Associate Manager - Business Project Management - Finance Domain - KPO/BPO/BFS

Roles & Responsibilities

- As a Business PM, your responsibilities will include conceptualizing, to coordinate or independently lead projects for middle office.

- The role will encompass proposing and driving strategic/innovative enhancements related to Trade Management, Trade Support(STP/ Alert/ Claims), Client Reporting, Cash Management, Cash Processing, Derivatives (ETD or OTC), Asset Servicing, Reconciliation etc.

- To support the implementation of the program or project level processes, procedures, performance metrics and any other project related documentation as appropriate.

- Consult with business stakeholders to clarify and define complex project requirements, budgets and business cases, including statements of work using industry best practices.

- Create and deliver presentations to educate the stakeholders. Conduct workshops on program or project goals, and detailed work-plans / traceability matrices, including weekly progress reports, working across multiple lines of business and functions to ensure program / project deliverables are met.

- Demonstrate and maintain effective time management skills even in tight deadlines.

- To ensure project-related risks are identified, tracked, reported to program and curbed or controlled from impacting the project at all stages.

- The role would also encompass leading the entire business change programs, define pre-requirements and Business needs to improve global activity proposing harmonized and standardized process enhancements solutions matching with the global strategic plan

Primary responsibilities : 

- Individual contributor role with mentorship to junior members.

- Project management responsibilities to plan and manage the schedule, project deliverables and to manage the stakeholders

- Communicating with Business users, IT & Fund Accounting/Custody teams

- Define & implement best business practices

- Contribute to productivity by ensuring sustainability of core projects and tools

- Contribute to Identify weaknesses in the current process & system

- Recommend improvements minimizing manual workload and reducing risks

- Collect Business investment ideas and requests for initiatives

- Coordinate and ensure transversal communication with all concerned parties

Knowledge and skills required : 

- Demonstrates expertise of multiple business functions.

- Strong analytical skills, detail orientation, service commitment, and solid organizational and interpersonal skills.

- Knowledge of tools, best practices and methodologies Project & Programme management

- Ability to work independently, as well as in a team environment, prioritizes multiple tasks

- Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), MS Visio.

- Thorough understanding of all capital market instruments and Fund accounting knowledge.

- Strong analytical, logical and problem-solving skills

- Demonstrate business & product knowledge across middle office with an understanding of the trade cycle throughout middle office and downstream implications to all the stakeholders.

- Excellent oral and verbal communications

- Strong influencing/negotiating skills and stake holder management

- Inquisitiveness and Innovative mind-set

- Experience in Middle Office operations is desirable.