Senior Manager - Business Execution - BFSI

Department Overview:

Business Solutions sits within Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) Operations and team plays a vital role in project management life cycle. Performing various roles, starting from business analysis to writing BRDs/test scripts, coordinating UAT to project go-live. Team also has production support roles for the Broadridge suite of applications and technical roles to support reporting solutions. In Summary, Business Solutions is a backbone and act as a bridge between the business users and the technology team to ensure project objectives are met on time and on budget. Team also contributes in preparing monthly, semi-annual & annual metrics on project delivery to executive management.

About this role:

This position will focus on delivering the change portfolio Product & Strategic Delivery under Corporate & Investment Banking space from I&P. The role will support onshore Product & Strategic Delivery Team in delivery of their change projects across the line of businesses.

In this role, you will:

- Manage and develop a team of Business Execution Consultants while ensuring successful planning, integration, impasse resolution, and measurement of operations with moderate to high complexity and visibility.

- The position requires regular interaction with various stakeholders, business partners globally and in the region other Operations groups, and technology teams.

- A proven leader with minimum 15 years of relevant domain experience who understands the CIB business & Project, Product & Change Management experience in Investment Banking Products

- Strong understanding of Operational and other associated risk, successful performance in a risk-based environment with a proven track record of risk reduction

- Engage functional leaders to obtain resources, influence outcomes, address conflict, and ensure alignment with Bank's policies and business line objectives.

- Identify potential risks when implementing change along with developing mitigation strategies and plans

- Recommend opportunities for Business Execution process improvement.

- Determine appropriate strategies and actions of multiple business groups to meet moderate to high complex deliverables.

- Interpret procedures and processes, and provide leadership to strategize and execute a variety of programs, services, and initiatives that are significant in scope, complexity, and risk

- Collaborate with and influence functional business partners, leaders, and executive management to provide support and drive strategic initiatives for the business

- Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Business Execution

- Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy

Required Qualifications:

- Overall 15+ years of Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning experience

- Minimum 10+ years of Investment banking experience in in extensive product management & change management space.

- Experience in various lines of businesses in Securities Operations such as; Pre Settlements, Domestic & International Settlements, Fed & Custody settlements, Asset Servicing, Funding Operations and Syndicate in CIB business.

- Working knowledge of DTCC

- Experience in Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning experience.

- Minimum 5+ years of People Management experience

- Experience in Agile implementation approach/methodology

- General knowledge of Wealth & Investment Management principles, including Trading, Clearing & Reconciliation, Asset Servicing, and Client Reporting

- Resource management experience

- Knowledge of SDLC and full lifecycle testing of software development

- Engage business stakeholders in integrating or implementing business execution initiatives.

- Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement, redesign, change management initiatives, and risk control development.

- Make decisions and resolve issues regarding operations of the team to meet business objectives.

- Interpret and develop policies and procedures aligned with Bank's business line objectives.

- Should be flexible to work in 3pm IST to 12am IST.

Desired Qualifications:

- Experience in Broadridge applications such as BPS, IMPACT & GLOSS,

- Good to have experience in other CIB businesses like FX operations, Middle office, Client data & Securities Reference Data, Client onboarding, Tax Ops and Regulatory reporting.

- Experience at a Strategy Consulting firm and working in international environment.

- Ability to partner & collaborate with stakeholders located both locally & globally in achieving shared business objectives & goals

- Understand data flows from ingestion to output for covered applications

- Maintain routines to track progress against published project deliverable timelines

- Leverage relationships with Operations, Technology and QA to schedule change delivery.

- Knowledge in Agile/SDLC Methodologies

- Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint) skills

- Ability to work in a fast paced deadline driven environment

- Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills.

- Candidate must have experience in Capital Markets & Investment banking space.