Barclays
Location
Mumbai | India
Job description
Job Title: BA4- Research
Location: Mumbai
About Barclays
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.
Risk and Control Objective
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do.
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, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs
Hybrid Working
Structured hybrid role:
At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, 'anchor', days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.
The purpose of this role is to support the Commodity Research team by gathering relevant data and performing analysis in an efficient and timely manner to help come up with a differentiated viewpoint for our clients.
1. Improve and maintain existing oil supply models
2. Assist the senior analyst in developing models for other geographies, increasing research coverage
What will you be doing
. Gathering and organizing data meaningfully to analyze and evaluate trends for relevant commodity (energy)
. Building or Updating various databases and models maintained by the team
. Analyzing and evaluating trends (demand, supply, prices, flows, etc)
. Writing-up ongoing updates and contributing to research publications
. Keeping track of relevant news reports on major markets
. Generating files/analyses for client requests
. Summarizing our latest views and insights into marketing presentations for the senior analyst's client meetings
. Working with the team to generate new ideas as well as produce and publish research reports
What we're looking for:
. Basic understanding of and keen interest in global oil and gas markets
. Proficient in econometrics and have good quantitative skills (statistical packages such as Eviews, STATA, SAS or equivalent) as he/she will need to update and analyse various databases and models maintained by the team. He/she will also be required to suggest modelling changes/improvements.
. The team deals with a large volume of data (relating to demand, supply, prices etc.) and the candidate should have handled complex data, as they would have to figure out optimal ways to structure data/databases so we can efficiently perform ongoing analysis. The candidate should be proficient in VBA and Python so that he/she can automate tasks as well as develop new models or maintain existing models
. Working knowledge of Bloomberg
. Understanding of financial markets and instruments
. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
. Strong analytical and problem solving skills
. Strong attention to detail
. Demonstrated ability to work in a time sensitive environment
. Ability to work effectively in a team environment
. Resourcefulness, and proactive attitude
Skills that will help you in the role:
. Strong creativity
. Ability to work independently
Where will you be working
Mumbai
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