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The Equities business is seeking an experienced project management professional to join our Global Equities Business Execution team in Mumbai. The Equities business includes Cash Equity, Equity Derivatives, Delta One, Prime Finance, Futures and Derivatives Clearing. As the local and global representation for Equities, this role will participate in various management forums that cross the business as well as the second line of defense.
The role will manage various projects within Equities Business including business optimization and process simplification. The candidate will work closely with the regional Equities Business Execution team as well as Platform team to scope, define and implement these key initiatives. Such projects may include participating in or managing local and global initiatives.
- Business optimization initiatives within APAC Equities Business.
- Coordinate / Consolidate the Asia book of work into the global agenda.
- Create best practices for project management for the APAC Business Execution/Business to allow for better execution of initiatives.
- APAC representative for the Global cross Equity core and strategic projects.
The responsibilities:
- Lead multiple complex projects and/or special assignments concurrently.
- Act as a strategic thought leader from project conception through implementation.
- Identify critical stakeholders and deliver effective communication (written and verbal) to all levels including executive management.
- Collaborate across the Business, Technology, Operations, Risk, Data Privacy, Market Data, Legal, Compliance, Credit Organization, In-Business Controls, and In Business Risk organizations.
- Drive project and business requirements; includes interviewing business process or products owners, authoring requirements, scope, gaining approvals, updating project scope changes.
- Maintain and distribute meeting minutes, project summaries and project documentation. Deliver effective communication (written and verbal) to all levels including management.
- Communicate to executive teams utilizing dashboards, decks and/or material appropriate for senior leadership review and discussions; develop metrics/measurements as needed.
- Review IT design and technical documents to ensure they effectively meet business/operational needs based on project requirements.
- Track, update, escalate and communicate project issues, risks and gaps, and action items while driving identification of priority and project or program impact.
- Develop and execute project plans, conduct follow ups and update project documentation in accordance with established processes.
- Act as the primary Business liaison throughout project stages, making key project decisions, identifying Business owners, escalating Business risks and issues, taking responsibility to deliver Business tasks.
- Drive post implementation tasks, archive documents, participate in lessons learned meetings, project rollout and post- implementation product results tracking.
- Oversee and govern Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) specific to product, if required
- Draft and manage relevant related initiatives through the regional New Products Approval (NPA) process, Cross Border Data and Privacy Risk assessments, when necessary
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record, advanced degree (a plus)
- 5 or more years project management, or business analyst experience
- Experience of Asian markets and Equities businesses such as Prime, Derivatives and Cash
- Experience of Front to Back Process review
- Experienced at creating, publishing, updating and communicated project requirements, project plans, test, and mitigation plans.
- Experienced at summarizing and clearly articulating issues and risks to project team and management.
- Experience managing projects in a regulatory required control environment.
- Demonstrate strong sense of ownership and accountability for tasks and projects, consistently driving initiatives to successful completion.
- Openness and enthusiasm for exploring and adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions to enhance project management efficiencies and outcomes.
- Ability to produce high-quality documentation including standard operating procedures and requirements documents.
- A strong understanding of business procedures, financial services, and technical terminology
- Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, organizational, analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
- People/Team management and large-scale planning experience
- Understands waterfall and agile practices and principles.
- Proficient in MS PPT, Word, Excel, Visio, and knowledge of Process Management dashboards.
- Domain knowledge and experience in Regulatory, Tax, Finance, Risk, Credit Management, Data Management is a plus.
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
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Job Family Group: Business Strategy, Management & Administration------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:Business Execution & Administration------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:Full time------------------------------------------------------
Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.------------------------------------------------------
Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------
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