business manager

Corporate operations supervisor

A business manager handles the financial and administrative affairs of a person, organization, or enterprise.

For performers and artists, a business manager oversees contracts, investments, and day-to-day money matters—distinct from an agent who finds work or a personal manager who guides career direction.

In companies, the role varies widely but typically involves budgets, operations, and staff coordination.

Opposites
organizational role hierarchy

business managersubordinate

One lower in rank

junior staff · trainee · intern · underling · executive

operational function

business managerlaborer

Physical task performer

skilled tradesperson · manual worker · individual contributor · craftsperson · performer

organizational relationship to ownership

business managerbusiness owner

Someone running their enterprise

owner · founder · proprietor · entrepreneur · sole proprietor

Family

business, manager, busyness, busily, businesses, manage, manages, managed, managing

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G