IB Chief of Staff Office - Strategic Projects

Purpose of the role

To enable the success of senior executives by helping navigate complex challenges, make informed decisions and deliver against their strategic objectives.

Accountabilities

• Strategic support to senior executives, such as the CEO or other top-level leaders including assistance in the development and execution of in year and multi-year business strategy, research, and analysis to support decision-making and act as delegate for the senior executive in specific situations.
• Management of Colleague engagement planning in line with the strategic direction, managing communication channels and ensuring effective coordination across different departments and teams.
• Management of key projects and strategic initiatives on behalf of senior executives, ensuring strategic projects are on track, monitoring of progress, and provision of regular updates to the executive team.
• Improvement of operational efficiency, alongside functional partners, within the organisation including the identification of areas for improvement, streamlining of processes, and implementation of consistently excellent best practices to enhance productivity and effectiveness.
• Development of performance reporting for key metrics that reinforce the strategic objectives of the division and support the external commitments made. Analyse and draw insight to drive performance. Involvement in aspects of financial analysis and budget management, including assistance in financial planning, forecasting, cost management and monitoring of financial performance against targets.
• Support to senior leadership to ensure appropriate resourcing across the business/function including planning and forecasting, partnering with HR to drive talent development and succession planning including the identification of high-potential employees, provision of mentorship and guidance, and support to leadership development and diversity initiatives.
• Support to the senior executive with risk and control oversight, escalation, crisis management and risk mitigation, support the development of contingency plans, coordination of responses to emergencies, and ensure business continuity.
• Implementation of a robust governance framework which supports the board of directors, executive forums and governance committees through the preparation of board materials, organisation of meetings, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.

Join us as an “IB Chief of Staff Office - Strategic Projects” at Investment Bank. The team provides comprehensive financial advisory, capital raising, financing and risk management services to corporations, governments and financial institutions worldwide. We take an integrated approach to client coverage, providing our clients with access to bankers who have industry and geography specific expertise across all investment banking products.

To be a successful  “IB Chief of Staff Office - Strategic Projects " - the candidate must provide support to management team on day to day running of the strategic projects, priorities, the strategy and their office.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as strategic thinking, project management, strong investment banking acumen, executive-level communication, operational expertise, stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

• Support high-priority, cross-business initiatives within the IB.
• Buildout planning for Strategic Projects including milestones, KPIs and key deliverables.
• Develop financial models and scenario planning to assess the viability and potential impact of strategic initiatives.
• Develop business cases for new propositions, geographies, and technological capabilities.
• Partner with business teams to manage change effectively, ensuring smooth adoption of new processes and initiatives.
• Assist with ad hoc deep dives into IB wide client initiatives.
• Assist in production of QBRs, ExCo and Board decks.
• Support Simplification initiatives owned by IB CoS to deliver on agreed commitments.
• Keep IB stakeholders abreast of industry trends by coordinating with Coverage Bankers, Sales, and SPG (on topics such as market disruption, peer news, govt. policy changes, and regulatory shifts).

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Experience in consulting or strategic advisory is a plus.
• Ability to craft a narrative by blending internal and external data.
• Ability to synthesize data into actionable insights.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and able to put a strawman together to kick start discussions.
• Self-starter who can use public information sources to research market trends, recent news and competitor activity.
• Advanced excel and PowerPoint proficiency, including Think cell.
• Familiarity with data tools and CRM platforms (e.g. Eagle One, Analytics One).
• Understanding of either Markets or Investment Banking products & services is a plus.

This role will be based out of DLF Downtown in Gurugram.