Assistant Vice President - Financial Risk Management Strategic Projects - BFS

FRM Strategic Projects India AVP

- In view of heightened expectations from regulators and to ensure a strong and consistent global control environment, continues to enhance cross-divisional governance and program management. Driving completion of deliverables that are complex, highly time-sensitive and often closely inter-linked is of critical importance when developing efficiency around financial resources.

- Regulatory deadlines, complex calculations, and a broad spectrum of stakeholders require rigorous project management and the ability to synthesize large data sets into meaningful conclusions. In this role, you will be a part the Strategic Projects team, acting as a catalyst of project progress by communicating with stakeholders, developing analytics, and critically challenging strategy & tactics. You will be involved in the many diverse activities FRM engages in, to support the overall project portfolio and achieve the ICG strategy.

- In line with the project-oriented nature of the Strategic Projects Team within ICG FRM, the focus of this role will be to lead and coordinate projects that are of the highest priority for the ICG in the areas of capital planning and RWA accuracy that have implications on the firm's bottom-line and strategic objectives.

- The initial focus of this role will be to develop a Framework to improve accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of Basel RWA production. The candidate will be a senior member of a soon to be established tactical working group functioning under ICG FRM in close partnership with Capital Planning, Credit Risk and ICG Businesses.

Key Competencies :

- Familiarity and academic knowledge of banking business model including, products, counterparties, risk profile, earning drivers, and macro-economic implications

- Knowledge of capital planning for large scale financial institutions

- Experience with and knowledge of control environment associated with RWA calculations

- Demonstrated history of facilitating and driving initiatives to grow or change the bank in a program or project management capacity

- Experience in creating and administering formal bank governance

- Strong understanding of bank risk and control frameworks

- Partnership & Collaborative Success

- Able to provide thought leadership in program management, with experience dealing with ambiguity and complex, moving goals

- Desire to partner with other stakeholders in the firm to drive objectives to delivery

- Strong interpersonal skills to identify and resolve conflict to mitigate roadblocks

- Ability to defend the team's interest and priorities, while putting the firm first

- Acumen & Communication

- Strong ability to manage, prioritize, and communicate within a team, including coordinating and organizing large scale cross-divisional programs

- High degree of self-advocacy, motivation, and development

- Highest level of professionalism and business acumen

- Creative Problem Solving

- Ability to understand complex ideas and problems in a fast-paced environment

- Ability to design data-driven technology solutions to create actionable information to answer business questions

- Strong ability to identify, communicate, and advocate for solutions at both high and granular levels

- Superior attention to detail, accuracy, and scope

- Innovation mind set and intellectual curiosity

Technical Skills :

- Proficient in excel, tableau, SQL, and other data mining applications

- High ability to develop an analysis, interpretation, and presentation

- Able to learn new systems quick and maximize potential of available tools

Qualifications :

- MBA from top-tier Indian or global Business School and / or Chartered Accountancy and/ or Statistical Degrees

- 2-3 years relevant experience in the Financial Services industry

- Familiarity with large scale data and querying ability is preferred

- A demonstrated history of delivering on initiatives

- Ability to coordinate processes and work as part of multiple teams across a firm

- Proven analytical skills for developing data analysis and quantitative strategies

- An ability to manage personal workload and agenda independently but in alignment with the priorities of the business unit

- Ability to work under pressure in a highly professional Front Office environment

- A foundational understanding of bank regulations