Public Research - London, United Kingdom - Barclays

Barclays

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Public Research - Credit Strategist

London

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.

As Barclays Public Research - Credit Strategist, you will be a part of European Credit Strategy Research team that is responsible for the house view of European credit markets from a macro perspective, focusing on assisting senior European Investment Grade Strategist analysts in the team.

You will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and expertise in Credit Strategy Research and chance to contribute to writing analysis and directly supporting the desk yourself.

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.

What will you be doing?:

Assisting in setting the firms view on the European IG credit markets
Helping establish forecasts for returns, supply, demand, quality preference, curve shape, etc
Developing and relaying sector views with the fundamental analyst team
Being responsible for data requests from credit trading, sales and clients, and interactions around this
Contributing to the logistics of the weekly publications and ongoing tasks of the wider team
Interacting with fundamental credit research analysts to help generate trade ideas
Assisting with creating and maintaining screens that produce trade ideas based on broader market themes
Working with credit derivative, high yield, and hybrid capital strategists to make comparisons across those markets
Working with the US IG (Investment Grade) credit strategists on joint projects

What we're looking for:

Financial analysis experience and at least basic coding experience in SQL, VBA or Excel
Excellent analytical problemsolving ability and excellent communication skills, both written and oral
Works well with and is comfortable communicating directly with all levels of the organisation

Skills that will help you in the role:

Organized, superior attention to detail
Highly motivated
Strategic thinker
Ability to operate in a dynamic environment

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.

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