Role Description
- Reconciliation Transformation Program has a requirement for a project lead/business analyst to support the continuous improvement work stream within CB&S-GTO for building and on-boarding reconciliations onto strategic recon platforms.
- The SME is responsible for working within the information Transformation group, participating in a team responsible for report generation and data analysis utilizing database management software/tools against various database platforms. In this role you will assist in the development of automated reports, analytical and management reports, and data definitions across multiple computing environments.
- You will develop technical expertise in data mining and report development methodologies, techniques and tools to ensure deliverables meet the needs of both internal and external business customers.
- Manage escalations and ensure resolutions on or before time.
- Plan and manage risks and detail mitigation strategies.
Your key responsibilities
- Managing several concurrent projects all the streams in scope of the program
- Creation of continuous improvement projects BOW within Reconciliations, Network Management and Financial Market Infrastructure
- Responsibility for the on-time delivery of projects to time and cost
- Manage scope of deliveries, manage expectations and ensure clear and concise communication to sponsors, team members and Transformation Lead
- Project tracking for the related work stream
- Risk and issue management.
- Interface with upstream data providers, both in terms of development deliverables and issue escalation
- Work closely with the Program Manager and program team to ensure on time delivery of Projects.
- Proactively question and challenge processes and key stakeholders to identify areas of potential inefficiency.
- Maintains customer focus, provides value addition to stakeholders and ensures prioritization of tasks to manage costs; works collaboratively with all parties to resolve potential conflicts.
- Drafting and reviewing critical project documents like BRD [Business Requirement Doc], SOP [Standard Operating Procedure], various MIS reports by liaising with Business Operations and Technology teams
- Establish, monitor and run governance around business reconciliations with respect to production status monitoring, exceptions handling, process/regulation adherence, information collation, presentation and reporting
- Stakeholder management across board with multiple business operations, technology teams and vendors
- Reporting on overall program status, outstanding milestones, Issues, risks and dependencies.
Your skills and experience
Skills
- Knowledge on performing feed analysis for upstream and downstream settlement systems
- Expertise in building matching rules/logic on Reconciliation Platforms
- Demonstrable adherence to the Banks Values and Beliefs
- Strong Process/ change management experience with an exposure to control practices
- Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean certified (Not Mandatory)
- Inquisitive and probing approach to problem solving and general assessment
- Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment and always with professionalism
- Strong ability to identify process efficiencies, suggest improvements and implement where feasible
- Good verbal and written communication skills with experience of reporting to senior management
- Good ability to interact with, collaborate, communicate, and influence individuals at all levels
- Ability to be open minded, share information, transfer knowledge and expertise to team members
- Ability to work in an independent capacity without supervision
- Good to have functional/fundamental knowledge of reconciliations various business lines/products related to Fixed Income/Listed Derivatives/ Margin/Treasury/ KYC Ops
- Good to have working/fundamental knowledge of reconciliation tools like TLM/DUCO etc.
- Good to have working/fundamental knowledge of visual representation tools like Tableau
- Good presentation skills reporting and classroom sessions
Experience:
- Hands on experience on strategic reconciliation tools like DUCO and TLM (preferred)
- Minimum 8 years of Investment Banking (Operations) experience with familiarity of International and domestic financial instruments
- 3+ years of Reconciliations knowledge (Inter-System and Nostro/Depot reconciliations) and working on change the bank/financial industry projects.
- Excellent knowledge of Control & Admin (Core Reconciliations)
- 3+ years project and programme delivery, preferably on platform migrations
- Ability to work independently & deliver in demanding environment to meet the set target.
- Team player, highly motivated, practical problem solver
- Masters Degree level education preferred (Not Mandatory)
- Ability to meet commitments and deadlines whilst maintaining peerless quality.
