Job Description

Purpose of the role

To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities. 

Accountabilities

• Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.
• Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
• Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
• Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
• Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
• Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
• Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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 our growing Consumer Risk function and make a real impact on how we deliver value to our customers and business. As a Business Analyst, you will support the identification of business requirements and the development of innovative solutions, helping the organisation achieve its strategic goals while ensuring good consumer risk practices are embedded across change.

To be successful as a Consumer Risk Business Analyst, you should have experience with:

• Business Analysis experience specifically within Risk IT functions of a financial institution. Deep understanding of either:

• Market Risk: VaR (Value at Risk), Stress Testing, FRTB (Fundamental Review of the Trading Book), P&L attribution, sensitivities (Greeks), end-of-day risk aggregation, front-office risk limits, and trading book/banking book differentiation.

• Consumer Risk: IFRS 9 / CECL (Expected Credit Loss), PD/LGD/EAD modelling, credit scoring, origination risk, collections risk, stress testing, portfolio segmentation, and provisioning calculations.

• Proven experience leading data migration projects from on-premises risk data warehouses (e.g., Oracle Exadata, SQL Server, Teradata) to AWS Cloud (Redshift, AWS S3, Glue). Deep understanding of risk data lineage - from trade/loan origination systems through to risk calculation engines and regulatory reporting. Experience defining data quality rules, reconciliation frameworks, and validation strategies specifically for risk data during cloud cutover

• Proven ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across Risk, Finance, Front Office, and Technology - including quants, risk controllers, traders, and IT leads. Expert in translating complex business needs into clear, actionable functional and non-functional requirements. Strong track record of managing regulatory-driven change with tight deadlines and high-stakes delivery

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Certified or experienced Product Owner or Product Manager within a SAFe environment. Comfortable managing Program Backlogs, writing Features and User Stories with clear Acceptance Criteria, leading PI Planning, and coordinating with multiple Agile teams across Risk and Technology.

• Familiarity with BUK's consumer and SME product suite—including Residential Mortgages, Personal Loans, Credit Cards, Overdrafts, and Current Accounts. Understanding product P&L drivers, customer lifecycle (origination → servicing → arrears → write-off), and how each product generates Consumer Risk exposure (PD, LGD, EAD). Knowledge of product hierarchies, customer segmentation, and key data attributes required for IFRS 9 ECL calculations

• Practical experience using Claude or similar LLMs to accelerate BA deliverables - such as generating SQL/Python scripts for data profiling, summarising regulatory documentation (e.g., PRA/EBA guidelines), auto-generating test scenarios, or drafting user stories from meeting notes

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

The location of your role is London.