Vice President - Business Management UKCB

Location: Gurugram, DLF Downtown
Department: Finance

The Vice President - Business Management UKCB will support and lead the effective running of the UKCB CEO Office, overseeing executive governance, accelerating delivery of strategic objectives and supporting high-priority and ad-hoc initiatives.

The role holder will act as a senior partner to the UKCB Chief of Staff and CEO Office Director, providing insight, constructive challenge and recommendations to support executive decision-making.

Key accountabilities:

• Lead effective Executive Governance across the UKCB CEO Office
• Maintain an integrated view of UKCB CEO Office priorities, performance, risks and dependencies
• Provide advice, insight and constructive challenge to the UKCB Chief of Staff and CEO Office Director
• Oversee CEO Office priority plans, executive materials and management information
• Lead strategic and ad-hoc priorities on behalf of the UKCB Chief of Staff and CEO Office Director
• Drive stronger information and insight sharing across the CEO Office and wider Chief of Staff Office
• Lead improvements to CEO Office operating processes, policies and procedures
• Provide leadership and quality oversight to colleagues supporting CEO Office priorities

The role holder will gather, assess and interpret complex information from across UKCB, identifying material issues, risks and competing priorities. They will exercise independent judgement, constructively challenge senior stakeholders and provide clear recommendations to support executive decision-making.

Essential skills:

• Track record of supporting senior executives and managing sensitive, confidential and high-profile matters with appropriate discretion
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional priorities and delivering outcomes through stakeholders outside the direct reporting line
• Executive governance experience
• Excellent written, verbal and stakeholder-management skills
• Ability to synthesise complex financial, business and management information into clear insights, choices and recommendations
• Strong judgement, organisational discipline and ability to manage competing priorities under demanding timeframes
• Experience providing leadership, coaching and quality oversight to colleagues or project teams

Desirable skills:

• Experience analysing Board and Committee papers, financial and business MI and identifying implications for senior leadership
• Experience in Corporate Banking, financial services, management consulting, strategy or large-scale transformation
• Experience of horizon scanning and identifying emerging strategic, regulatory or business issues
• Ability to develop business cases, strategic options and executive-level recommendations
• Experience improving governance, operating processes and management information through simplification, automation or analytics
• Postgraduate qualification, MBA or equivalent relevant professional experience