MD - Strategic Advisory in Canary Wharf

Job Description

Purpose of the role

Develop and challenge Group and business unit strategies, delivering measurable impact through high‑priority strategic projects with exposure to senior management across Barclays.

Accountabilities

• Partner with senior stakeholders to solve complex business problems and inform key decisions.

• Shape enterprise-wide strategy across business units, balancing short- and long-term priorities.

• Structure ambiguous problems and deliver analytical insight, including financial modelling and market analysis.

• Monitor market trends and competitor activity to identify risks and opportunities.

• Communicate clearly and influence stakeholders through structured, compelling messaging.

• Contribute to team development and continuous improvement, including coaching junior colleagues where appropriate.

Managing Director Expectations

• To manage a large, complex or diverse function and take accountability for the strategic direction of the function to significantly strengthen successful and efficient businesses and contribute to the strategic initiatives of the Barclays Group

• Lead and mentor high performing teams and embed a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects, act as a profound technical expert and thought leader, Identifying new and innovative/ground breaking ways of working. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.

• Drive and achieve overall success and / or competitiveness of a business division by influencing senior leaders and committees.

• Strategically assess and manage risks to protect the business division / function and growth.

• Influence company policy and develop functional procedures in conjunction with senior leaders / strategic positions across the business.

• Demonstrate interpretative thinking for innovative solutions in complex situations and conceptual thinking in completely new situations.

• Exercise management authority to make significant / complex business and strategic decisions that impact the Barclays Group, business division or function.

• Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally and foster growth for Barclays business.

• Mandated as the business division/ functional spokesperson or representative to external bodies and shapes the public image of Barclays.

• Demonstrate exceptional knowledge of how business divisions and functions integrate with the Group to achieve the overall business objectives alongside industry theories and practices within own discipline.

• Maintain broad and comprehensive functional expertise and significant product knowledge.

• Accountable for the control and governance agenda of the business division / function.

• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays.

All Senior Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.

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.

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