Head of Decision Intelligence CAPL

Overview

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 financial models to support strategic recommendations and transactions through financial data analysis, financial projects and considering the financial impact of transactions.
• Management of transactions, negotiations, transaction structure development and post-transaction integration.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders to maintain client relationships, and develop new relationships to identify opportunities.
• Identification of industry trends, maintain peer benchmarking and developments related to strategic advisory services by attending conferences, participating in training and conducting market research.
• Lead a defined Decision Intelligence portfolio, aligning analytics and data initiatives to business strategy and priority outcomes.
• Act as the primary interface with senior stakeholders, translating strategic objectives into clear problem statements and delivery plans.
• Own end-to-end portfolio delivery, ensuring initiatives are prioritised effectively and generate measurable commercial impact.
• Apply a consultative approach to challenge, shape, and influence stakeholder thinking, driving better decision-making outcomes.
• Oversee cross-functional delivery of analytics programmes, ensuring effective execution, stakeholder engagement, and adoption of solutions.
• Lead a large team or sub-function, or, for an individual contributor, lead organisation-wide projects and act as a deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally.
• Train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long-term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.
• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function-wide strategic initiatives.
• Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
• Escalate breaches of policies and procedures appropriately.
• Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed and relevant processes are in place to facilitate adherence.
• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline, alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/sensitive situations.
• Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.
• Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.
• Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions.
• Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.

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