assistant vice president

software engineer

vice president

analyst

technology analyst

Barclays

•	Worked as a business analyst to build Strategy Web application for financial statements and inspections
•	Identified, researched, investigated, analyzed, defined and documented business processes.
•	Designed and developed, Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Entity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Visio and Business Process Modeling.
•	Conducted user interviews, gathered requirements, and analyzed the requirements by using Rational Rose, Visio and Requisite pro – RUP.
•	Involved in creating business processes and modeling diagrams using Rational Unified Process (RUP).
•	Working with clients to better understand their needs and present solutions using structured SDLC approach.
•	Exposed to Agile methodology.
•	Performed Unit Testing and User Acceptance Testing and documented detailed defects.
•	Worked extensively with Risk Management, Mortgage Loan Servicing, and Commercial and Residential mortgage, CMBS, MBS.
•	Mortgage Pre-payment risk, Risk Analytics for MBS, Loan Servicing, Loan Origination, MBS, CMBS, and Secondary Mortgage Market.
•	Identified gaps and performed gap analysis with respect to CMS requirements.
•	Escrow and Reserve Administration, Escrow processing, Escrow Analysis, Non-Escrow Loans Collateral Inspection and Monitoring, Property Inspection, Income and Expense Statement Review, Inspection Report.
•	Performed Data mapping, logical data modeling, created class diagrams and ER diagrams and used SQL queries to filter data.
•	Reports were displayed and derived through the use of .NET technology (ASP and VB), Crystal Reports, AS/400, SQL, and Excel spreadsheets.
•	Analyzing the existing reports, reporting system.
•	Designed conceptual and logical data models of Data Warehouse and tables.
•	Was responsible for indexing of the tables in that data warehouse. 
•	Develop Logical and Physical data models that capture current state/future state data elements and data flows using Erwin. 
•	Assisted with user testing of systems, developing and maintaining quality procedures, and ensuring that appropriate documentation was in place.
•	Developed the test plan, test conditions and test cases to be used in testing based on business requirements, technical specifications and/or product knowledge.
•	Utilized detailed knowledge of application features, functions assess scope and impact of business needs throughout analysis.
•	Acted as a resource in understanding how IS carry out business functions and assists in ensuring the timely and effective implementation.
•	Developed timelines for project delivery, and managed projects and resources to successful completion.
•	Liaison for projects with other corporate departments, including Executive, Legal and Information Services as well as vendor relationships.
•	Assisted in development of training materials for new technology and process improvements.

• Working as primary liaison with Business, QA and Development teams for major releases, recreation of customer issues, subsequent patch testing and successful release of patches and service packs to clients.
• Managing and performing hands on project planning, auditing of system requirements, creation of documentation, tracking progress metrics and defects through Quality Center and mentoring the off-shore team.
• Coordinated with the offshore team the project deliverables and making sure the project deadlines are met in order to deployment the application in production on time.
• Setup walkthroughs and live meeting demos for QA offshore team to get the initial view and feel of the application under test.
• Conducted Gap analysis on scenarios and scripts created by the QA offshore team to make sure all the requirements were covered.
• Performed Data Profiling of current state of data in the Data Warehouse by doing Data Analysis using advanced SQL Queries and Microsoft Excel, finding Gaps in Data and formulating solutions for the same
• Involved in producing various reports by extracting basic data from Oracle tables using Toad and sorting and summing the data in different ways.
• Worked closely with the UAT team and assisted them when needed.
• Wrote Test Plans and played key role in dividing the Testing effort between automation and manual Testing teams.
• Setup Defect Review meetings with the IT team and QA offshore team. Send daily testing status report to all the stakeholders involved with the project.
• Responsible for maintaining and managing requirements and defects in HPQC.
• Created project sign off documents and provided Go no Go decision based upon testing results.
• Involved in writing complex scripts that supported file transfers to and from the UNIX file servers
• Ran scripts on UNIX box to test bulk loads, nightly/hourly feeds and batch processes.
• Reengineered QA methodologies and processes that resulted in establishment of complete traceability of requirements and enhanced test quality.
• Managing various QA phases and performing hands on testing including Regression, Functionality and Pre Release testing of the Retirements products.
• Performing internal audits at project management level for ensuring compliance with SDLC standards.
• Managed the offshore-based automation test teams responsible for regression testing of the product.
• Followed Agile testing methodology model to compliment development in incremental, rapid cycles.
• Performing extensive manual and XML API testing on a continuous basis for enhancement releases and patches.

The people at Barclays are unimaginative, corrupt and at times pathological. People who are not in the 'click' are often victimised. 

They preach values such as Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence yet the Management have double standards. They impose rules on others to be-little them, quoting them as bank policy when this is not the case. They hinder your development, block your ideas, or steal your idea after you've put all of the work into it. if you think outside the box and try to 'live the values' that Barclays themselves impose, the management will make your life difficult. If you want to make a positive difference to the lives of customers and improve your working environment, again, you will be isolated and antagonised into a reaction that may cost you your job.

