Prudential's purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people's career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.
The Business Manager is responsible for supporting the COO office through overseeing the day-to-day operations of the organization, driving strategic initiatives, managing budgets.
Key Responsibilities: - Assist in annual business planning and ongoing financial management of the COO function.
- Prepare, manage and monitor budgets to ensure financial targets are met.
- Collaborate with finance team to ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Analyse financial reports and recommend cost effective solutions.
- Monitor operational performance metrics for reporting.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, legal standards in operations and process improvement
- Identify and mitigate business risks through proactive planning.
- Track and report on the progress of initiatives and key performance metric and prepare reports for senior leadership.
- Implement corrective actions to address performance gaps.
- Collaborate with IT teams to implement and maintain insurance systems and tools.
- Ensure and track the delivery status of technology deliverables in Project Octopus.
- Act as the primary point of contact for COO office, managing priorities, communications and schedule.
- Assist to prepare briefing materials, reports and presentations for leadership meetings.
Qualifications: - Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations Management, Insurance, Project Management, or a related field.
- Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in business management or similar role.
- Track Record of managing budgets, teams and business processes.
- Excellent analytical abilities, with experience in dashboard creation, and reporting.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across teams and influence senior leadership.
- Results-oriented mindset with a focus on achieving operational goals and project objectives.
- Strong problem-solving abilities, able to identify performance gaps and develop solutions
- Ability to foster collaboration and maintain strong working relationships across business units and teams.
Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.