Barclays Hiring Analyst Electronic Trading - Mumbai

Job Description

Purpose of the Role

The role focuses on supporting the smooth and efficient functioning of electronic trading desks. The analyst provides operational and technical assistance to traders, sales professionals, and other stakeholders, helping reduce disruptions and improve productivity.

Responsibilities also include administrative coordination, monitoring market data, and supporting trading decisions through research and reporting.

Accountabilities

• Provide prompt technical support to traders and sales teams by resolving hardware, software, and network issues affecting trading activities.
• Coordinate trade execution by working with traders, clients, and internal teams to ensure transactions run smoothly.
• Maintain and update trade records, transaction logs, and client databases with accuracy.
• Prepare reports, presentations, and documentation that support sales and trading operations.
• Monitor market data and assist in analyzing financial information used for trading decisions.
• Handle operational tasks including trade processing, order confirmations, and resolving discrepancies.

Analyst Expectations

• Deliver assigned activities on time and maintain high quality standards while supporting continuous improvement.
• Develop strong technical knowledge in the assigned area and apply underlying concepts effectively.
• Collaborate with other teams and business units to support shared objectives.
• Take responsibility for operational processing and ensure compliance with internal procedures and risk controls.
• Escalate policy or procedural breaches appropriately and assist in implementing updated processes.
• Maintain an understanding of organizational products, services, and processes within the function.
• Analyze factual information carefully and make sound evaluative judgments.
• Resolve issues using established precedents and technical knowledge.
• Communicate complex or sensitive information clearly to relevant stakeholders.
• Build relationships with contacts both within and outside the team.

Colleagues are expected to demonstrate the Barclays values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship. The role also reflects the Barclays mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive in daily work.

This position is part of the Equities Electronic Trading team in Global Markets and supports the New York desk. The analyst will contribute to developing tools for portfolio and execution analysis while maintaining and improving existing infrastructure.

The team provides analytics platforms and reporting frameworks that monitor liquidity flow, algorithm performance, and client profitability across global products. The role includes enhancing functionality and usability of these systems while adding data points to evaluate aggregate client profitability.

The position requires strong analytical ability to understand model implementations and support analytical tools. Work may involve both short term tasks and longer term initiatives that influence QPS data products, along with developing deeper knowledge of internal processes.

Essential Skills

• Object oriented programming using Python.
• SQL programming experience, particularly with Q/KDB.
• Experience with visualization tools such as Tableau or Dash.
• Familiarity with UNIX or Linux environments.
• Strong analytical capability and attention to detail.

Desirable Skills

• Understanding of the Cash Equity business.
• Advanced data analytics knowledge.
• Experience working in a Quant or Data Science related role.