Business Management Specialist

We are seeking a Business Management Specialist to join our Fixed Income Operations COO / Business Management function in Bangalore, India.

The successful candidate will be responsible for various aspects of strategy, financial performance, headcount management, and governance across multiple business management streams and control.

Key responsibilities include:

• Establishing plans, explaining cost bases, and forecasting financial performance
• Understanding and gaining expertise in key DB tools such as Workday, DBBuyer, and financials
• Preparing, analyzing, and responding to monthly and quarterly financial, headcount, and strategic reporting
• Developing and maintaining a clean UBR structure along with finance and other team members
• Identifying and running various cost-saving projects to enable bank and function targets
• Helping to share best practices across teams and businesses to enable teams to achieve their long-term strategic goals
• Negotiating and tracking plan transfers in alignment with strategic objectives
• Managing the Change Book of Work to enable business and bank targets and their alignment to our target
• Maintaining the Headcount census and reconciling at various regional and product levels
• Overseeing the tracking and hiring of all open roles
• Working with various internal teams to increase the accuracy of HC Forecast
• Managing regional/local requirements around space planning and other local considerations
• Implementing local or regional talent development initiatives
• Supporting promotion, recognition awards, relocation, and various exception and people activities
• Assisting with recruitment and supervising the development and training of team members
• Coordinating approvals for mandatory, justifiable travel
• Ensuring compliance with all policies for the relevant region or domain
• Maintaining Business Continuity and Crisis Response plans for the region or domain
• Working with product, regional, or global teams to establish target operating models
• Managing or sponsoring a portfolio of projects to achieve business objectives
• Supporting Technology Enhancements and identifying business cases and assisting in the prioritization of changes to various technology platforms
• Driving process improvements and listing required technology enhancements

The ideal candidate will have:

• 5-10 years of investment banking operations experience, with at least 4 years of hands-on experience in a COO role
• A minimum qualification of a graduate in commerce or business management
• Proficiency in MS Office, with a specific concentration on MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical abilities and attention to detail
• Experience working in an investment banking domain
• High-level understanding of investment banking
• PMP/Six Sigma certification will be an added advantage

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Best-in-class leave policy
• Gender-neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit
• Sponsorship for industry-relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive hospitalization insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and term life insurance
• Complimentary health screening for 35-year-olds and above