Their Personal Development system is completely self and momentary orientated. Incentives to help others are based purely on how much money it will earn you, or how far up it will get you in the bonus hierarchy. They have an 'Added Value' system of which helping and training other colleagues is not considered as adding value to your role.

Their recruitment process is also questionable. Firstly you have to complete three psychometric tests; numerical, problem solving and 15 questions relating to their values. If you bench mark on this and are in the top bracket you will be selected for interview. When you are interviewed they will ask you up-to 8 competency questions and then a further 4 competency questions on their values. The thing with this kind of recruitment process is, you could have years and years of experience and this may not even be considered, they have even admitted that they do not even look at CVs when internal candidates apply for other jobs, in other functions. So, if you're really good at maths and can write some great examples of things that you may or may not have done, you can do the job apparently? None of the questions asked, on the tests or during the interview, arguably, seem relevant to the role you're applying for. 

Basically to succeed in Barclays you've got to say yes, never question Management or Stakeholders on anything and keep your head down. When you see unethical behaviour and bring it to the attention of Management, you yourself will be targeted and isolated in your job. 


So, if you're this kind of person sign up today and work for Barclays.

Unless you are willing to completely throw your sanity along with your self worth out the window, and you love working for a company with low employee morale that is consumed by politics in the workplace and constant deception from the higher ups, then please consider other options of employment before accepting a job with Barclaycard Bank. Over the last few years, they have laid off many U.S. employees in their Human Resources department, Payroll, and IT Department, and have outsourced those roles and job functions to Lithuania and India; making it almost impossible to receive proper assistance for anything anymore. Make sure you keep track of your hours and pay because Barclay’s payroll department lacks the basic math skills and common knowledge that is required to do its job and process your paychecks correctly. I’m talking hundreds of dollars in errors on one paycheck which they will tell you is correct until you have to do the math for them. It is also an endless battle with their buggy, unreliable systems that are constantly experiencing latency and processing issues that prevent you from meeting your CPH (case per hour) goal, which is one of the requirements needed in order to qualify for a bonus (a bonus that they make near impossible to obtain). Management is stretched so thin that they can rarely find the time to actually manage their teams or provide you with any assistance or feedback even when desperately needed. Customer accounts are constantly being mishandled, and as a result, numerous complaints are received and accounts are closed. This is due mostly to offshore (Philippines) agents who are improperly trained and with whom are difficult to communicate due to the language barrier, which makes it not only difficult and frustrating for the customer, but also for onshore agents. Between the constant misguidance, misinformation, and lack of communication; everyday is a constant battle to properly function in your role. If I knew how awful this job was going to be before I took it, I would’ve accepted a lower paying position elsewhere. Money isn’t worth the level of stress and unhappiness that you receive by working for Barclaycard Bank.

	Versatile and result oriented Business Analyst with 7 years of experience in business requirement gathering and analysis, business process re-engineering, object-oriented design, data modeling, Integration, ETL as part of data warehouse.
	In-depth understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Waterfall, Six Sigma and Agile methodologies including scrum and Kanban.
	Extensive experience in diversified industry sectors including credit cards, Mortgage, Investment Bank, Finance and Retail Banking regulations related to Dodd Frank Regulations.
	Dexterous in documenting Business Requirements Document (BRD), Use Cases, Feature Requirement Document, Functional Specification, Unified Modeling Language (Use case, Process Flow, Class, Activity and Sequence),QA Methodology including test cases.
	Adept in team management, problem-resolving skills, conflict management skills, people management skills and excellent knowledge of soft skills, writing skills and oral communication.
	Highly experienced in leading and satisfying business needs with different groups within different levels of management in the company. 
	Recognized as a hands-on, pro-active troubleshooter, who can rapidly identify business problems, formulate strategic plans, initiate change and assist to implement new process in challenging and diverse environments.
	Experienced in conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) and Rapid Application Development (RAD) sessions to converge early toward a design acceptable to the customer.
	Creative and aggressive self-starter with integrative thinking skills, capable of forming and maintaining positive and productive working relationships.
	Excellent in performing Cost-Benefit Analysis, Gap Analysis, SWOT Analysis to check the compatibility of the existing system infrastructure with new Business Requirements.
	Designed and executed test plans, test scripts, tracking defects and getting them resolved to ensure that business requirements and functional specifications are tested and fulfilled.
	 Experience in document sharing applications including (MS SharePoint, Confluence, SDLC tool, JIRA), UML tools (Axure Application, MS Visio), data sharing using (Toad for Oracle and PeopleSoft).

