Assistant Manager

Job Description:

About Us

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.
We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Global Business Services

Global Business Services delivers Technology and Operations capabilities to Lines of Business and Staff Support Functions of Bank of America through a centrally managed, globally integrated delivery model and globally resilient operations.

Global Business Services is recognized for flawless execution, sound risk management, operational resiliency, operational excellence and innovation.

In India, we are present in five locations and operate as BA Continuum India Private Limited (BACI), a non-banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation and the operating company for India operations of Global Business Services.

Process Overview.

CFO Data Management India team was set up in 2023 as a part of the CFO Global Delivery strategy to provide offshore delivery to CFO Data Management, part of Enterprise CFO functions, consolidating legacy functions of Finance Data Management and Treasury Data Management. The capabilities hosted include Data Analysis, Product specialists with understanding of underlying Data for Liquidity/ Regulatory Reporting, Reconciliations, Management Reporting & Analysis, Research & Analytics, Financial Transaction Processing and Finance Systems Support

Data Management team enables the Finance Organization and supports data needs of finance business users.

The Data Management team engages in various activities (including, but not limited to):

• Regulatory Reporting related data management Activities: Team support activities related to US and EMEA Regulatory reports, data validation and resolution of Data quality issues.
• Team performs a critical role in providing centralized support for Global Banking and Market products (Treasury, Traded, Loans & Deposits etc.) data validation and analysis for internal and external Liquidity reporting.
• Team is engaged in activities such as validation of data for regulatory reports, data quality issue resolution, data reconciliation with authoritative sources and posting adjustments. Team actively works on strategic initiatives aimed at improving the quality of numbers reported in regulatory reports.
• Data Sourcing and provisioning: This includes defining and implementing data provisioning strategy to source the data from all lines of business into regulatory reports and management reports. Team is actively involved in sourcing initiatives where it works with various source systems, technology teams and report owners to source the data into regulatory reports as per regulator and stakeholder requirements.

Job Description.

Individual will be a contributing member of the Data Incident Management team & will be involved in understanding the underlying issues behind data incidents, collaborating with stakeholders to gather the missing information for the data incidents, bridging the gap between business needs & technical solutioning, involve in data testing for successful closure of data incident within the defined framework. The individual will also drive continuous improvement of incident management processes.

Responsibilities.

Individual will be required to perform following responsibilities (this is an indicative list and could vary depending on business priorities)

Incident Management:

. Manage end-to-end management of data incidents, including data issue assessment, containment, resolution, and post-production review.

. Ensure incidents are properly classified, prioritized, and documented in accordance with established policies and regulatory requirements.

. Collaborate with stakeholders to ascertain the root cause of data incidents & facilitate the documentation of business requirement.

. Engage with upstream data providers and technology teams to develop and test the solution.

. Coordinate incident response efforts, including communication and escalation protocols.

. Perform quality assurance of incidents as per their lifecycle phase.

. Ensure timely resolution of incidents without impacting Service Level Agreements.

. Leverage Alteryx, Tableau, SQL, Excel, and other analytics tools to identify and understand data issues, quantify impacts, or provide answers to time-sensitive business, audit, and regulator requests

. Continually grow and expand market products and use-case knowledge, with a focus to understand the why, to anticipate and proactively address questions and issues before they occur

. Constantly evaluate our processes to ensure data risks are identified and properly mitigated, while seeking opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve wherever/whenever possible

. Ensure robust documentation for the processes

. Support change agenda across group and ensure processes are efficient, consistent, and sustainable, making best use of technology.

. Supporting DM and enterprise Operational Excellence initiatives

. Serve as the primary point of contact for data incident reporting.

. Provide timely and clear communication to internal stakeholders and leadership.

. Facilitate post-incident reviews and share key findings and lessons learned across the organization.

Requirements.

Education. -

Excellent Finance background (Commerce graduate/Finance Postgraduates)

Experience Range.

2-5 years

Foundational skills.

. Strong knowledge of incident management frameworks and methodologies

. Product knowledge of Banking & Securities & basic understanding of regulatory reports for a global bank

. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are necessary as the position requires global correspondence and communication with associates throughout the Bank of America footprint.

. Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and deliver as well as being able to adapt to change

. Advanced Excel + Basic SQL, Tableau, Alteryx for Data Analysis

. High-level of ownership and attention to detail

Desired skills

. Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making abilities

. Dynamic, high energy, solid work ethic, willing to take on initiatives.

. Able to excel and influence in a cross-functional team structure.

. Flexibility and good negotiations skills

. Exposure to Emerging technologies like UiPath, etc.

. Driving innovation and transformation in finance

Work Timings.

9 hours shift between 11 AM and 11 PM

Job Location.

Mumbai/Gurugram