Assistant Vice President – Investment Banking Business Manager

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To enable the success of senior executives by helping executives navigate complex challenges, make informed decisions, and achieve their goals.

Accountabilities

• Collaboration with business and senior leadership to develop and implement business strategies that align with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.
• Liaison between different business units and functions, fostering communication and collaboration.
• Management and coordination of strategic initiatives, projects, and change management efforts to optimize business processes and strengthen the control environment.
• Improvement of operational efficiency within the organisation including the identification of areas for improvement, streamlining of processes, and implementation of best practices to enhance productivity and effectiveness.
• Development of performance reporting for key metrics that reinforce the strategic objectives of the division and support the external commitments made. Involvement in aspects of financial analysis and budget management, including assistance in financial planning, forecasting, and monitoring of financial performance against targets.
• Support to business heads in partnership with HR on hiring, workforce planning, joiner/mover/leaver actions.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as an "Assistant Vice President – Investment Banking Business Manager” This role provides the opportunity to make a strong immediate contribution for applicants who are proactive, tenacious and eager to learn about multiple products and clients.

To be a successful “Assistant Vice President – Investment Banking Business Manager“, candidate is expected to work in a high intensity, results oriented team environment as part of the Investment Banking Business Management team in Gurugram, which is virtual extension of Global Investment Banking Business Management team. The candidate is responsible for producing strategy presentations, performance reviews, presentations to monitor performance, owing competitor benchmarking to identify gaps/solutions, owning/optimizing internal databases to facilitate internal KPI reviews and performing ad-hoc customized analysis.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, candidate is expected to interact closely with counterparts in other regions and products to understand their requirements and deliver innovative and accurate result in minimum duration.The role requires sound understanding of Investment Banking, good eye for detail and an ability to liaise with the Senior Business Managers and other functions to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of critical business strategy inputs.

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

• Support origination of strategy with a focus on management, regulatory impact and business strategy.
• Preparation and coordination of materials to support senior leadership meetings and communications.
• Develop dashboards and various MIS reports analyzing volume, Revenue, Risk, Productivity, Client Interactions and Sectors etc.
• Production of business MI, strategy presentations and trend analysis.
• Supporting sales teams with various tools (CRM Salesforce, Tableau, Business Objects)
• Create Client Briefs and marketing material for client meetings.
• Produce periodic headcount reports and ad-hoc productivity analysis.
• Establish and maintain database with historic competitive analysis for Revenue, Client Wallet, Costs, Headcount, Productivity and Returns.
• Produce ad-hoc analysis to support strategic decision-making and periodic decks for management meetings.
• Provide Competitor Analysis landscapes for Senior Management meetings.
• Analyse Business Performance matrix for business/desk reviews.
• Create scorecards to monitor business objectives and propose required management actions.
• Drive the optimisation and automation of any databases and standardised reports.
• Organizational skills with ability and willingness to work under pressure and manages time and priorities effectively.
• Monthly Business Reviews preparation (global, regional and country): prepare presentations based on analysis for relevant stakeholders.
• Global Revenue Reporting: end to end management with finance of mapping issues, dataset prep; fix root cause of issues with relevant partners, including tactical solutions.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Experience in Business Management, Business Strategy or COO functions.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Investment Banking business including related products, lending and credit approval process, appropriate regulations.
• Demonstrated analytical skills.
• Experience of creating dashboards using Tableau, Power BI or similar data visualisation tools.
• Expertise at MS Office applications like Excel, PowerPoint and Word; SQL, VBA will be added advantage.
• Deep understanding of financial markets and products.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal/written).
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, with a willingness to learn and challenge, drive and embrace business change.
• Proven ability to take on ambiguous tasks, without the requirement for structure and process, and then deliver with clear/meaningful output in a style suitable for the intended audiences.

This role will be based out of DLF Downtown Gurugram.