Barclays Chennai Hiring Product Control Valuations Analyst | Qualified Accountants

Purpose of the Role

The role involves accurate and timely valuation of financial instruments, establishing valuation methodologies, monitoring market conditions, and providing valuation insights to support financial reporting, risk management, and business decisions.

Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain valuation methodologies for various financial instruments, and implement suitable valuation models based on the instruments' characteristics and market conditions.
• Manage the valuation process for the bank's trading portfolio, including regular valuations and approval of valuations performed by colleagues.
• Analyse market data to assess valuation inputs, assumptions, and potential valuation risks.
• Prepare and review valuation reports, and support regulatory filings and financial statements.
• Provide valuation insights to traders, risk professionals and senior colleagues, and identify areas to improve valuation methodologies and processes.

Analyst Expectations

• Perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard, driving continuous improvement.
• Build in-depth technical knowledge and experience in your assigned area of expertise.
• Understand the underlying principles and concepts within your area of expertise.
• Take responsibility for end results of a team's operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies and procedures appropriately, and embed new policies adopted for risk mitigation.
• Manage risk and strengthen controls in relation to your work, delivering in line with applicable rules, regulations and codes of conduct.
• Partner with other functions and business areas, and act as a contact point for stakeholders outside the immediate function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on factual analysis, paying attention to detail.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex or sensitive information.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship, and the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge and Drive.

About the Role

The role sits within the PC projects team, which identifies and delivers end-to-end solutions for manual month-end reporting problems. You will liaise with line teams to understand their books and work, identify gaps, and help automate and transform processes into scalable solutions.

You may be assessed on risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, and job-specific technical skills.