Group Operations Manager

Job Description: At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! Job Description: This job is responsible for managing one or more major operations segments for a site, region, or product line within the bank's internal operations. Key responsibilities include identifying, analyzing, and resolving complex problems related to product lines, ensuring compliance with policies, and identifying opportunities to improve process performance and operating efficiency. Job expectations include supervising day-to-day activities of employees such as executing transactions. LOB Job Description: The role is responsible for overseeing the global markets onboarding team supporting institutional and hedge fund clients covering a broad range of asset classes including Fixed Income, Equities, Currencies and Commodities. The successful candidate will serve as a client advocate working closely with sales, product, credit, legal, AML, compliance, client service and other operations teams to manage the end-to-end onboarding experience, drive operational efficiency, and enhance client satisfaction. This role requires a balance of relationship management, regulatory awareness, technology adoption, and data-driven decision-making to ensure a best-in-class client experience. This role also requires knowledge for capacity management, overseeing technology and funded initiative roadmap and navigating KPIs for clients, front line unit as well as senior leadership Responsibilities: This role will require experience in people management as well as client management. Oversight of pipeline health and throughput. Oversight of capacity management. Engagement with FLU, GMO leadership, GM Tech as well as vendors. Responsibilities will include collaborating with our legal team and clients to ensure documentation is executed, AML/KYC is satisfactory and all Operational setups are completed to ensure clients are good to settle. Also navigation of any post go live issues with accountability and urgency. Forecasts and manages staffing levels and capacities, prioritizes employee development by providing effective coaching, and shares constructive feedback to drive Operational Excellence Applies knowledge of the end-to-end processes and ensures adherence to bank and regulatory policy and procedures when making decisions that impact various operations and product lines Develops and analyzes procedures to enhance unit and/or product-related activities and oversees budget and expense management, reporting, and forecasting for designated areas Evaluates efficiencies and identifies areas of improvement and growth to the overall process, identifying data, metrics, and key performance indicators to measure process effectiveness Aligns bank priorities and strategies to employee metrics and goals, evaluates employee progress, and strives to recognize, encourage, and improve team performance to support an inclusive work environment Managerial Responsibilities: This position may also have responsibilities for managing associates. At Bank of America, all managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above. Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: Models an inclusive environment for employees and clients, aligned to company Great Place to Work goals. Manager of Process & Data: Demonstrates deep process knowledge, operational excellence and innovation through a focus on simplicity, data based decision making and continuous improvement. Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Communicates enterprise decisions, purpose, and results, and connects to team strategy, priorities and contributions. Risk Manager: Ensures proper risk discipline, controls and culture are in place to identify, escalate and debate issues. People Manager & Coach: Provides inspection, coaching and feedback to motivate, differentiate and improve performance. Financial Steward: Actively manages expenses and budgets in alignment with objectives, making sound financial decisions. Enterprise Talent Leader: Assesses talent and builds bench strength for roles across the organization. Driver of Business Outcomes: Delivers results by effectively prioritizing, inspecting and appropriately delegating team work. Required Qualifications: 2+ years of management experience in financial services 5+ years of onboarding experience (asset managers, hedge funds, or other client types) Strong understanding of institutional client needs, market structure, and regulatory considerations within Global Markets. Working knowledge of AML / KYC and Regulatory requirements impacting client onboarding for derivatives and securities (e.g. Dodd-Frank, MiFID II, EMIR etc.). Commercially minded with strong problem solving, relationship management and communication skills with ability to present to an audience. Ability to collaborate across sales, product, client service and other internal teams to drive results. Desired Qualifications: Strives to bring new thoughts and ideas to teams in order to drive innovation and unique solutions Excels in working among diverse viewpoints to determine the best path forward Experience in connecting with a diverse set of clients to understand future business needs - is a continuous learner Commitment to challenging the status quo and promoting positive change. Participate in and drive collaborative efforts to advance tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve an evolving client base Believes in value of diversity so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world Skills: Business Operations Management Customer Service Management Performance Management Process Performance Measurement Talent Development Account Management Client Management Leadership Development Process Management Relationship Building Business Case Analysis Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management Process Design Risk Management Workforce Analytics Shift: 1st shift (United States of America) Hours Per Week: 40 Pay Transparency details US - NY - New York - ONE BRYANT PARK - BANK OF AMERICA TOWER (NY1100) Pay and benefits information Pay range $104,000.00 - $166,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set. Discretionary incentive eligible This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company. Benefits This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.