Associate Banker - Real Estate in Cambridge

Join us as an Associate Banker within our Real Estate team, where you’ll support Relationship Directors and Managers in delivering exceptional service to some of the Bank’s largest and most complex clients. You’ll help deepen client relationships, identify opportunities for growth, and work with product and specialist teams to support tailored financial solutions. Alongside this, you’ll contribute to strong risk and control practices, maintain high‑quality portfolio management, and support business development activities to attract new clients into the Large Corporate franchise. This role is based in Cambridge.

To Be Successful In This Role You Will Have:

• Good client focus, with the ability to understand client needs and support a high‑quality experience
• Excellent business acumen, with the capability to recognise opportunities and interpret financial information
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Familiarity with corporate banking operations

Desirable Skills / Preferred Qualifications:

• Awareness of corporate banking products and solutions
• Understanding of AML risks within corporate portfolios
• Knowledge of credit processes, policy, and portfolio management
• Previous experience within the real estate sector

Key Assessment Areas:

• Risk and controls
• Change and transformation
• Business acumen
• Strategic thinking
• Digital and technology
• Job‑specific technical skills

Accountabilities:

• Following, improving and strengthening of controls wherever possible, working collaboratively with the Relationship Director to proactively identify and manage risk.
• Relationship management with Product and Group Partners and acting as a conduit for the portfolio.
• Deliver products and services to meet the needs of our clients and balance both short‑ and long‑term consideration.
• Provision of support to Relationship Managers/Directors, such as supporting client contact strategy, annual reviews and the maintenance of client account plans.
• Provision of service to clients to drive positive Savanta scores, ensuring servicing activity is directed to the appropriate contact point and championing self‑serve and digital adoption.
• Participation in internal training programs and workshops to develop knowledge of banking products, financial analysis, and relationship management skills.
• Development and maintenance of industry knowledge dependent on portfolio purity, supporting team industry initiatives.

Analyst Expectations:

• Perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard, consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Possess in‑depth technical knowledge and experience in the assigned area of expertise.
• Have a thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within that area.
• Lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviours when the position has leadership responsibilities, creating a collaborative environment for colleagues and delivering consistently excellent results.
• For an individual contributor, develop technical expertise and act as an advisor where appropriate.
• 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.
• Escalate breaches of policies/procedures appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within one's area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to, delivering work in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how one's sub‑function integrates with the broader function, alongside knowledge of the company's products, services and processes.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to achieving organisational 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 and guidance from precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex or sensitive information.
• Act as a contact point for stakeholders outside the immediate function while building a network of contacts inside and outside the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass to 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.