Strategic Advisory AVP

Join us at Barclays as a Strategic Advisory AVP. In this role, you will be supporting VPs and Directors in the execution of firm-wide and business aligned projects. You will own end-to-end execution of the project's workstreams or activities while executing analysis and research to help solve complex issues identified by senior stakeholders. You will also support the VPs and Directors on the team in the development of scoping documents and project approaches while running research around key industry trends to generate insights for the broader team and senior stakeholders.

To be successful as a Strategic Advisory AVP, you should have:

• Bachelor’s degree in a Business, Finance or other relevant discipline
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to run analysis on problems and research on key industry trends
• Experience developing presentations and building basic financial models
• Working knowledge around key trends in financial services
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office solutions, with a focus upon PowerPoint, Excel and Word

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Prior experience at a top tier management consulting firm, internal strategy function or investment banking
• MBA or Advanced Degree from top-tier institutions
• Extended knowledge around key trends in financial services

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The role is located in New York, NY.

Minimum Salary: $100,000

Maximum Salary: $139,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any another type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Purpose of the role

To provide independent and balanced advice and counsel to senior stakeholders through problem identification, solving and decision making practices.

Accountabilities

• Provision of strategic advice to Group Executives to support the decision-making process of business challenges and opportunities.
• Development and implementation of strategic advisory incentives to grow and optimise the bank’s operations, through market research and analysis.
• Collaboration with various stakeholder groups to identify the appropriate strategic direction type to meet the needs of Barclays clients and investors.
• Development of financial models to support strategic recommendations and transactions through financial data analysis, financial projects and considering the financial impact of transactions.
• Management of transactions, negotiations, transaction structure development and post-transaction integration.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders to maintain client relationships, and develop new relationships to identify opportunities.
• Identification of industry trends, maintain peer benchmarking and developments related to strategic advisory services by attendings conferences, participating in training and conducting market research.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders 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.