Bait and switch. They hire you as a financial assistant and tell you you’ll be doing customer service but you’re really a bill collector. Incredibly disorganized and terrible management. They claim to care about a healthy workplace but they don’t. If you like harassment this is the job for you. 

Management is entirely toxic and the recruiter will lie to you about flexibility with hours, pay, and bonuses. It’s not until you’ve trained for 2 months that you find out nothing is what was promised. No flexibility or much ability to change schedules for any reason. They tell you you get paid sick time but you’ll be fired before you can actually use it all. They tell you you have 3 weeks paid sick time but use 11 days and you’re fired, 8 you get a warning, 9 written and lose any shot at bonus, etc. The bonus structure went from a max of 4K/month to $350/mo! A huge swing!
 They’re hiring like crazy because people are leaving like crazy. Kiss up and you can get away with anything but just do your job and shut up and get treated like a child. Constant system issues that they blame on the reps, even though they’ve had them forever, lies about not qualifying for bonuses, and making bonuses impossible to achieve. Constant micromanagement about the most minor things but ask them to fix something, get you information, or help with something and it’s crickets. File a complaint about mistreatment, it disappears in the ether. Meetings are a waste of time and pointless. Information is hard to come by but they’ll get mad at you for not knowing something no one could ever help you with when you asked. Job aids are out of date and QA is always wrong with their grading so you have to hassle with them. The pay is dismal and so is everything else besides the benefits. Benefits are the only reason I stayed so long before I ran as fast as I could. If I could give .25 stars I would. 

I work at Barclays Wealth Americas. This place is one of the most dysfunctional and unethical places I have ever worked at. There are two standards for employees at Barclays Wealth Americas. One group of employees are part of the "in" crowd and curry favor by openly brown nosing and backstabbing to get ahead. These employees are pretty much get away with anything. You name it and they do it and get away with it. This includes fraud, theft or whatever unethical comes to mind. The other less fortunate folks try and keep their heads down and just get through the day. If you are naive enough to bring unethical conduct to the attention of senior management, you will be retaliated against, especially if it involves a manager or another "favored" person. I have seen people file complaints with Human Resources and Employee relations and get escorted out within a couple of weeks. These two departments are there for the sole purpose of protecting management. Employees are also pushed out by being given bad reviews for which there is no appeal, or being written up for imaginary violations. Employees in favor come and go as they please, or work remotely while employees out of favor get called out for leaving before 9:00 PM. Ethics and fair play are qualities that are entirely alien to this place. Basically, everything bad you read about Barclays Wealth in the press is true and doesn't even go far enough to describe the conditions here. Google "The regime of fear inside Barclays" which accurately describes the culture of fear, intimidation, bullying and mismanagement at Barclays to get an idea of what things are like for people here.

Investment banking officer with coverage responsibility in the diversified industrial group; extensive experience with diversified industrial, automotive, chemical, clean technology and financial sponsor/private equity clients. Advise Board of Directors, CEO, CFO and Treasurer level management regarding strategic advice and financing objectives. 
Involved in all aspects of corporate finance, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, equity financings (public and private), investment grade and high yield debt and asset backed offerings (ABS).
Advise management teams on optimal capital structure, acquisition financing, enterprise risk management, hedging, investor relations, dividend and share repurchase strategies 
Extensive treasury experience including, but not limited to, foreign exchange and interest rate hedging, cash management and pension plan strategies; over 11 years of coverage responsibility for large, global treasury organizations (i.e., Ford, General Motors and John Deere)  
Lead deal teams for investment grade, high yield debt and equity transactions: run organizational meetings and due diligence sessions; lead prospectus drafting; drive roadshow preparation; work with senior management to craft and communicate investment thesis
Drive M&A buy-side / sell-side advisory process, including assessment of strategic rationale, financial assessment, due diligence and negotiations; present conclusions to senior management and Board of Directors
Executed over $100bn in equity, bond and bank facility related financings and financial advisory assignments. 


Typical day: Consistent correspondence with specific business areas within Operation to successfully deliver a series of risk metrics; focus on meeting deadlines for each phase of the project
What I learned: How to be successful in completing each project phase within agreed upon deadlines; how to manage all phase of a project required for successful delivery of end product
Management: I was fortunate to have reported to supportive, approachable & extremely experienced managers during my time at Barclays
Co-workers: Approachable, friendly and intelligent with a team player mentality
Hardest part of the job: Maintaining stakeholder engagement, as support from senior management was compromised after the Global Head of Ops (original program sponsor and key point of escalation) left the firm. This subsequently led to a reduction in overall participation by most of the business lines.
Most enjoyable part of the day: Successfully utilizing the acquired skills, techniques and problem solving methodologies needed to effectively and efficiently complete each project phase; Also, daily interactions with our development & production support teams, leading to a better understanding of the technical processes that must be carried out to ensure successful metrics delivery to our clients in Operations.

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