Utilities Trading Assistant

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Join Barclays as a Utilities Trading Assistant. At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you will support the resolution of fixed income trading by identifying, executing, and booking internal and external transactions across front‑office trading systems. You will perform cost/benefit analysis on over‑borrows, manage intercompany bond settlements, and help optimize regulatory fail penalties under TMPG and CSDR frameworks.

The team is actively moving forward with AI and automation and seeks someone who can leverage technology to improve processes and decision‑making.

• Trade identification, booking, and settlement experience across front‑office systems
• Prior knowledge of fails management, over‑borrow analysis, and cost/benefit execution
• Intermediate Excel skills including VBA; strong Microsoft Office proficiency
• Programming or coding familiarity to support automation and AI initiatives

• Fixed Income product knowledge and market understanding
• FINRA licensed or desire to obtain
• Prior financial industry experience

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

This role is located in New York, NY.

Minimum Salary: $70,000

Maximum Salary: $100,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

To maintain the smooth and efficient operation of our trading desks, providing operational support and expertise to traders, sales professionals, and other key stakeholders, helping them maximize their productivity and minimize disruptions and handling administrative tasks, and providing market information and research.

• Provision of immediate and efficient technical support to traders and sales professionals on the trading desks, resolving hardware, software, and network‑related issues to ensure uninterrupted trading activities.
• Coordination of trade execution by liaising with traders, clients, and other internal teams to ensure smooth transactions.
• Maintenance and updating of trade records, transaction logs, and client databases accurately.
• Reports, presentations, and documentation preparation to support sales and trading activities.
• Monitoring of market data and assist in the analysis of financial information for trading decisions.
• Operational tasks such as processing trades, confirming orders, and resolving trade discrepancies.

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in‑depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to…