Barclays
Banking & Payments Operations Analyst

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Banking & Payments Operations Analyst
Purpose of the Role
To support Payments with day-to-day processing, reviewing, reporting, trading, and issue resolution.
Accountabilities
- Support with day-to-day payments initiatives including processing, reviewing, reporting, trading, and issue resolution, leveraging lending technical expertise.
- Monitor the banks payment operations to ensure they are conducted efficiently, effectively, and complied with relevant regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across the bank to align and integrate payments processes.
- Identify areas for improvement and provide recommendations for optimisation in payments processes.
- Develop and implement payments procedures and controls to mitigate risks and enhance operational efficiency.
- Create and distribute reports and presentations on payments performance, then communicate findings to senior internal stakeholders.
- Identify industry trends and developments to implement best practices in payments operations.
- Participate in projects and initiatives aimed at improving payments efficiency and effectiveness.
Analyst Expectations
For Team Leaders:
- Consistently deliver activities in accordance with deadlines and high standards, promoting continuous improvement.
- Require in-depth technical knowledge and experience in assigned expertise areas.
- Possess a thorough understanding of core principles and concepts within the field.
- Lead and supervise a team, fostering professional development, allocating work effectively, and coordinating resources.
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Expected Leadership Behaviours (LEAD):
- Listen and be authentic
- Energise and inspire
- Align across the enterprise
- Develop others
For Individual Contributors:
- Build world-class technical expertise in your domain, advising when appropriate.
- Lead collaborative efforts and support the impactful work of related teams.
- Partner effectively with other functions and business areas.
- Own operational processing, activities, and results for the team.
- Escalate breaches of policies or procedures as required.
- Assume responsibility for embedding new policies or procedures to mitigate risks.
- Provide expert advice and influence decision-making within your expertise area.
- Own risk management and strengthen controls related to your work.
- Deliver work aligned with rules, regulations, and ethical codes of conduct.
- Build and maintain understanding of how your sub-function integrates into the broader organisation's products, services, and processes.
- Demonstrate how your area coordinates with organisational objectives.
- Demonstrate analytical judgement through detailed evaluations of factual information.
- Resolving risks/operational problems by leveraging technical experience and industry best practices.
- Persuade and guide team members on sensitive information.
- Serve as a stakeholder contact point while expanding external networks beyond your function.


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Barclays Culture Values
All colleagues must embody the values of:
- Respect
- Integrity
- Service
- Excellence
- Stewardship Our moral compass, guiding ethical decision-making.
Barclays Mindset (Empower, Challenge, Drive)
- Empower: Foster collective trust and growth.
- Challenge: boldly seek improvement.
- Drive: execute effectively to achieve results.
Key Requirements
Core Skills
- Precision in data input.
- Ability to operate effectively under pressure.
- Prior office experience.
Highly Valued Skills
- Prior experience in banking or payments.
- Attention to detail.
- Strong teamwork skills.
Selection Criteria
- Assessment on critical skills such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as role-specific technical expertise.
Location
Based in the Isle of Man.
Barclays Work Experience
Combines culture, core values, sustainability commitment, recognition programs, and most importantly, our people—our drive to thrive, collaborate, and innovate together.
Our staff are self-directed, resilient, curious, ethical, humble individuals who prioritise the collective good of their teams. Together, we form the #1 Top Workplace in our field.
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