Syndicate Analyst recruitment
About the Organization
Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide. With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, we operate in over 50 countries and employ over 140,000 people.We provide large corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs. Our clients also benefit from access to the breadth of expertise across Barclays. We're one of the largest financial services providers in the world, and are also engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate banking, and wealth and investment management. For further information about Barclays, please visit our website http://www.barclays.com.
It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.
Department Overview
Barclays continues to invest and build its presence worldwide and is a leading player in global capital markets. We continue to expand our suite of products and underpin them with a very strong infrastructure.
Our ongoing strong performance in fixed income, equities, foreign exchange, commodities and prime services proves our ability to successfully deliver relevant solutions.
Main Function/Responsibilities
- Perform financial analyses, valuation and modeling
- Assist with the preparation of presentations and memorandums as well as perform due diligence
- Identify trends, developments, and information anomalies using internal and external market data
- Evaluate and implement technology solutions to meet business needs
- Handle ad hoc management requests for various MIS reports
- Build the reputation and reach of the organization through strong relationships and of positioning of the organization's intellectual content, improve reputation of the franchise with its clients
- Identify opportunities to enhance efficiencies or effectiveness, or build infrastructure
- Actively involved in researching the ideas that add value to the business or clients
- Liaise with the global sales force and sales assistants on various issues, and generally interact with sales, trading and research professionals in all offices
- Demonstrate analytical and technical skills needed to achieve results
- Maintain an appropriate knowledge of relevant market and sector information
- Create and maintain marketing/educational material and coordinate roadshows as needed, both deal specific and non-deal specific
- Take sound action given a limited amount of time and information
- Approach all decisions with a clear understanding of risk implications
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum GPA of 3.4
- Series 7 63
- 1 year experience in MS Office (e.g. pivot tables, macros)
- 0-2 years of experience working at a financial services firm
Preferred Qualifications
- Ambition to work on a trading floor in a market- and client-driven function
- Attention to detail and the ability to work independently
- Strong analytical and adaptive skills
- Resourcefulness, team orientation, enthusiasm, and an entrepreneurial spirit
- Strong interest in business and finance