Project Management - Vice President

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing team in a fast paced and challenging area? This is a unique opportunity for you to work in the Project Management team to partner with the Business.

As a Vice President in the Project Management team, you will define end-to-end business operating models and conduct gap analysis to deliver risk-averse business solutions. You will lead client due-diligence workshops and collaborate with internal teams and clients to define service delivery objectives and infrastructure recommendations for new and existing operations initiatives. You will oversee Business Readiness Governance, ensuring all changes are implemented in alignment with dependent processes and applications, and deliver business readiness sign-off for assigned projects prior to implementation.

Job Responsibilities:

• Define end to end business operating models, conducting gap analysis and partnering with stakeholders to deliver risk adverse business solutions
• Lead client due-diligence workshops
• Liaise with internal teams and clients to define and monitor service delivery objectives and deadlines
• Determine infrastructure recommendations based on business requirements for new and existing operations initiatives
• Ensure all changes to products, best practice and operating models are clearly understood by all stakeholders and implemented in a controlled manner
• Ensure solutions are in alignment with dependent processes and applications
• Deliver business readiness sign off for assigned projects prior to implementation
• Oversee Business Readiness Governance, ensuring change is completed successfully across operations
• Review of BI procedures, identifying and implementing efficiencies and improved controls allowing team to engage with the business and deliver projects utilising best practice

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities:

• Minimum10 years global financial industry experience within top tier investment management or financial services firm
• Proven business analysis skills with detailed knowledge across a financial operational environment
• Strong understanding of mutual fund accounting operations and associated assets, including experience in NAV calculations, unit pricing and financial reporting processes as opposed to Technology analysis
• A business analysis accredited qualification i.e. ISEB (or studying towards completion)
• Ability to identify and analyse problems and propose effective corrective solutions to meet term business, financial and/or system requirements
• Demonstrated ability to deliver on operational and/or project objectives to tight deadlines and high expectations
• Ability to handle multiple in-flight projects and deliver within given timeframes
• Excellent stakeholder and client relationship management skills

Preferred qualifications, skills and capabilities:

• A Project management accredited qualification is desirable i.e. PRINCE2 (or studying towards completion)
• A Process review/improvement accredited qualification is desirable i.e. Six Sigma (or studying towards completion)