• Support various business areas with day-to-day initiatives including processing, reviewing, reporting, trading, and issue resolution.
• Collaboration with teams across the bank to align and integrate operational processes.
• Identification of areas for improvement and providing recommendations in operational processes.
• Development and implementation of operational procedures and controls to mitigate risks and maintain operational efficiency.
• Development of reports and presentations on operational performance and communicate findings to internal senior stakeholders.
• Identification of industry trends and developments to implement best practice in banking operations.
• Participation in projects and initiatives to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
  
  
  

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.