Business Management Senior Associate

J.P. Morgan; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Business Management Senior Associate. This role involves driving key initiatives, managing projects, and delivering impactful business solutions while acting as a trusted advisor to business heads. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in Business Management or COO roles and demonstrate strong skills in project management, presentation development, and business analysis. Great communication and organization skills are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in Business Management or COO role.
• Proven experience delivering presentations and reporting.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage key initiatives and deliver business solutions.
• Project manage and deliver key work streams and tasks.
• Communicate effectively with key business partners.

Skills

Project management

Presentation development

Business analysis

Design acumen

MS Office tools expertise

Communication skills

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Job description

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