Role Summary
WMIS Hub Finance Division is in-charge of the implementation and maintenance of WM Finance applications and
the data flows to group tool. Primarily on Profitability Management and Reporting, Management Reporting, Liquidity reporting, etc. Regulatory projects such as IFRS9, BCBS 239, were also under Finance Division responsibility. The main stakeholders are the Local Finance, WM HO Finance and also Group Finance.
Our client is transforming the finance reporting from all the regions and entities globally. As part of this transformation program, our client would also require to meet the Group objectives to consolidate its data to the Group platform OFS (One Financial System).
We are looking for a suitable Senior Project Manager/Business Analyst to join the Division to run the multi-year project.
Main Responsibilities
- Drive deliverables and ensure projects delivered according to the agreed scope of Metier Business requirements and Group Finance requirements and within the committed estimate and timeline.
- Have a clear understanding of the requirements and scope of the project and keep a backlog of CR to manage scope creep.
- Have strong organization and structuring capability to manage the deliveries and project activities.
- Prepare project estimation and capacity planning.
- Manage stakeholders including Senior Sponsors, Business Users, etc.
- Prepare and Manage SteerCo.
- Plan and drive the delivery milestones following our client’s project governance from Initial conceptualization to go-live.
- Monitor and control the deliveries of projects.
- Anticipate and mitigate risks and issues over the whole project course.
- Manage arbitration with Sponsors or other stakeholders.
- Prepare and maintain Project governance documentations.
- Work in a global team with stakeholders from Europe and Asia.
- Program budget and planning definition breaking down the project into smaller and manageable transitions stages.
- Multi-year program capacity plan : detailed plan by projects.
- Project estimation and managed project requirement change / scope creep.
- Ensure the good relationship with business sponsors and stakeholders across the organization.
- Business requirements consolidation and formal validation.
- Prepare migration and testing strategy consolidation and formal validation.
- Centralize Program information and status from all contributing teams and transversal teams.
- Organize and run dedicated meetings or committees, as required.
- Report on the stream to the OFS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, in parallel to Divisions Heads.
- Identify and report on program risks, attention points and issues to follow-up.
- Coordinate with all teams, from same division or other divisions, working on the same program.
- Conduct workshops and meetings with users and Group teams to identify requirements.
- Work with users of Core-banking system and Finance systems.
- Collaborate with the team of multiple divisions to drive the project to completion.
- Review Functional Specifications and provide necessary inputs to BA.
- Able to challenge the AS-IS situation and propose solutions.
- Contribute to the full development lifecycle primarily in requirement gathering design, solution design, construction, SIT, UAT, release and implementation support.
- Work with the development team, Business analyst, Solution architects, Application SME’s to design the functional solutions.
- Responsible for managing & reporting functional risks.
- Responsible for project team’s coordination (regular follow up meetings) and communication with Sponsors.
- SteerCo preparation & presentation and experience is managing difficult questions from stakeholders during SteerCo is a must.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or relevant fields.
- At least 10 years of relevant experience as a Project Manager and/or Business Analyst.
- Hands on experience in the following areas in IT system implementations: Financial Accounting, Liquidity Management, Counterparty Credit-risk, Finance Regulatory Reporting, Core banking solutions data flows, Data quality.
- Demonstrable experience in a similar role in the Banking Wealth Management industry.
- Highly organised and well structured.
- Experience working throughout the entire IT project life cycle; including analyzing and documenting requirements, workshops, testing and stakeholder management throughout.
- Good knowledge and working capability of product life cycle like loans, deposits, derivatives, Guarantees, securities etc.
- Should have knowledge on Accounting/Finance group reporting system implementation lifecycle.
- Should have good knowledge and understanding of the information flow and various business functions in a financial services/bank.
- Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
- Able to conduct the workshops with business teams and challenging the requirements.
- Collaborate with teams and work with groups effectively spread across various regions.
- Strong critical thinker with problem solving aptitude.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- PMP certified / Scrum certification would be advantageous.
- Prior experience in managing Finance and regulatory projects with multiple sub-streams.
- Demonstrated capacity to work under pressure, as there are multiple stream of projects, having overlapping deliveries, with resources in multiple locations.
- Ability to collaborate and communicate with multiple teams and other stakeholders to maintain harmony.
- Drive, organize all deliverables, monitor and track the progress to closure.
- Reacts positively to feedback.
