Our client a leading International Investment Bank specialising in trading and investment are looking to recruit an experience and dynamic Business Manager with operational optimisation skills for their offices based in Prague

The company is a leading facilitator in the Financial Markets, with clients across the globe. The industry is undergoing change at an ever increasing pace, driven by technological advance, regulatory change and clients demanding complex services delivered in a simple and digital manner.

This creates exciting and challenging opportunities for the company to help capture these, optimise and further develop we have business managers in all major offices as part of one Regional Business Management team with leadership from HQ.

Business Management, anchored in the COO organization, facilitates the execution of the company strategy and oversees the company portfolio of projects, ensures efficient and well-coordinated execution across departments, offices and the value-chain in general, and is directly responsible for driving key strategic cross value chain projects.
What we offer

As a local Business Manager, you become part of a diverse team of highly skilled and experienced professionals and part of the family of 2000+ globally. You will have the opportunity to apply and develop your skills in a leader in global financial markets by driving operational optimisation as well as strategic projects.

You will be exposed to the full value chain of the company , both in headquarters which houses +40 nationalities and you will be responsible for managing stakeholder and workgroups abroad and locally.

The work environment is open and highly dynamic, which enables rapid decision making and delivery. The company has technology at the core of every service and product, and you will get to work closely with technologists as well as business professionals.

The company is a facilitator of global financial markets, and services direct clients as well as a large number of white label partners who rely on the company technology, brokerage and custodial services to service their clients. White label business is a key growth area for the company.
The role

Working out of Prague covering the CEE Region you will become part of the Regional Business Management team which is located decentralised in each country office and anchored in HQ in Denmark. The nature of your tasks will range from operational analyses, process optimisation, working with CRM data and documentation to longer term strategic project work that supports the local business in close cooperation with local stakeholders and HQ. You will report to the Head of Regional Business Management in Denmark and a have local reporting line to the CEO in Prague. You will be part of the management team in Prague.

Being located in the region you will act as the ambassador for Business Management in your region and operate in line with the company's strategy execution plan and ensure initiatives align with and contribute to the overall strategy. You will also function as an important information bridge between the local office and Business Management in HQ.

About you
To succeed in this role, you need to be proactive, result-oriented and have a commercial mind-set, as well as be motivated by structuring the unstructured.

• You have 5+ years' experience with business analysis and project management in financial services.
• You have experience with documenting and improving processes.
• You like working with CRM data and workflows.
• You have a good understanding of financial markets and trading.
• You have experience with equities, fixed income, forex and derivatives.
• You have experience with front, middle and back office systems.
• You are a strong communicator and your English is excellent, both verbal and written.
• Speaking natively one or several of CEE languages is strong advantage.
• You hold a bachelor degree or higher.
• You are EU national or possess EU work permit.

Salary and Benefits

• Based on skills and experience (Please state your salary expectations when making the application)
• There is a yearly discretionary bonus (equivalent of 1 salary upwards)
• Medical cover a private clinic
• Additional benefits like food vouchers, Multisport card (access to several gyms/fitness places around the city) and a mobile phone

Working hours:

Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm

To apply for this vacancy please send your CV to admin@smstaffmatters.com with subject: Business Manager VAC-18128G