Assistant Manager Business Coordination
One global financial services company is looking for a Assistant Manager Business Coordination in London.
The role focuses on coordinating mid-term plans and ensuring the alignment of departmental activities with Tokyo Headquarters (THQ) strategies. This includes facilitating effective communication between stakeholders and optimizing operational processes within the department.
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate the development, tracking, reporting, and evaluation of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the Offices in Europe and the relevant departments of EHQ, ensuring alignment with THQ/EHQ Mid-term Strategy. Report to management as required.
Facilitate communication between stakeholders to support business operations and participate in strategic discussions with THQ and European offices (Japanese for Tokyo, English for branch offices); review THQ Request of Approval (RoA) documents in Japanese written by team members.
Take the lead in catching up on delayed KPI items and reporting updates to senior management.
Assist the head of department to create Monthly PDCA material (in Japanese) for Tokyo executives.
Collate and analyse business metrics including sales, revenue, costs, market share and partner
information sharing, promotions, KPI achievement and internal processes, ensuring alignment with
Skills and Knowledge
- Intermediate in the MS Office Package; advanced proficiency in MS Excel.
Strong planning, organising skills and analytical skills.
Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and diplomacy skills, with a high comfort level in dealing with senior management, colleagues and advisors.
Demonstrate initiative, attention to detail, multitasking ability, organisational skills and effective prioritization of workflow.
Strong presentation skills, articulate, able to communicate clearly at all levels.
Effective decision-making skills; can choose a prompt course of action amongst options involving uncertainty or risk.
Experience
Minimum 5 years’ experience in business planning coordination or project management.
Minimum 2 years’ experience in people supervision.
Experience in Financial Services industry preferred but not essential.
Language
Native level proficiency in Japanese (spoken and written) required.
Business level proficiency in English (spoken and written) required.