BUSINESS MANAGER SKILLS, EXPERIENCES, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS

Published: May 23, 2025 - The Business Manager possesses a diverse set of skills focused on strategic planning, financial management, and operational leadership. This role requires the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams, optimize business processes, and ensure financial goals are met. The manager demands strong problem-solving, communication, and analytical abilities to drive performance and support sustainable growth.

Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Business Manager Resume
  • Budget Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Market Analysis
  • Risk Management
  • Business Planning
  • Forecast Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Contract Review
  • Data Management
  • Sales Strategy
  • Team Leadership
  • Stakeholder Communication
  • Customer Engagement
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Executive Communication
  • Relationship Building
  • Problem Solving
  • Negotiation Support
  • Initiative Leadership
  • Team Management

Summary of Business Manager Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume

1. BA in Accounting with 5 years of Experience

  • Extensive experience as Operations Manager (or similar level of responsibility in services or logistics)
  • Ability to work within a commercially driven and time-critical environment
  • Experience of people and health and safety management within a unionised and multi-shift environment
  • Profit and Loss experience and strong financial acumen
  • Extensive understanding of the waste industry and relevant laws including a CPC qualification (desirable)
  • Knowledge of existing and impending environmental and health and safety legislation including an IOSH Certificate or equivalent formal safety qualification
  • Strong knowledge of the local area
  • Able to demonstrate managing sizeable workforces 
  • Proven history of managing multi-skilled and unionised workforces
  • Proven track record of delivering continuous improvement within an operational environment
  • Ability to communicate with conviction, plan with precision, and most importantly, play well with others

2. BA in Finance with 4 years of Experience

  • Combined experience in market operations, business support, financial management, or project management
  • Able to critically evaluate info gathered from multiple sources, reconcile variances, and present complex data clearly and logically, specifically tailored to the audience
  • Able to analyze problems, recommend options, and execute solutions
  • Proven experience developing requirements, defining processes, and completing documentation
  • Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Team player with the ability to take initiative/ownership of tasks and partner across the team
  • Have an aptitude to learn quickly under pressure and be self-motivated
  • Ability to plan and facilitate meetings, prepare communication materials
  • Advanced skills with MS Office products - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  • Experience in connecting with a diverse set of clients to understand future business needs 

3. BA in Business Management with 3 years of Experience

  • Experience in property management or related business operations
  • Experience with collections, evictions and delinquency management
  • Strong organization skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Proficient with MS Office and Outlook with competent general computer skills
  • Working experience with the OneSite software 
  • Ability to interact formally and informally with senior management and sales staff
  • Motivated, goal-oriented, persistent and a skilled negotiator
  • Prior background in management, marketing, sales, service or retail
  • Ability to motivate, coach, influence, and inspire and not afraid to have tough conversations
  • Ability to set goals, prioritize work, analyze business performance, bring new ideas to the table and delegate effectively
  • Problem solvers who can think on their feet, bring people to compromise, and resolve conflict
  • Establish trust and confidence and develop positive relationships with employees, members, and guests

4. BA in Marketing with 2 years of Experience

  • Experience as an Accountant/Bookkeeper including payroll processing
  • Ability to take initiative, be dependable and resourceful, and pay keen attention to detail
  • Excellent organizational skills to enable successful management of multiple tasks on a timely basis in a fast-paced and demanding environment
  • Experience in computer systems operation and Microsoft applications
  • Working knowledge of the Kronos Timekeeping System 
  • Great interest in Business Development within the Automotive Industry
  • Good listener and communicator, convincing and proactive
  • Autonomous and able to manage priorities, but also a team player, keeping focus on the company’s interests
  • Comfortable taking initiative and motivated to reach planned and ambitious goals
  • Very good knowledge of English, spoken and written

5. BA in Supply Chain Management with 3 years of Experience

  • Experience in retail/store management - cross-industry experience is welcome
  • Demonstrated leadership ability with experience in a customer-facing sales setting
  • Ability to leverage data to understand the business and make decisions
  • Proven experience as a business manager or relevant role
  • Excellent organizational and leadership skills
  • Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities
  • Thorough understanding of diverse business processes and strategy development
  • Excellent knowledge of MS Office, databases, and information systems
  • Good understanding of research methods and data analysis techniques
  • Strong problem-solving skills and analytical abilities
  • Experience in the financial market or venture capital 
  • Proficiency in English and German

