Business Manager

2 weeks ago


Parktown, South Africa PPS Recruitment Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:

- Responsible for providing support to the Group CEO and Group COO in managing and delivering on complex strategic projects related to executive initiatives.
- Co-ordinating strategic and operational matters as well as assist in optimizing planning, execution, and monitoring of strategy deliverable.
- Skillful synthesis of Group-wide information in preparing high-quality Board reports and papers, as well as designing and developing presentations.

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Education**:

- Bachelor’s degree in business management/Finance or any related degree
- Post-Graduate in Business or MBA preferred.

***Experience**:

- 2-3 years’ experience in strategic, project management, consultancy and /or similar relevant work experience.
- Financial experience supporting C-suite/senior stakeholders
- Good sense of local and global socio-economic development
- Excellent Desktop research and Project management experience
- Experience in Microsoft office suite and Cascade

**Knowledge and Skills**
- Advanced skill in creative graphical presentation
- Strong analytical skills & business insight
- Attention to detail
- Excellent report writing skills
- Financial management
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Project management methodologies

**Competencies**:

- Creative and design
- Strategic thinking
- Complex problem solving
- Commercial Acumen
- Personal gravitas to drive target cultural discussions with (groups of) staff
- Vertical and Horizontal leadership (Persuading and Influencing)
- Adapting and responding to change
- Integrity

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Strategic Projects and initiatives**
- Provide administrative support in strategic planning discussions that inform critical business programmes or projects.
- Coordination and management of end-to-end Strategic planning process (planning, scheduling, documenting, and engaging external stakeholders) for programmes.
- Responsible to monitor, track and provide analytical reports on the development of key strategic initiatives, financial performance and the market.
- Provide strategic input into strategic projects in order to drive effective implementation.
- Assist in the development and communication of strategic roadmap, corporate strategies and business strategies.

***Providing Executive Support to the C-Suite**
- Consolidate and produce business plans and review together with the Group CEO and COO.
- Attend meetings with C-suites, keeping action items for each and maintaining and managing the completion of an updated summary.
- Follow up on strategic meetings and project progress for the team and drive stakeholder reporting.
- Gather, collate, analyse/evaluate and summarise information into an acceptable format for usage by C-suites.
- Conduct regular and ad-hoc research papers/ reports on business development and market landscape as required.
- Provide thorough preparation packs for all engagements and meetings with accurate information and positioning on matters to inform discussions and decision making.

**Effective Communication and Stakeholder management**
- Synthesize monthly reporting from the various business units into business-wide C-suite reports for submission to Boards, Committees and other governance structures.
- Review draft minutes, respond to matters arising as well as preparing full draft reports for submission timeously in preparation for c-suite review before submission.
- Effectively communicates the strategic narrative aligned to business requirements; uses varied communication vehicles and opportunities to promote dialogue, alignment and delivery.
- Collaborates with key business stakeholders in sharing insights to improve multichannel experiences, product development, needs identification and personalization.
- Navigates organisational dynamics and commands authority; accepted as an extension of C-suite by all key stakeholders with strong interface and adept at handling key business issues on behalf of the C-suite.


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