VP - PMO/Project Business Analyst - Investment Banking

VP - PMO

Location : Gurgaon

Experience : 12 - 15 Years

Function : Others

Vacancy : 1

Job Description :

Summary: This is an opportunity for a Project Business Analyst who has either Investment Banking background, experience of working on Valuations models, Insurance operations or Regulatory Change projects Focus area for this role will be Business Analysis in the Projects space (Solution Design, Due Diligence, Process Mapping & Transitions) along with Test Management. There will be plenty of opportunity for someone to use their initiative in supporting the Global FMG Ops teams to improve PMO and Stakeholder processes. This role requires a highly effective team player who is experienced in working on a diverse project portfolio across multiple financial processes and systems

Macquarie Recruiter: Garima Kakkar

Description:

Detailed Role & Responsibilities:

- Project Management - including Business Analysis & Execution:

- Apply a structured project management approach and methodology

- Define Project charter including project success measures

- Support and engage senior leaders and manage stakeholders

- Participates in the projects prioritization process

- Identifies and establishes key objectives and milestones for new projects

- Develop a set of actionable and targeted change management plans, including communication plan, change implementation plan and training plan

- Identify, analyze and prepare mitigation tactics for risk Identifies and establishes key objectives and milestones

- Process - mapping, documentation, process data analytics. Ability to quickly understand complex processes and create process/data-flow/systems maps

- Systems - architecture mapping, requirements documentation, Functional specification documentation, system testing and support throughout subsequent parallel runs

- Ability to anticipate and identify potential problems and demonstrate a proven track record in doing RCA and solving complex and ambiguous issues

- Conduct readiness assessments, evaluate results and present findings in a logical and easy-to-understand manner

- Identify resistance and performance gaps, and work to develop and implement corrective actions

Test Manager - Finance and Regulatory projects :

- Responsible and accountable for the development of the project Test Strategy

- Delivery of all test phases and testing outcomes across the project

- Facilitate regular project testing progress status reviews

- Ensure that all test resource requirements (people, infrastructure and environments) are planned and managed

- Ensure appropriate controls are placed around the test environments i.e. in support of security, supportability and recovery

- Ensure that all estimates for resources / effort / timelines are supported with robust assumptions and metrics

- Develop and manage testing schedule, critical path, contentions and interdependencies

Leadership & Process improvements :

- Responsible for defining program strategies and developing goals.

- Coaches junior project team members on project management skills as well as project management practices

- Acts as promoter to create a project culture that facilitates Accelerated Project Performance.

- Manages consistent metrics for measuring project success and team performance.

- Ensures knowledge is shared with resources and promotes team learning across projects.

- Drive time-bound Process Excellence(PEx)/deep-dive projects, that will get identified

- Further opportunities to improve processes - detect and highlight any control gaps in the process.

- Implements quality assurance practices to ensure accuracy, quality and timeliness of his/her output.

About You

Skills & competency required:

Mandatory Skills (People management/technical skills)

- Prior experience of handling teams, including direct responsibility for their appraisal, performance management and work allocation

- Competence in leading by example, working cooperatively and communicating openly to create a positive, cohesive team

- Be a self-starter who can work well both independently with minimal supervision and as a team, and is capable of utilizing the GFS management team as a sounding board for ideas related to application of various aspects of the role

- Previous experience in the Financial Services industry is essential; background in accounting / banking or Finance Processes would be ideal

- Sound understanding of the business and products space of investment banks including derivatives/equities/fixed instruments/infrastructure/funds, etc.

- Good knowledge of banking applications such as TM1/Axiom/ICE, etc., experience in handling/leading large banking implementation/change projects impacting multiple teams

Technical skills and business knowledge

- Program/Project management skills

- Experienced in leading and implementing operational and business changes.

- Proven track record of financial results from the application of process improvement methodologies, and effective change management.

- Highly developed analytical, quantitative and data analysis aptitude.

- Skilled in methodologies such as workout, kaizen, Lean, DMAIC, DMADV, ACFC & DFSS

- Tenacity and Problem solving

- High attention to detail.

- Ability to anticipate and identify potential problems and demonstrate a proven track record in solving complex and ambiguous issues.

- Flexibility, tenacity and the ability to maintain enthusiasm on long-running or difficult process re-design initiatives.

- Flexible skillset and confident approach to tackling issues.

- Can do- attitude, with a proven record of delivering within a project team.

- Communication skills

- Demonstrated ability to motivate, influence and gain commitment at all levels of the organization

- Strong facilitation, oral and written communication skills. Effective presentation skills

- Strong Power Point /Process/Systems/Data Mapping skills - well developed ability to define and document processes and capture process/system/data requirements end-to-end, MS Visio skills

Client Orientation

- Ability to build strong relationship and influence clients and stakeholders.

- Proactive approach to anticipating client needs, issues and challenges, and initiating solutions that carries through to resolution.

- Possess a strong appreciation of key business drivers and an understanding of the impact of - change- upon the business.

- Inspires loyalty and trust in others and commitment to a common vision

Team Orientation

- Competence in leading by example, working cooperatively and communicating openly to create a positive, cohesive team

- Committed to employee engagement and a passion for operational excellence

- Be a self starter who can work well both independently with minimal supervision and as a team, and is capable of utilizing the GFS management team as a sounding board for ideas related to application of various aspects of the role

Good to have

- Prior experience of working in large multinational banks with globally spread teams will be preferred

- Degree qualification in Information Technology (IT) or Data Management Certification (CDP/CDMP) would be good to have though not mandatory

Experience/Certifications required:

- CA is preferred. Alternate could be B Com with CPA / ICWA/ MBA Finance.

- Peer bank experience must with good understanding of BFSI / iBank Ops space in India

- Sound knowledge of the Financial/Banking Services industry - BFSI / iBank Ops space in India

- Good Business Analysis and Test management experience especially in the context of finance projects

- Working knowledge of Six Sigma tools and methodologies including DMAIC, Lean, Kaizen, and Workout tools, problem solving / root cause analysis and process management

- Some amount of Project Management experience with stakeholder management skills

- Excellent communication experience

- Migrations, Six sigma project experience a bonus

- Transition management experience is a good to have

- Project Management Professional (PMP) or Prince 2 certification desirable

Overall post-qualification experience of around 14-16 years with about 7-8 years of relevant experience in Program/Project management, transformation initiatives (e.g. operating model/process architecture design), business process reengineering, quality/process improvement initiatives and process transitions, preferably in the Financial Services industry,

- Possesses decent levels of comfort in dealing with information technology.

- Possesses high degree of comfort working in high paced ambiguous environment.

- Very strong MS Office, MS project & Visio skills

- Willingness for travel and work in different time zones to support clients

About Us

The Financial Management Group provides financial, tax and treasury services to all areas of Macquarie. The group is focused on providing strategic analysis and advice to Macquarie's businesses and senior management, managing Macquarie's funding, liquidity and capital position, ensuring Macquarie continues to meet regulatory and compliance obligations and managing Macquarie's corporate communications and investor relations.

Macquarie is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services, with offices in 28 countries. We are a uniquely diverse business with deep specialist expertise.

Key to Macquarie's success is a unique structure and management style that fosters an entrepreneurial environment that is underpinned by a strong risk management framework, an approach that has contributed to its long history of success. This philosophy encourages a sense of ownership and entrepreneurial endeavour among our people and delivered value for clients.

Qualification : CA

Working Days : 5 Days a Week ( to )

Job Nature : Full Time

Sunny Sharma
CEO & Managing Director - HR
9004500657 / 8104040090