6. BA in Economics with 4 years of Experience

  • Experience in Social Enterprise, Australian Disability Enterprise - ADE
  • Financial Management Skills and sound business acumen (i.e. networking skills)
  • Exceptional communication skills, verbal and written
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment
  • Outstanding planning and organising skills, demonstrating initiative when working without direct supervision
  • Understanding of and adherence to working within personal and professional boundaries in a multicultural environment
  • Experience in building and nurturing brands
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams
  • Ability to contribute to setting and achieving budgets
  • Good grasp of Product Development, Marketing, Retail, Category Management, and Logistics

7. BA in Operations Management with 8 years of Experience

  • Strong organizational management and leadership skills
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications such as PowerPoint and Excel
  • Excellent customer relationship management skills, capable of establishing and maintaining relationships across the business, internal and external, and influencing design and policy 
  • Finance management - including budget management, forecasting and cost analysis
  • Confident, credible and capable of offering insightful commentary and advice to business leaders and peers and team members
  • Strong strategic planning capabilities (approaches and processes, tools, deliverables)
  • Strong knowledge of the insurance and BPO/captive business eco-system and the different factors that drive success
  • Strong understanding of external/environmental factors and its impacts to business operations
  • Fundamental knowledge of business consulting methods
  • Knowledge of structured communication approaches (i.e. pyramid principle)
  • Knowledge in financial modeling/analysis
  • Knowledge of the insurance industry and business processes
  • Knowledge of strategic planning and the transformation execution toolkit
  • Experience with HR tasks including payroll and/or General Ledger (GL) related duties
  • Fluent in VLOOKUP, functions, conditional formatting, pivot tables/charts, and formulas
  • Previous experience working with a range of experience levels 
  • Previous experience in a role charged with the responsibility of accounting, payroll, personnel and employment matters
  • Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP)
  • Experience in the broadcast industry

8. BA in Human Resource Management with 5 years of Experience

  • Proven track record with experience in new business sales, working with both large and medium-sized multi-national companies
  • Experience in selling across a range of vertical market sectors, including Manufacturing, Retail, Information Technology, Financial Services, Media and Professional Services
  • Understanding of business and market drivers to grow and retain the client base
  • Understanding of how services add value to the client and their customers through efficiency gains, identification of commercial opportunities and competitive advantage
  • Able to relate a feature of a technology to the mechanics of a business, and end up with a benefit
  • Able to identify with the Client at all levels and develop empathy with all key players within their organisation
  • Able to strengthen relationships, building upon a basis of success and mutual trust and respect
  • Demonstrates tenacity in gaining a positive outcome from any situation
  • Able to effectively qualify prospects and take ownership for personal sales performance through accurate forecasting
  • Effectively prioritises work activities to ensure a balanced pipeline is in place at all times
  • Able to analyse cost and sale price to effectively qualify opportunities, and to identify the best way to present a solution
  • Demonstrates a passion for sales achievement, setting high standards for self and others within the team unit
  • Able to demonstrate a successful track record in selling managed data/ voice services (i.e., MPLS, VPLS, IP, IP Transit, SDWAN, Leased lines and SIP), colocation and cloud services
  • Must have fluent English

9. BA in Management Information Systems with 3 years of Experience

  • Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with the ability to adapt to the uptake level of the audience (developers, product managers, and senior business leaders)
  • Ability to thrive in a diverse and dynamic team
  • Passion to create new products that meet consumers’ needs and aspirations
  • Self-starter who is naturally curious and enjoys working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
  • Ability to continuously challenge assumptions to seek innovative solutions
  • Proven track record of getting things done, managing multiple tasks including communication with internal and external teams, while consistently delivering on schedule
  • Experience in economics, negotiation, and team coordination
  • In-depth knowledge of project management as well as a commercial, technical, and legal understanding of the project
  • Confident handling of the MS Office programs
  • Analytical skills as well as a responsible and independent way of working
  • Very good knowledge/fluent in English

10. BA in Public Administration with 4 years of Experience

  • Understanding of CPAF and FFP contract structures
  • Experience and working knowledge of EVM methodologies
  • Must have experience in a business manager (or similar) role for a comparable-sized program
  • Experience with Work Breakdown Structures (WBSs), Basis of Estimates (BOEs), Resource Loaded Networks (RLNs), detailed Budgets, and Earned Value methodologies, estimates at completion (EACs)
  • Experience analyzing/reconciling subcontract invoices against EAC, travel and ODC expenditures, cash flow, profitability, unbillable, and commitment/accruals to validate current project status
  • Ability to obtain a Public Trust
  • Previous government contracting experience and Deltek Costpoint experience
  • Demonstrate ownership/accountability for the project controls work including leading 1-2 individuals
  • Working experience with a billing specialist, subcontractor management, monthly invoicing and other deliverables
  • Experience or knowledge in the Information Technology field
  • IT Project Management experience in a technical environment

