Job description
Trade & Working Capital Originator - UK ICB
London
As a Barclays Trade & Working Capital Originator - UK International Corporate Banking, you will lead a portfolio of the world’s top investment grade clients, covering a wide range of industry sectors to drive business development activities. This exciting opportunity will allow you to gain exposure in originating business from some of the largest multinational companies, pitching, delivering complex innovative trade finance solutions from documentary trade facilities, receivables and supplier finance, as well as, ECA financing.
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 career, 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.
• Driving Trade & Working Capital revenues & returns for the portfolio of clients
- Building long term and sustainable relationship with clients based on trust
- Developing a meaningful pipeline of Trade & Working Capital transactions
- Obtaining detailed client requirements in order to fulfill them confidently
- Delivering exceptional client pitches including solid recommendations which will minimize inherent risks
- Communicating complex concepts and products to internal & external stakeholders of all levels
• Technical knowledge and experience of Trade & Working Capital origination
- Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills are essential to the role, as well as the ability to work as part of a team
- Logical and structured approach to achieving desired outcomes along with good written and oral communication with ability to communicate across all levels
- Thorough and in-depth understanding of the Working Capital product set
• Client Focused with excellent negotiation skills
- Exceptional rapport building skills and ability to collaborate with other teams
- Proficiency in MS Office package
- Solid analytical & research skills
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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