Assistant Business Manager

Assistant Business Manager

Full-Time 55000 - 65000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
London Stock Exchange Group

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Support senior leaders and improve business operations with innovative AI solutions.
  • Company: Join LSEG, a global leader in financial markets with a culture of growth and diversity.
  • Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, healthcare, retirement planning, and paid volunteering days.
  • Other info: Great opportunities for career progression into leadership roles.
  • Why this job: Make a real impact while developing your skills in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
  • Qualifications: Experience in business management and strong communication skills are essential.

The predicted salary is between 55000 - 65000 £ per year.

ABOUT US: LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge, and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, handle risk and create jobs.

OUR PEOPLE: People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives.

ROLE SUMMARY: You will sit at the heart of the D&A Engineering leadership team, supporting the CIO office and senior leaders. As the Assistant Business Manager runs and continuously improves the operating rhythm for D&A Engineering, ensuring leadership time is focused on the right priorities, with clear decisions and outcomes. This is a high-impact, high-trust role requiring close partnership with senior executives, strong judgement, and comfort operating at pace.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Running and continuously improving the D&A Engineering operating rhythm.
  • Coordinating the activity across strategy, delivery, people, finance, risk, and governance.
  • Enabling the D&A CIO and leadership team to execute with clarity, pace, and accountability.
  • Tracking priorities, surface risks and dependencies, and drive follow-through on actions.
  • Embedding AI, automation, and repeatable tooling to improve business management effectiveness.
  • Building capability and confidence to progress toward a future Business Manager or Chief of Staff-style role.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

  • Run and continuously improve the D&A Engineering operating rhythm, including leadership meetings, governance forums, planning cycles, action tracking, and follow-up.
  • Coordinate the inputs, timelines, templates, submissions, agendas, materials, and follow-through needed to keep forums and planning processes running effectively.
  • Embed AI-enabled and automated ways of working into core business management routines, reducing manual effort and improving the consistency, speed, and quality of reporting, briefing preparation, meeting outputs, action tracking, insight generation, and decision support.
  • Track priorities, milestones, dependencies, risks, actions, and outcomes across D&A Engineering, ensuring progress is visible and follow-up is clear.
  • Support the preparation of concise, decision-focused materials, including leadership briefings, business cases, board papers, presentations, updates, and planning documents.
  • Work closely with the CIO office, leadership team, and key Group stakeholders to coordinate activity, gather inputs, resolve issues, and support effective delivery.
  • Develop and maintain metrics, dashboards, trackers, and reporting routines to monitor effectiveness, identify trends, and support recommendations for process improvement.
  • Identify opportunities to improve business management processes, governance, reporting, and ways of working, using AI, automation, tooling, and repeatable practices wherever appropriate.
  • Support financial, people, risk, governance, and operational processes by coordinating inputs, preparing materials, tracking actions, and ensuring deadlines are met.
  • Build strong relationships with stakeholders across technology and enterprise functions, using clear communication and sound judgement to support aligned outcomes.
  • Operate with discretion, pace, resilience, and professionalism in a complex, fast-moving environment.
  • Build the breadth, confidence, and leadership maturity to progress toward a future Business Manager or Chief of Staff-style role.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

  • Experience in business management, COO, or Chief of Staff-style roles.
  • Strong judgement, critical thinking, and executive-level communication skills.
  • Proven ability to run operating rhythms in complex, global organisations.
  • Practical experience using AI, automation, reporting, workflow, or productivity tools to improve operational efficiency and insight.
  • Credibility working with senior technology and enterprise leaders.
  • High resilience, discretion, and professionalism.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

Assistant Business Manager employer: London Stock Exchange Group

LSEG is an exceptional employer that prioritises the growth and development of its employees within a dynamic and inclusive culture. Located in London, we offer a wealth of opportunities for career advancement, alongside a comprehensive benefits package that includes healthcare, retirement planning, and paid volunteering days. Our commitment to innovation and sustainability, combined with a collaborative work environment, ensures that every team member can contribute meaningfully while fulfilling their potential.

London Stock Exchange Group

Contact Details:

London Stock Exchange Group Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Assistant Business Manager

Business Management
Executive-Level Communication
Critical Thinking
AI and Automation Tools
Operational Efficiency
Stakeholder Management
Project Coordination