11. BA in Entrepreneurship with 2 years of Experience

  • Sales/business development experience in a managerial capacity
  • Excellent problem-solving, presentation, lead generation and negotiation skills
  • Proficiency in CRM programs
  • Excellent organizational, leadership and problem-solving skills
  • Highly developed strategy and analytical skills
  • Thorough understanding of diverse business processes, strategy development and business planning
  • Energetic and adaptable, with an entrepreneurial mindset
  • Honest and transparent, with an unwavering focus on outcomes
  • A passion and ability to bring people together to align and coordinate efforts
  • Enthusiastic about having a positive social impact
  • Bilingual, with excellent Vietnamese and English (verbal and written)

12. BA in Retail Management with 5 years of Experience

  • Proven retail management/assistant retail management experience within cosmetics
  • Ability to provide inspirational, authentic and personalized customer service
  • Previous business planning experience including setting sales and customer service targets, sales analysis and staff scheduling
  • Previous retail operations experience including inventory and facilities management and cash reconciliation
  • Proven track record of leading a team to achieve sales and customer service targets
  • Experience in creating and executing in-store events
  • Ability to work retail hours including days, nights, weekends and special events in a fast-paced work environment
  • Previous experience with retail point-of-sale software
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office, applicants must be able to provide proof of right to live and work in the country if invited to attend for an interview

13. BA in Logistics with 4 years of Experience

  • Strong communication, strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Highly developed project management skills with impeccable attention to detail
  • Ability to build data-driven decks and communicate data insights in a crystal-clear way
  • Proven ability to work effectively with stakeholders at the most senior of levels and manage complex projects across multiple services and geographies
  • Independent worker with a proactive, flexible approach and ability to meet tight deadlines
  • Excellent organizational skills with the ability to effectively plan and prioritize workload
  • Ability to be resourceful in an ambiguous situation
  • Enthusiastic, versatile, motivated, with a ‘can-do’ attitude
  • Excellent English written/ verbal communication skills

14. BA in Communication with 3 years of Experience

  • Strong background in complex data analysis, strategic planning, and resource alignment
  • Retail food industry and/or business development experience
  • Extensive knowledge of Hispanic culture about business needs
  • Skilled at creating, implementing, and monitoring effective business plans
  • Ability to succeed in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, the ability to continuously improve processes
  • Ability to multitask to meet deadlines
  • Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
  • Ability to lift and carry items weighing up to 50 lbs
  • Ability to work independently without supervision and effectively manage time
  • Ability to accept supervisory coaching related to performance, work habits and attitude

15. BA in Real Estate Management with 6 years of Experience

  • Experience in leading a team
  • Ability to demonstrate excellent customer and industry relationships
  • Demonstrated strong commercial acumen, pricing and negotiation experience in a relevant business contracting environment
  • Able to present high-visibility material to both internal and external senior management
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Must be able to function in a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary sales and business development environment
  • Demonstrated ability to develop comprehensive bookings and business forecasts
  • Experience in Aerospace or Military/Commercial or manufacturing environment
  • Experience with SIOP (Sales, Inventory, and Operations plan)
  • Strong knowledge of customer and end-user operational needs and buying influences
  • Excellent time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities

16. BA in Economics and Finance with 7 years of Experience

  • Level of expertise and demonstrated experience in Product Management and/or Product Development discipline
  • Experience in and understanding of logistics or Industrial verticals experience with e-commerce solutions
  • Ability to make complex judgments and provide solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives
  • Ability to apply ingenuity and creativity to problem analysis and resolution in complicated and/or novel situations
  • Experience with and confidence in delivering presentations to clients and senior managers
  • Proven project management experience with a business perspective and strong process orientation, with a history of delivering results
  • Ability to organize and prioritize work with minimal guidance
  • Ability to manage time and shift priorities effectively while in a challenging operating environment, and under minimal guidance
  • Strong analytical skills with a keen instinct for how to gather meaningful data and synthesize it to represent a story
  • Experience producing and delivering executive-level presentations
  • Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
  • Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

