CRDU Operations Strategy Manager

Join us as a CRDU Operations Strategy Manager. At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. The overall purpose of the role for the loaned staff is to support the Reference Data team by acting as a techno-functional SME for Party and Legal Entity Reference Data, driving remediation efforts across issuer, counterparty, customer, and legal-entity hierarchies. The role involves close collaboration with Business, Operations, and IT teams to address data gaps, hierarchy mismatches, identifier issues, and lineage breaks. Additionally, the individual will partner with governance forums, regulatory, risk and control teams, and external vendors to ensure robust data standards, controls, lineage, and audit readiness. Responsibilities also include extracting and validating datasets from enterprise reference data platforms and downstream consumer systems to maintain data integrity and compliance.

To be successful as a CRDU Operations Strategy Manager, you should have:

• Experience developing and executing client/counterparty-driven operations strategies

• Ability to create, maintain, and publish exception reports to support operational transparency

• Capability to present and explain complex scenarios, data sets, and business insights to senior stakeholders with clarity and confidence

• Experience collaborating with technology partners to design and implement improved workflows

• Expertise in driving and proposing process improvements using data analysis, visualization, and industry best practices to enhance client data quality

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Ability to leverage external sources extensively for gathering entity information and troubleshoot complex, non-standard scenarios

• Familiarity with tools and engines such as Quantexa, D&B, and Companies House for enhanced data validation and research

• Experience managing and executing time-sensitive reporting requirements with accuracy and efficiency

• Proficiency with tools like Alteryx, SQL, VBA, or data visualization platforms to support advanced analytics and workflow automation

• Background in statistics, mathematics, computer science, or related scientific disciplines, combined with experience in senior-level stakeholder management

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, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in Whippany, NJ.

Minimum Salary: $110,000

Maximum Salary: $155,000

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.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

Purpose of the role

To extract meaningful insights from complex data sets, developing robust decision models, and presenting actionable recommendations to stakeholders across the departments. 

Accountabilities

• Identification and extraction of relevant data from various internal and external sources.
• Performing sensitivity analysis and scenario planning.
• Monitoring and evaluation of the performance of existing models.
• Development and implementation of data quality control procedures.
• Building and validation of quantitative models to support decision-making across different business areas.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• 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 will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.