Business Manager - Data Office

Threadneedle group; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a proactive individual to join their Data Group. This role focuses on enhancing business management reporting, supporting strategic planning, and ensuring effective communication within the team. You'll have the opportunity to work on continuous improvement initiatives and develop training materials that impact the entire organization. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this firm offers a dynamic work environment where your contributions will be valued. If you're driven by results and eager to make a difference in the asset management industry, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in data and prior experience within a Strategy and/or Data Office role.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills – verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Enhance and run Business Management MI reporting on a monthly basis.
• Support the Head of Strategy with documentation and maintenance of the medium to long term strategy.

Skills

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Presentation Skills

Collaboration Skills

Attention to Detail

Digital Savviness

Education

Experience in Data Strategy

Understanding of Asset Management

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Job description

Columbia Threadneedle Investments has established the Data Group function as a global enterprise team to deliver the firm’s data strategy to enable growth, efficiency and scale supporting our ambitions to deliver even greater value to our clients.
As part of this, we have established a Strategy and Data Office within the Data Group to manage our ongoing roadmap for Data Delivery across the firm, driving our strategy and planning alongside the broader business strategy across Investments, Distribution, Operations, Finance Compliance working with partners in Technology and Global Transformation & Change. The Data Office will be responsible for setting enterprise data standards and practice around governance, quality and adoption, as well as developing the short, medium and long term data strategy.

Responsibilities:

Internal business management for Data Group (c.50% of the role):

• Enhance and run Business Management MI reporting on a monthly basis covering Run the Business and Change.
• Support design and development of KPI dashboard working with team leaders, Production Support and Automation team.
• Produce ongoing Risk and Control reporting including KRIs, monitoring periodic control reviews and delivery against compliance and audit thematic reviews.
• Develop capacity planning MI feeding into relevant prioritisation forums across the business and Global Transformation and Change.
• Manage internal and external written communications including organisation updates, townhall content, Data Group newsletters, progress highlights for board reports, intranet presence.
• Develop knowledge management repository covering org charts, process documentation, project deliverables ensuring effective channels for collaboration and knowledge sharing across the team.
• Project manage BAU continuous improvement initiatives, working with our onshore and offshore team in India to identify opportunities, size and deliver changes leveraging automation capability within the team where appropriate.

Strategy & Planning support activity (c.50% of the role):

• Support the Head of Strategy with documentation and maintenance of the medium to long term strategy building out from the 2025 Data Programme.
• Support the development and maintenance of the Data Group Service Catalogue and Operating Model.
• Support the running of associated strategy forums such as the Data Steering Committee.
• Analysis and gathering of market research and intelligence on the maturity of our Data Capability and roadmap relative to the asset management market.
• Lead development of training material and communications for the firm on Data Group Services, Strategic Data Platform and Data Policies and Standards.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience in data and prior experience within a Strategy and / or Data Office role is desirable.
• Experience and understanding of the asset management industry and the data domains within an asset manager.
• Experience in developing business case complete with financial cost / benefit analysis.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills – verbal and written.
• Strong level of competency in Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint and Word.
• Strong attention to detail and high standards for quality.
• Results driven, proactive, self starter and goal orientated.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to build good relationships.
• Digital savviness desirable.

If you also had this, it would be great:

• Digital savviness desirable.

About Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Working at Columbia Threadneedle Investments you'll find growth and career opportunities across all of our businesses.

We're intentionally built to help you succeed. Our reach is expansive with a global team of 2,500 people working together. Our expertise is diverse with more than 650 investment professionals sharing global perspectives across all major asset classes and markets.

Columbia Threadneedle is a people business and we recognise that our success is due to our talented people, who bring diversity of thought, complementary skills and capabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace that supports the diversity of our employees and reflects our broader communities and client-base.

We appreciate that work-life balance is an important factor for many when considering their next move so please discuss any flexible working requirements directly with your recruiter.

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full time

Worker Sub Type

Permanent

Job Family Group

Data