Risk Analyst Graduate Programme 2025 Northampton

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To support the day-to-day operations of the risk division by monitoring the bank's risk profile, identifying, and managing risks and providing insights and expertise to support senior colleagues to make informed decisions.

Accountabilities

• Execution of small research projects to support risk identification and strategic decision making. Prepare presentations and reports to communicate the findings to senior management.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives.
• Participation in training and development programs to enhance skills and knowledge.
• Identification and management of risks including reviewing and challenging business propositions.
• Management of business and client relationships under steadily decreasing supervision.
• Support of risk management and decision making by using financial models and strategies.

Analyst Expectations

• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team's operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies / procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation, and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisation's products, services, and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.

If you're a recent graduate or soon-to-be graduate, join us and unlock a world of carefully curated experiences, knowledge, and connections to shape your career. Along the way, you can expect all the training and support you need to make your mark on the world. Put simply, we'll empower you to help determine how we do things and where we go next. Our graduates are a vital part of our success, and we welcome applications from people from all walks of life. Whoever you are and wherever you want to join us, if you're curious, creative and ambitious, this is a world in which you can truly belong.

2-year rotational programme designed to give you depth and breadth of experience.

Why the Risk Graduate programme?
In our business, successfully managing risk is more than strategically important - it's essential. As an integral part of our success, Barclays' Risk team helps determine the level of risk considered appropriate for our client, group of clients or other legal entity. Think you have what it takes to succeed here? Join us as an analyst.

Real responsibility, right away
You'll start out with four weeks of intense training, covering various topics, including accounting, finance, stock and bond analysis, and an overview of all major instruments and businesses. Then you'll begin the first of three, eight-month long rotations in our offices - with a potential opportunity to work in London for part of the time - exposing you to a variety of areas across Risk. During this programme, you'll be placed in one of the key areas in Risk, including Credit, Market Risk, Operational, Treasury and Model. Along the way you'll build excellent foundational knowledge while getting to know our business and our people. As a Risk analyst you may:

• research and analyse financial statements and industry peer groups to assess creditworthiness
• prepare and maintain industry and counterparty credit reviews and ratings
• monitor and report on a product's risk profile
• on-board new clients and ensure counterparty data is complete and accurate
• assist in handling trade requests, including analysing transaction specific risks.

Risk at Barclays

Barclays is a global force in banking, and Risk at Barclays is involved in every single transaction, every product, every service and every decision Barclays makes across the full suite of Global banking operations. For the 3,000 people who work in Risk across the world, the sheer scale of our operation gives them unrivalled exposure, insight, breadth of experience - and the opportunity to build rich and varied careers within Risk and beyond.

What we are looking for:
To be considered for this programme, you must be motivated with a strong degree or expected degree - in any area.

Ideally, you would also have:
Problem-solving skills and analytical thinking. An interest to understand how a global bank adapts in a constantly evolving regulatory environment and an interest in how our bank responds to external market influences and find the support to build a successful career within Risk.

Working at Northampton
Northampton is a key strategic hub, and home to a community of over 3,000 talented people. Our team is behind global business developments such as fraud leveraging machine learning, and redesigning technology for the contact centre of the future. With so much happening, it's the ideal place for a diverse career path.

You'll find our brilliant Barclays minds in our lakeside office, built in 1996. It's not only environmentally friendly, but also people-friendly too. Here, we encourage wellbeing - from mental health to healthy living to health awareness.

It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

Please note this is a job posting for our 2024 Internship cohort, please do not apply to this position if you have not recently completed an Internship with Barclays. For those interested in our 2025 internship or graduate opportunities, those applications will be opening soon.