Senior Manager, Business Operations, Private Equity Strategy

Job title: Senior Manager, Business Operations, Private Equity Strategy

Company: Deloitte


Job description: Connect to your IndustryDeloitte is making a significant investment in PE Strategy. This will be up to 20 partners and their associated teams over a 3-5 year period in the UK. This investment will sit within Strategy and Business Design, which has four related capabilities: Strategy, Simulation, Innovation & Growth and Economic Advisory. Furthermore the UK will also act as a European hub for NSE PE strategy.Because this is a new team attempting rapid growth to scale, involving partners who mostly do not have a Big Four background, this team needs a dedicated operations team to support this growth.Connect to your career at DeloitteDeloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients’ become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.Connect to your opportunitySitting within the Strategy & Business Design Business Operations team and reporting into the S&BD Operations Lead/COO, this dynamic role has a variety of responsibilities, aligned to our key priorities. The primary responsibility will be to help the partners design and implement key processes in PE Strategy alongside the associated Deloitte functions:

• Collaborate with the Recruitment team to design and implement talent processes appropriate to the Strategy talent market, with a focus on D&I and work with the Onboarding team to ensure a smooth onboarding process for new recruits
• Regular reporting on and review of headcount and business shape data to support decision making on recruitment
• Work with HR and Reward to define career structures and compensation
• Support HR during performance management processes, assisting with case reviews and the promotion processes
• Work with Learning & Development to ensure all grades below Director have the appropriate training
• Supporting on optimising key commercial drivers of financial performance (including resource efficiency, taxi-rank staffing, integration of staffing, ‘project review board’ and project control)
• Driving optimal financial performance of the business by providing oversight of key financial processes including long-term / in-year planning / forecasting and financial reporting / analysis
• Assisting with ad-hoc tasks from the Lead Partner / COO
• Act as champion for key change management projects for the successful rollout of Firmwide initiatives

Connect to your skills and professional experienceEssential

• Has worked in a Tier 1 or 2 strategy firm designing and implementing these operational and talent processes (especially in relation to talent).
• Has experience in high-growth environments in professional services, especially in relation to hiring and onboarding best practices.
• Has experience of integrating the support functions around a professional services team into a coherent operating model.

Desired

• Has worked in the Big Four and understands the culture and audit compliance implications of various processes.
• Has designed processes in a strategy team that has material business in both corporate and PE clients / transaction environments.
• Has integrated teams through M&A / team lifts.

Connect to your business – Strategy, Risk & Transactions AdvisoryIn an ever-evolving world, there are no certainties in business. Our teams help clients to navigate risks, process major transactions and deliver transformational change that will future-proof their business. Join us to make a positive difference.Strategy and Business DesignThe experts in our teams in Strategy and Business Design are trusted advisors to CEOs and their wider organisations. Whether that’s launching a new arm of a business, anticipating new and emerging risks or collaborating with other teams, we work on a huge range of varied projects.Personal independenceRegulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your “Immediate Family Members” are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.Connect with your colleagues“For me it’s the people that make it. They are bright, supportive, interesting; we work brilliantly together as a team. But it’s not just that, the number of opportunities you get working for such a large firm is amazing.“ – Jess, Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory“At Deloitte you’re surrounded by subject matter experts; industry experts, technology experts, and you can access that knowledge whenever you need to.” – Christian, Strategy, Risk & Transactions AdvisoryOur hybrid working policyYou’ll be based in London with hybrid working.At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.Our commitment to youMaking an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.Connect to your next stepA career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careersWPFULL SLSRTA

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Location: London

Job date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 02:35:59 GMT

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