Job description
Private Banker
London
As a Barclays Private Banker, you will identify potential new clients and work with them to build relationships with the goal of managing their wealth. The target population for this role is Ultra High Net Worth clients and Family Offices. You will have an established and proven network of contacts and will actively leverage that to develop the Private Bank’s UHNW penetration into this market.
This role is deemed as a Certified role under the PRA & UK Financial Conduct Authority - Individual Accountabilities Regulations and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.
Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.
Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognizes and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs.
This opportunity is location flexible. We will consider requests for locating the role at an alternative Barclays’ key UK office from that advertised.
We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.
• Assisting in achieving team targets for: new client acquisition, net new asset acquisition, net new credit acquisition, net new investment acquisition, revenues
- Providing clients with world class financial solutions and maintaining the highest levels of client service and delivery
- Acting as key contact for banking products, credit advice and client queries
- Delivering high quality bespoke advice, maximising value for our clients and negotiating the best commercial outcome
- Acting as the key interface between the client and other parts of the Barclays group, including Wealth Advisory, Discretionary Portfolio Management, Investment Advisory etc
- Discussing markets, their issues and opportunities with clients
- Fully utilising the banker toolset, systems and platforms, and challenge current standards to continuously improve quality
- Engaging with digital technologies, products and solutions that are relevant to the Private Bank business, and using them to enhance the service provided to clients
• Excellent relationship skills with experience of managing and handling the needs of individuals and families
- Effective in gaining an in-depth understanding of clients’ needs and advising on a diverse range of wealth management solutions
- Experience in controlling and monitoring of risk within a client book
- Experience of the Financial Services industry, ideally with some experience in the areas of Retail regulated products to mass market and HNW customers and asset management
• High aptitude and understanding of the digital landscape, with the ability to effectively manage Clients’ changing needs in this area
- Academic and professional qualifications
- RDR (Retail Distribution Review) level four qualified
- Previous experience of working with Family Office or similarly complex/sophisticated Private Clients
Where will you be working?
1 Churchill Place in the heart of Canary Wharf is our London headquarter. The building is easily accessible by Tube, Docklands Light Railway and all major bus links. The atmosphere is second to none with an array of onsite amenities and a real buzz being created around the offices within.
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