VP - LatAm Local Markets Strategist

Barclays•New York, NY

2d•$155,000 - $225,000•Onsite

About The Position

The VP - LatAm Local Markets Strategist role at Barclays is responsible for producing and delivering research with differentiated market insights and actionable ideas to Barclays Clients. This involves analyzing market, sector, corporate, and economic data to develop investment theses for the coverage universe, producing research notes and thematic reports. The role requires presenting research views to clients through various channels, engaging with stakeholders to promote research, and providing insights to internal clients to help them navigate financial markets and risks. Collaboration with Supervisory Analyst, Compliance, and other stakeholders is crucial to ensure research is produced and delivered in a compliant manner. The position also involves contributing to strategy, driving requirements, making recommendations for change, planning resources, budgets, and policies, and delivering continuous improvements. For individual contributors, this means being a subject matter expert, guiding technical direction, leading collaborative assignments, and coaching less experienced specialists. The role requires advising stakeholders on functional and cross-functional areas, managing and mitigating risks, demonstrating leadership in risk management and controls, and understanding organizational functions to achieve business goals. It involves collaborating with other areas to stay updated on business activity and strategies, creating solutions through sophisticated analytical thought, and adopting outcomes of extensive research in problem-solving. Building and maintaining trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders is key to accomplishing business objectives.

Requirements

Clear and effective communication skills, both written and spoken
Advanced quantitative and analytical skills, with a methodical and analytical approach to solving problems
Experience working with large data sets, dashboards, and scraping data
Advanced programming and econometric skills (Python, R), as well as Excel and PowerPoint skills
Experience working with Latin American fixed income markets

Nice To Haves

Proficient in Spanish or Portugese
Motivation and eagerness to learn more about LatAm markets

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 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.
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.
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.
Drive key views in the region's rates and FX markets.
Develop Emerging Market top-down strategy views.