Business Management optimizes business performance by helping to drive key initiatives. We act as trusted advisors and counterweight to Business/Group Heads, and are responsible for identifying, escalating, and mitigating business risks. The role of a business manager is dynamic and can vary from business to business, in line with the priorities of the different lines of business.
As a Finance & Business Management - Vice President within the Credit and Public Finance Sales team, you will utilize your problem solving, analytical, project management and influencing skills to assist business heads in driving business strategy, as well as day-to-day support. Incorporating responsibilities of a CFO, COO and Chief of Staff, business managers drive initiatives across reporting, analytics, financial planning, controls and stakeholder communications. You will partner with other business managers regionally/globally across the Spread franchise and other functions such as Legal & Compliance, Business Controls Office, Planning & Analysis, Controllers/Finance, Operations and Technology, etc. to define and drive the business agenda.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide a high level of responsiveness to executive ad-hoc requests related to project management, presentation development, and business analysis.
- Organize complex information in a strategic and compelling way, demonstrating strong design acumen and expertise in Excel and PowerPoint techniques.
- Create wireframes and mock-ups quickly and iteratively for management presentations, reports, and dashboards.
- Communicate effectively with key business partners to understand projects and drive next steps.
- Project manage and deliver key work streams and tasks.
- Identify key business risks on the platform and drive resolution of mitigating controls.
- Support audit, regulatory and compliance deliverables; help drive specific action plans and deliverables within the Risk Control Self-Assessment framework.
- Coordinate team activities and prepare materials for town halls, employee recognition, and strategy working sessions.
- Collect and maintain internal resources and documentation on collaboration sites such as SharePoint.
- Participate in collaborative initiatives with team members and global managers, looking for ways to continually simplify, improve, and add value to existing business processes.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or other related area.
- Prior experience in Business Management or COO role.
- Proven experience delivering timely, high quality presentations and/or reporting for various projects and stakeholders. Attention to detail is a must with continuous focus on design excellence.
- Demonstrated ability in dealing with different stakeholder groups and driving the agenda.
- Excellent communication, organization and project management skills.
- Ability to articulate and demonstrate thoughtful rationale in design decisions.
- Intermediate to advanced level ability expected in all MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Pivot Tables).
- Self-motivated, tenacious and able to work with a high degree of independence.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong time management and prioritization skills.