Economics jobs in United Kingdom

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board.

Job Description

If you are a self-starter, highly communicative, and enjoy implementing strategy for various business needs - you've found the right team.

As a Business Manager Associate in the EMEA Securities Services Sales team, you will have significant exposure and interactions with senior sales leads and product partners. You will run strategic analysis, implement process improvement, and deliver various sales initiatives in support of the business. You will partner closely with the broader global Securities Services Sales business management team and stakeholders in Product, Finance, Operations Compliance and HR to execute on the requirements of the business. As a Business Manager you will act as a trusted advisor and counterweight to Business/Group Heads. You will be responsible for identifying, escalating, and mitigating business risks. The role of a business manager is dynamic and can vary from business to business, in line with the priorities of the different lines of business.

Job responsibilities
• Organize complex information in a strategic and compelling way, demonstrating strong design acumen and expertise in Excel and PowerPoint
• Prepare materials for town halls, sales updates and strategy sessions
• Support competitive analysis and reporting to help inform business decisions
• Coordinate sales team budget and forecast exercises
• Project manage key work streams and ad hoc analysis in support of senior sales executives
• 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
• Communicate effectively with key business partners to understand projects and drive delivery
• Participate in collaborative initiatives with team members and global managers, in an effort to simplify, improve, and add value to existing business processes

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or other related area
• Proven experience delivering timely, high-quality presentations and/or reporting for various projects and stakeholders
• Attention to detail is a must
• Demonstrated success dealing with different stakeholder groups
• Excellent communication, organization and project management skills
• Intermediate/advanced ability expected in all MS Office tools (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint)
• Self-motivated, persistent and able to work with high degree of independence
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About the Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.