2019 Operations Analyst Program - Whippany
The heartbeat of the bank
Barclays is a hive of activity and opportunity. A couple gets their first mortgage, or uses a credit card to finance a family holiday, in the same breath, a business agrees the asset financing for a new fleet of vehicles. It’s all happening at once, every minute of the day.
To maintain that real-time activity around the world, across investment, corporate and retail banking, you need smooth-running, continually improving systems behind the scenes. Transactions are executed swiftly and effectively so our customers and clients consistently experience excellent service. That essential work, encompassing absolutely everything we do, is executed by our Operations team, simply put; they are the heartbeat of the bank.
Real responsibility, right away
Before joining our Whippany team, you will participate in five weeks of intensive training; building a solid foundation in Operations and executing our strategy. You will either join our Global Markets Operations group or our Cards and Payments group. As a full-time analyst, you might expect to:
- Work on incident, problem and change management issues to improve services across the bank
- Support continuous improvement of the operational process and the development of best practices; coming up with ways to improve systems and processes
- Undertake a range of complex customer and product related processing activities
- Perform KYC (Know-Your-Client) tasks while following standard procedures related to Client Due Diligence and AML policies
- Monitor real-time transaction flow, trade updates and exception queues to ensure timely and accurate trade representation across systems
- Provide support for cleared derivatives, perform daily reconciliation of related fees
A place where you can thrive
At Barclays, you will be immersed into a reach mentoring framework. Our collaborative, supportive environment presents you with the opportunity to build solid relationships with senior leaders and peers alike. During the program, you will also:
- Participate in formal and informal training
- Connect with junior and senior mentors
- Attend dedicated networking sessions and other program events
- Receive detailed performance feedback
- Give back to the community through volunteer events
To be considered for this program, you must be an undergraduate student with an anticipated graduation date falling between December 2018 and June 2019.
Ideally, you would also have a GPA of 3.2 or above. Our top candidates possesses qualities such as resourcefulness, leadership, team-orientation, enthusiasm and an entrepreneurial spirit, demonstrated through participation in extracurricular activities, as well as a customer-driven attitude, and the ability to quickly adapt to change and learn new technologies.
Ready to apply?
Please submit your resume and cover letter through your school’s career management application system if required. You will then be redirected to the Barclay online application. Please note that you can apply to only one Barclays graduate program globally.