Specialist Admin Associate London, England
Job description
Specialist Admin Associate
London
As a Barclays Specialist Admin Associate, this is a great opportunity for you to lead a team to provide first class operational support to leaders and colleagues within Corporate Banking UK Coverage with workflow management, Legal & Professional fees, and risk management. You will be responsible for the successful execution of essential business critical processes and procedures and proactively seek operational efficiencies to maximize productivity across all areas of work.
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.
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.
• Managing and reconciling budgets for leaders of various teams across Corporate UK Coverage
- Supporting the transition to new operating models and tools, embracing, and embedding new and existing technologies and innovations
- Guiding and supporting leaders with operational, control, risk, and financial related activities
- Advising and influencing leaders; and ensuring all colleagues are treated fairly and in line with policy and procedures
- Developing and maintaining a network of contacts within relevant specialist areas and projects; and ensuring process knowledge is up to date
- Applying good analytical skills and acquired experience in solving problems, whilst considering precedents
- Managing costs efficiently so that discretionary and cost budgets are not exceeded
- Ensuring teams’ shared drives and paper archives are fully compliant at all times
What we’re looking for:
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills and ability to build relationships with stakeholders
- Line management experience or coaching/performance management experience
- Experience in process management; well organized and structured, ability to plan and prioritize the workload of self and others effectively
- Ability to develop and implement processes and procedures
Skills that will help you in the role:
• Experience supporting multiple stakeholders
- Technical ability using a range of IT systems: Microsoft office, expenses, HR Systems Sap & Coupa
- Knowledge of financial services industry
- Experience dealing with complex processes relating to high-value/complex transactions
Where will you be working?
In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links. With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within.
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