Business Manager

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Job description

ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago (AACC) is a subsidiary of ABN AMRO Clearing Bank N.V. We are a global clearing firm that provides an integrated suite of financial services to professional trading participants in the global financial market. The core service offering consists of execution, clearing, financing, stock borrowing and lending, settlement and custody. Today we clear and finance over 16 million trades per day and cover 90 of the world's leading exchanges across Europe, the Americas, and Asia Pacific.

ROLE SUMMARY:

The Business Manager provides professional support to the CEO in order to facilitate the CEO in meeting the strategic objectives of AACC. Focus of the Business Manager lies in the organizational and strategic support of the CEO, including for example governance & organization design, change, control (audit, risk, compliance) and strategy. You will strengthen the management team by managing the (strategic) agenda, initiating and structuring changes and developing and maintaining dashboards to provide adequate management information to ultimately increase control and creating overview and insight.

The Business Manager has contacts with a great variety of internal stakeholders, including the management team in Chicago and senior managers within the clearing business. The individual will also work with global colleagues to align strategic objectives, reporting and sharing of information globally. The Business Manager must anticipate and/or respond to rapidly changing circumstances inside and outside the organization, often associated with high time pressure. The Business Manager must act independently and decide on when to escalate to the CEO.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supports the CEO and departmental management in the implementation and maintenance of business continuity management system (BCMS) within AACC
• Involved with Standard Operating Procedures, Incident Reporting & Tracking, Risk Self-Assessment, Internal Audit and many other firm processes
• Will assist department managers by preparing management reports, issuing periodic reminders, coordinating discussions, and escalating concerns and challenges to the CEO
• Responsible for preparing Company All-Hands meetings, Quarterly Business Review and Board Meeting documents and presentations
• Responsible for creating dashboards for the CEO and management team
• Participate in Management Team meetings
• Involved in ad hoc firm strategic projects

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Collaborative: Contributes to tactical and strategic projects to increase efficiency and improve firm results
• Ownership: Uses insight and judgment to identify opportunities to contribute to the company's success and improve organizational performance
• Results Oriented: Actively focuses on achieving concrete results by continuously addressing issues and removing obstacles that may inhibit success
• Communication: Is a natural communicator and possesses strong verbal, written and technical skills
• Project Management: Is very well organized, able to clearly define goals and deliver results

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 3-5 years relevant industry experience
• Proficient in Microsoft suite
• Experience with Tableau
• General product knowledge of Futures, Equities, ETFs and Fixed Income
• Strong communication and leadership skills