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Competitor Analytics VP
Vice President: Competitor Analytics & Strategic Advisory
About the Role
This Vice President position plays a key role in delivering Barclays’ Competitor Analytics agenda, providing a clear external perspective on how Barclays performs relative to key financial services peers and global investment banks.
The role brings together market intelligence, financial benchmarking, competitor spotlights, and strategic insights to support decision-making at the senior levels of the organisation, including ExCo and Board members. Working closely with Strategy and Finance, the role provides context, interpretation, and recommendations based on external trends and competitor movements.
Key elements of the role include:
- Providing strategic advice and balanced counsel to senior stakeholders.
- Partnering closely with Strategy and Finance to shape insight narratives and support strategic planning.
- Analysing financial and operational performance across global peers to derive actionable insights.
Key Accountabilities
1. Competitor Analysis and Benchmarking
- Lead Barclays’ competitor analysis agenda, benchmarking financial performance, strategic initiatives, market positioning, and operational trends across global peers.
- Conduct financial and operational benchmarking, including:
- Revenue, cost, headcount
- Capital, returns, pay competitiveness
- Translate findings into clear, actionable insights for stakeholders.
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2. Competitor Spotlights and Thematic Insights
- Produce concise competitor spotlights, thematic insights, and market intelligence for ExCo, Board, and senior stakeholders.
- Understand and interpret financial statements, regulatory filings, and market disclosures.
3. Strategic Dataset Analysis
- Aggregate large volumes of external data from multiple sources.
- Apply a strategic lens to identify peer trends, risks, and opportunities relevant to Barclays.
Purpose of the Position
To provide independent and balanced advice to senior stakeholders, supporting key functions:
- Problem identification, solving, and decision-making practices.
- Development of financial models to inform strategic recommendations.
- Collaboration in market research, analysis, and trend identification.
- Maintaining peer benchmarking for strategic advisory.
Core Responsibilities
1. Strategic Advisory
- Provide strategic advice to Group Executives on business challenges and opportunities.
- Grow Barclays’ operations through research-driven strategies.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to determine appropriate strategic directions.
2. Financial Modelling and Transactions
- Develop financial models to support recommendations for transactions, mergers, and changes.
- Manage transactions and negotiations, including:
- Transaction structure development
- Post-transaction integration
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3. Client Relationships
- Manage and develop both internal and external client relationships to identify opportunities.
VP Expectations
For Leadership Roles
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Strategic Oversight
- Contribute to or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change.
- Plan resources, budgets, and policies.
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Team Management
- Define job roles and responsibilities, align with departmental future needs, and guide employee performance.
- Implement LEAD Behaviours (Listen, Energise, Align, Develop).
For Individual Contributors
- Be a subject matter expert, guide technical direction in own discipline.
- Lead multi-year assignments, collaborate with specialists, and coach less experienced team members.
General Key Areas
- Advise stakeholders on functional and cross-functional impacts.
- Ensure risk and controls alignment across the work.
- Problem-solving through in-depth analysis of complex situations.
- Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Align solutions with Barclays values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship.
- Adapt the Barclays Mindset (Empower, Challenge, Drive) in small-team roles:
- Build solutions requiring influencing and negotiation.
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