17/06/2025
Business Area:
Real Estate
Area of Expertise:
Relationship Management
Contract:
Permanent
Reference Code:
JR-0000057605
Join Relationship Management, to build and maintain relationships with customers, clients, stakeholders, and strategic partners. Your focus will be on driving business growth through effective relationship-building and delivering tailored solutions to meet client needs.
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The Real Estate Transaction Management team is situated within the Corporate Bank where you will be supporting the negotiation and execution of real estate loans originated by the Real Estate Corporate Banking Origination team, focusing on structured lending opportunities across corporate and sponsor clients to deliver excellent customer outcomes. The role also covers loans originated by the broader Corporate Banking team, encompassing a wide range of bilateral and multibank transactions, including event-driven financings (acquisitions, de-mergers, IPOs, and cash-outs) as well as core corporate financing and refinancing.
Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:
Strong working knowledge of the Real Estate industry, including investment, development, credit risk assessment, and economic influencing factors.
High-level expertise in core legal documents required for executing real estate transactions, with meticulous attention to detail.
Exceptional communication, negotiation, and influencing skills (oral and written), with proficiency in IT tools such as Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
Proven ability to manage workloads, meet tight deadlines, and prioritize tasks while collaborating with multiple stakeholders.
Desirable Skills/Preferred Qualifications:
Understanding of group-wide policies and strategies related to key Real Estate players, limited recourse finance, accounting, and legal agents.
Familiarity with Barclays' internal lending processes and procedures.
This role is ideal for candidates seeking to make a meaningful impact in real estate transaction management while navigating complex financial landscapes.
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.
This is a 6 month secondment and can be based in Birmingham or London.
Purpose of the role
To negotiate and execute structured lending opportunities working across our corporate and sponsor client base to ensure a great customer outcome.
Accountabilities
Negotiation and documentation of deal terms in partnership with legal counsel and bank policy.
Management of the flow of transactions through to completion, including the timely escalation of any issues and ensuring that commercial risks are adequately covered through the various protections in the finance documents.
Co-ordination of relevant deal team discussions to include the client, Relationship team and other key stakeholders such as Professional Advisors, Legal Counsel, Tax etc.
Development and implementation of risk management strategies, including the identification of potential credit risks, assessment of impact scenarios, and recommendations of mitigation measures to reduce the bank's overall exposure.
Management of key stakeholder relationships within target companies to understand their needs and recommend appropriate lending solutions.
Monitoring and analysis of industry trends and legal developments and sharing knowledge, best practices and suggestion with the team.
Monitoring of key metrics such as new client acquisition, loan volume, revenue generation, and market share to assess the performance of the commercial banking segment.
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.
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Your application
We’ll ask for information about you, your CV and cover letter.
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Your assessment
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Your interview
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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.
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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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