Business Manager, Americas Research
New York

As a Barclays Business Manager, Americas Research, you will have the opportunity to locally support the Americas Research business by providing business solutions, operational leverage, and control. With your independent thinking and commercial decision making skills, you’ll engage broadly with stakeholders at all levels, including the Global Business Management team, the Research business, and functional areas. Additionally, the role will conduct risk and control activities for Global Research, collaborating with other team members.

Salary / Rate Minimum: 150,000
Salary / Rate Maximum: 185,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any another type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation. We've helped millions of individuals and businesses thrive, creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. An important and growing presence in the USA, we offer careers providing endless opportunity.

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

What will you be doing?

• Providing business solutions to Americas Research Analysts and management, as well as working collaboratively with our global quantitative and data science teams
• Managing governance forums and coordinating partnerships across the business, operations, IT, and control functions in regards to Research data products and usage
• Working with functional areas to improve processes and help manage the business (e.g. Sourcing, CRES, Technology, Compliance)
• Leading the development and execution of strategic initiatives as it relates to business transformation
• Performing Risk & Control activities, including developing and enhancing processes and procedures
• Being responsible for managing expenses and approvals, T&E monitoring and investigation

What we’re looking for:

• Excellent commercial and strategic skills with experience in managing a large book of work with competing priorities
• Outstanding planning, organization, and co-ordination skills with excellent written, analytical and presentation skills – use of PowerPoint and Excel
• Meticulous attention to detail with excellent understanding of risk and controls and capable of establishing trust with business partners and stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• An independent thinker with the ability to problem solve and multi-task across different projects and priorities

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Proven experience in a financial services firm or institution
• Understanding of the sell-side Research business

Where will you be working?

You will be working at our Americas Headquarters at 745 Seventh Avenue. This 32-story office tower is located in Times Square in the heart of Manhattan and features a cafeteria, fitness center and state-of-the-art LED signage on the facade of the building.

We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 50 countries and employing around 83,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.