Portfolio Hedging & Optimization – Significant Risk Transfer Specialist – Investment Banking

When joining us at Barclays as a Portfolio, Hedging & Optimisation - Significant Risk Transfer Specialist, you will assist the team in the execution of new Significant Risk Transfer (SRT) transactions as well as in the maintenance of the wider SRT Programme. You will significantly contribute to the team responsible for the global credit hedging and financial resource optimisation of the lending portfolio across Barclays Corporate and Investment Bank. This includes managing a global structured trade programme (Colonnade) to support credit and capital management and responsibility for lending and returns optimisation and strategic capital initiatives.

To be successful as a Significant Risk Transfer Specialist, you should have experience with:

• New deal execution
• Significant Risk Transfer Market Knowledge
• Quantitative Analysis

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Structuring, modelling and optimisation
• An understanding of Corporate Loan Portfolios and associated Credit Risk

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 position is based out of our Canary Wharf Office in 1 Churchill Place, London.

This role is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Purpose of the role

To support with the management of the relationship lending portfolio for the Investment Bank (IB) with the primary goal of maximizing the return on equity of the loan portfolio and associated business cases.

Accountabilities

• Work in partnership with Banking and Markets to evaluate needs of our corporate clients, whilst ensuring optimal value generation for our shareholders.
• Manage/support with managing one or more portfolios of loan exposures within designated markets/industries, including acting as gatekeeper and voting member within the firm's capital commitment process.
• Perform primary diligence and assist in structuring/negotiating terms for new capital commitments.
• Monitor credits on an ongoing basis and structure/approve amendments.
• Manage loan sale and CDS hedging trade recommendations.

Vice President Expectations

• 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.