GEOPOLITICAL & PHYSICAL SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ANALYST

As a Barclays Geopolitical & Physical Security Intelligence Analyst, you will help support senior figures across Barclays to navigate geopolitical trends and horizon risks by looking beyond security. You will provide timely and clearly articulated warnings and assessments of any new or evolving threats to its people, premises and assets in the Americas. You will also be responsible for developing and maintaining appropriate relationships to ensure the bank receives relevant and informed insight in a timely manner.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We've helped millions of individuals and businesses thrive, creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. An important and growing presence in the USA, we offer careers providing endless opportunity.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

• Producing timely and high quality analysis and assessment of geopolitical risks that the organization may encounter 

• Supporting with the organization’s day-to-day operations and strategic directions

• Producing timely and high quality analysis and assessment of terrorist, criminal, protest/civil activism and political instability threats to Barclays in the Americas 

• Developing and maintaining a sustainable network of appropriate and reliable sources of information on geopolitical trends and developments and on security threats

• Developing and maintaining awareness of the wider global implications of geopolitical events and trends and of evolving security threats in order to support wider team

• Supporting development of new, innovative intelligence products to meet existing and evolving stakeholder requirements

• Collaborating across the CSO function and the wider bank to develop product requirements from existing consumers of intelligence

• Understanding and appropriately supporting the operations of other units as necessary, including through development of new and refined intelligence products

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• A university degree in international relations, security, political economy, or relevant subject, or extensive experience in an analytic role with a practitioner organization(s)

• Experience as an intelligence analyst and familiarity with advanced analytic techniques and with the synthesis of quantitative and qualitative information

• Significant experience working on issues related to the foreign and security policies of major Western and non-Western countries

• Comfortable with collecting, managing and analyzing structured and unstructured data to derive intelligence insights

SKILLS THAT WILL HELP YOU IN THE ROLE:

• Experience of data analytics in a professional role

• Experience of working across time zones in a multicultural setting

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills essential, including; Excel, Word, PowerPoint

• Excellent attention to detail in written communication and ability to provide oral briefings to all levels of the organization

WHERE WILL YOU BE WORKING?

At Barclays, we are proud to be redefining the future of finance and here at Whippany we are defining the future of the workplace and the future of the way we work and live. We are creating a unique community, one of four strategic tech-enabled hubs that will redefine opportunity for everyone who works here. Whatever you do at Whippany, you’ll have every chance to build a world-class career in this world-class environment.

We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 50 countries and employing around 83,000 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.