PC Prime Equities Analyst

About the Role

The PC Prime Equities Analyst at Barclays will oversee the financial aspects of trading activities, ensuring accuracy and integrity of the bank's trading book, compliance with regulatory requirements, and providing insights into trading performance. This role is based in Pune.

Key Responsibilities

• Reconciliation of daily profit and loss (P&L) figures for trading desks, investigating and resolving discrepancies.
• Support the identification, assessment, and mitigation of trading risks, and report on these financial risks.
• Maintenance and analysis of the bank’s trading data, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Provision of insights to traders and senior colleagues on trading performance.
• Preparation and submission of regulatory reports to authorities.
• Provision of support to external audits, including addressing auditor queries.
• Effective communication of complex financial information to traders, risk professionals, senior colleagues, and external stakeholders.
• Cross-functional collaboration to ensure a coordinated approach to trading activities.
• Perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard, driving continuous improvement.
• Escalate breaches of policies/procedures 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 owned or contributed work.
• Deliver work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulations, and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, and knowledge of the organisation’s products, services, and processes.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the organisation sub-function objectives.
• Make evaluative judgments 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, guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex/sensitive information.
• Act as a contact point for stakeholders outside the immediate function, building a network of contacts.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experienced with MS office toolkit (Word, PPT, Excel, Access Database etc.)
• Qualified accountant.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in both formal and informal settings.
• Ability to interact with the region and UK/US as part of a global team (written and verbal).
• Strong control awareness, including the ability to identify and escalate potential control breakdowns and to streamline processes effectively and efficiently.
• Initiative and ability to break down problems into component parts and resolve them.
• Attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Confident and assertive manner.
• In-depth technical knowledge and experience in the assigned area of expertise.
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, demonstrate clear leadership behaviours: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• For an individual contributor, develop technical expertise, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Take responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function.

Qualifications

• CFA/Master’s in Finance/Financial Engineering would be an advantage.
• Article ship/Industrial trainee in mid to large-sized firms.
• Audit exposure in large financial institutions/banks preferred.

Key critical skills for success may include: risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skill.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.