Wealth Management - Business Manager - Secondment / Fixed Term Contract - Assistant Vice President

Credit Suisse Group AG has been acquired by UBS Group AG. Credit Suisse continues its business activities as a subsidiary company of UBS Group AG, including selective hiring for experienced professionals

UBS is the world’s largest and only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management, and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors.

From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it’s our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we’re more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce.

A versatile and interesting Business Management role, with direct responsibility to support the COO and CEO of the UK Wealth Management business & entity (Credit Suisse UK Limited, ‘CSUK’), reporting to the Head of Platform Business Management. Responsibilities include:

• Entity governance including managing Senior Management Regime, driving Executive Committee (ExCo) and Operating Committee (OpCo) agenda and content, preparing the COO and CEO for CSUK Board Meetings.
• Lead Officer for the entity for Policies and Procedures.
• Lead and co-ordinate on behalf of the business regulatory inquiries, including FCA surveys, FINMA requests.
• Implementation of Controls processes such as Variations of Permissions, Operational Resilience, Third Party & Intermediaries.
• Resource and performance planning, including Headcount analysis, Expense analysis and control, management of allocated budgets.
• Lead on communication on behalf of Wealth Management COO and CEO, ensuring key messages are efficiently delivered and cascaded to staff.
• Business analytics and strategic thinking, preparing presentations for business cases, Ad hoc reports, and general support.

Your Future Colleagues

You will become part of a highly dedicated and dynamic team that acts as coordinator on business, platform and strategic initiatives, liaising with front to back functions on a day to day basis. You will have unique opportunities to develop your knowledge of the business and products as well as to build relationships within key business and platform partners within Credit Suisse Wealth Management. We are a department which values Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and is committed to realizing the firm’s D&I ambition which is an integral part of our global cultural values.

• Proven Financial Services experience, preferably in Business Management, or another Administrative function.
• Experience of stakeholder management Highly organised, able to manage a complex workload and prioritise effectively.
• A positive ‘can-do’ attitude with willingness to go the extra mile for excellence.
• An ability to learn quickly with an investigative approach, thinking ahead, finding answers and with the ability to see issues at a high level and in detail.
• Results-oriented, act with integrity, be accountable and communicate openly and truthful-ly.
• Flexible with receiving ad-hoc requests and be able to multi-task and prioritise accordingly while collaborating across teams and departments.
• High levels of attention to detail whilst working to meet quick turnaround times.
• Ability to anticipate risk and react/escalate appropriately.
• Excels in teamwork and collaboration. Ability to build rapport and sustainable relationships with teammates and key front office colleagues.
• Advanced skills in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Understands the value of diversity in the workplace and is dedicated to fostering an inclu-sive culture in all aspects of working life so that people from all backgrounds receive equal treatment, realize their full potential and can bring their full, authentic selves to work.