Avp/vp, Project Manager, Apac Nfrr Transformation, Global Operations

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This job is responsible for supporting programs and projects specific to corporate change initiatives that impact how the bank does business, provides a product or service, or executes a function. Key responsibilities include assisting department managers with critical change initiatives and communicating, influencing, and negotiating both vertically and horizontally to obtain or leverage necessary resources. Job expectations include delivering regulatory and executive material and ensuring results align to program strategy, simplification, and new capabilities.

The role will be as a Project Manager working on the Transformation team within NFRR, Tax and Credit Reporting Operations. The key purpose of the role is to collaborate with business & support partners to deploy change in support of bank's Non Financial Regulatory Reporting (NFRR) capability which includes Transaction Reporting. Responsibilities comprise prioritizing, planning and implementing multiple and varied change initiatives which are either regulatory mandated or discretionary in nature.

The extent of the Transformation team's involvement in projects depends on the ownership, nature, scale and complexity of each. For some projects the team manages the initiative from inception through to implementation of the solution. For others, the team is accountable for just part of the project life cycle, such as production of a business case and requirements or co-ordination of user acceptance testing. In delivering a project, the team works closely with the Transaction Reporting Controls Group, Global Markets Operations functions, as well as other stakeholders including the Front Office/COOs, Technology, Finance, Compliance, Legal and Tax.
- Managing small to large scale projects
- Identifying and managing project risks and issues
- Developing project schedules and milestones
- Maintaining project reporting on progress against plan and budget utilization
- Producing any other project or governance related documentation
- Meeting all global Change policies and requirements (ECM) consistently
- Running working groups and Steering Committees as required
- Managing acceptance testing in line with testing strategy where applicable
- Conducting post-implementation reviews in order to draw out lessons learnt and ensure benefit realization.

**Responsibilities**:

- Assists with defining program controls, processes, procedures, reporting cadence, decision governance structures, and ways of working with key stakeholders
- Partners closely with project sponsors, cross-functional teams, and assigned project managers to develop the scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget, and timing for new change initiatives
- Supports the execution of defined tasks through tracking of program milestones and their statuses, developing program plans, and measuring progress against ongoing key performance indicators
- Analyzes, evaluates, and overcomes program risks and produces program reports for managers and stakeholders
- Identifies key requirements for cross-functional teams and external vendors to perform in alignment with the program objectives
- Works with other program managers to identify risks and opportunities across multiple projects within the department, leading them to negotiate decision making for efficient and effective resolution
- Meets with stakeholders to provide transparency into project issues and decisions on services, builds positive relationships, asks questions, and uses tools to uncover root causes to challenges, identify opportunities, and make recommendations

**Skills**:

- Process Design
- Program Management
- Project Management
- Reporting
- Strategy Planning and Development
- Issue Management
- Oral Communications
- Presentation Skills
- Prioritization
- Problem Solving
- Performance Management
- Process Performance Management
- Process Simplification
- Risk Management
- Workforce Planning

**Required Skills**:

- Significant experience working in project / change management
- Previous global markets / regulatory projects background
- Working knowledge of one or more of the APAC or global transaction reporting jurisdictions (e.g. MAS, JFSA, HKTR, MIFID2 etc.)
- Strong business partnering skills with individua