Location: EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, United Kingdom

Drive key initiatives, manage projects, and deliver impactful business solutions as a trusted advisor in our Business Management team.

As a Business Management Senior Associate within the Business Management team you will be helping to drive key initiatives. You will act as trusted advisors and counterweight to Business/Group Heads, and will be responsible for identifying, escalating, and mitigating business risks. 

Job requirements 

• 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 (RCSA) 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, like 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

• 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 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 high degree of independence
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong time management and prioritization skills

As a Business Manager you will optimize business performance by helping drive key initiatives.