Full-Time

Private Banking Executive

Posted on 8/21/2026

Deadline 8/29/26
Barclays

Barclays

10,001+ employees

Wealth management services for UK clients

No salary listed

Cambridge, UK + 3 more

More locations: Ipswich, UK | Reading, UK | Norwich, UK

In Person

Category
Finance & Banking (1)
Required Skills
Word/Pages/Docs
Risk Management
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
PowerPoint/Keynote/Slides

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Requirements
  • Experience managing client relationships, including engagement with senior stakeholders and building trusted relationships across diverse clients and internal teams.
  • Sound knowledge of banking products, operational procedures, risk management, lending, and security requirements.
  • Adherence to regulatory and compliance frameworks, including know-your-customer and anti-money-laundering requirements, governance, and risk and control procedures.
  • Experience preparing for client-facing meetings and delivering high-quality client support, including correspondence, documentation, and annual reviews.
  • Experience in a private banking, wealth management, or similar client-facing environment.
  • Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, and accuracy in administrative and operational tasks.
  • Technical proficiency with PC applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Knowledge of risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, and job-specific technical skills.
Responsibilities
  • Support Relationship Managers or Private Bankers and Wealth Managers in acquiring, onboarding, servicing, and retaining clients.
  • Manage complex client situations and liaise directly with clients regarding complex onboarding, banking transaction, investment, credit, and digital-solution requests.
  • Work closely with Operations and other support functions to deliver positive client outcomes.
  • Establish strong client and internal relationships alongside Relationship Managers to ensure high-quality service.
  • Manage all aspects of client servicing and service engagement plans, including leading client service review visits.
  • Develop relationships with other areas of the bank and share responsibility with internal colleagues for the end-to-end client experience.
  • Act as the point of contact for new account queries, complex servicing requests, and liaison between relationship teams and support or specialist teams.
  • Ensure legal and regulatory standards and internal policies and procedures are followed, and support Relationship Managers with risk-related activities.
  • Perform prescribed activities in a timely and consistently high-standard manner while driving continuous improvement.
  • Lead and supervise a team by guiding professional development, allocating work requirements, and coordinating team resources.
  • Take responsibility for the end results of a team's operational processing and activities.
  • Escalate policy or procedure breaches appropriately.
  • Embed new policies and procedures adopted for risk mitigation.
  • Advise and influence decision-making within the area of expertise.
  • Manage risk and strengthen controls for owned or contributed work in line with relevant rules, regulations, and codes of conduct.
  • Build understanding of how the sub-function integrates with the wider function and of the organisation's products, services, and processes.
  • Make evaluative judgments based on factual information and resolve problems by applying acquired technical experience and precedents.
  • Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex or sensitive information.
  • Act as a contact point for stakeholders outside the immediate function while building internal and external networks.
  • Assist with marketing banking and investment products to clients.
  • Proactively manage day-to-day client administration and operational tasks, resolve issues, and ensure smooth delivery with Operations, Business Management, and other stakeholders.
  • Leverage digital tools and platforms to support clients' evolving needs.
Desired Qualifications
  • Strong commercial awareness and understanding of financial markets, products, and trends affecting high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients.
  • Adaptability, resilience, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, changing environment.
  • Initiative and independent problem-solving, with appropriate escalation where required.
  • Willingness to contribute to team projects and foster a collaborative, supportive team culture.

Barclays Wealth Management provides personalized wealth management services to clients across the UK through a regional network of financial experts. It delivers tailored investment management, financial planning, and estate and trust services, based on each client’s goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon, with support from Barclays’ broader banking resources. The company differentiates itself through its scale and integration, combining local, face-to-face guidance with the back‑end support and product access of a large UK bank. Its goal is to help clients preserve and grow their wealth over the long term while managing risk through a comprehensive, advisor-led service.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

1690

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What believers are saying

  • DailyPay added Barclays to its $260 million August 2026 debt package.
  • Barclays won OneMain's $600 million note underwriting mandate on August 6, 2026.
  • Hightown Housing secured Barclays' £75 million revolving facility for affordable-housing investment.

What critics are saying

  • FCA fined Barclays £42 million in August 2026 for financial-crime failures.
  • U.S. Epstein-related class actions threaten management distraction, legal costs, and depositors' trust.
  • Repeated restructurings and 900 UK job cuts signal weaker investment-bank economics through 2027.

What makes Barclays unique

  • Barclays' 2027 co-CEO reset pairs Mike Joo and Adeel Khan.
  • Barclays combines UK wealth management, corporate banking, and investment banking under one universal platform.
  • Barclays keeps financing businesses others avoid, including DailyPay, Hightown Housing, and OneMain in 2026.

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