USI NSE Reporting Hub – Assistant Manager
As an experienced and high-performing Assistant Manager in our NSE Centre (NSEC) Reporting Hub, you will play a key role in ensuring the hub’s continued success by delivering an exceptional experience and significant impact to stakeholders through high-quality, timely reporting and insights. Reporting to the Hub Manager, you will independently drive multiple reporting initiatives while managing and developing hub resources, and owning stakeholder engagement end-to-end—from requirement capture through delivery and adoption.
Key Responsibilities:
Reporting, Analytics & Data Management
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of executive-level reporting, dashboards, and management information (MI) for NSEC leadership stakeholders.
- Translate stakeholder needs into clear reporting requirements (KPIs/definitions, logic, refresh cadence, and acceptance criteria) and guide the team to implement them.
- Oversee data collation, cleaning, validation, and organization primarily in Excel, leveraging multiple internal/external data sources to ensure accuracy, completeness, and relevance.
- Oversee the build and maintenance of Power BI/Tableau dashboards and Excel-based reporting solutions; ensure solutions remain current, performant, and aligned to company standards.
- Apply robust testing and quality assurance processes and resolve data/reporting issues through structured troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation (processes, data workflows, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and best practices) to enable knowledge transfer and audit readiness.
Resource Management & People Leadership
- Manage and direct hub team resources to ensure timely, high-quality deliverables; allocate work, set priorities, and remove blockers.
- Coach and develop analysts on reporting best practices, stakeholder management, documentation discipline, and quality standards.
- Provide regular updates on delivery status, risks, and dependencies; escalate as needed and drive accountability to outcomes.
Programme and Business Support
- Support assigned business support tasks such as budget tracking and general program management activities, where required by stakeholders.
- Implement and oversee change management processes, documenting and tracking change requests and approvals in line with agreed governance protocols.
- Conduct ad-hoc strategic analyses and discrete program management activities as needed by business leaders.
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
- Serve as a key point of contact for stakeholders—proactively managing expectations, priorities, and delivery timelines for hub outputs.
- Develop executive-level reports and presentations, distilling complex data into meaningful insights tailored to senior stakeholder audiences.
- Prepare content for, and support, meetings with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring effective action tracking and summary follow-ups.
- Oversee shared mailbox operations (as applicable), ensuring timely acknowledgement and response aligned to operational service agreements.
Continuous Learning & Adaptability
- Drive process improvement by identifying operational gaps, proposing enhancements, and monitoring impact.
- Keep abreast of NSE strategy and external trends to ensure reporting remains relevant and forward-looking, with input from Executive teams and internal SMEs.
- Upskill proactively to adopt new tools, technologies, and methodologies in response to evolving organizational needs.
Skills and Professional Experience:
People leadership experience:
- Proven track record leading and developing teams (work allocation/prioritization, coaching/mentoring, performance feedback), with a clear focus on building a collaborative, high-performing culture.
Team enablement:
- Demonstrated ability to guide junior resources on reporting best practices, quality/QA discipline, documentation standards, and stakeholder communication to consistently deliver on timelines and standards.
Analytical & Problem-Solving
- Strong analytical capabilities; comfortable working with data to identify trends, solve problems, and present insights.
- Proven ability to conduct root-cause analysis and drive service improvement.
Organization & Adaptability
- Highly organized, with demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, meet tight deadlines, and adapt to evolving business needs.
- Flexible approach, able to juggle multiple projects and deliver high-quality results.
Business Acumen
- Understanding of business drivers and financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
Communication & Stakeholder Management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to present information clearly to senior leadership and adapt messaging to diverse stakeholder audiences.
- Experience in developing executive-level presentations and summarizing complex topics concisely.
Experience
- Track record of managing multiple priorities, reporting on concurrent workstreams, and thriving in fast-paced environments.
- Accountability in stakeholder management for hub deliverables, coordinating with team members and ensuring superior produc`t quality and completion within stipulated timelines.
- Ability to elicit stakeholder requirements and design/implement effective reporting solutions.
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to build trust rapidly, apply sound judgement, and act with diplomacy and discretion across diverse stakeholder groups and geographies.
Qualifications:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
Interpersonal Skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Highly numerate and analytical, with a proactive approach to solving business challenges.
- Demonstrated ability to use initiative and excel under pressure, especially with conflicting and tight deadlines.
- Adaptable, with the ability to pivot quickly in response to shifting business priorities.
- Relationship-builder, keen to share new ideas and collaborate.
- Detail-oriented, takes ownership, makes informed decisions, and executes effectively.
- Proven team player, capable of working with virtual and distributed teams.
Professional Experience
- At least 7+ years’ demonstrated expertise working with data; skilled in leveraging analytics for business value.
- Proven track record of applying technology to business challenges and presenting insights to varied audiences.
- Experience in handling at least 10 complete Power BI or Tableau projects end-to-end.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a positive, solutions-oriented attitude.
- Ability to elicit client requirements and design/implement effective reporting solutions.
Technical Skills Levels
| Skill/Tool | Required Level |
| Technical Documentation | Advanced |
| PowerPoint | Advanced |
| Excel | Advanced |
| VBA | Intermediate |
| Tableau / Power BI | Advanced |
| SharePoint | Intermediate |
| Reporting Visualization Techniques | Advanced |
| Relational Data Structures | Advanced |
Desirable Skills
- Experience in a professional services environment.
- Familiarity with data protection and privacy principles.
- Understanding of risk management and information system controls.