J.P. Morgan Payments enables organizations of all sizes to execute transactions efficiently and securely, transforming the movement of information, money and assets. We tackle complex challenges at every stage of the payment lifecycle and our industry-leading solutions facilitate seamless transactions across borders, industries and platforms. Operating in over 160 countries and handling more than 120 currencies, we are the largest processor of USD payments, with a daily transaction volume of $10 trillion.
The Business Manager (BM) acts as a trusted advisor and counterweight to Business heads. Identifies, escalates, and mitigates business risks. Optimizes bottom line performance by driving initiatives and developing business strategy.
We are looking for a growth minded Business Manager to partner with the Latin America regional BM team. The team works very closely with Payments senior management and plays a core role in presenting and interpreting financial and strategic information to the business leads within the organization. The team believes in a collaborative approach, and relationship building and maintenance will be a key to success in this role. We are looking for a candidate that can collaborate globally across a diverse set of stakeholders in a dynamic environment. This is a highly visible role across the Payments organization and offers the ability to work closely with a wide variety of stakeholders. A curious mindset is essential.
Role & Responsibilities:
In this role you will work with business heads, responsible for supporting execution of strategic plan, reviewing/explaining financial performance and drivers of revenue and expenses for their respective products and advise. You will rely heavily on MS Excel to analyze/compile/report data, and MS PowerPoint to craft succinct and powerful narratives that connect numerical data with real-life activity. You will need strong quantitative skills, as well as the ability to story tell with data. You will need to clearly communicate numerical data. The ideal candidate will be comfortable interacting and influencing across a diverse slate of stakeholders: diverse in both seniority and geographic location.
Key point of contact for front office and support functions to help achieve business objectives. Drive data-driven analysis to help facilitate decision making
Responsible for creating senior management presentations, project execution, financial performance reports or townhall presentations for the Payments business
Help communicate the business strategy, performance and priorities globally. Proactively and on request provide strategic analyses and reporting to facilitate business progression
Support business head through budgeting, forecasting and expense management process
Support the country heads and business transformation with annual investment plan, including preparing monthly financials and building multi-year business cases. Lead the process on cross LOB allocations, by suggesting methodologies and managing communications.
Organize complex information in a strategic and compelling way, demonstrating strong design acumen and expertise in Excel and PowerPoint techniques. Create wireframes and mock-ups quickly and iteratively for management presentations, reports, and dashboards
Provide a high level of responsiveness to executive ad-hoc requests related to project management, presentation development, and business analysis
Ensure the business is in compliance with LOB and corporate-wide objectives and policies
Build effective relationships and work closely with F&BM colleagues across Payments and Banking
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Bachelor’s degree and experience in a strategic or similar role
Minimum 4 years of experience in a similar role within Financial Services
Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
Strong organizational and time management skills; flexibility, ability to prioritize requests and multi-task and project management skills
Enthusiastic, self-motivated and effective under pressure
Strong analytical and numeric skills, excellent attention to detail
Strong communication, influencing and relationship building skills; team player
Ability to work well individually and partner effectively
Pro-active and problem-solving mind-set with ability to identify, clearly present and implement solutions
Comfortable presenting to senior (ED/MD) audiences, strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to work cross-functionally with multiple competing priorities and deliverables
Self-motivated, tenacious and able to work with high degree of independence
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Fluent in English.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Understanding of Payments preferred
Proficiency with Alteryx or Tableau is a plus.