COO Business Management & Project Support - Janus Henderson

You will join as part of the Investment20/20 programme.

A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it’s about investing in a brighter future together.

Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.

Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do:

Clients Come First – Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust

If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear from you.

Your opportunity

The role will support both COO Business Management and the Business Change & Transformation teams.

Business management is fast-paced and reactive, working on a variety of high-profile activities across the COO function, in some cases directly for the Global COO

• Coordinate the monthly COO Metrics process, review and challenge results with subject-matter experts, present results to the COO management team, identify process improvement opportunities
• Research, develop and implement an appropriate COO communications strategy
• Coordinate and support management on-sites, COO townhalls and variety of governance reporting needs

Project Management may be in support of a live project or planning for a proposed project

• Organizing, preparing and attending meetings with project teams and internal stakeholders; following up as required
• Responsibility for maintaining and updating project management tools such as action logs, risk and issue logs & project status updates. This may be in different formats such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint or project management software
• Contribution to, and opportunity to take responsibility for, project tasks as mutually agreed with the project manager
• Opportunity to work with people from across the business, learning about multiple departments and their roles. You will be expected to build relationships with people, and work with them to achieve project tasks/goals
• Carry out additional duties as assigned
• Contribute to your personal development by engaging in internal training opportunities

What to expect when you join our firm

• Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
• Generous Holiday policies
• Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to ClassPass
• Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
• Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
• All-inclusive approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
• Complimentary subscription to Headspace – the mindfulness app
• All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities
• Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen
• Lunch allowance for use within subsidized onsite canteen

Investment20/20 Programme

You will join as a trainee as part of the Investment20/20 one-year trainee programme.

As a trainee, you will be introduced to investment management and you will gain industry knowledge, experience and develop relationships to progress your career and develop skills. As part of the Investment20/20 programme, you will have opportunities to meet and network with over 300 trainees across the industry and participate in socials and insight events.

Must Have Skills

• Good at interpreting data and understanding/enhancing a process end-to-end
• Ability to communicate clearly (written and verbal) and good presentation skills
• Well organised and ability to manage own workload
• Enjoy building relationships with a wide variety of people across the business
• Willing to get involved in anything that might be asked. In any week, there is likely to be a wide variety of tasks from involvement in project meetings, to detailed data analysis, to learning about products
• Friendly, inquisitive and positive attitude, enthusiastic and keen to learn
• Comfortable working to deadlines
• Good working knowledge of key MS packages (Word, Excel Powerpoint),
• Interest in exploring a career in Business Management and Project Management

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience with dashboard software (PowerBi, Qlik) this could have been at school/college or University

Potential for growth

• Mentoring
• Leadership development programs
• Regular training
• Career development services
• Continuing education courses

You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.

At Janus Henderson Investors we’re committed to an inclusive and supportive environment. We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. Don’t worry if you don’t think you tick every box, we still want to hear from you! We understand everyone has different commitments and while we can’t accommodate every adaptable working request we’re happy to be asked about work adaptability and our hybrid working environment. If you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know.