Date live:19/08/2025
Business Area:Legal
Area of Expertise:Legal
Contract:Permanent
Reference Code:JR-0000066863
The netting team in Markets Legal provides legal support relating to the recognition of close-out netting and collateral enforceability as risk mitigation tools for regulatory capital purposes across the various permutations of trading agreements, governing laws, counterparty types, and counterparty jurisdictions applicable to Barclays International’s trading relationships. The PMO assists in managing the team’s workload, handles data relating to the team’s activities and they will be responsible for the production of MI to the team and broader stakeholders.

To be successful as a Project Management Officer (Markets Legal, Netting), you should have experience with

• Experience and understanding of project lifecycles from business case, through project development, to deliver and closure.
• Good proficiency in MS Office (specifically MS Project/Excel)
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills are required, both to coordinate actions within the netting team and in day-to-day interactions with other teams including outside of Legal.
• Excellent organisation and planning skills to ensure successful coordination and completion of team’s book of work.

Some other highly valued skills may include

• Project management qualification or qualification or experience in use of a project management methodology such as Prince 2, Agile, MSP.
• Bachelors degree in Business Administration or a related field.
• Ability to identify risks within the framework of the firm’s governance and risk policies, and escalate as appropriate.
• Demonstrates creative and innovative thinking to structure appropriate and sustainable solutions to novel tasks.

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 role is based in our Glasgow Campus.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies to manage compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
• Legal advice and support to the business units in the Markets division on matters arising from the relevant products/services provided by the Markets division .
• Subject matter support in the Legal department’s representation of the bank in legal proceedings related to the Markets business units such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.
• Creation and review of legal documents for the business units in the Markets division to ensure the bank’s compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Maintaining and updating template legal documentation for the Markets division.
• Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in applicable laws, rules and regulations that may impact the activities of the bank’s Markets business units .
• Developing and delivering training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to the activities of the Markets business units .
• Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs). Keeping up to date with regards to changes to LRRs in the relevant coverage area. Ensuring that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, the relevant policies, standards and controls.

To ensure that the activities of the business units in the Markets division are conducted in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to help the bank manage legal risk associated with these activities.