Job Description:
Client : One of the leading European Investment Banks in Bangalore
Role Title : Project/ Program Manager
Educational Requirements
• Master - University graduate in Finance / Management/Chartered Accountants/CPA
• Certification required -IFRS/IAS
Range of Experience
• Minimum 13-15 years of Project Management experience in a Investment Bank.
• Detailed knowledge of Internal Audit a must
• Understanding of IB Process.
Skills required
• Role requires routine interaction with Regional counterparts, so strong hold on oral & written communication is must.
• Balance Sheet Substantiation and analysis.
• Transfer Pricing Computation Knowledge related to Global Income / Cost sharing
• Financial Reporting and Analysis.
• Management Reporting including preparation of dashboards to senior management
• Knowledge of international accounting framework (IFRS 9 / IAS standards)
• Knowledge of banking environment and products
• Knowledge of prudential and regulatory environments (Basel III, COREP, FINREP)
Responsibilities & Duties
Quality Assurance: The Program Manager will conduct project health checks to assess the ability of projects to deliver their benefits.
They will challenge progress, scope, financials, resourcing and delivery plans to evidence controlled delivery.
They will work closely with the Project and Program Managers providing delivery advice, making recommendations for improvement and
supporting projects on the implementation of standards and best practice.
In addition The Program Manager will help define, document and roll-out new Policies, Processes and Tools.
Project Reporting, Definition and Information Management:
The Program Manager will be accountable for the production of timely and accurate information with analysis to facilitate Senior Management decision making.
This will include supporting the production of monthly cost and status reporting, key project documentation (e.g. project initiation documents, business case, etc.,
gaining a detailed understanding of the projects in their portfolio to answer ad hoc questions from senior management.
Portfolio Analysis: The Program Manager will quickly develop a detailed understanding their portfolio and will be expected to provide recommendations
and opinions to management on improvements that can be made (e.g. in terms of scope to ensure alignment with strategy, improvements in planning to ensure projects can be executed on a timely basis).
Relationship Management:
The Program Manager will collaborate with a variety of groups across the Firm.
They will need to quickly develop credibility with their clients and maintain relationships to ensure accurate and detailed project health checks
and information requests can be answered as required.
They will be expected to advise and influence senior stakeholders within the Finance organization to ensure projects are executed in line with standards.
WOW Factor of this JOB:
To provide strategic view towards the growth of the business.
Greater visibility with the Senior Management in the Organization.
Manage and execute projects that have global as well as regional impact.
Job Summary
The Program Manager will interface internally with multiple team leaders, Exco, second level control team,Internal Audit team and external auditors
to understand their requirements, roadmap, procedures and in tandem work with functional teams on understanding as-is processes, internal controls,
procedures and provide relevant services / solution through the various initiatives / programs.
To be successful in this role you will have sound knowledge of Investment banking regulatory environment,
Financial reporting under IFRS, Regulation for Banks in European Union, superior communication, ability to build long term scalable solution through automation,
negotiation and organizational skills, .
Operating in a fast-moving and ambiguous environment you will work autonomously taking full control and responsibility for achieving business objectives.
This role provides opportunities to develop original ideas, approaches, and solutions in a competitive and ever changing business climate
This role will require the candidate to take on a variety of project delivery roles, Process improvements, Review of Level-1 controls,
Close Co-ordination with Internal and External Auditor which involves delivery of improvements to the Systems & processes,
Internal Control from initial concept; requirements analysis; verification & validation; through to transition to the business.
This individual will work with stakeholders across the operations, projects, and IT teams to clearly understand the business issues behind each program of work
in the Investment banking space and beyond; to analyze requirements for change;
To deliver these changes through their lifecycle (including testing and managing change as they are rolled out);
To provide reporting and analysis of delivery during the life cycle; to support users of the service; and
Toprovide analysis of service success by managing key service performance indicators.
Overall, the Program manager will closely work with DFIN Exco and other relevant stakeholders and take ownership of the improvement initiatives within DFIN,
SPOC for all the ongoing Internal and external Audit, ECB reviews, provide update to DFIN Exco, bring in efficiency by understanding the Auditor requirements,
co-ordinating and collating the required information.