Performance Steering Trainee – Business Line Dedicated

Description of the Business Line or Department

The Global and Integrated Finance Division (‘DFIN’) department’s aim is to add value to the Group and its business lines' development, through a transformation of our organisation and operating modes.  DFIN provides a key contribution to the Group value creation, through our activities of strategic advisory, steering, data production and certification.  We are engaged in all dimensions of performance evaluation across the Group and provide a transversal and objective vision to support informed decision-making for the management and development of the Group and its business lines.

Some of the many ways we are providing this are in the following:                      

• Support and challenge all business lines, at every level of the organisation;
• Organise an agile adaptation to strategic and regulatory challenges;
• Ensure the security and reliability of financial information through operational excellence;
• General management, pillars, business lines and corporate functions, regulators, auditors, markets and investors;
• Performance assessed with operational indicators and financial information;
• From strategic analysis to decision-making and execution monitoring;
• Transversal vision of the Group, of all business lines and geographic regions;
• Objectivity and the ability to take the broad view;
• As trusted advisors, we are an essential partner to the managers;
  International function (paths and career) and diversity;
• Exemplarity in our management and our daily behaviours;
• Innovation in our operation models and the implementation of digital levers.

Summary of the key purposes of the role

DFIN PFS (Performance Financial Steering) is the division in charge of steering the financial performance of GBIS.

It measures and analyses the profitability of activities portfolio and the optimization of the use of all resources. It ensures the necessary support and the right level of expertise to the business partners, the management of GBIS.  Taking a cross-business view of the financial steering processes, PFS streamlines and provides momentum in terms of simplification and standardization.

DFIN PFS in the UK also covers performance steering of Global Market, Global Banking and Advisory performance, as well as Global transaction and payment services and other business lines and support functions in the UK. This role will focus on the Business Lines of the UK

In this role, and to start with, the BU dedicated Performance Steering Apprentice is primarily responsible for supporting the team in charge of the business units at the UK level.

Summary of responsibilities

• Support senior members on the deliverables related to the strategic and financial performance of the UK Business Units for Senior Management (e.g. expense report, monthly PnL, headcount)
• Identifies trends and improvement areas in terms of business evolution, as well as providing meaningful commentary on the variances
• Support the analysis work on regular reports, e.g. expenses reporting to Paris, monthly PnL, creating month end reports for presentation to the BL
• Assist senior members of the team in coordinating the team in response to ad hoc requests and analysis and other PFS deliverables as required
• Working with our offshore partners to ensure that all deliverables are achieved on a timely basis and to act as the interlocuter between the team, anticipating problems and working out solutions
• Assist in digitalisation / efficiency improvement initiatives, set up and promote use of digital dashboard