As a Securities Services Technology Business Manager - Senior Associate within the Business Management team, you will be responsible for optimizing business performance by promoting key initiatives. You will act as a trusted advisor and counterweight to Business/Group Heads, identifying, escalating, and mitigating business risks. You will manage all financial matters within the Securities Services Technology team, including financial reporting, workforce management, location strategy, and project & resource planning. This role provides an opportunity to work closely with technology managers, senior management, and governance committees, providing high-quality presentations and reports to support decision-making. You will also have the chance to participate in collaborative initiatives with team members and global managers, continually improving and adding value to existing business processes.

 

Job Responsibilities

Manage forecast updates within forecasting tool on weekly basis, reflecting financial risks and opportunities, meet regularly with the technology managers to review their finances. And support with annual expense/resource planning.  Use standard financial reporting to track forecast/actuals versus plan and articulate variance drivers across the portfolio to stakeholders. Investigate expense allocations charged to various businesses on regular basis and handle ad-hoc queries from stakeholders Deliver reporting to senior management and governance committees to support decision making, including talent management, delivery prioritization, trend analysis etc. 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 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

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or other related area Prior experience(preferably at a Financial Services firm) in Business Management or COO role  Proven experience delivering timely, high quality presentations and/or reporting for various projects and stakeholders. Attention to detail is a must 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