Mortgage Research VP

Barclays•New York, NY

9d•$155,000 - $225,000•Onsite

About The Position

Join Barclays as a Mortgage Research VP, where you will develop and articulate investment strategies and produce and publish thematic research on mortgage-backed securities for internal and external audiences. Assess large and multi-layered datasets to identify market opportunities, risks, and emerging trends across mortgages and fixed income markets. Work with traders, salespeople, other research teams, and clients to provide actionable insights and recommendations. Evaluate market developments, macroeconomic trends, consumer behaviour, and credit dynamics impacting mortgage markets.

Requirements

Ample communication, presentation, and writing skills with the ability to effectively communicate highly detailed market views
Demonstrated experience in mortgages, RMBS/MBS, fixed income investing, or related markets
Attention to detail and ability to operate in a fast-paced, market-driven environment
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Bloomberg
Experience working with large and multi-layered datasets to support investment research and strategy-making

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in SQL and/or Python for data evaluation, automation, and research applications
Experience leveraging data science, analytics, or AI tools to improve research workflows and investment processes
Critical-thinking and problem-solving abilities
Broad understanding of economics, credit markets, and mortgage-related products
Demonstrated curiosity and commitment to continuous learning

Responsibilities

Analysis of market, sector, corporate and/or economic data to help develop investment theses for your coverage universe to produce best in class Research.
Research may range from individual company or sector notes, through to long dated thematic reports.
Presentation of Research views to Barclays Clients; this can be through direct, face to face and virtual interactions, Research hosted events and written communications.
Engagement with Markets, Client Strategy and other other stakeholders, to raise awareness of your Research both to Clients and internally. Prioritise interaction with the most relevant and valuable Clients for your Research.
Provision of insights and Research views to internal Clients to help them navigate financial markets and risks.
Collaboration with the Supervisory Analyst, Compliance and other stakeholders to ensure Research is produced and delivered to Clients and internal stakeholders in a compliant manner.
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.