Global Markets Liquid Financing - Risk

Step into a dynamic front office role within the Liquid Financing Risk team, where you will serve as the First Line of Defence (FLOD) for the firm’s financing business within the in-business risk and margin team. This role spans a broad range of products including cash prime brokerage, synthetic financing (Delta One), derivatives clearing (Cleared OTC & ETD), intermediation (FXPB), and fixed income financing (DM/EM Government & Corporate) across multiple asset classes such as equities, rates, credit, commodities, FX, and securitised products. In this cross-product, cross-asset capacity, you will engage directly with the firm’s largest clients—including major hedge funds and asset managers—focusing on counterparty risk management, framework design, and structuring terms aligned with the firm’s underwriting standards. Your objective will be to maximise risk-adjusted returns across the Liquid Financing business while ensuring appropriate risk coverage. In this role, you will develop a deep understanding of clients’ trading strategies and work closely with their risk, treasury, and portfolio financing teams to assess risk and liquidity management practices, and evaluate financing or clearing requirements. You will monitor risk exposures across the Liquid Financing client base and take appropriate actions to ensure prudent collateralisation. You will design efficient structures and compensating controls to optimise the firm’s risk‑return profile, while collaborating with internal partners across Risk, Credit, Sales, Legal, and Markets Management to monitor existing portfolios and support the onboarding of new clients. Additionally, you will lead initiatives with technology and quantitative teams to enhance risk analytics, visibility, and management tools, providing technical expertise to both internal and external stakeholders. To be successful in Liquid Financing Risk you should have: * Cross-asset and financing knowledge: Equities, Rates, Credit, FX, Commodities, Volatility, Securitised Products, Cash Prime, Synthetics/Delta One, Derivatives Clearing * Quantitative analytics: Pricing, risk analytics, liquidity assessment, margin methodologies (design and calibration), and ability to analyse large datasets using tools such as Python/Jupyter * Risk management: Experience in measuring, articulating, and consolidating risk exposures across regions and asset classes * Professional background: Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field and initial experience in a front office financing role at a major investment bank, hedge fund, or similar institution * Problem-solving: Strong capabilities in connecting risk management, pricing, and return optimisation on scarce resources like balance sheet and capital, in interactions with internal and external stakeholders on complex transactions Additional skills of value include: * Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills. * Experience working with control partners such as Legal and Credit Risk. * Strategic thinking and business acumen. * Familiarity with digital tools, technology, and AI. * Demonstrated ability in risk and controls, change management, and transformation. You may be assessed on the 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. This role can be based out of Frankfurt or Paris This role is deemed as a Certified role under the PRA & UK Financial Conduct Authority - Individual Accountabilities Regulations and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks Purpose of the role Liquid Finance Platform covers a variety of roles and is central to the delivery of best-in-class products and services, and for the provision of strategic client and risk solutions across the full spectrum of the Prime Financing businesses. Accountabilities * Working with clients to optimise the Liquid Financing relationship * Provide best-in-class service and escalation oversight * Primary contact for Liquid Financing clients in areas such as trading, risk, billing and reporting * Provide expertise on industry and regulatory initiatives * Subject matter expert for our clients, with a deep understanding of each client’s business mix, operational requirements and product sensitivities Assistant Vice President Expectations * To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. * Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes * If the position has leadership responsibilities, People 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. * OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. * Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. * Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. * Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. * Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. * Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. * Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. * Communicate complex information. Complex information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. * Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. 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. J-18808-Ljbffr