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Strategy Analyst VP
Strategy Analyst Vice President – Barclays Payments Collaboration
About the Role
Hackajob is partnering with Barclays to connect them with top talent for this strategic leadership position.
As Strategy Analyst Vice President within Barclays Payments, you will lead high-impact initiatives shaping the future direction of the business. Focused on areas like growth strategy and capital allocation, you’ll conduct in-depth analyses and translate insights into actionable strategic plans.
Core responsibilities include:
- Designing and communicating strategic frameworks
- Aligning senior stakeholders to prioritise initiatives and drive execution
- Ownership of key components of the recovery plan, ensuring compliance with regulatory expectations and broader business objectives
- Collaborating with product and technology teams to ensure delivery aligns with long-term strategy
- Supporting M&A activity, including strategic assessment, due diligence, and integration planning
This is a high-visibility role, influencing board-level decisions with both analytical rigor and commercial insight.
Barclays’ Payments Acceptance business underpins the UK economy, processing billions of pounds annually for small businesses, domestic, and international corporate clients.
To drive the future of the payments sector, Barclays has partnered with Brookfield Asset Management to grow, transform, and innovate Barclays Payments. Investing £400m+—with incentives tied to long-term performance—Barclays and Brookfield will establish a standalone payments acceptance services provider under the Barclaycard Payments (BPL) brand for at least 10 years.
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For further details: Barclays.com
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
Core Accountabilities
- Provide independent strategic advice to senior leaders, solving business challenges and shaping opportunities
- Develop and implement incentives to optimise performance, including market research and financial modelling
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define the best strategic direction for clients and investors
- Support M&A, transactions, and integrations through financial analysis and structuring
- Strengthen client relationships, identify growth areas, and benchmark industry trends
Strategy Execution Expectations
- Set or contribute to strategy, drive requirements, and recommend changes
- Plan resources, budgets, and policies while managing compliance and ensuring processes align with long-term goals
- Collaborate with teams to deliver continuous improvements, escalating breaches of policy
- Mentor and develop teams—if applicable—by defining roles, guiding performance, and aligning organisational structure
Leadership & Collaboration
- Advise senior management on functional alignment and cross-functional impact
- Mitigate risks through governance, control, and problem-solving frameworks
- Drive innovation by integrating research-driven solutions and analytical thought
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Core Behaviours & Mindset
- Adhere to the Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, Stewardship
- Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, Drive
- Listen & Authentic
- Energise & Inspire
- Align Across the Enterprise
- Develop Others
Essential Requirements
Core skills required for success in this role:
- Proven strategic capability with experience in business strategy development and delivery (consulting background advantageous)
- Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders, with excellent communication and narrative-building skills
- Payments industry experience, including familiarity with product, technology, or AI-enabled innovations
Highly Valued (Not Exclusive)
- Expertise in defining and implementing Target Operating Models (TOM), including organisational design, process alignment, and governance
- Strong foundation in risk & control frameworks, change management, and digital transformation
Reasoning & Assessment
You may be evaluated on key competence areas, including:
- Strategic thinking & business acumen
- Risk & controls management
- Change & transformation leadership
- Digital & technological innovation
- Technical and specialist skills specific to Barclays Payments initiatives
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