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Bulge Bracket Investment BanksPosted 12 days ago
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**Associate, Finance & Business Management** | Jersey City, NJ - Define investment strategy, improve operational rigor, and accelerate transformation. - Lead financial planning, business case development, and heads-up decision-making. - Own expense optimization, headcount forecasting, and executive-level reporting. - Collaborate cross-functionally to execute at scale using AI-enabled tools. - Bring 8+ years of experience and a BSc/BBA degree, with strong analytical judgment. - Demonstrate exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and improvement skills.
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Location: Jersey City, NJ, United States
Shape how world-class technology teams operateat scale. In this role, youll sit at the intersection of strategy, finance, and execution, partnering directly with senior leaders to make smart investment decisions, improve operational rigor, and accelerate transformation. If youre energized by complex problems, high standards, and measurable outcomes, youll find a platform here to do some of your best work.As a Finance & Business Management (F&BM) Associate in Global Private Bank Technology, you will help define where the organization invests, how it plans, and how it deliversbringing clarity to priorities and transparency to spend and capacity. Youll lead financial planning and forecasting, develop and review business cases, and design decision-ready reporting for senior leaders. Youll build trusted relationships across technology, product, design, finance, and HR to ensure teams have the insights and resources to execute with speed and discipline.
Job Responsibilities
Partner with technology, product, and design leadership to set and execute strategic initiatives that drive growth, efficiency, and operating-model evolution Own business case development and review, ensuring investment decisions are well-structured, data-driven, and aligned to enterprise priorities Lead financial planning and forecasting with timely, accurate insights that help leaders manage trade-offs and meet commitments Monitor and optimize expenses across headcount, infrastructure, vendors, and other non-labor costs, identifying opportunities to reinvest or improve efficiency Build and maintain headcount forecasting models, keeping assumptions current and outputs decision-ready Run deep-dive reviews on headcount, infrastructure, vendor strategy, financial performance, and location strategy, turning analysis into clear recommendations Coordinate closely with HR and Finance to gather inputs, validate data, and refine models as business needs change Design executive-ready reporting (dashboards, recurring packs, and narrative insights) that enables fast, confident decision-making Continuously improve reporting processes, closing gaps, strengthening controls, and increasing automation where it adds value Lead ad hoc projects and transformation initiatives, driving execution, tracking outcomes, and elevating operational excellence Apply AI-enabled ways of working to increase productivityleveraging AI development tools (e.g., for analysis automation, forecasting model enhancement, reporting generation, and workflow optimization) to help teams work smarter and accelerate decision cycles Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
Bachelors degree in Finance, Engineering, Economics, or a related field, plus 8+ years of relevant experience in business management, financial planning, strategic planning, or a similar role Demonstrated expertise building and maintaining forecasting models and management reporting, with strong attention to detail Strong analytical judgment, with the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights and recommendations Experience managing budgets and driving cost optimization across labor and non-labor expense types Proven ability to lead through influence in a matrixed environment, manage senior stakeholders effectively, and resolve conflict constructively Excellent communication and interpersonal skillsstructured, concise, and confident with executives and cross-functional partners; comfortable operating at pace with shifting priorities and high standards Continuous-improvement mindset with a track record of making processes more effective and scalable; willingness to travel as needed Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
Masters degree or MBA in Finance, Engineering, Economics, or a related field Drive strategy, financial management, and transformation for Global Private Bank technology, product, and design teams.
As a Finance & Business Management (F&BM) Associate in Global Private Bank Technology, you will help define where the organization invests, how it plans, and how it deliversbringing clarity to priorities and transparency to spend and capacity. Youll lead financial planning and forecasting, develop and review business cases, and design decision-ready reporting for senior leaders. Youll build trusted relationships across technology, product, design, finance, and HR to ensure teams have the insights and resources to execute with speed and discipline.
