Barclays Hiring Analyst, Product Control (Pune) | Finance Role

Job Description

Purpose of the Role

This role oversees the financial aspects of trading activity, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the bank's trading book. The position also supports compliance with regulatory standards and provides insights into trading performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Reconcile daily profit and loss (P&L) figures for trading desks and ensure they match the valued positions in the trading book. Investigate and resolve differences so the figures reflect the true economic value of the portfolio.
• Assist in identifying, assessing, and mitigating trading risks and report financial risk insights to senior colleagues.
• Maintain and analyse trading data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency while providing insights to traders and management.
• Prepare and submit regulatory reports to authorities and support external audits by addressing auditor queries and ensuring trading activities are correctly reflected in financial statements.
• Communicate complex financial information clearly to traders, risk teams, senior colleagues, and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate across functions to maintain a coordinated approach to trading activities.

Analyst Expectations

• Deliver assigned activities on time and maintain high quality standards while supporting continuous improvement.
• Develop strong technical knowledge and a solid understanding of the principles within the area of responsibility.
• Where applicable, guide and supervise team members, allocate tasks, and support professional development.
• Build technical expertise and act as an advisor within the work area when required.
• Work closely with other teams and business units, taking responsibility for operational outcomes and processes.
• Escalate policy or procedure breaches appropriately and help implement new policies introduced for risk mitigation.
• Contribute insights and influence decision making within the area of expertise.
• Manage risk and strengthen controls in line with regulatory requirements and internal standards.
• Understand how the sub-function integrates with broader organisational processes, products, and services.
• Analyse factual information carefully to make sound evaluative judgments.
• Resolve issues by applying technical knowledge and referencing established precedents.
• Communicate complex or sensitive information effectively and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate the Barclays values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship. Employees should also embody the Barclays mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive.

In this role, you will work closely with the Product Control team to ensure completeness and accuracy of financial books and records, including P&L and balance sheet substantiation. The position involves monitoring trading activity for policy compliance and delivering technical and operational analysis to management. Collaboration with Front Office teams, Financial Control, Technical Accounting, Change Management, Technology, and other infrastructure functions is part of the role.

Required Skills

• Experience using the MS Office toolkit.
• Qualified accountant.
• Ability to communicate and present information effectively in both formal and informal settings while working with global teams.
• Strong control awareness, including the ability to identify potential control breakdowns and improve processes efficiently.

Preferred Background

• Articleship or industrial trainee experience in mid to large sized firms.
• Audit exposure within large financial institutions or banks.

Candidates may be assessed on capabilities such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and relevant digital or technical skills.