Manager - Chief of Staff (Deals)

The Chief of Staff works alongside the Line of Service (LoS) Leader and assists in facilitating effective decision-making and also in the coordination of the execution of strategic initiatives. This role encompasses strategy through to execution and requires both an analytical and pragmatic capability set. 

• Support the LoS Leader working in collaboration with the BU Leads in formulating, planning and driving practice's business priorities, annual budget and initiatives 

• Meeting preparation and follow up: 

• review upcoming monthly management meetings to ensure the LoS Leader has all of the information needed 

• send out agendas or documents to meeting attendees as necessary 

• prepare slides for the meeting 

• disseminate and follow through action points from meetings 

• Monitoring information flow: Sometimes acting as a gatekeeper, ensuring the LoS Leader's involvement in a project or decision-making process at the right moment 

• Understands project pipeline realisation, dependencies and interdependencies and analyse against the delivery capacity to ensure a consistent approach to operational activities/decisions 

• Responsible  for delegated activities and represent / support the LoS Leader, BU Leads as appropriate on a range of strategic and operational matters 

• Be part of any special projects on an ad hoc basis 

• Evaluate resources to ensure the availability of the necessary skills and expertise and to realise staff potential 

• Drafting and reviewing internal and external communications as required. 

• Plan and organise relevant practice's events regarding firm matters, employee well-being, engagement related, quality and independence 

• Any other ad-hoc duties as required for the strategic assistance for LoS Leader