VP – Macro FX Markets Strategy

Barclays•New York, NY

2d•$155,000 - $225,000•Onsite

About The Position

The VP – Macro FX Markets Strategy role is responsible for producing and delivering Research with differentiated market insights and actionable ideas to Barclays Clients. This involves analyzing market, sector, corporate, and/or 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 Markets, Client Strategy, and other 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 compliant research production and delivery. The role also involves contributing to strategy, driving requirements, managing resources, and ensuring continuous improvement. For individual contributors, this means being a subject matter expert, guiding technical direction, leading assignments, and coaching less experienced specialists. The role requires advising stakeholders, managing and mitigating risks, demonstrating leadership in risk management, understanding organizational functions, collaborating with business-aligned support areas, and creating solutions through sophisticated analytical thought and interpretative thinking. Adopting extensive research outcomes in problem-solving and building trusting relationships with stakeholders are also key. All colleagues are expected to embody Barclays Values (Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, Stewardship) and the Barclays Mindset (Empower, Challenge, Drive).

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 Global or Latin American fixed income markets

Nice To Haves

Proficient in Spanish or Portuguese
Motivation and eagerness to learn more about Global macro 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.
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.
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.
Demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
Be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will 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.
Drive key view's in the region's rates and FX markets.
Work with the team to develop Emerging Market top-down strategy views.