CIB Finance & Business Management: Project Management – Associate

Job description

Job Title:                                  Project Manager
Business division:                   GF&BM
Level/Grade:                              Associate
Location:                                   London
Hiring Manager:                       Nina Valanju/Mithun Rama

Position Summary

Finance participate in and manage a broad portfolio of projects, ranging from multi-year programs such as Brexit, to replacing strategic product systems, rolling out new products, building out new branches, to ongoing finance process improvements. The key objectives of the team are:

•Understand and articulate the Finance business requirements and, through the development of functional specifications (working closely with Finance SMEs in CIB Controllers, LECs, CFO & PRA group), articulate said requirements to our technology partners.

• Build and maintain close working relationship with the core project team, regional finance & GFT teams, and our business operations & technology partners along with our clients within the business.

• Ongoing leadership in all phases of the project through testing and implementation, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery of end solutionto our user base

Role - PM Lead for CFS build out

· 6 new branches of JPM Luxembourg SA need to be set up to support the Custody Fund Services business
· Accounting schema, Business Requirement and Reference data analysis will be required for the full product set
· Full end-to-end build and testing from the relevant systems to the GL will be required:
· Product systems include iDDA, Cosmic, Advantage, BANCS etc
· Other systems include Concur for Accounts Payable etc

Key PM Responsibilities

· PM Lead for Finance Workstream across all the branches
· Run CIB Finance PWG’s and attend relevant Program level working groups
· Plan, Execution & Issue Management with escalation as required
· Test Execution & Defect Management
· Stakeholder Management: location LEC’s, FC and LOB PC
· Maintenance of Project Documentation and adherence to Project standards
· Management of junior BA resources on the project

Additional BA Responsibilities

Analysis:
• Gather, understand and document finance business requirements
• Development / review of detailed operating model
• Define and document requirements e.g. controlled migration of ref. data, setup of legal entities and product systems’ feeds to the target finance environment

Testing: • Work with the Program test manager to develop test strategy, document test plans, test scripts and test data, ensuring adequate testing of business requirements and operating model.

Technical Skills & Knowledge
• Strong knowledge / project management skills e.g. Project Life cycle, project governance, project control, best practices
• Knowledge of finance processes & relevant technology platforms.
• Knowledge of business processes and finance operating model.
• Knowledge of CIB products’ financial accounting would be beneficial
• Networking ability across the organisation.

Competencies:
• Influencing, negotiation & conflict management skills, with confidence to communicate across all levels of management
• Team player & ability to multi-task and manage multiple priorities
• Initiative, proactive approach, ownership, accountability
• Judgment; reasoned, balanced decision taker
• Presentation skills

Qualifications
• Accounting or PM qualification would be advantageous