AVP - Business Management, UKCB

The AVP - Business Management, UKCB role provides operating and administrative support to senior leaders, shaping and executing long-term strategic change while navigating complex challenges.

Key Accountabilities:

• Support effective Executive Governance across the UKCB CEO Office
• Own and maintain key UKCB CEO Office priority trackers and planners
• Support the Director and VP of the UKCB CEO Office to maintain a clear view of priorities
• Drive stronger information and insight sharing across the UKCB CEO Office and wider Chief of Staff Office
• Work across UKCB to improve Consistently Excellent standards, streamline operating processes, and remove barriers to execution
• Oversee UKCB CEO Office-owned policies, processes, and procedures
• Support strategic and ad-hoc priorities and projects on behalf of the UKCB Chief of Staff, UKCB CEO Office Director, and wider Chief of Staff Office

Stakeholder Management and Leadership: The role holder will work closely with colleagues across the UKCB CEO Office, wider Chief of Staff Office, and UKCB Business Management teams, building strong relationships with senior stakeholders across UKCB and the wider firm.

Decision-making and Problem Solving: The role holder will gather, review, and analyse information from across UKCB, ensuring its accuracy and identifying issues, gaps, and competing priorities. They will exercise sound judgement, constructively challenge where appropriate, and provide clear recommendations to the UKCB CEO Office Director and Chief of Staff.

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• Track record of operating within a Chief of Staff or Business Management function
• Highly organised and disciplined with the ability to forward plan and anticipate risks
• Strong experience coordinating and tracking complex deliverables against tight timeframes
• Strong written and verbal communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to synthesise multiple information sources into clear, concise materials for senior audiences

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience reviewing Board and Committee papers, including financial reports and business-related MI
• Experience of horizon scanning and identifying emerging issues and priorities
• Ability to analyse financial and business MI and identify key discussion points for senior stakeholders
• Ability to simplify complex information into clear priorities
• Experience supporting and driving projects and initiatives across organisational boundaries