Vice President - IFRS 17 Project Management - BFSI

Job Description:

Role Responsibilities-

The role holder shall work as an IFRS 17 project manager (Individual contributor) with in Finance Portfolio change team; in addition to project management for GL implementation role holder shall support testing activities for accounting and reporting workstream align to overall approved Group IFRS 17 testing strategy.

- Acquire an in-depth understanding of the Finance System platforms - General Ledger, Financial Reporting, Disclosures and MI reporting.

- Create L3/L4 detailed project plans including risk and issue plan, communication and governance project plan; stakeholder management plan

- Create Test management plans and Test Sign-off reports.

- Analyze requirements and conditions and prepare Test Scenarios, Test Conditions & Scripts.

- Perform testing analysis to ensure that all business requirements are met and suitable test processes are in place to verify and validate them.

- Identify the test coverage of the scripts and prioritize them understanding the business impact.

- Leverage, maintain and administer defect management tools in an efficient and effective manner.

- Support test infrastructure, such as test management tools and test reporting.

- Support Group and country IFRS 17 teams and Finance and Insurance management team and project stakeholders in the testing process.

Customer Focus -

The Project team believes in bringing the customers - both internal and external - to the centre of what we do. To do this we need to understand, anticipate and fulfill the unique needs and expectations of each stakeholder. To help deliver this we are additionally looking for someone who:

- Can demonstrate a keen interest and enthusiasm to understand their customers- priorities;

- Is a self-starter but also a team player ready to help others and contribute to the overall success;

- Listens, questions and delivers; and

- Is reliable and responsive, and can put the needs of the customer first.

- Responsible for defining & maintaining efficient communication procedures with Business Partners, IT teams and senior management.

- Responsible for efficient functional/ administrative support to finance testing and project teams.

- Responsible for Task prioritization and resource allocation based on resource competency, timely delivery of tasks with highest quality and satisfaction to business partners.

Team Focus

- To develop positive relationships with peers, members of Finance teams (Finance Functional Leads, etc.) and IT liaisons.

- Promote teamwork within respective sub-teams.

- Assess development needs of team members and provide necessary help/ guidance for improvement.

- Identify training needs within the team and arrange for necessary nomination & approvals.

- Facilitate an open environment that encourages staff to identify improvement areas and effective solutions.

Skills/Experience Required-

- 15+ years of overall of relevant work experience in Insurance and finance domain

- Global project manager with working experience in overseas market preferably in Hong Kong/APAC Market

- Extensive working experience in creating Project Plans, Test Strategy, Testing plans, Test Management, Functional Testing Analysis of a big size finance projects

- Prior hands on experience supporting end-2-end testing for a significant change project in Finance General Ledger and reporting systems Financial Accounting and Regulatory Reporting domain

- Must have UAT Test Management experience working with senior business & technology stakeholders

- Must have Data Testing Experience reconciling data between data flows across multiple upstream and downstream finance systems

- Knowledge of software testing and defect management tools (HP Quality Center)

- Must have worked on Finance System Implementation Projects as an Individual contributor

- Must be able to produce high-quality documentation and has previously served as a liaison to user communities and management teams

- Must exhibit extremely professional demeanor and must be comfortable working with all members of the team including senior management

- Must have excellent attention to detail, be able to work within tight deadlines and within high pressure environments

- Proven evidence of strong communication skills used to successfully lead, coordinate and conclude business discussion sessions

- Ability to initiate and drive discussions with key stakeholders to effective conclusion

- Capable of organizing and managing day to day activities/initiatives for self & team independently

- Ability to take day to day operational decisions on critical tasks for self & team independently

- Good team player with proven ability of working with colleagues within/outside of own functional area/team

- Ability to multi-task on activities within & outside of the immediate functional area/team

- Demonstrated capability to learn and improve self & team's performance on an on-going basis

- Capable of undertaking transfer of knowledge through training/coaching within & outside of team

Additional Information / Specific Skills (If Any) :

Desirable:

- Knowledge of PeopleSoft Financials (General Ledger, Reporting Tools Infrastructure components, etc)

- Testing certification(s) (Certified Software Tester (CSTE), Certified Software Testing Professional (CSTP), ISTQB Certified Tester etc.)

- Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) or Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) Certification.