Associate Banker
Description
Associate Banker
London
As a Barclays Associate Banker in Corporate Banking, you’ll support and contribute to the growth of one or more client portfolios across UK Corporate Banking. You’ll work closely with Bankers and other Associate Bankers to proactively develop and maintain new and existing client relationships. You will play a crucial role in enabling our journey to become the banker of choice for our clients’ Corporate and Investment Banking needs, whilst developing the skills and product knowledge to build a career as a Corporate Banker.
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.
We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs.
What will you be doing?• Supporting Bankers to proactively develop and maintain new and existing client relationships, assisting in the delivery of great outcomes for our clients
- Improving and maintaining high Client Satisfaction scores by providing exceptional service
- Developing a working knowledge of key Corporate Banking products applicable to the industry sector you support
- Undertaking detailed client meeting preparation and attending meetings with or without a Banker
- Acting as Credit Manager for the portfolios, preparing credit applications, providing support to Bankers as required for Credit and Pricing
- Project managing the deal process, liaising closely with all stakeholders
- Ensuring servicing activity is directed towards the appropriate contact point & educating clients to use correct servicing channels
- Demonstrating cautiousness, sound judgment and appropriate and timely escalations in the management of all types of risk applicable to the role
• Ability to achieve results by building relationships
- Ability to build good customer relations and internal network
- Customer service communication skills
- Planning and organisational skills
• Awareness of business/personal customer solutions
- Knowledge of credit risk processes and policy
- Be qualified or working towards Professional Study Qualifications eg IFS
- Knowledge of control environment and AML risk
Where will you be working?
In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links. With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within.