Description

The Commercial & Investment Bank (CIB) Finance and Business Management (F&BM) organization provides financial advice to support the CIB’s business strategy and helps to ensure a sound control environment. F&BM is comprised of approximately 5,000 employees globally with a wide range of expertise and experience, all of whom are dedicated to partnering with each other and our clients to make our business stronger strategically, financially and operationally. 

CIB F&BM is seeking a Business Manager based in Brooklyn supporting the Finance & Business Management Organization, including Markets, Banking, Payments, Security Services, Treasury, Controllers and Controls

Business Management is a Trusted advisor to the business responsible for identifying, escalating, strategizing, and mitigating business risks while optimizing performance, driving initiatives and shaping business strategy.

Overview: 

A Business Managers responsibilities include organizational strategy; data analysis and reporting; budget and expense management, real estate management, recruitment, risk & controls; organizational and systems infrastructure; project management and other areas that ensure the team is organized and productive. The position requires engagement globally across the group and firm, including senior management.

Job responsibilities:

• Establish strong relationships across the business and functional support partners.
• Drive leadership team agendas, priorities, meetings, town halls, team off-sites and follow ups.
• Develop executive level business review materials and messaging.
• Drive process improvement and innovation initiatives
• Manage budgeting & expense management processes, expense tracking and reporting, working closely with the management team, P&A to ensure accurate and consistent reporting. 
• Manage Real Estate processes working closing with GRE and Business support management.
• Manage recruitment processes working closely with our HR business partners and recruitment.
• Evaluate department processes, systems, and infrastructure to ensure efficiencies. 
• Support the business head with presentations and resolving day-to-day queries or issues.
• Support projects run on behalf of Finance and Business Management

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

The candidate must be a self-starter who is able to work in a fast paced, results driven environment, be confident and have excellent communications skills. These characteristics are critical as the role will have global exposure, accountability, and responsibility.

• Prior experience within finance is not required but would be helpful.
• Think strategically, active curiosity.
• Aptitude for technology, systems and understanding organizational structure.
• Maintain a sense of urgency, be proactive and accountable.
• Must be able to multi-task, adapt to changing priorities and work under tight deadlines.
• Uphold strong business ethics when dealing with sensitive information.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Superior interpersonal and collaboration skills; detail oriented
• High proficiency in Excel, Word & Power Point