Join Barclays as Investment Banking Sustainable Banking Group, VP, where you will play a senior execution and advisory role, supporting origination and delivery of investment banking transactions focused on sustainability, ESG, climate transition, and impact-driven strategies. You will also, support deal execution, advise clients on structuring sustainability linked transactions, and integrate ESG considerations into M&A, capital raising, and strategic advisory mandates. This role sits at the intersection of corporate finance, capital markets, and sustainability experience, requiring ample technical skills, transaction guidance, and client-facing capabilities.

To be successful as an Investment Banking Sustainable Banking Group, VP, you should have experience with:

• Experience in sustainability focused banking, with a clear understanding of ESG and energy transition priorities

• Relevant banking licenses with the capability to advise on a broad range of banking activities

• Banking products and transaction types, including advisory and financing solutions

• Confirmed client facing professional, comfortable engaging senior stakeholders and supporting discussions

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Ability to resourcefully support and execute transactions from start to finish

• Entrepreneurial mindset, with an approach to identifying opportunities and building business

• Well-connected within the sustainability and energy transition ecosystem, with deep industry credibility

• Maintains a personal network of 3050 close senior peers at companies that are not currently Barclays clients, offering clear origination potential

• Solid energy sector background, with meaningful exposure to renewables and the broader transition landscape

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in New York, NY.

This role is regulated by FINRA.

Minimum Salary: $250,000

Maximum Salary: $275,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation.

Purpose of the role

To raise capital and manage the financial risk of clients, including financial advisory services, identification and origination of market opportunities, research, economic analysis.  

Accountabilities

• Development and maintenance of strong relationships with corporate, financial and institutional clients to understand their financing needs and objectives.  .
• Development and maintenance of complex financial models to assess the value of assets, companies, or securities and identify the most appropriate structuring of capital raising initiatives, including equity financing via an initial public offerings, investment grade debt underwriting, leveraged financing solutions for non-investment grade clients, or derivative hedging solutions.  .
• Collaboration with Coverage, M&A, Syndicate, Global Markets, and cross functional teams to ensure successful origination, company due diligence, and execution of various capital market transactions.  .
• Identification, assessment, and management of risks associated with capital markets transactions and development of risk mitigation strategies in alignment with regulatory requirements.  .
• Research, financial data analysis and continued development of market insights and investment recommendations.  .

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 departments 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.