Investment Banking Business Partnering AVP

• Relevant financial qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA)

As an Investment Banking Business Partnering AVP, you’ll support with the delivery of strategic insight to support the wider business partnering team. You’ll help shape financial decision‑making by analysing performance, understanding client‑led revenue drivers, and supporting robust financial forecasting. Your insight will ensure the business has a clear view of performance against plans, targets, and market expectations.

You’ll interact closely with the business and finance teams to produce, review, and challenge a broad range of daily, weekly, and monthly performance reports, comparing outcomes against internal and external targets as well as prior periods. You’ll develop a strong understanding of underlying drivers, ensure accuracy and integrity of reporting, and maintain a clear view of upcoming matters that may impact the financial performance of the Investment Banking business.

This is a visible role where your analytical skillset, commercial awareness, and ability to provide constructive challenge will support informed decision‑making.

To be successful as an Investment Banking Business Partnering AVP, you should be able to demonstrate:

• Background in Investment or Corporate Banking, with an understanding of business performance, financial drivers, and commercial dynamics
• Excellent analytical skills, with strong attention to detail and the ability to clearly articulate financial insight and challenge the business in a constructive manner
• Relevant financial qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA)

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

To provide financial expertise and support to specific business units or departments within the organisation, and act as a liaison between the finance function and various business units, helping to bridge the gap between financial data and business decisions.

• Development and implementation of business unit financial strategies, plans and budgets, using insights to evaluate the financial implications of strategic initiatives and recommend appropriate actions.
• Development of financial models to forecast future performance, assess investment opportunities, and evaluate financial risks for business units, and to analyse the impact of business decisions on financial performance and provision of recommendations. .
• Cross functional collaboration to provide financial insights and guidance to business unit stakeholders.
• Identification of opportunities and implementation of financial process improvements that streamline financial operations.
• Support to business units in identification, assessment, and mitigation of financial risks, including provision of training and guidance to business units on financial risk management and compliance practices.
• Analysis and presentation of financial data to provide insights into business performance, identify trends, and support decision-making.

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments,…