Job Title:	Director, Regulatory Capital - Challenging new role
Reference:	2644483
Salary:	Comprehensive Banking Benefits
Location(s):	Middlesex, London West, London South, London North, London East, London, City of London
Industry(s):	Banking
Advertiser:	Barclays Commercial
Employment Type:	Permanent
Posted:	19-07-2008

Description:

With over 8000 colleagues working across the UK, Barclays Commercial Bank provides financial management services and industry-specific advice to some 183,000 large and medium-sized businesses. With access to the products and expertise of the entire Barclays Group, particularly Barclays Capital, Barclays Wealth and Barclays UK Retail Banking, it is a business rich with opportunity.

This is a highly challenging role within Business Banking Risk, placing the job holder at the leading edge of the management of Business Banking’s Portfolio. The jobholder will work as part of a dynamic team that have responsibility for determining the overall shape of the asset portfolio, ensuring that the chosen strategies optimise the balance of risk and reward and maximize shareholder value. The proactive and innovative risk portfolio management approach adopted informs and drives key business decisions, creating value across the different parts of Business Banking.

Increasingly, GRCB are seeking to actively manage the portfolio and increase the distribution of risk to market investors. This strategy meets a range of business objectives, increasing returns on capital and capital creation, minimising loss volatility and supporting P&L growth.

The jobholder GRCB will play a crucial role in supporting the different SBUs implementing their approach to Basel 2 and ensuring that Capital Management, GRCB is satisfied with the RWA outputs from these SBUs. This position will require some time traveling abroad.


In addition to an award-winning range of benefits, designed to recognise and reward your achievements and improve your quality of life, we offer tremendous scope for personal and professional development. And such is the profile of Barclays Commercial Bank that if you make a name for yourself here it could lead to any number of other opportunities elsewhere within the Barclays Group.