Trader Assistant, AVP

Barclays•New York, NY

2d•$90,000 - $120,000•Onsite

About The Position

To maintain the smooth and efficient operation of our trading desks, providing operational support and expertise to traders, sales professionals, and other key stakeholders, helping them maximize their productivity and minimize disruptions and handling administrative tasks, and providing market information and research. Join Barclays as a Trader Assistant, AVP, where you will support the day-to-day post-trade operations of the Trading Desk by ensuring executed trades are accurately captured, processed, and monitored throughout the trade lifecycle. You will Investigate and resolve trade exceptions, coordinate with Customer service, Trading, Technology, Middle Office, Settlements, and other internal stakeholders to ensure timely issue resolution, and maintain the smooth flow of transactions through downstream systems. You will provide operational support in a fast-paced trading environment while guiding multiple priorities, ensuring data accuracy, and contributing to the efficient execution of trading activities.

Requirements

Supporting Trade Support, Trading Assistant, Middle Office, Settlements, or other post-trade operations functions within Capital Markets
Coordinating the trade lifecycle, including post-execution trade processing, operational workflows, and settlement activities
Using advanced Excel to collect data and support day-to-day operational processes
Collaborating with Trading, Marketing, Technology, and Operations teams while building stakeholder relationships
Solving operational issues, handling competing priorities, and working accurately in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Equities, Delta One, Synthetic, or Prime Services trading desks
Knowledge of VBA, Excel Macros, or process automation tools to improve operational efficiency
Exposure to multiple asset classes or experience working in international financial markets
Risk and controls
Change and transformation
Business acumen
Strategic thinking
Digital and technology
Job-specific technical skills

Responsibilities

Provision of immediate and efficient technical support to traders and sales professionals on the trading desks, resolving hardware, software, and network-related issues to ensure uninterrupted trading activities.
Coordination of trade execution by liaising with traders, clients, and other internal teams to ensure smooth transactions.
Maintenance and updating of trade records, transaction logs, and client databases accurately.
Reports, presentations, and documentation preparation to support sales and trading activities.
Monitoring of market data and assist in the analysis of financial information for trading decisions.
Operational tasks such as processing trades, confirming orders, and resolving trade discrepancies.
To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function.
Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
Influence or convince stakeholders 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.
Support the day-to-day post-trade operations of the Trading Desk by ensuring executed trades are accurately captured, processed, and monitored throughout the trade lifecycle.
Investigate and resolve trade exceptions.
Coordinate with Customer service, Trading, Technology, Middle Office, Settlements, and other internal stakeholders to ensure timely issue resolution.
Maintain the smooth flow of transactions through downstream systems.
Provide operational support in a fast-paced trading environment while guiding multiple priorities, ensuring data accuracy, and contributing to the efficient execution of trading activities.