Financial Institutions Group Business Manager - Executive Director

The Global Corporate Finance & Business Management (F&BM) team acts as a trusted advisor and consultant to senior coverage executives to manage and optimize business performance. The team partners with management to drive business strategy through projects, analyses and leads ad hoc special projects as well as compliance support. Business Management needs highly-motivated creative thinkers who can leverage their analytical capabilities to provide strategic guidance to business partners and solve a wide variety of evolving business issues and problems.

As a Financial Institutions Group Business Manager - Executive Director within the Global Corporate Finance & Business Management team, you will act as a trusted advisor and consultant to senior coverage executives to manage and optimize business performance. You will partner with management to promote business strategy through projects, analyses, and compliance support. You will be expected to respond quickly on time-sensitive deliverables and leverage your analytical capabilities to provide strategic guidance to business partners and solve a wide variety of evolving business issues and problems. This role requires exceptional relationship management, communication and influencing skills at all levels, and a strong focus on execution.

Job responsibilities

• Advise the Co-Heads of Financial Institutions in all aspects of the business; strategy, controls, people and performance
• Manage the client agenda, establishing a cadence for account plans, review client coverage, relationship status, revenue opportunities, client prioritization, and Client performance metrics
• Develop and oversee the business performance metrics that generate key insights and identifies new opportunities
• Prioritize investment spend to grow the franchise globally
• Create materials for business reviews and other executive leadership presentations to articulate strategic direction, program execution and performance tracking
• Quickly build product and business knowledge to analyze datasets, derive insights and provide key recommendations to stakeholders
• Identify, escalate, and mitigate business risks that could impair our ability to do business: e.g., legal, tax, regulatory, compliance
• Partner with various teams on key initiatives and coordinating stakeholder updates
• Support executive ad-hoc requests with a high-level of responsiveness
• Communicate effectively and be adept at managing a large and complex book of work requiring constant prioritization based on business needs

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 12 years in a Business Management capacity and experience with leading teams
• Experience with Investment Banking products
• Strong executive presence with the ability to present well to senior stakeholders
• Skilled at analyzing opportunities & problems, recommending solutions, and communicating effectively & confidently (both verbal and written)
• Strong organizational and task management skills; ability to balance multiple initiatives to completion under concurrent, rigorous, and regulatory deadlines in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• Excellent written and oral communications skills, including the ability to synthesize “the story” for executive-level audiences and adjust messages and style based on different audiences and agendas
• Excels in time management, is entrepreneurial and a self-starter, with demonstrated ability to deliver results within condensed timeframe
• Ability to forge strong internal relationships across a broad range of functions
• Disciplined approach to managing and improving processes and controls