Banking COO Business Reporting - Vice President (Fixed Term Contract)

Profile Summary

The VP will play a key role within the Banking COO Business Reporting function, supporting the delivery of the division's strategic, governance, business management and financial objectives.

This role plays a critical part in producing management information to support and analyse business performance, KPI tracking, business development and decision making as well as creating a defined reporting flow and implementing change.

Duties and Responsibilities

Management Reporting & Business Insights:

• Working directly with Head of Business Reporting and wider team members to prepare and analyse a comprehensive Management Accounting report aligned with the Bank’s business strategy and operational goals.
• Understanding and managing Budgets, Revenue/Asset, Forecast and Expenses, and monitoring overall performance.
• Prepare reporting for senior management, Head Office, regulatory requests and udit inspections.
• Support the COO, Front Office and other key stakeholders through analysis ad-hoc reporting requirements and initiatives to support business.

Process Improvement & Automation:

• Identify opportunities to streamline manual processes and improve operational efficiency.
• Partner with IT (in conjunction with line manager) and COO Business Change & Governance to fully automate the fee booking process by providing them with business requirements
• Liaise with different stakeholders to define their requirements
• Document business processes and support user acceptance testing for system enhancements

Data Governance:

• Working closely with Finance to ensure compliance rules and internal policies, meeting high standard, accuracy, consistency in timely manner.
• Maintaining a strong understanding of regulatory/policy changes and ensuring reporting methodology adapts accordingly.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Experience within a COO, Business Management, Strategy, Change Management or related function within financial services.
• Good understanding of corporate and investment banking businesses, products, operating models, regulatory requirements, financial metrics.
• Experience supporting senior stakeholders and acting as a trusted partner to business teams.
• Experience coordinating complex initiatives and working across multiple business and support functions to deliver strategic objectives.
• Experience supporting business planning, governance, organisational initiatives and change programmes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to interpret data and translate complex issues into clear recommendations.
• Strong financial and management accounting skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the preparation of high-quality presentations, management papers and executive-level communications.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across all levels of the organisation.
• Experience in driving reporting automation, process improvements, and the implementation of business intelligence tools.
• High proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.
• Degree educated or equivalent professional experience.

What Mizuho Can Offer You

Here at Mizuho, there are fantastic progression opportunities and clear paths to promotion. We will give you ample opportunity to affect change and to help grow our business.

In addition to the great opportunity outlined above we are also currently able to offer:

• Competitive starting salary, plus discretionary bonus
• Non-contributory pension
• 27 days’ annual leave
• Core working hours*
• Hybrid working - office and home based*
• Virtual GP
• Wellbeing benefits, including Mental Health Allies and First Aiders

*For applicable roles only

At Mizuho, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.

We are committed to supporting equality and diversity, and seek to create a workplace that is fully inclusive. We welcome applications from all sections of the community that we operate in and from all ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation, beliefs, gender identities and disabilities

If you require more information about our equal opportunities policy or wish to discuss any accessibility requirements or reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team – recruitment@mizuhoemea.com and we will be happy to help.