Global Markets, VP

Barclays•New York, NY

21h•$150,000 - $225,000•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this role is to execute trades and manage risk within a defined portfolio of financial instruments. The individual will stay informed about market trends and developments to make informed trading decisions. This role involves providing quantitative and analytical expertise to support trading strategies, risk management, and decision making within an emerging markets trading desk. It requires applying quantitative analysis, mathematical modelling, and technology to optimize the systematic trading process, and developing and implementing quantitative models and strategies to derive insight into market trends. The VP will optimize trading decisions, pricing, and risk management across various financial products and markets, work with sales teams to identify clients' needs and develop customized solutions, and conduct in-depth research, data analysis, and statistical modelling to derive insights into market trends, pricing, and risk dynamics. Additionally, the role involves providing front office infrastructure support through ownership and maintenance of analytical libraries, and offering subject matter expertise on quantitative methodologies, technological advancements, and industry best practices to drive innovation within the trading environment.

Requirements

Provide quantitative and analytical expertise to support trading strategies, risk management, and decision making within emerging markets trading desk.
Apply quantitative analysis, mathematical modelling, and technology to optimize systematic trading process.
Develop and implement quantitative models and strategies to derive insight into market trends.
Optimize trading decisions, pricing, and risk management across various financial products and markets.
Work with sales teams to identify clients' needs and develop customized solutions.
Conduct in-depth research, data analysis, and statistical modelling to derive insights into market trends, pricing, and risk dynamics.
Provide front office infrastructure support though ownership and maintenance of analytical libraries.
Provide subject matter expertise on quantitative methodologies, technological advancements, and industry best practices to drive innovation within the trading environment.
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.

Nice To Haves

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.
Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.

Responsibilities

Execution of buy and sell orders or pricing of liquidity in various financial instruments while adhering to the bank's trading strategies and risk parameters.
Monitoring and analysis of global financial markets, economic indicators, news, and geopolitical events to identify trading opportunities and assess market risks.
Management and monitoring of the risk associated with the trading portfolio and ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal risk management guidelines.
Collaboration with research analysts and other teams to gather insights and information for trading decisions.
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.
Provide quantitative and analytical expertise to support trading strategies, risk management, and decision making within emerging markets trading desk.
Apply quantitative analysis, mathematical modelling, and technology to optimize systematic trading process.
Develop and implement quantitative models and strategies to derive insight into market trends.
Optimize trading decisions, pricing, and risk management across various financial products and markets.
Work with sales teams to identify clients' needs and develop customized solutions.
Conduct in-depth research, data analysis, and statistical modelling to derive insights into market trends, pricing, and risk dynamics.
Provide front office infrastructure support though ownership and maintenance of analytical libraries.
Provide subject matter expertise on quantitative methodologies, technological advancements, and industry best practices to drive innovation within the trading environment.
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.
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.