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Quant Analyst VP

Prague, Czechia

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Date live: 10/01/2026

Business Area: Risk

Area of Expertise: Risk and Quantitative Analytics

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-0000131584

Salary / Rate Kč 1,900,000.00 - Kč 2,500,000.00

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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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Join us as a Quantitative Analyst Vice President (VP) at Barclays, where you will play a key role in developing and enhancing quantitative models that support Treasury, Asset & Liability Management (ALM), Liquidity Risk, Customer Behaviour, and Market Risk activities across the bank.


You will work closely with stakeholders across Risk, Treasury, Business, and Technology functions to deliver analytical insights, improve modelling capabilities, and support strategic decision-making. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the development of advanced quantitative solutions, influence modelling standards, and help drive innovation within a highly collaborative environment.


Your focus will be on delivering robust analytical models, managing complex stakeholder requirements, and ensuring solutions meet high standards of performance, governance, and regulatory compliance.


To be successful as a Quantitative Analyst Vice President (VP), you should have:


  • Experience developing and applying quantitative models in areas such as Treasury, Asset & Liability Management (ALM), Liquidity Risk, Customer Behaviour, or Market Risk disciplines to generate commercial insights for business stakeholders.
  • Outstanding stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience working across global teams and engaging with senior stakeholders in Risk, Business, and Technology functions.
  • Proven ability to translate business requirements into executable delivery plans, manage critical dependencies, and drive outcomes in complex environments.
  • Extensive development experience in Python, including data processing (e.g. with pandas, polars, or similar), and handling complexity (e.g. through multi-processing, or caching).
  • Experience with software architecture and databases. Understanding shared codebase best practices and the cost of in-house modelling software development.

Some other highly valued skills may include:


  • Experience supporting a range of banking portfolios, including retail and wholesale lending, deposits, Treasury, and financial markets businesses.
  • Knowledge of liquidity and interest rate risk frameworks, such as LCR, NSFR, NII Sensitivity, Economic Value of Equity (EVE), VaR methodologies, and tail risk analysis.
  • Experience working with large and complex datasets within financial institutions, including implementing solutions to address data quality, governance, and integrity challenges.
  • Experience producing model documentation and supporting Model Validation, Internal Audit, or other regulatory review processes governing advanced quantitative models.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and quantitative analytics, as well as job-specific technical skills.


This role is based in our office in Prague.


Entry Salary: 1,900,000.00 CZK

 Upper Salary: 2,500,000.00 CZK


The entry and upper salary information above includes only annual full-time equivalent base salary and represents the typical range of pay for the role. The actual pay rate will reflect the responsibility level of the role and experience level of the individual. The entry and upper salary information does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.


Barclays employees are also eligible for a suite of competitive country-specific benefits.


This position is eligible for an incentive award.

Purpose of the role

To design, develop, implement, and support mathematical, statistical, and machine learning models and analytics used in business decision-making

Accountabilities

  • Design analytics and modelling solutions to complex business problems using domain expertise.
  • Collaboration with technology to specify any dependencies required for analytical solutions, such as data, development environments and tools.
  • Development of high performing, comprehensively documented analytics and modelling solutions, demonstrating their efficacy to business users and independent validation teams.
  • Implementation of analytics and models in accurate, stable, well-tested software and work with technology to operationalise them.
  • Provision of ongoing support for the continued effectiveness of analytics and modelling solutions to users.
  • Demonstrate conformance to all Barclays Enterprise Risk Management Policies, particularly Model Risk Policy.
  • Ensure all development activities are undertaken within the defined control environment.

Vice President Expectations

  • To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
  • If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
  • 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
  • Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
  • Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
  • Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
  • Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
  • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
  • Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
  • Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
  • Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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 role may be subject to enhanced governance arrangements. If successful, you may be required to comply with additional regulatory and compliance obligations, such as disclosure of personal trading activities and external interest/affiliations.

Further information on these requirements will be provided at a later stage of the process.

This is Barclays Prague

Prague is unique in the Barclays world, in the tech sector, in investment banking, and in the Czech Republic. Here, around 1500 tech professionals take on complex challenges that have an impact on a global scale. It’s an exceptional place to build your career, expand your skills and explore new technology.

We solve the trickiest problems, work on the fastest networks and use the very latest tech. It’s work with real challenge and impact.

Here, you can explore different roles, tech stacks and career paths, creating opportunities for mobility, specialisation and growth.

We are made up from around 70 different nationalities. So diversity and inclusion are fundamental to every team and every project

We’re a close team, and we enjoy socialising as much as we love our work. We make a real effort to make Prague feel like home.

This is Barclays Prague

Prague is unique in the Barclays world, in the tech sector, in investment banking, and in the Czech Republic. Here, around 1500 tech professionals take on complex challenges that have an impact on a global scale. It’s an exceptional place to build your career, expand your skills and explore new technology.

A tech-first centre of excellence

We solve the trickiest problems, work on the fastest networks and use the very latest tech. It’s work with real challenge and impact.

A world of opportunities

Here, you can explore different roles, tech stacks and career paths, creating opportunities for mobility, specialisation and growth.

A diverse and inclusive team

We are made up from around 70 different nationalities. So diversity and inclusion are fundamental to every team and every project

Working together, playing together

We’re a close team, and we enjoy socialising as much as we love our work. We make a real effort to make Prague feel like home.

Multicultural ERGs at Barclays

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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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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