Director - Corporate Finance

Barclays Overview

Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.

Working Flexibly

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises 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.

About Banking

We offer comprehensive financial advisory, capital raising, financing and risk management services for corporations, governments and financial institutions worldwide. Our Banking teams are at the heart of our origination-led Investment Banking strategy.

Overall purpose of role

Plays a key role in identifying and covering potential clients in India including client visits for deals or proposals; take up coverage and content ownership for selected verticals; master all the aspects of executing a transaction and creating new business opportunities. Supervising junior bankers, including but not limited to sector specific themes, overview of potential opportunities and execution related tasks.

Key Accountabilities

As an Investment Banking Director, you are expected to execute a variety of roles such as
• Establish a client coverage base and regularly meet with clients to discuss general sector themes, specific opportunities or executing mandates
• Generate origination leads
• Monitor developments/trends in the sub-verticals
• Contribute toward the origination and execution of deal mandates
• Liaise in particular with product colleagues across the Bank and with external sector specialists
• Identify and capture profitable business opportunities

Risk and Control Objective

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:
• Post graduate degree
• Relevant experience in a similar role
• Team work and project management skills

Purpose, Values and Mindset

We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.

Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect

We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.

Integrity

We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.

Service

We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.

Excellence

We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.

Stewardship

We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.

Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Empower

Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.

Challenge

Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.

Drive

Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done