Director - Asset Servicing - Bank

Director-Asset Servicing

Key responsibilities:

- Head of Asset Services- IB for India covering Pune location with responsibility for circa ~60 staff providing Operations support across APAC, EMEA and US

- Develop and implement a multiyear strategy for Asset Services in collaboration with business and technology

- Strategically influence the Asset services road map to ensure the organization are at or above competitor levels in terms of platforms and infrastructure.

- Engage in client reviews to ensure best in class service is delivered, monitoring client satisfaction & service levels

- Management of budget and headcount to hit relevant targets

- Empower and develop staff, identifying training and development needs to ensure effective succession planning and development of capability and development of strong supervision. Promotes an inclusive environment and are the voice for diversity at all levels.

- Drive and lead a team culture of high performance, ownership, integrity and passion to deliver against the Bank's strategic targets

- Management of core BAU deliveries and establishing strong oversight & governance across multiple regulatory jurisdictions

- Act as a final escalation point for escalations, controls, key processes and risk indicators

- Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk, conduct and compliance and audit matters.

- Provide strong governance around monthly processes including preparation of governance fora, scorecards, MIS and Management Reporting to senior stakeholder.

Your skills and experience:

- Director Level experience in Middle Office, Sales/Trading Support, Risk Management, Product Control, or Front Office with good product understanding of Asset Services

- Strong understanding of Fixed Income/Equity products. Appreciation of the risks in the various processes in Asset Services and systems.

- Ability to lead in virtual teams and matrixed organizations, often across multiple business cultures and organizational disciplines

- Liaising with internal and external teams to propose developments to the current architecture to ensure greater compliance with Regulatory requirements and drive improved STP processing

- Ability to share information, transfer knowledge and expertise to wider team members and management

- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, develop and lead by example to drive optimum performance, including ability to share information, transfer knowledge and expertise to wider team members and management

- Proven experience running stakeholder meetings, and management of critical issues and ability to influence and manage a senior stakeholder audience

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with proven experience of reporting complex concepts to senior management

- Strong analytical, problem solving and strategic planning, with a continuous process improvement mind-set; ability derive and make sound and balance decisions through data gathering and impact analysis.