Quantitative Analytics Liquid Financing Prime VP

Barclays•New York, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of the role is to provide quantitative and analytical expertise to support trading strategies, risk management, and decision-making within the investment banking domain. This involves applying quantitative analysis, mathematical modeling, and technology to optimize trading and investment opportunities. The role requires developing and implementing quantitative models and strategies to gain insight into market trends, optimize trading decisions, pricing, and risk management across various financial products and markets. It also involves working closely with sales teams to understand client needs and develop customized solutions, conducting in-depth research, data analysis, and statistical modeling, and providing front-office infrastructure support through ownership and maintenance of analytical libraries. Additionally, the role requires providing expertise on quantitative methodologies, technological advancements, and industry best practices to foster innovation within the trading environment. As a Vice President, the individual will contribute to or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change. This includes planning resources, budgets, and policies; managing and maintaining policies/processes; delivering continuous improvements; and escalating breaches of policies/procedures. If managing a team, the VP will define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to employee pay decisions. They may also lead specialists to influence department operations, aligning with strategic and tactical priorities, balancing short and long-term goals, and ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements. For an individual contributor, the VP will be a subject matter expert, guiding technical direction, leading collaborative assignments, and training/coaching less experienced specialists. The role involves advising key stakeholders, managing and mitigating risks, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of organizational functions, collaborating with other areas, creating solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, and building trusting relationships with stakeholders. All colleagues are expected to demonstrate Barclays Values (Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, Stewardship) and the Barclays Mindset (Empower, Challenge, Drive).

Requirements

Experience with Equity products and models
Familiar with Calculus, Linear Algebra, and data analysis using AI ML techniques
Extensive working knowledge of Python and familiarity with object-oriented programming
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain complicated concepts in a simple, non-technical way, to a variety of internal stakeholders
A track record of delivering projects and working on multiple initiatives in parallel
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.
Demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship
Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive

Nice To Haves

Experience working on Equity Financing or Delta 1 desks
Knowledge of financial products relevant to the Liquid Financing business, e.g. repo, margin loans, futures, equity options, and equity swaps
Experience with optimization methods like linear programming
Experience with cross-platform / cross-technology development (Windows/Linux), CI/CD, workflow automation (AWS, Kubernetes), and databases
Experience with data visualization tools, interface and libraries (e.g. Jupyter, Dash, Rest API)
Experience with AI coding assistants such as Claude Code

Responsibilities

Development and implementation of quantitative models and strategies to derive insight into market trends and optimize trading decisions, pricing, and risk management across various financial products and markets.
Working closely with sales teams to identify clients' needs and develop customised solutions.
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.
Provision of expertise on quantitative methodologies, technological advancements, and industry best practices to drive innovation within the trading environment.
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, define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes.
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.
For an individual contributor, be a subject matter expert within own discipline and guide technical direction.
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.
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.
Working closely with the Equity Finance and Delta 1 desks in developing analytics tools and models to help managing market and counterparty risk as well as optimizing inventory and financial resources.
Partner with the business to explore and quantify revenue generation opportunities.