At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead competitor analysis and provide strategic insights for senior executives.
- Company: Join Barclays, a leading global financial services provider.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career development opportunities, and a dynamic work environment.
- Other info: Collaborate with top executives and drive meaningful change.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by shaping strategic decisions at the highest levels.
- Qualifications: Strong analytical skills and experience in financial services or strategy.
The predicted salary is between 100000 - 150000 £ per year.
This VP position plays a key role in delivering Barclays’ Competitor Analytics agenda, providing a clear external perspective on how Barclays performs relative to key financial services peers and global investment banks. The role brings together market intelligence, financial benchmarking, competitor spotlights, and strategic insights to support decision‑making at the most senior levels of the organisation, including ExCo and Board members. Working closely with Strategy and Finance, the role provides context, interpretation, and recommendations based on external trends and competitor movements.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead Barclays’ competitor analysis agenda, benchmarking financial performance, strategic initiatives, market positioning, and operational trends across global peers.
- Produce concise competitor spotlights, thematic insights, and market intelligence for ExCo, Board, and senior stakeholders.
- Conduct financial and operational benchmarking—including revenue, cost, headcount, capital, returns, and pay competitiveness—and translate findings into clear, actionable insights.
- Bring together large volumes of external data and information from multiple sources, applying a strategic lens to identify peer trends, risks, and opportunities relevant to Barclays.
- Partner closely with Strategy and Finance to provide context, shape insight narratives, and support strategic planning.
Essential Skills / Basic Qualifications
- Ability to understand and interpret financial statements, regulatory filings, and market disclosures.
- Demonstrated capability to take an external, strategic perspective and connect competitor insights to business implications.
- Excellent analytical, research, and synthesis skills, with the ability to simplify complex information for senior audiences.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience producing materials for senior executives or board‑level stakeholders.
Desirable Skills / Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in competitor analytics, strategy, equity research, consulting, or market intelligence within financial services.
- Strong understanding of investment banking and financial services business models, performance drivers, and competitive dynamics.
- Experience working with large datasets or analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Excel modelling).
You may be assessed on 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.
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 business.
