Strategy Role - Investment Banking Business Management

Role:

- We are seeking a dynamic individual to join the EMEA CFS/IBD COO team, based in Powai, specifically partnering with the EMEA CFS COO team based in London

- The individual will be joining an existing team of EMEA CFS COOs and will assume day-to-day responsibilities which will contribute towards business management, performance monitoring, managing infrastructure/processes which support EMEA Investment Banking as well as managing key projects that are critical for the growth and day-to-day operation of the franchise

- Work closely and in partnership with EMEA CFS COO team covering sales, trading, research and structuring

Responsibilities:

- Owning and Driving business initiatives to achieve EMEA CFS COO business objectives; both regional and global in nature. Opportunity to specialize in specific product areas

- Strategic Business Analysis, Management Presentations:

- Help devise and implement new business initiatives in partnership with the COO team / Front Office as well as corporate functions

- Create presentations to analyze and summarize revenue, expenses, resource consumption, client interactions and other management reporting metrics

- Monitor preparation / Prepare weekly business summaries which include financial metrics and business commentary for Senior Management

- Prepare management presentations including business plans, business reviews, offsite presentations, town halls

- Partnering with Technology, Operations, Finance and other Corporate functions:

- To own day-to-day issues pertaining to corporate function and ensure successful closure

- Drive the process for new products from the Front Office in co-ordination with the front office/ new products team and corporate functions

- Be able to take a lead role in the review, automation and streamlining of any functions

- Control and Conduct

- Ensuring adherence to business policies

- Owning Audit points and driving successful closure

Key Skills:

Mandatory:

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders and regional counterparts at senior levels

- Strong Analytical and Situational Problem solving skills

- Good Knowledge and Interest of Investment Banking products and products (M&A, Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, Acquisition Leveraged Finance, Equity Solutions, Structured Financing, Macro Risk Solutions)

- Good understanding of the investment banking processes including understanding business performance

- Good project management skills - planning, coordination/ execution, senior management reporting, situational

- Prior experience of driving initiatives in the banking / capital markets space

- Is entrepreneurial and independent; a self-starter, takes ownership, exhibits integrity, initiative, strong motivation and attention to detail

- Ability to prioritize high volumes of deliverables across multiple disciplines working under pressure

- Strong MS Power-point, Excel and Word skills

- Ambition and enthusiasm to succeed in this challenging role

- Prior experience in strategy roles would be an added advantage

Desired :

- Ambition and enthusiasm to succeed in this challenging role

- Prior experience in strategy roles would be an added advantage