Business Owner - Trading at Iress

The role

• To drive the definition and execution of a strategy for the Business Owners particular business segment.

What You Will Be Doing

• Contribution towards product roadmap as one of the mechanisms to execute on this strategy.
• Define and achieve budgeted financial results as well as commercial oversight of business area.
• Identify new business opportunities through strategic engagement with key client stakeholders and client crowdsourcing.
• Responsible for driving opportunities through the defined local and global Bid Engagement forums where relevant.
• Responsible for defining commercials on products within specific business area post consultation with relevant stakeholders. Including responsibility for signing off proposals and associated process.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders (Product, Account Management etc.) to ensure focus on and progress against our Must Win Battles of quality and ease.
• Maintain relations with Sales, Account Management and Service Desk to ensure clients are being serviced inline with Iress standards.
• Regular engagement with Marketing to drive the exposure of Iress and products relevant to their business area, both internally and externally.
• Key part of pre-sales phase and stakeholder to solution definition prior to commercials being defined.
• Ensure coordination of all teams responsible for the running of the specific business area, in line with Iress ways of working and delivery framework.
• Build business efficiencies within the business segment by ensuring the scalability of products and processes.
• Co-develop product collateral with the relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure regional alignment with global teams, products, and processes.
• Collaborate with Client Solutions on initiatives and be the gateway into Client Solutions.
• Understand the operational profile of products and have in-depth product knowledge.
• Co-develop and execute on the defined strategy with a focus on both growth and retention.
• Operationally ensure that billing and commercials are aligned with Finance processes.
• Execute, own and deliver on segment-specific projects with all relevant stakeholders.

What You Will Need

• IT or Business Qualification
• Experience in the Business Industry (Trading, Advice, IM, MD)
• In-depth domain and product knowledge
• Business Analysis
• Business Case Writing
• Commercial Awareness
• Communication Skills and building relationships
• Creative problem Solving
• Financial Analysis
• Organisational Skills
• Stakeholder Management and Influence
• Strategic Thinking and Innovation

Why work with us

• Competitive remuneration
• Global opportunities
• State-of-the-art offices
• Casual dress, flexible work policy
• Access to learning and development programs
• Young, diverse workforce
• 3 days’ leave per year for charity initiatives
• Global 36-hour hackathon
• Pause & Bar area, pool table, table tennis, Friday afternoon drinks
• Close access to shopping centers
• Active Sports & Social and CSR events
• Up to 26 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary carers (up to 4 weeks for secondary carers), and the ability to work part-time when returning to work.