Barclays Jobs – Technical Analyst

About the job

Reference Data Technical Analyst

As a Barclays Reference Data Technical Analyst in the Reference Data team, you’ll be responsible for client data in the bank on a cross-asset basis. Implementing strategic change, future architectural planning, development and maintenance of strategic repositories which are both in-house and vendor supplied. The role requires a detailed, methodical, forward thinking individual with proven business and technical analysis experience in an IT-project environment.

Barclays is one of the world’s largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted

What will you be doing?

• Building, managing and prioritising feature teams backlogs (feature teams are aligned to specific reference data domains, Legal Entity, Accounts, SSI’s, Books)
• Translating stakeholder requirements and business strategy into executable plans, and seeing these through to implementation
• Partnering with internal and external leads across Architecture, Engineering, Programmes and Stakeholder community
• Defining, leading and presenting key design requirements or changes to other/ central Design Authorities across Barclays
• Chairing/ leading key meetings and working groups and providing new demand assessments
• Ensuring and supporting project governance in following change life cycle, milestone management and RAID logs
• Liaising with business change, operations and IT users at all levels, both within Barclays Group, and with external suppliers

What We’re Looking For

• Proven Investment Banking and Client Reference Data knowledge
• Proven business and functional analysis skills, particularly in a data domain
• Proven data integration, data mastering, data distribution experience
• Proven ability to analyse data, map data and design functional solutions according to best business benefit and distribution efficiency

Skills That Will Help You In The Role

• Working knowledge of Agile Development Lifecycle (SCRUM) and Lean Methodologies
• Extensive experience of Master Data Management (MDM) modelling and data, lifecycle and product types, mainly bonds, equities and derivatives
• Significant knowledge of Trade Settlements and Settlement Instruction, as well as client data and processes such as KYC (know-your-client)
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into functional requirements for technical usage

Where will you be working?

Our new state-of-the-art Campus, right in the heart of Glasgow is a hub of creative collaboration. A place where everyone can bring their true selves to work and reach their full potential. Home to 5,000 of our colleagues, our Tradeston campus will support the community in more ways than one – by creating thousands of new career opportunities and celebrating local artists. A short walk from Central Station on the south of the Clyde, it will be a key location for the Barclays business that will deepen our ties with the city and its communities.