If you're a recent graduate or soon-to-be graduate, join us and unlock a world of carefully curated experiences, knowledge, and connections to shape your career. Along the way, you can expect all the training and support you need to make your mark on the world. Put simply, we’ll empower you to help determine how we do things and where we go next. Our graduates are a vital part of our success, and we welcome applications from people from all walks of life. Whoever you are and wherever you want to join us, if you’re curious, creative, and ambitious, this is a world in which you can truly belong.
2-Year Rotational Programme
A 2-year rotational programme designed to give you depth and breadth of experience.
Why the Finance Graduate Programme?
Barclays’ financial health is of the utmost importance - not only to our clients, shareholders, and employees – but to a wide array of stakeholders, too. Our Finance function is essential to our success and includes our Business Performance & Analytics, Product Control, Financial Control, Cost Management, CCAR, and Tax teams. Want to learn how financial concepts are applied in a global financial institution like Barclays? Join us as an analyst.
It will start with several weeks of intensive training, after which, you’ll join one of our Finance or Tax teams. The first five months with your team will be dedicated to learning the ins and outs of your role through on-the-job and classroom training, so at the six-month mark you can take on greater responsibility for tasks such as:
* Perform daily profit and loss analysis for business units, identifying and researching performance impacts.
* Compile regular reports and scorecards for senior managers.
* Analyse data for trends and insights.
* Write and deliver presentations based on your analysis to senior managers.
* Lead calls and meetings with fiscal stakeholders.
Finance at Barclays
Understanding the numbers is crucial for making informed decisions and improving performance. Finance (including Treasury) oversees financial control, reporting, and forecasting, as well as product control. It also monitors budgets and provides us with accurate, high-quality management and financial information. But our Finance teams aren’t just experts at interpreting figures — they’re also business managers who help drive strategy and keep us on track. Join us, and you’ll be part of a truly bank-wide team that makes us competitive on a global scale.
What We Are Looking For
To be considered for this programme, you must be motivated with a strong degree or expected degree – in any area. Ideally, you would also have:
A degree in any discipline – so long as you are motivated, analytical, hard-working, and great with detail. Basic knowledge of the role of finance and financial markets, and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, who’s client-focused and team-orientated.
Working at Glasgow
Our brand-new state-of-the-art campus in Glasgow is somewhere you'll want to work. It's the home of a team of 5,500 colleagues who thrive in an environment that's designed with collaboration and the future of work in mind. The campus is made up of creative spaces and technology with hybrid working opportunities at the heart. The campus is inclusive to all, with a specific focus on neurodiversity through our partnership with Scottish Autism.
As well as offering the perfect space for collaborative working, there's also plenty to get involved in outside of your day job. From live music in the canteen, a rooftop bar that overlooks the Clyde for meeting up with colleagues after hours, and even an on-site beekeeping club.
It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.
Purpose of the Role
To support the day-to-day operations of the finance division by providing insights and expertise that help more senior colleagues make informed decisions, develop new products and services, and identify new market opportunities.
Accountabilities
* Daily profit and loss analysis for business units, identifying and researching performance impacts, trends, and insights.
* Compilation of regular reports, scorecards, and presentations based on analysis for senior management.
* Participation in training and development programs to enhance skills and knowledge.
* Assist in calls and meetings with fiscal stakeholders.
* Management of the development and implementation of financial models and strategies that support decision-making.
* Training and mentoring of junior colleagues, facilitation of individual or group training sessions, and development and maintenance of training materials.
* Utilisation of data in many forms (such as workforce, portfolios) to derive financials for key decision-making and support strategic conversations with senior leaders.
Analyst Expectations
* Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
* Partner with other functions and business areas.
* Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
* Escalate breaches of policies/procedure appropriately.
* Take responsibility for embedding new policies/procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
* Advise and influence decision-making within own area of expertise.
* Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulations, and codes of conduct.
* Maintain and continually build an understanding of how your own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisation’s products, services, and processes within the function.
* Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
* Make evaluative judgements 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 will be guided by precedents.
* Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex/sensitive information.
* Act as a contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function while building a network of contacts outside the team and external to the organisation.
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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