Chief of Staff

As Chief of Staff at Saltus, you will provide critical support to our CEO and Executive team, taking charge of a range of strategic projects in order to drive performance and deliver efficiencies. You will be a driven and enthusiastic self-starter, able to demonstrate high levels of IQ and EQ and able to work effectively with key stakeholders across the breadth of the organisation in order to deliver results.

What will you be responsible for?

 The Saltus Chief of Staff has responsibility for the following:

• Ownership of the delivery of strategic and transformational change projects as agreed with the CEO and Executive team, including defining target OKRs
• Implementation of agreed project management methodologies and associated reporting
• Creation of processes, policies and procedures required to deliver effective change
• Production of MI and ownership of communicating this data within the business in order to drive decision making and measure project success
• Budget management and resource allocation for agreed projects, including the forwards forecasting of resource requirements
• Driving proactive communications cross-functionally, to prevent teams and project workstreams operating in silos
• Proactive recommendation and implementation of business improvements
• External market focus in order to present recommendations for future areas of strategic focus

Person Specification

• Highly analytical with evidence of outstanding academic achievement (preferably degree qualified with a minimum of a 2:1)
• An MBA would be advantageous but is not essential
• Knowledge and understanding of the wealth management sector
• A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in either consulting, banking, accounting, or as a graduate in a retail financial services environment
• Previous experience in a management consultancy role would be highly advantageous
• Demonstrable ability to drive transformational change and deliver business efficiencies and improvements
• Project management experience
• High levels of cultural advocacy
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal
• Significant experience of stakeholder management, with the ability to flex style and approach as required in order to achieve the best outcome
• Confident and measured decision-maker
• A proactive, positive approach to all business interactions
• Excellent working knowledge of all MS Office programmes, with advanced MS Excel skills

Salary

The salary range for this role is £75k+, dependent on experience. It is intended that within 2-3 years, the successful applicant would be ready to move into a senior management position within Saltus.