Business manager/Assistant Lead

6 month contract - 3 days a week in the office - Inside IR35 - investment Banking

Core accountabilities of role

• Provides fully competent and experienced support in relation to key activities within the team, and takes accountability for decisions and tasks within their area of personal expertise. This will include completing, with increasing autonomy but at all times appropriate supervision, tasks such as:
• As part of the UK Business Manager role
• Supporting GM UK COO mandate and Deputy Head of Global Markets on key topics including, but not limited to: (i) UK governance and contribution to UK Territory Committees; (ii) Regulatory topics, (iii) Operational and control issues; (iv) Risk assessments; (v) Third party risk management (TPRM) including SLAs and supplier management; (vi) Operational resilience, crisis management & BCP.
• Actively supporting business-related projects, representing GM UK including independently formulating project plans, managing the delivery of the GM contribution, collaborating with other GM teams and functions to deliver solutions in line with internal, regulatory or market standards.
• Facilitating the enhancement of GM UK oversight and governance on non-financial risks, controls and cost such as on third party risk management/SLAs, business continuity strategy and expenses/travel approvals.
• Contributing to UK Territory led governance including reporting on GM activity and representing GM UK in committees e.g. submission to UK CIB ICC, representing GM in the London Branch outsourcing committee
• Acting as key contributor or sponsor delegate for UK based initiatives (e.g. UK territory led initiatives/projects) to represent GM.
• Supporting cost-saving objectives and improve efficiency of BAU processes conducted by UK office management/admin teams for the wider GM UK platform.
• Supporting the development and maintenance of GM UK COO policies and procedures.
• As part of the Assistants Lead
• Managing staff resourcing across the Assistant teams including: (i) Resource balancing to ensure staff are appropriately allocated and utilised to support the needs of GM; (ii) Hiring and onboarding of permanent and contract resources as required; (iii) Review headcount and costs against budget with data supplied by GM Finance; (iv) Co-ordinate with nearshore SmartOffice team based in Lisbon including oversight of team performance, and ensure SLA adheres to the relevant internal TPRM policies.
• Oversight of GBL assistants to ensure the GBLs are appropriately supported. Acting as escalation point for issues that are not addressed or resolved by GBL assistants.
• Resolve issues or escalate to senior colleagues in a prompt manner to ensure efficient functioning and solid support is consistently provided to the GM UK platform.
• Developing strong partnership within GM and key stakeholders and drive continuous improvement of processes and standards
• Utilises expertise to make independent judgments to deal with closely defined situations, and seeks proactive supervision and guidance from senior colleagues where appropriate.
• Collaborates effectively with relevant internal teams where required including the Compliance function in relation to all compliance and regulatory matters and audit teams in relation to the Bank's audit processes. Strengthens and continues to develop strong internal relationships to support such collaboration.

Knowledge, Skill and Experience

• Professional qualification required with good understanding of business management, compliance and/or risk within the Global Markets context, typically gained at within another top tier investment bank.
• Understanding of Group non-financial risk processes and governance and regulatory expectations.
• Good knowledge of processes within the Global Markets function with strong understanding of specialism of personal focus. Good working knowledge of a wide range of company-wide policies, procedures regulations and legislation. Able to utilise knowledge and experience to implement effective control processes for the team, and to adapt to changing business needs.
• Strong analytical and decision making skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into practical processes and operational strategies.
• Strong stakeholder and good people management skills to ensure the delivery of effective and compliant processes and solutions to facilitate the objectives of the team and the Bank.
• Excellent written and oral English skills in order to articulate technical issues and to be able to take the complex and make simple to enable effective communication with individuals across the business.
• Strong personal focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong computer skills and a good knowledge of a range of standard computer software, e.g., Microsoft Office, email.
• Able to independently lead projects to delivery.

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