Current

directors, as well as board member candidates, should

have well-developed foundation competencies; master one
or more strategic competencies; and add functional
expertise to a board/management team.
1) Foundation
The following competencies provide a platform for most
basic governance roles:
Integrity
Negotiation skills
Effective team-building skills
Political acumen (organizational)
Systems oriented
Analytical decision

Effective communication skills

2) Strategic
These competencies provide a director with a strategic
orientation that can help management focus and build
organizational capabilities:
Stakeholder relations
Change leadership
Strategic planning
Risk management orientation
Assessing organizational effectiveness
Executive performance management
Macro-trend integration
Value-creating governance orientation

3) Functional
Specific expertise in one or more functional areas can be
a tremendous asset to an organization. So, in order to
supplement directors’ current skill sets, an organization
typically looks for the following competencies in their
existing and potential directors:
Financial acumen
Industry trend knowledge
Value chain management experience
Product/service expertise
Regulatory compliance knowledge
Business development/Fundraising experience
Technology utilization
marketing

Competencies:

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to

communicate effectively at all levels of the organization

* Editing and production skills

* Solid project, time management and organizational skills - ability to manage

multiple priorities for multiple internal/external clients

* Ability to take direction from multiple sources

* Good problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities

* Ability to work independently or as part of a team, and within tight

deadlines and under pressure

* Post-secondary education in Marketing, Communications, and/or relevant

experience

* Minimum of five years administrative support

* Professional level skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint),

Internet and Lotus Notes, with the ability to prepare PowerPoint presentations
and Excel spreadsheets

* Strong customer services skills

regional sales maneger

The Candidate

You will have the ability to develop strong operational relationships with
Dealer principals, Parts Sales Managers and Aftersales Group Managers along
with internal management teams, sales staff, support staff and customer
service personnel.

You will have experience of selling, preferably within the automotive parts
sector, and will encompass a sound knowledge of the parts market.

A candidate who is completely sales focussed with strong self motivational

abilities and the drive to work under their own initiative is essential.

You will be computer literate and possess a full driving licence.

re5gional sales manager

Core Competencies

* Creating an Environment of Respect and Trust.

* Demonstrates a Customer Centric Focus.

* Acting as Champion for Change.

* Supports Collaboration; Possesses Innate Sense of Responsibility.

* Building Relationships.

* Negotiating Win/Win Outcomes.

* Spanning Boundaries.

* Understanding Business Context.

* Gathering Intelligence and Identifying Options.

* Facilitating Change.
 * Resolving Issues.

* Continuous Learning.

* Executing Plans.

marketing manager

Core Competencies

* Interpersonal/Communication Skills

* Planning and organisation

* Problem solving

* Initiative

* Teamwork

* IT and Marketing Skills

* Attention to detail

Key Accountabilities:

* Create, implement and support customer segmentation strategy

* Support the basic and advanced Business Solutions segmentations

* Identify and prioritise segments based upon the business opportunities

* Collect and codify the vertical knowledge on the industries

* Support the national sales organisations in the implementation and use of

segmentation and promote knowledge-sharing within them
* Assist in the development of value proposition for targeted areas, products
and segments

* Execution of customer marketing strategy

* Identify and document all customer touch-points and types of interaction

* Develop a strategy to meet changing customer needs in the future

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Description of Duties:

• Brand "owner" at the Senior Art level

• Is responsible for recruiting, hiring, training, developing, monitoring, and

encouraging performance in other Art Directors on the Core Team

• Demonstrates ownership of assigned brand by continually coming up with

new ideas proactively

• Partners with Brand Copywriter and Group Copy Supervisor on brand and
concept development

• Collaborates with Creative, Account Services, Creative Services, and

extended team members during creative development

• Provides mentorship, guidance, and support to other Brand Art Directors

within the group

• Provides art direction to empower Studio Designers, photographers,

illustrators, and other external collaborators, such as broadcast producers
and directors

• As Brand Group Art Supervisor, is responsible for ensuring that visual Brand
mandatories and consistencies are maintained on-going.
• Acts as a hands-on Art Director

• Presents and sells ideas internally and to clients

• Keeps up to date with trends in branding, marketing, advertising, and

related communications industries

• Keeps up to date with trends within the industries specific to assigned

accounts

• Is knowledgeable about products and services specific to assigned accounts

• Is willing to help Brand Art Directors by handling layout revisions (and tasks
normally handled by Art Directors) during high volume periods

