Barclays Recruitment Program 2026 | Hiring Analyst – Banking Operations

Qualifications

Desirable skills sets:

• Strong understanding of EMIR/SFTR reporting requirements.
• Familiarity with DTCC GTR reports, TSR files, and reconciliation logic.
• Experience with PwC Pairing & Matching Tool, OneReg, and Jira (preferred).
• Clear written and verbal communication for presenting findings.
• Ability to work with multiple teams across Operations, Technology, and Compliance.
• Ability to interpret large data sets and identify anomalies/trends.
• Strong problem‑solving mindset with attention to detail.
• Awareness of control frameworks, risk management, and data‑quality governance.
• Ability to follow structured procedures while identifying improvement opportunities.

You may be assessed on key essential skills relevant to succeed in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role such as:

• Extract and process monthly/weekly Trade State Reports (TSR) and GTR files for EMIR and SFTR.
• Identify pairing and matching breaks in line with regulatory reconciliation rules.
• Validate UTI, counterparty, and economic attributes as part of the reconciliation process.
• Apply EMIR- and SFTR‑specific UTI determination rules and pairing/matching criteria.
• Perform detailed root-cause analysis for pairing and matching exceptions.
• Categorize breaks as Barclays issues, counterparty issues, or industry/tooling issues.
• Document findings clearly to support remediation and prioritization exercises.
• Raise and update Jira tickets for data-quality, tooling, or upstream issues.
• Track issues through to resolution and maintain high‑quality evidence and commentary.
• Liaise with Technology (OneReg/Upstream), Confirmations, Markets Post Trade, and Regulatory Owners to resolve data or process defects.
• Support BAU and change‑related discussions requiring P&M expertise.
• Support the production of weekly and monthly P&M metrics for management reporting.
• Participate in UAT, PTT, and regression testing for PwC P&M Tool enhancements and EMIR/SFTR regulatory rewrites.
• Identify trades requiring replay or correction and support re‑submission activities.
• Maintain process documents, SOPs, and playbooks relating to the P&M process.
• Assist in responding to internal stakeholder queries related to trade mismatches, UTIs, lifecycle discrepancies and regulatory challenges.