Location: Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

The Business Manager for AM Latin America is responsible for partnering with senior business leaders on strategic direction and decision making, as well as delivering value-added reporting and analysis.  The individual will be responsible for the execution of various day-to-day business activities as well as successful end-to-end implementation of new initiatives, with a focus on increasing sales productivity and profitability.  

The role will be based in Sao Paulo, Brazil and be a member of the Asset Management Americas Client & Global Insurance F&BM team, with additional accountability to the Head of the AM Latin America business.  

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide a high level of responsiveness to executive ad-hoc requests related to project management, presentation development, and business analysis.
• Communicate effectively with key business partners to understand projects and drive next steps.
• Project manage and deliver key work streams and tasks.
• Support audit, regulatory and compliance deliverables; help drive specific action plans and deliverables within the Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) framework.
• Participate in collaborative initiatives across the Americas Client & Latin America business, looking for ways to continually simplify, improve, and add value to existing business processes.
• Provide support, unbiased advice, analysis, and actionable recommendations to key business partners.
• End to end ownership and management of business priority projects.
• Partner with other business-aligned functional areas (Client Service, Marketing, Legal, Risk & Controls, HR, Compliance, Technology and Operations) with respect to change management initiatives
• Collaborate with BM counterparts across each business on various projects.
• Represent the location strategy initiatives including real estate needs, business resiliency and migration activity.
• Strong organization, time management capabilities and is proficient with project management methodology and the project management lifecycle.
• Prepare senior management for internal and external meetings through presentation & content creation, agenda coordination, speaker preparation and logistics coordination.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• 5+ years experience in the financial services industry, with exposure to Asset Management
• Excellent presentation and communication skills: delivering messages clearly and succinctly with tailored approach depending on target audience.
• Ability to build strong working relationships and influence a wide range of stakeholders, including executive management.
• Strong project management skills, with emphasis on controls and focus on process improvement.
• Pro-active and problem-solving mindset with ability to identify, clearly present and implement solutions.
• Excellent analytical skills 
• Proficient with PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Proficient with Data analytics and data storytelling tools (Tableau).