Description:

The person we seek should come with a strong project management track record within the financial services industry and a good appreciation of Equities trading, settlement and digital platforms.

In addition, as we are a focused and multi-faceted team, the person should display both ability and willingness to take on the business analysis (requirements gathering, as-is / to-be process mapping) and some elements of hands on technical analysis (interfaces, data, application functionality).

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Partner with business stakeholders to lead projects from initiation through requirements, solutions, estimations, planning and end to end successful delivery into production.
• Ensure high levels of quality, compliance and adherence to governance throughout the project life cycle and manage all financial elements of the project.
• Drive collaboration across technology teams, users, stakeholders and vendors to ensure well-planned & transparent execution results in on-time delivery and benefits realisation.
• Lead crisp communications around the projects, ensuring stakeholders have a clear view on status, risks, issues, dependencies, interventions/support needed and cost vs benefits.
• At times, undertake business analysis to gather, challenge, and articulate requirements.
• Dig into current application and data landscape to validate requirements, perform change impact analysis and expedite testing processes.

Core Requirements:

• Knowledge in Equities products and markets is essential.
• Project Management expertise and experience (approx. 10 years) running full projects end to end in a similar financial services environment – ideally backed up by a relevant certification (PMP, Scrum or equivalent).
• Hands-on SQL experience, able to interpret, understand & analyse data schemes and data sets.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including documentation and presentation skills.
• Comfortable communicating across business divisions and levels of seniority.
• Work in a highly collaborative environment with the ability to influence decision making.