Northern Europe Business Manager

**Keywords**:**Business Manager, Global Markets

**About the job**

As a Business Manager for GM Northern Europe, the role holder will be accountable for supporting the GM Head of Northern Europe and his team with its day-to-day business management needs.

The role holder will also drive growth initiatives and support management in country growth plan implementation.

He/she will help to ensure workflows & governance exist to increase productivity and support the industrialisation and automation of the processes as well as streamlining day-to-day operations.

He/she will handle matter with autonomy whilst exercising sound judgment on when to escalate issues within GM Sales COO team.

**Your Main Activities Are**

Day to day tasks
- Monitor performance: key performance indicators, financial metrics,
- Provide strategic decision support through critical assessment, information gathering and data analytics
- Articulate governance in the region: ensure fluid information flows and coordination with global initiatives/frameworks-
- Drive growth ambitions projects-
- Drive growth initiatives across the cluster by working closely with the client development team to identify, support and implement growth initiatives- Implement Client and Product initiatives to enhance market penetration, client acquisition, and revenue generation- Country growth plans implementation-
- Regulatory requirements-
- Front Office organization and risk management: 1LOD control framework, audits, regulatory matters, and remediation plans in coordination with central global teams- Ensure the business complies with all relevant regulations and implement necessary changes to policies and procedures- Coordinate any local internal or external regulatory investigations-
- Activity monitoring-
- Monthly business reviews and quarterly business reviews to head of GM Northern Europe and senior management- Analysis of Industry Survey Data and Sales Intensity - to enhance sales productivity and effectiveness-
- Key activities support and coordination-
- Provides excellent support in relation to key activities within the Sales COO team, with experience with understanding and managing relevant factors impacting the area of the business within their personal scope (GM Northern Europe) as well as Global Markets as a whole.- Ensure coordination on global projects and frameworks, to act as relay and key point of contact for the cluster- Applies knowledge to perform complex tasks and solve issues in creative and effective ways- GM management meeting preparation: ExCo materials and minutes, offsites-
**Profile and Skills to Success**
- Degree in Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, Finance or similar; or equivalent work experience
- Good understanding of financial markets
- Confident verbal, written communication and networking skills
- Proficient with MS Office tools, including Excel
- Great organisational, multitasking and time management skills
- Strong analysis and judgement, along with meticulous accuracy with a keen eye for detail
- Team player, proactive, independent, enthusiastic self-starter with strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent spoken and written English. German is an advantage

**About the Team**

The role holder will seat within the Global Markets Sales COO team. The team is present in London, Lisbon, Paris, New York, Lisbon and Mumbai. The team mandate is broad: to support day-to-day GM Sales operations, to ensure compliance to regulations, drive key projects and foster enhanced productivity and industrialisation of GM sales operations.

**About Global Markets**

Global Markets, the capital markets division of BNP Paribas' Corporate & Institutional Banking, is a powerhouse delivering top-tier solutions across asset classes. Our Portugal Platform (Porto and Lisbon) stands as a major European HUB and a unique player in the country, boasting a wide range of Front Office roles and services - Trading, Sales, Research, Structuring, Quants & Engineering, Business Dev and Support, Marketing & Client Support, Risk Management, Data Analytics and Machine Learning. With rapid growth and ambitions to make a global impact, we offer numerous short and long-term opportunities.

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**Why joining BNP Paribas?**

- **Leading banking institution**

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank, and key player in international banking. It operates in 63 countries and has nearly 183.000 employees, including more than 146.000 in Europe.

- **Our presence in Portugal**

In Portugal since 1985, BNP Paribas today has more than 8.700 employees, distributed across the Group's 10 business entities established in the country. Its presence also extends to 11 excellence centers providing value-added services to various countries where the BNP Paribas Group also operates.

- **International reach**

Thanks to its international presence and regular and close