Strategy Analyst VP

As Strategy Analyst VP within Barclays Payments, you’ll lead high‑impact strategic initiatives that shape the future direction of the business. You’ll conduct deep‑dive analysis across key topics such as growth strategy and capital allocation, translating insight into clear, actionable strategies. You’ll be responsible for designing and articulating strategic plans, working closely with senior stakeholders to agree priorities and drive execution across the organisation.

You’ll also take ownership of elements of the recovery plan, ensuring alignment with broader business objectives and regulatory expectations.

You’ll partner closely with product and technology teams to ensure strategic initiatives are grounded in practical delivery and aligned to platform capabilities. Your role will also involve supporting M&A activity, contributing to strategic assessment, due diligence, and integration planning. This is a high‑visibility role where you’ll influence decision‑making at the highest level, combining strong analytical thinking with commercial insight to drive meaningful change across Barclays Payments.

Barclays’ payments acceptance business provides critical infrastructure to the UK economy, processing billions of pounds of payments annually for both small businesses and domestic and international corporate clients.

In April 2025, we announced a long‑term partnership with Brookfield Asset Management to grow and transform the payments acceptance business by broadening the range of services offered, enhancing the experience for both existing and prospective clients. Leveraging extensive client relationships and deep experience of UK payments, we will create an environment of continuous innovation - activated by Brookfield’s global private equity expertise in payments, technology, operational transformation and corporate carve‑outs - to ensure the business is strategically positioned for long‑term growth.

Barclays will invest approximately £400m in the new business, the majority of which will be incurred during the first three years. Performance‑linked incentives will drive greater alignment between the partners, underpinning the long‑term commitment to the transformation. Barclays and Brookfield will work to create a standalone entity over time, continuing to use the Barclaycard Payments (BPL) brand and acting as the sole payments acceptance services provider to Barclays’ clients for a minimum of ten years.

For more information on our partnership with Brookfield, please visit .

To be successful as a Strategy Analyst VP, you must have the following essential skills

• Excellent strategic capability, with experience in developing and delivering business strategy; a background in consulting is advantageous
• Proven ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders, with strong communication skills and the ability to articulate clear, compelling strategic narratives
• Payments experience, either within a payments business or supporting the sector, with a good understanding of product, technology, or AI‑driven developments

Some other highly valued skills may include

• Experience in defining and implementing Target Operating Models (TOMs), including operating model design, organisational structure, and aligning processes, technology, and governance to strategic objectives

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills.

To provide independent and balanced advice and counsel to senior stakeholders through problem identification, solving and decision making practices.

• Provision of strategic advice to Group Executives to support the decision‑making process of business challenges and opportunities.
• Development and implementation of strategic advisory incentives to grow and optimise the bank’s operations, through market research and analysis.
• Collaboration with various stakeholder groups to identify the appropriate strategic direction type to meet the needs of Barclays clients and investors.
• Development of…