Junior Business Manager

A prestigious private bank with a significant and growing presence in the UK is seeking a Junior Business Manager, to assist in delivering the Compliance organisation plan on time and within budget including management of key projects and initiatives.

Key Responsibilities: Planning, Budgeting & MI:

• Support annual planning and quarterly refresh of the Compliance organisation plan;
• Maintain roadmaps and milestones
• Assist with budget maintenance: forecast tracking, headcount plans, vendor spend, accruals, purchase orders, and variance analysis.
• Prepare and maintain MI dashboards and packs

Operational Excellence & Governance:

• Coordinate Compliance department routines: meeting cadences, agendas, minutes, action logs, and follow-ups.
• Maintain governance artefacts: policy calendars, committee trackers, risk/action registers, decision logs
• Support resource planning, onboarding coordination, skills/training trackers, and capacity planning for Compliance teams.

Project & Change Management:

• Assist in scoping, planning, and delivering projects addressing regulatory, organisational, and business change
• Maintain project plans, and stakeholder communications.
• Track delivery to scope, timeline, and budget; elevate risks

Process & Productivity Improvement:

• Map and document end-to-end Compliance processes;
• Identify pain points and opportunities to streamline and automate.
• Coordinate continuous improvement initiatives
• Maintain standard operating procedures, templates

Stakeholder & Vendor Coordination:

• Liaise with Finance, HR, IT/Change, Procurement, and Risk on cross-functional deliverables and approvals.
• Support vendor onboarding
• Prepare concise updates for senior stakeholders

Risk, Controls & Assurance Support:

• Maintain registers for departmental risks, controls, issues, and actions;
• Ensure timely updates and evidence-based closure.
• Support readiness for Internal Audit, Regulatory inspections, and independent reviews (e.g., collation of evidence, action plans).
• Help ensure compliance with internal governance standards, policy lifecycles, and records management.

About You

• PMO type experience in a wealth management or private banking firm
• Ideally a knowledge of financial crime or compliance initiatives
• Factual analysis and report writing skills
• Ability to assess and analyse changes in laws and regulations
• Attention to detail and focus
• Good written and communication skills
• Team Spirit and Collaboration
• High level of competence in Microsoft Office packages, notably Excel.

For further information please contact Natalie Eshelby