VP Sr. Business Associate, Southern Cal

citi.com; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Business Associate to oversee administrative activities and drive strategic communication initiatives. This senior-level role involves managing financials, enhancing brand awareness, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in financial services and exceptional communication skills. Join a dynamic team focused on promoting employee engagement and driving organizational success through effective strategy execution. This opportunity promises to be both challenging and rewarding, allowing you to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of experience in financial services.
• Strong communication and marketing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead internal business messaging strategy development.
• Drive productivity and cost savings initiatives.
• Complete financial deliverables including forecasts.

Skills

Financial Services Knowledge

Communication Skills

Project Management

Strategic Development

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Job description

The Business Associate is a senior level position responsible for the overall administrative activities of a business. These tasks may include managing external audits, business continuity activities or addressing regulatory issues. The Business Associate may coordinate and manage activities such as the tracking of business financials, employee headcount and other administrative needs as necessary. May manage ad hoc projects as requested.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as communications lead on strategy development and execution for internal business messaging
• Advance organization/people strategy goals including communications strategy, talent strategy, and employee engagement initiatives
• Assist leadership/Chief of Staff in promoting and executing communications program
• Drive productivity/ cost savings initiatives in partnership with the senior management team
• Participate in People Engagement Working Group and promote Voice of the Employee (VOE) communications
• Identify and develop business content for deployment, to enhance brand awareness with stakeholders and clients
• Advise, write and edit on company-wide communications
• Develop and maintain communication standards and procedures; serve as subject matter expert on communication tools and applications
• Develop monthly communications metrics to monitor and measure impact of the communication plan
• Participate in leadership meetings to assess scope of communications needs, educate leadership on strategy, and make recommendations for achieving desired impact
• Complete financial deliverables including monthly forecasts, the annual investment process, client reporting and ad hoc requests
• Leverage technology and tools to enable communications and generate excitement and interest in risk communications
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of experience in a financial services role
• Communications or marketing experience preferred
• Demonstrated working knowledge of financial services industry
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.