Barclays and Tesco Bank
Tesco Bank helps more than three million customers manage their money a little better every day. Barclays acquired Tesco’s retail banking business in the UK in 2024, and we’ve been growing together ever since. We offer Credit Card, Savings and Loans products that earn Clubcard points. For customers, that means more choice and better rewards. For colleagues, it means broader career paths and bigger opportunities.
Our Opportunities
Working with Tesco Bank products and customers - and being a member of Barclays’ global team - creates all kinds of opportunities. Whether your interests lie in Customer Service, Risk, Data & Analytics or Technology, we’ll equip you with the tools and support to do a great job and make an impact every day. This is a friendly, caring and inclusive place where you can be yourself and find your potential. With the whole of Barclays to explore, we’ll help you gain the skills and experience to build a career that grows with you.
Where will you be located?
Join us as a Credit Risk Portfolio Senior Analyst within Barclays where you will help shape the future of banking by monitoring and managing credit risk across lending products such as loans and credit cards. It focuses on determining customer eligibility through credit checks, supporting effective credit risk management, and producing high quality management information to track portfolio performance. Day to day, the role involves running SAS scripts, producing regular reporting and insight packs for senior management, and supporting decision making through accurate analysis. The position acts as a stepping stone into broader portfolio and credit risk management roles, offering exposure to data driven risk monitoring and governance activities.
To be successful as a Credit Risk Portfolio Analyst you will have:
• Strong credit risk and financial analysis skills, with the ability to assess and interpret financial performance and risk indicators.
• Experience querying and analysing data from relational databases using SAS/SQL, alongside strong knowledge of advanced Excel capabilities
• Proven experience working as an analyst, with the ability to operate as a proactive self starter.
• Experience using programming or analytical languages to run coding scripts and analyse, interpret, and validate data outputs.
• Considerable ability to understand, interpret, and identify trends and patterns within complex datasets.
• Excellent problem solving skills, with strong numerical capability and a logical, structured approach to analysis.
• Proven ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with key colleagues and stakeholders.
Some other desirable skills may include:
• Strong credit risk and financial analysis skills, with the ability to assess and interpret financial performance and risk indicators.
• Experience working within a Financial Services environment, with an understanding of regulated business contexts.
This role can be based in Edinburgh or Glasgow.
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
#Tescobankretained
Purpose of the role
To manage and optimise the bank's overall credit risk exposure by monitoring, analysing, and reporting on the creditworthiness of its lending portfolio.
Accountabilities
- Monitoring the financial performance and risk profile of the entire lending portfolio, including individual borrowers, sectors, and geographic regions.
- Analysis of credit trends, identify early warning signs of potential borrowers' issues, and assess the impact of economic and market developments on the portfolio.
- Development and utilisation of quantitative models and risk forecasting tools to measure and predict potential credit losses.
- Performance of portfolio stress testing exercises to assess the impact of various economic and market scenarios on the portfolio's risk profile.
- Definition and setting of portfolio, segment and customer risk appetite, policy and limits. Overseeing first line execution within these parameters.
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.
Barclays welcomes applications from all candidates and is committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments (accommodations) are put in place to allow for a fair and inclusive recruitment process. For more information and how to request one, please review Adjustments to the recruitment process.
We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 39 countries and employing around 100,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.
To find out more about Barclays' strategy please click here.
We are an equal opportunity employer and opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.
Working in Edinburgh
Our bright, modern EHQ building is based in the busy business district at the Gyle, to the west of Edinburgh. It’s an area well served by public transport and within walking distance from Bankhead tram station as well as South Gyle and Edinburgh Park train stations.
Our People
"Developing Product Owner skills showed me how small changes can create real impact."
"I worked in talent acquisition for over six years, mainly focusing on technology and business change recruitment, before joining the Tesco Bank Talent Acquisition team in 2021.
During this time, I was involved in implementing our new Applicant Tracking System. This gave me valuable exposure to Agile ways of working and the opportunity to help shape the platform to improve the experience for colleagues and candidates.
Through the project, I began developing Product Owner skills. I supported my learning through LinkedIn Learning courses and by connecting with colleagues already working in Product Owner roles, alongside guidance from our Head of Customer Experience. I was then successful moving into a Product Owner role in one of our Product Management teams."
Matt, Product Owner
Be you. Be valued. Belong.
We celebrate the unique perspectives and experiences each individual brings, believing our differences make us stronger and drive success.
You can learn more about our commitment to our colleague on our Inclusion and Opportunities page.
What you'll get in return
Competitive holiday allowance
Life assurance
Private medical care
Pension contribution
Application Process
Your application
We’ll ask for information about you, your CV and cover letter.
Your assessment
Covering your behaviours and ability at work.
Your interview
Exploring your past experiences and skills.
Next step
We’ll request additional information so that you can complete our screening process.
Hybrid working
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.
Related Jobs
Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Glasgow (United Kingdom)
Glasgow (United Kingdom), Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Glasgow (United Kingdom)
Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Glasgow (United Kingdom)