Vice President, Investment Banking

Barclays•New York, NY

2d•$250,000 - $275,000•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of the role is to build and maintain relationships with clients, understand their needs, expectations, and financial goals to develop and propose appropriate investment banking solutions for clients and their companies. This involves developing and maintaining strong relationships with corporate clients by understanding their business, financial goals, and industry trends. It also includes generating ideas and identifying opportunities that expand the bank's client base and generate new business. The role requires in-depth financial analysis and due diligence on client companies to assess their financial health and valuation. Collaboration with legal and compliance teams is necessary for reviewing, drafting, and maintaining legal documentation, including contracts and agreements. Collaboration with other teams such as Capital Markets, Sales and Trading, Research, and Risk Management is essential to provide comprehensive solutions to clients. A key aspect of the role is to champion Energy Transition and Sustainability by engaging with clients on their climate, transition strategies, and sustainable finance opportunities. The Vice President is expected to 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 role involves defining jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counseling employees on performance, and contributing to employee pay decisions. They may also lead specialists to influence department operations in alignment with strategic and tactical priorities, balancing short and long-term goals, and ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements. For individual contributors, the role requires being a subject matter expert, guiding technical direction, leading collaborative assignments, and guiding team members. This includes identifying the need for other specializations, training, guiding, and coaching less experienced specialists, and providing information affecting long-term profits, organizational risks, and strategic decisions. The role involves advising key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management, on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment. Risk management through assessment is crucial, in support of the control and governance agenda. Leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls are expected. A comprehensive understanding of the organization's functions is needed to contribute to business goals. Collaboration with other areas of work is required to stay updated on business activity and strategies. Solutions will be created 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, incorporating extensive research. Building and maintaining trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders is key, using influencing and negotiating skills. All colleagues are expected to demonstrate Barclays Values (Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, Stewardship) and the Barclays Mindset (Empower, Challenge, Drive).

Requirements

Minimum Salary: $250,000.00 per year
Maximum Salary: $275,000.00 per year
Requires 20% domestic and international travel to meet with clients.

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.
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.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain relationships with clients, understand their needs, expectations, and financial goals to develop and propose appropriate investment banking solutions.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with corporate clients by understanding their business, financial goals, and industry trends.
Generate ideas and identify opportunities that expand the bank's client base and generate new business.
Perform in-depth financial analysis and due diligence on client companies to assess their financial health and valuation.
Collaborate with legal and compliance teams to review, draft, and maintain legal documentation required for transactions, including contracts and agreements.
Collaborate with other teams, such as Capital Markets, Sales and Trading, Research, and Risk Management, to provide comprehensive solutions to clients.
Champion Energy Transition and Sustainability by engaging with clients on their climate, transition strategies, and sustainable finance opportunities.
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, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes.
If managing a team: lead specialists to influence department operations in alignment with strategic and tactical priorities, balancing short and long-term goals, and ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
If an individual contributor: be a subject matter expert within own discipline and guide technical direction.
If an individual contributor: lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialization to complete assignments.
If an individual contributor: train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long-term profits, organizational 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 organization 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.
Perform in-depth analysis with interpretative thinking 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.
Advise clients on a wide range of strategic transactions across FinTech, Banks and Specialty Finance Verticals.
Manage project teams conducting industry research, evaluating key trends and opportunities, developing financial models, performing valuation analyses, and managing the execution of transactions.
Prepare and deliver presentations to clients and senior leadership, while nurturing and building strong relationships with other industry professionals.