Minimum Requirements:

• Proficiency in critical graphic software-primarily QuarkXpress, Freehand,

Illustrator, and PhotoShop

• Ability to manage the creative process, workflow, workload, and resources

among art group

Key Competencies for Position:

• Conceptual Creativity: Ability to think in abstract terms; can make

connections between unrelated notions; can formulate innovative ideas
where others can not; seen as original and value-added in brainstorming
sessions

• Understanding and Implementing Direction: Can understand creative

direction based on objectives and executes creative work effectively.
Communicates workload appropriately based on skill sets and talents;
communicates well with others on workload issues & needs, the progress of
work and results

• Industry Application: Picks up on technical things quickly; is good at

learning new industry, company, product, and/or technical knowledge
developments of the client's business as well as the agency business; has the
functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of
accomplishment
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Job Description

My Client is a large banking organisation based who require a Statutory &

Regulatory Reporting Assistant Manager for 6 months based in Bristol, with
some travel to Chester and Cardiff.

The role is to support the production of Statutory Accounts for the Asset
Finance business unit, complying with the policies and standards required to
meet the respective external reporting requirements.

The responsibilities of the role are as follows:

* To produce and deliver Statutory Accounts for the Asset Finance business
unit to review and sign off, including variance analysis necessary for drafting
the Executive Summary.

* To ensure that reporting complies with Accounting Policies and external

accounting standards (eg disclosure requirements as set out in IFRS 7).

* To reconcile statutory profit to profit reported in the Group SAR.

* To investigate exceptions/errors/queries and respond effectively to resolve

issues quickly or escalate to the Senior Manager in Statutory Reporting as
appropriate.

* To identify and recommend process improvement opportunities to ensure

production processes are lean, efficient and are aligned with global process
standards.

* To respond as required to resolve external audit queries.

The competencies that are needed for this role

COMPETENCY
Planning and control

DEFINITION

Achieves business goals by establishing priorities, actions, milestones and

constraints in a logical sequence and checking progress against these plans,
taking corrective action as required.

COMPETENCY

Attention to detail

DEFINITION

Ensures that information is correctly processed and that work complies with
relevant internal/external rules, procedures and regulatory requirements.
Checks work and corrects mistakes promptly.

Providing excellent customer service Exceeds the expectations of internal

and external customers through the quality of customer service, meeting
their needs and demonstrating the added value of the service provided.

COMPETENCY

Team working

DEFINITION

Works co-operatively and productively with others; openly exchanging

information and supporting colleagues from around the organisation to
achieve business goals.

COMPETENCY

Using information effectively

DEFINITION

Collects and collates necessary facts, figures and opinions, using a range of
sources and adds value by identifying patterns, trends and relationships in
the data.
The key skills and knowledge that are needed for this role:

Core Accounting

Demonstrates a full understanding with implementation experience of core

accounting processes including:- Generic technical accounting skills
(transactional processing, finance processes, knowledge & application of
accounting standards (IFRS), knowledge of identification & application of
controls, audit & quality assurance, implementing new standards &
regulatory reporting); Balance Sheet Management; Tax Accounting;
Treasury/Wholesale Product Accounting; Merger & Acquisition Finance;
Corporate Finance. [Undertaking an appropriate qualification for role and
pursuing on-going professional development]

Oral Communication

Explains or presents factual information to individuals or groups in a

structured, clear, confident and concise way avoiding the use of jargon.
Explains the reasoning being what is being said to ensure understanding and
acceptance.

Written Communication

Produces clear and concise reports and other written material (both draft and
final form) usually of a detailed and sometimes technical nature, which are
understandable to those with or without a knowledge of the subject matter.

Procedural/Product/Specialist Knowledge - Banking/Finance Business Services

A detailed understanding of the main features of a range of procedures

and/or products and services. Detailed understanding of all roles within own
team and able to implement improvements.
Good understanding of the commercial nature and risks associated with the
services provided.

Where appropriate will have a good knowledge of the regulatory practices

which impact on own work and/or the work of the section.

Good understanding of the likely impact of forthcoming change.

Likely to have a good understanding of the services provided by other areas

of the business and of the interaction between such areas.