GCB Business Management, Executive Director

Job Description

This Business Manager role sits within the Finance & Business Management (F&BM) department of the Commercial and Investment Bank (CIB). Business Management optimizes business performance by helping to steer key initiatives, acting as trusted advisors and counterweights to Business and Group Heads. The role is dynamic and varies day-to-day based on business priorities.

Join our team in Shanghai, China, as an Executive Director in the GCB Business Management team. You'll play a crucial role in supporting strategic initiatives and collaborating with country, regional and global teams. As a trusted advisor, you'll help drive key business initiatives, optimize performance, and work closely with functional partners across the firm.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and execute business strategies to grow market share and revenue
• Support execution of business initiatives, working closely with local, regional, and global teams
• Provide high-level responsiveness to executive ad-hoc requests related to project management, presentation development, and business analysis
• Implement new business strategies, strategic initiatives, or platforms, aligning with product partners, departments, and support groups (Finance, Technology, Operations, Legal, Compliance)
• Drive financial discipline by ensuring robust oversight of financial performance, understanding key business drivers and KPIs, and providing actionable insights to senior management for strategic decision-making
• Organize complex information strategically, demonstrating strong design acumen and expertise in Excel and PowerPoint
• Prepare materials for management presentations, town halls, and strategy sessions
• Communicate effectively with key business partners to understand projects and facilitate next steps, including project management and delivery of key work streams
• Collaborate with Business Management teams for other Lines of Business (Markets, Payments, Investment Banking) and Country BMs to drive cross business partnership
• Identify key business risks and partner with relevant teams to remediate risk and controls issues
• Lead and mentor the team to achieve business objectives and foster talent development
• Build connectivity and consistent communication channels for Corporate Banking with key regional and in-country stakeholders across Compliance, Controls, Technology, Credit, Legal, Human Resources, Audit, etc.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related area with prior experience in Business Management or COO role preferred
• Proven experience delivering timely, high-quality presentations and/or reporting for various projects and stakeholders; attention to detail is a must with continuous focus on design excellence
• Demonstrated ability in dealing with different stakeholder groups and leading the agenda
• Ability to multi-task and dynamically prioritize or adapt with rapidly changing and sometimes conflicting demands
• Excellent communication, organization, and project management skills
• Ability to articulate and demonstrate thoughtful rationale in design decisions
• Demonstrates sound judgment, professional maturity, and a high level of integrity
• Self-motivated, tenacious, and able to work with a high degree of independence
• Intermediate to advanced level ability expected in all MS Office tools (Excel & PowerPoint)