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Operations Strategy Analyst – 12-month Fixed-Term Contract

London, United Kingdom

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Date live: 18/05/2026

Business Area: Global Security

Area of Expertise: Risk and Quantitative Analytics

Contract: Temp/Contractor Payroll (Fixed Term)

Reference Code: JR-0000102495

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Barclays Risk

In Risk Barclays develops, recommends, and implements controls and cost-effective approaches to minimise Barclay's risks, identifies and analyses potential sources of loss to minimise risk and estimate the potential financial consequences of an occurring loss.

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We are seeking an experienced operational governance and assurance professional to join the Joint Operations Centre (JOC). This role is critical in ensuring high-quality incident management, robust evidential record keeping, and strong control oversight across the operational environment. You will lead efforts to enhance incident reporting standards, coordinate post-incident reviews, and drive continuous improvement through assurance activity, training, and governance. Working closely with operational, technical, and risk stakeholders, you will ensure that processes, documentation, and controls meet internal standards and withstand regulatory and statutory scrutiny.

To be successful as an Operations Strategy Analyst, you should have:

  • Strong understanding of governance, risk, and control frameworks, with the ability to identify gaps in process adherence, quality assurance, and evidential record keeping.
  • Experience in training, process testing, exercises, and assurance activity to validate operational readiness and staff competency.
  • Demonstrated project management capability, including stakeholder coordination, tracking deliverables, and delivering sustainable operational improvements.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

  • Experience with supporting or conducting TECHEVAL/OPEVAL type assessments, inspections, or assurance reviews.
  • Solid understanding of evidential integrity, documentation standards, and auditability for regulatory and legal scrutiny.
  • Familiarity with statutory inspections from government-appointed bodies, including maintaining documentation to support audit, review, or investigative activity.

You may be assessed on 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.

The role will be based out of our Canary Wharf office in London.

Purpose of the role

To develop, implement, and maintain an effective resilience strategy and Operational Recovery Planning and Incident Management framework aligned to industry leading standards and controls and regulatory expectations, to enable the bank to respond and recover important business services to severe but plausible scenarios, and minimise the impact to customers, clients, colleagues and the wider market.

Accountabilities

  • Socialisation and implementation of the resilience strategy and underpinning framework across the firm (e.g. SMRs and delegates, business / function resilience role owners and all colleagues), ensuring complaince to the standard and controls.
  • Development and enhancement of the resilience, crisis and incident management framework to uplift recovery and response capabilities to ensure Important Business Services can continue to operate during disruption events to minimise the impact on customers, clients and the market.
  • Operational Recovery Planning and Security Incident Management planning standards and controls enhancement according to industry practice, emerging threats and regulatory requirements.
  • Provide oversight to the business and technology recovery capability improvements, and uplifts to third-party (suppliers and Financial Market Infrastructure) recovery capabilities to enable Important Business Services to remain within or mitigate impact tolerance thresholds.
  • Communication of the firm’s / business’ resilience position (risks and remediation) through clear and transparent scorecards / dashboards to enable effective investment decisions to the Board and Executive Committees, Control Forums and business stakeholders.
  • Enhancement of resilience, crisis management and incident response and recovery capability through sophisticated, regular and adequate testing coverage to demonstrate Important Business Services’ ability to recover within impact tolerance for a severe but plausible scenario.
  • Assurance that services and products are built resiliently by the business through the change management process (NAPAs, DRAs, material change process).
  • Continually remain abreast of resilience and crisis and incident management developments, regulatory policy requirements and the emerging landscape.
  • Mitigation of the impact of unexpected incidents by identifying , responding to and enabling the resolution of events that threaten the services, operations, infrastructure, colleagues and clients of the bank.
  • Execution of responses to reported incidents and potential threats from various channels including intelligence, email, phone and monitoring systems prioritised by the assessed or actual impact to the bank.
  • Documentation and analysis of past prioritised incident details, the steps to resolution and the lessons learnt to support the identification and implementation of preventative measures and process improvements.

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.

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

This is Barclays London

Our global HQ is in Canary Wharf, at the heart of London’s financial district. There are over 10,000 colleagues here – a hugely diverse workforce made up of the world’s best financial and tech talent. If you love the buzz of city life, this is the place to be.

Cycle or run to work? We’ve got everything you need – from cycle hire and parking areas to new showering and changing facilities.

CoSpace is our drop-in co-working space, where networks are built, problems are solved collectively and our community is strengthened.

Our Wellness Suite includes a well-equipped gym and exercise studios, and provides personal training sessions and massage therapy.

Our new trading floors enhance communication, integrate sustainability, and support health and wellbeing through innovative design and British-sourced furniture.

This is Barclays London

Our global HQ is in Canary Wharf, at the heart of London’s financial district. There are over 10,000 colleagues here – a hugely diverse workforce made up of the world’s best financial and tech talent. If you love the buzz of city life, this is the place to be.

Supporting active commuters

Cycle or run to work? We’ve got everything you need – from cycle hire and parking areas to new showering and changing facilities.

Time to connect

CoSpace is our drop-in co-working space, where networks are built, problems are solved collectively and our community is strengthened.

Wellbeing in focus

Our Wellness Suite includes a well-equipped gym and exercise studios, and provides personal training sessions and massage therapy.

Advanced trading floors

Our new trading floors enhance communication, integrate sustainability, and support health and wellbeing through innovative design and British-sourced furniture.

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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.

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Your application

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Your assessment

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Your interview

Exploring your past experiences and skills.

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Next step

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Working flexibly

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. If you'd like to explore flexible working arrangements, please discuss this with the hiring manager. Your request will be reviewed in-line with the requirements of the role/business needs of the team.

Hybrid working

We have a structured approach to hybrid working, where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days, as set by the business area. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

Barclays is built on an international scale.

Our geographic reach, our wide variety of functions, businesses, roles and locations reflect the rich diversity of our worldwide customer base. All of which means we offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience.
And the chance to learn from a globally diverse mix of colleagues, including some of the very best minds in banking, finance, technology and business. Throughout, we’ll encourage you to embrace mobility, exploring every part of our operations as you build your career.

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