17. BA in Industrial Management with 4 years of Experience

  • Technical understanding and knowledge of the relevant industry
  • Extensive team skills and ability to cross-functionally drive/influence work through others
  • Ability to mentor and lead teams to achieve results for complex, ambiguous projects
  • Extensive skills in cost-efficient solution building, financial performance metric creation and analysis
  • Extensive business acumen and knowledge of root cause analysis and problem detection
  • Technical understanding and knowledge of the relevant industry and the ability to provide product-specific technical training to the team
  • Good network in SME segments/ SME customers for lending
  • Having financial knowledge about business banking / commercial banking
  • Proven sales experience and result orientation
  • Strong sales acumen with good selling and interpersonal skills
  • Self-confident, ambitious, and willing to take challenges
  • High energy level, aggressive and can-do attitude
  • Knowledge of hardware, software and programming
  • Fast learner, independent and capable of working under pressure and efficiently

18. BA in Communication with 3 years of Experience

  • Work experience in the financial industry (banking, forex, binary)
  • Business fluency in the Vietnamese and English languages
  • Good computer skills (Microsoft Word/ Excel)
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work on own initiative, expand and generate business
  • Prior tech industry-related BD experience, SaaS 
  • Prior experience in a startup environment
  • Strong written/oral communication, as well as interpersonal skills in Vietnamese and English
  • Proven knowledge and execution of successful development strategies

19. BA in Actuarial Science with 1 year of Experience

  • Experience in the Freight Forwarding industry
  • Experience in managing sales visits/sales pipelines/sales reporting via CRM sales tool
  • Proven track record in sales and business development in the market
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Possesses very strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
  • Able to manage workloads effectively and meet deadlines

20. BA in Organizational Leadership with 7 years of Experience

  • Sales and business development experience in the IT Training industry
  • Ability to communicate (written and verbal) in English and Vietnamese
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and proven business development experience at CxO level
  • Experience conducting Training Needs Assessments and developing training plans
  • Experience engaging and presenting to senior executives (CXO level)
  • Strong commercial experience and business acumen
  • Previous experience working in large multi-national companies and managing large, complex accounts
  • Experience leading a team of technical professionals
  • Technical background in engineering or computer science
  • Knowledge of Amazon Web Services or Cloud Computing concepts
  • Business Development, Marketing, and training delivery experience
  • Experience working in US Technology companies
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
  • Experience in managing external vendors, distributors, partners or learning providers

21. BA in Construction Management with 8 years of Experience

  • Experience in leading a sales team within a culture of personal accountability
  • Experience in Diagnostics or Medical Device sales role - Clinical Diagnostics, Blood Transfusion, Immunoheematology or Hematology
  • Proficient at analyzing commercial data and identifying key trends or drivers of change
  • Solid understanding of trends in the diagnostic market and factors that influence the marketplace
  • Fluency in English and French
  • Experience in operational leadership or senior management positions
  • Current working experience and knowledge of the local education system
  • Creativity and ability to develop ideas independently and execute on them with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, start-up environment
  • Excellent communication skills, including written, analytical, and verbal
  • Ability to operate both strategically and tactically in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
  • High degree of organization, detail orientation, and ability to manage multiple, competing priorities
  • Willingness to roll up sleeves and do the work, including analysis and narratives that communicate plans, ideas, and opportunities
  • Sound business judgment, ability to influence effectively, and willingness to simplify
  • Deep understanding of online marketplace dynamics and experience with marketplace business models

22. BA in Sports Management with 2 years of Experience

  • Relevant industry work experience in management consulting, strategy and planning, business development, and ideally within the mobile internet, digital content, or gaming
  • Ability to prioritize and scale revenue-driving efforts, use data, analytics, and financial models to tell the story internally and externally
  • Solid track record of successful project management and business negotiation, working across functions to achieve goals
  • Outstanding ability to develop great presentations and present them to different audiences
  • Excellent integrity, a sense of humor, and excellent interpersonal skills
  • Deep curiosity about the mobile apps ecosystem with fluency in standard business models and knowledge of the competitive landscape
  • Knowledge and experience with the creator ecosystem, creator monetization, and community management

