Manager - Business Management - FX

The key activities include:

- Coordination of GFX Governance forums to ensure efficient and effective control and governance

- Analysing incoming requests to the GFX BM Team, working with the business to determine impact on current state, identify appropriate solutions and deliver changes to the Markets / GFX business

- Preparation and coordination of internal and external presentation materials to support strategic initiatives on development activities of FX business

- Coordination and ownership of management information for business monitoring and key decision making - across strategic initiatives, business performance and headcount. Ensuring data quality issues are addressed, root causes identified and remediated.

- Provide day to day support to Business Heads and their teams

- Ownership of key documents, coordination and update of documentation as required (such as. Desk Instruction Manuals, Recovery Process, Business Continuity Plans)

- Interaction with key F2B Functions including Controls, Operations, Compliance, Finance, Product Control, and Technology to ensure efficient operating environment, mitigate operational risk and drive continuous improvement

Provide in-region support for regulatory changes to the APAC GFX business including;

- Analysing, documenting, and implementing the changes required due to changes to regulations and industry obligations impacting GFX and wider Markets business

- Interpreting regulatory/industry obligations and understanding their impact on the business- current state

- Providing detailed analysis of the business- current state and the impact of the regulatory/industry obligations (i.e. - as is- vs - to be- analysis)

- Detailing the impact of the regulatory/industry obligations on business lines including trading, sales and operational practices, business processes, necessary policy and procedure changes, training needs, MI requirements, governance and monitoring, etc

- Build knowledge within the team and gain strong knowledge of the GFX Business F2B

- Be open to working varied shift hours/days based on business requirements

Review and analyse GFX cost base to ensure accurate costs and drive value for money discussion / cost reduction/ cost optimisation discussions and perform cost control related tasks e.g. market data checks.

Principal Accountabilities:

Key activities and decision making areas

Impact on the Business:

- MI production /analysis and validation

- Cost control /analysis and review

- BCP/Disaster Recovery related activities

- PLA maintenance

- Maintenance of key business documents e.g. DIMs

- Manage the NPDD process

- Analyse and review controls from control owners

- Project management

- Business analysis related activities

- Analyse, document and manage the implementation of key changes (e.g. Regulatory change) and provide support to the GFX business throughout this process

Leadership & Teamwork:

- Responsible for ensuring seamless communication and teamwork between Business Management resources in onshore locations and counterpart resources in Bangalore

- Builds strong relationships with counterpart resources in onshore locations

Strong networking ethic and internal stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to work with senior level stakeholders across different disciplines (Trading Desk Heads, Business Management, Risk, Product Control, Compliance, etc)

Operational Effectiveness & Control:

- Lead the continuing development, implementation and improvement of the processes, structures, capabilities, capacity and infrastructure needed to deliver Business Management responsibilities

- Ensure changes within the GFX business are successfully delivered into business as usual functioning

- Establish and maintain a robust and efficient control environment across GFX, together with early identification and effective resolution or escalation of issues that arise

- Lead the development, implementation and maintenance of management information, analysis and reporting framework that supports and informs timely and effective business management and decision making at all levels

Knowledge & Experience / Qualifications (For the role - not the role holder. Minimum requirements of the role.)

- Qualification - Post Graduation or MBA with experience in banking industry

- Overall experience of 5-7 years in investment banking industry

- Experience in an analysis-oriented role with delivery focus (i.e. business analysis, project management, change management)

- Experience in working within a new team and picking up new processes in an offshore location would be advantageous

- Strong Analysis and Documentation Skills and Experience- Translating requirements and current state analysis into detailed plans to address gaps, drafting policy and procedure wording, developing impactful training and communication content

- Strong Analytical skills - proven interpretation and utilisation of management information

- Project Management skills and Experience - A flexible, pragmatic approach to PM processes and ability to tailor to the specific needs of each project

- Ability to distill complex and varied data into information; excellent change and process analysis and problem solving skills

- Advanced level of MS Excel and PowerPoint skills

- Attention to detail and ability to ensure that information is captured in a timely manner

- Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills

- The ability to quickly understand customer requirements and concerns and deliver a quality result to them

- Proven ability to prioritise workload effectively in line with business priorities

- Strong facilitation skills and ability to run effective and productive meetings, workshops, working groups, etc

- Willingness to own work and problems and see through to completion and to use own initiative to resolve issues

- Strong interpersonal skills, coupled with the ability to succeed within a matrix management structure and build and maintain global team relationships

- Able to work independently, proactively and under pressure against multiple deadlines

- Evidence of delivery in a similar role within a global organization would be an added advantage

- Knowledge/experience of the Investment Banking Regulatory environment