Portfolio & Pricing Manager

We are seeking a **Portfolio and Pricing Manager** to join our Portfolio Management team, responsible for optimizing the portfolio of assets and client capital commitments across Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB).

You will be involved in managing key commercial deal approvals for International Corporate Banking and UK Corporate, owning the Pricing Framework, and serving as the central pricing authority for lending decisions. You will also collaborate with global lending and trade finance originators, advising on pricing, structure, sector appetite, and capital treatment, while working with senior managers to drive strategies that maximize Return on Tangible Equity. This position requires close collaboration with stakeholders across CIB, with personal discretion on transaction approvals.

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.

Purpose of the role

To manage asset and reporting for the bank's wholesale lending portfolio, including developing and implementing portfolio management strategies, monitoring, and assessing portfolio risk, and reporting on portfolio performance and collaborating with relationship managers, credit analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure that the portfolio is aligned with the bank's risk appetite and business objectives. 

Accountabilities

• Identification, assessment, and mitigation of credit risks associated with the portfolio, including conducting regular portfolio reviews and sensitivity analysis.
• Monitoring of performance of the loan portfolio.
• Analyzing the business cases for lending proposals based on the creditworthiness of borrowers and counterparties, in line with the bank’s strategy.
• Implementation of strategies to optimize the portfolio's risk-return profile, including active management of credit exposures, portfolio rebalancing, and credit limit.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop 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 practices (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.