23. BA in Accounting with 5 years of Experience

  • Experience as a design operations practitioner or creative/design producer, either in an agency or in-house creative team
  • Experience performing budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analysis for creative/design teams
  • Fluent in financials and can articulate the business implications and tradeoffs in decision making
  • Extraordinary analytical and quantitative skills and experience slicing and dicing large data sets in Excel
  • Solid presentation skills - able to communicate insights and recommendations to senior partners based on analysis
  • Equally proficient at driving partnerships with internal teams and external partners
  • Great process builder--passion for optimizing and simplifying workflows for ease of use and consistency
  • Quickly assesses, breaks down, and prioritizes problems and opportunities
  • Experience working within established company policies and procedures and handling business risk
  • Experience working with globally distributed teams and leading the complexities of a global program

24. BA in Public Administration with 1 year of Experience

  • Working experience in business analysis, business management or program management
  • Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
  • Strategic planning and execution experience
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Proactive, able to work in a flexible, fast-paced environment
  • Experience leading cross-disciplinary virtual teams and driving key business development initiatives from creation to implementation in partnership with senior Microsoft executives
  • Demonstrated ability to influence executive leadership on complex business topics
  • Understanding of technology industry trends, and aptitude to understand and communicate Microsoft’s product roadmap

25. BA in Management Information Systems with 3 years of Experience

  • Experience in business development within the gaming industry
  • Deep understanding of the mobile game market and an extensive network of top developers
  • Strong spoken and written English, Native-level Chinese fluency and ability to communicate and cooperate across cultures
  • Self-motivated problem solver and able to learn quickly and continuously excel in a fast-paced, KPI-driven team
  • Basic familiarity with brand licensing and/or experience in an IP-related project
  • Deep knowledge and experience with app ecosystem and mobile technology, with solid understanding of different monetization models including IAP, subscriptions, and the creator economy
  • Natural aptitude for translating trends, data, and analytics into insights and stories and using them to generate or influence new strategies
  • Outstanding relationship management and interpersonal skills, with the ability to foster strong internal and external partnerships and handle complex negotiations
  • Excellent presentation skills, demonstrated ability to synthesize data and information into persuasive, impactful reports and presentations
  • Solid project management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple tasks, prioritize workloads, and adhere to tight deadlines while maintaining exceptional attention to detail
  • Strong integrity, passion for innovation, and desire to learn and succeed

26. BA in Entrepreneurship with 2 years of Experience

  • Equivalent work history with experience in project management or construction-related Business Process development
  • Recent experience working with data, metrics, road mapping and construction business management systems
  • Recent experience in construction procurement, management or business-related operations for large-scale, complex projects involving multiple disciplines
  • Experience with large-scale construction technical operations or large-scale compute farms, including procurement or business management
  • Able to read and interpret construction bid/procurement documents and financial information
  • Ability to perform business case analysis to justify project scope and financial positions for management review
  • Experience rolling out new software tools
  • Possesses clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to use data to justify conclusions

27. BA in Business Administration with 9 years of Experience

  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills to work across all levels of the organization
  • Proactive, forward-thinking, and able to synthesize disparate information effectively and quickly into clear recommendations, actions, and decisions
  • Organizational agility, with the ability to rapidly gain and build trust, build relationships, and impact and influence partners across the organization
  • Strong project management skills, with the ability to drive results across a distributed set of stakeholders across multiple overlapping projects
  • Proven ability to respectfully influence, motivate, negotiate, collaborate and partner with multiple stakeholders across all levels of authority and leadership
  • Precision, attention to detail, and the ability to use products to build processes that invite collaboration and drive efficiencies
  • Strong judgment, ability to consider an issue from multiple perspectives, and synthesize insights
  • Recognizes trends and identifies systematic approaches to solving problems in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment
  • Exceptional verbal, written communication skills, ability to synthesize and explain complex concepts and communicate with senior leaders
  • Efficient, strategic problem solver who is comfortable working independently, thinking holistically about key issues, and helping influence positive outcomes
  • Ability to maintain poise under pressure
  • Agile learner with executive maturity and discretion
  • Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program in a business-related field or in a field that corresponds to the particular department of employment
  • Expansive work experience in office procedures and administration, or in performing responsibilities related to the operational activities of the employing unit
  • Experience in a supervisory role
  • Experience with word processing, database, spreadsheet, presentation software and/or desktop publishing, web page software
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively as a team member in a busy, deadline-oriented environment
  • Ability to work independently using sound judgement
  • Self-starter whose strengths include problem solving, critical and analytical thinking
  • Working knowledge of MSU EBS Finance, BI, and SAP/HR
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