AVP, Collections Strategy and Analytics

Purpose of the role

To use innovative data analytics and machine learning techniques to extract valuable insights from the bank's data reserves, leveraging these insights to inform strategic decision-making, improve operational efficiency, and drive innovation across the organisation. 

Accountabilities

• Identification, collection, extraction of data from various sources, including internal and external sources.
• Performing data cleaning, wrangling, and transformation to ensure its quality and suitability for analysis.
• Development and maintenance of efficient data pipelines for automated data acquisition and processing.
• Design and conduct of statistical and machine learning models to analyse patterns, trends, and relationships in the data.
• Development and implementation of predictive models to forecast future outcomes and identify potential risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to seek out opportunities to add value from data through Data Science.

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.

Barclays Services LLC seeks AVP, Collections Strategy and Analytics in New York, New York (multiple positions available):

• Utilize knowledge of operations research and related data science and quantitative skills in order to manage, track, and optimize collections and recoveries strategy for the first line across the US Consumer Bank.
• Utilize fluency in collections field knowledge, oversee the historical, current, and forward looking performance trends and be able to present details on those trends to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Responsible for developing new contact strategies while monitoring performance of new and existing strategies by performing statistical testing.
• Responsible for partnering with cross-functional groups to adapt strategies to align with new legal and regulatory changes.
• Utilize various complex quantitative tools and technologies including SAS, ORACLE, Tableau, AWS, and Python to manage and monitor credit strategies related to customers in collections.
• Develop robust Management Information for collections and operations across products to support customer profiles and performance.
• Identify opportunities to optimize current credit and operational strategy across products.
• Develop, manage and maintain effective working relationships with people at all levels across BCUS, Operations, and CRO.
• Coordinate with senior leaders across BCUS to ensure their full understanding and exposure to the key risks and trends involved in the risk profile and performance of the US business.
• Incorporate bureau and other external data to further enhance credit strategy.
• Drive decisions relating to portfolio-level analytics and credit strategy development that will govern the overall management of customer collections for the US Cards and Loan portfolios.

May Telecommute.

May work remotely from anywhere in the United States.

Salary / Rate Minimum/yr: $162,950 per year

Salary / Rate Maximum/yr: $179,245 per year

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 or benefits that may be available.

This position is eligible for incentives pursuant to Barclays Employee Referral Program.