Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, commensurate with experience

About the Role
Are you a proactive individual with a strong focus on achieving tactical business goals and exceptional stakeholder management skills? As an Investment Banking Business Manager - Associate in the EMEA Investment Banking division, primarily responsible for the Strategic Investor & Financial Sponsor Coverage Group, you will serve as a trusted advisor and counterbalance to business leaders. Your role involves optimizing business performance by driving key initiatives, particularly in budget forecasting, headcount management, and market data analysis. You will excel at managing senior-level stakeholders, collaborating with large teams, and ensuring the business operates efficiently and effectively.

This high-pressure, high-profile position is crucial in assisting and advising senior management, as well as coordinating the allocation of the bank's corporate resources to meet strategic and tactical objectives.

Key responsibilities include acting as a primary contact for front office and support functions to identify, facilitate, and achieve business objectives and opportunities; communicating business strategy, performance, and priorities effectively; supporting the business in tracking P&L, expenses, headcount, and other key metrics continuously; maintaining the deal pipeline and tracking progress against revenue forecasts by partnering closely with bankers; and contributing to business decision-making by providing value-added analysis for quarterly business reviews and ad-hoc requests.

You will analyze JPMorgan's external performance through Dealogic, including tailored competitor analysis for each product and ensuring consistency between internally earned fees and Dealogic credit. Building a network with key stakeholders such as Bankers, Compliance, Product Controllers, P&A, Legal, Tax, and Tech is essential. You will also engage in control initiatives impacting the business, collaborate with Compliance, Legal, and Control Managers, assist the front office with client onboarding processes, and collaborate with counterparts in the wider global BM team on global initiatives, best practices, and cross-border revenue sharing.

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. We value diversity and inclusion and are an equal opportunity employer.

Experience
Experience working within Investment Banking is a plus but not mandatory.

About you
- Proactive problem-solving mindset with the ability to identify, present, and implement solutions clearly.
- Exceptional organizational, project, and time management skills.
- Enthusiastic, self-motivated, and effective under pressure.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to build relationships and influence others across multiple disciplines and seniority levels.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively within a team.
- Understanding and appreciation of risks and controls.
- Disciplined approach to managing processes and controls with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Flexibility, ability to prioritize requests, and multitask effectively.

Qualifications
- Strong analytical and numerical skills with keen attention to detail.
- Proficiency in MS Office tools, particularly PowerPoint and Excel.