Avp, Ny Metro Partnership Business Manager
Greater New York City Area
Inaugural business manager for New York Metro Partnership, which encompasses four offices (including the firm’s global headquarters) and 1200 colleagues. ♦ Process Optimization— Analyze business processes to identify, design, and implement solutions across diverse functions, geographies, and roles, including senior leadership. Overhauled client contract and compensation strategy processes to improve contract completion rate and invoicing timeliness.♦ Initiative Management— Translate monthly performance data into actionable reports for leadership; develop and execute plans for improvement and follow-up; communicate results and action plans to appropriate departments. Implemented new process to support teams in completing post-renewal client meeting reports, improving completion rate 103% in six months.♦ Training Strategy and Coordination— Develop comprehensive training strategy, including aligning training initiatives, developing leadership communication strategy, and creating mechanisms for follow-up to ensure longevity. Coordinated five training initiatives targeted at 300 colleagues each in Q1 and Q2 2015 spanning topics from compliance, operations/IT, and finance departments.♦ Management Routine Development— Collaborated with senior operations staff to create and design the first-ever company Office Handbook, which included newly formalized management routines for internal and client-focused processes, corresponding metrics, and resource guide.