Job Description

Join us as a Business Manager within the Investments Chief of Staff and business management team, where you'll play a key role in supporting the strategic and operational effectiveness of the Investments function. In this highly collaborative role, you'll work closely with the Investments Leadership team and global stakeholders across Finance, Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Distribution to drive business transformation, optimise the operating model, and deliver strategic projects. You'll be responsible for identifying opportunities to improve processes, implementing best practices, and enhancing productivity across the team. Your role will also involve looking after investment communications, supporting regulatory and compliance activities--including SMR and registration processes--and coordinating contingency planning and business continuity efforts. Acting as a central point of contact for the Investments team, you'll facilitate monthly and quarterly business reviews, deliver clear and insightful reporting, and contribute to the development of investment narratives.

To be successful as a Business Manager, you should have experience with:

Stakeholder Relationships- Effectively and systematically builds and maintains relationships across internal and external stakeholders. Sets clear expectations and understands stakeholder needs to support the delivery of strategic outcomes. Organisational Communication - Communicates the bank's strategic goals, vision, and values clearly to stakeholders and team members, encouraging engagement and action aligned with these goals. Strategy Development - Develops and implements business strategies that align with the organisation's broader vision. Applies strategic thinking to assess multi-layered business challenges across interconnected systems and processes, and works collaboratively with stakeholders to design models and plans that create value, drive growth, and manage risk.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

Influencing Others - Ability to drive change and build support for ideas, plans, and strategies by creating mutually beneficial solutions that meet stakeholder needs. Reporting and Analysis - Skilled in reviewing large volumes of data to identify trends and insights, interpreting findings effectively, and communicating them to key stakeholders to inform planning and decision-making. Activity Coordination - Capable of organising work efficiently by setting clear objectives and coordinating tasks and resources to achieve desired outcomes.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.


This role is based in London.

Purpose of the role

To provide operating and administrative support to senior leaders, simultaneously shaping and executing long-term strategic change, whilst helping to navigate complex challenges in the performance of their roles

Accountabilities

Implementation of Target Operating Model, business development, and financial and non-financial resource allocation, providing strategic insight and thought leadership. Strategic support to and oversight of demand pipeline and the book of work, including assistance in the development and execution of strategic initiatives, projects, research, and analysis to support decision-making. Support to and guidance for operational efficiency and colleague/customer/client experience within the organisation, including the identification of areas for improvement, streamlining of processes, and implementation of best practices to enhance productivity, effectiveness and experience. Management of of people plan, talent development and succession planning including the identification of high-potential employees, provision of mentorship and guidance, and support to leadership development and diversity initiatives. Communication with internal and external stakeholders, management of communication channels and ensuring effective coordination across different departments and teams. Participation in compliance activities such as SMR and other regulatory registrations/certifications, as well as support for crisis management and risk mitigation, including the development of contingency plans, coordination of responses to emergencies, and business continuity. Management of all organisational/team requirements relating to technology, real estate, people and communications in conjunction with relevant partners across the firm. Enablement of oversight of risk management and compliance with internal and external requirements, including internal Governance on critical control activities in partnership with the CCO team, such as Records Inventory and RCSAs. Cost control and workforce management of the Business/Function, including involvement in financial analysis and planning, forecasting, and monitoring of financial performance against targets.

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.