Role Overview:
As a Vice President - Project Manager in the Markets Operations - Valuation & TS - External Reconciliations department, your role will involve partnering with the Reconciliations leadership team to drive strategic initiatives and enhance the effectiveness of the Operations organization. You will play a key role in shaping the way Operations function, driving operational oversight, and providing cross-functional leadership. Your responsibilities will include facilitating and enabling various transversal initiatives, coordinating finance, strategic projects, governance meetings, and change management.
Key Responsibilities:
• Track and monitor projects of high importance, ensuring alignment with budget, effort, and deliverables.• Demonstrate expertise in operational domain and various transversal topics.• Develop, maintain, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs).• Enable data-driven decision-making by delivering regular dashboards and ad-hoc analyses.• Build and maintain an analytics framework to derive actionable insights from operational data.• Provide strategic directions for Reconciliation processes across multiple regions.• Support senior leadership with actionable MIS, Dashboard, and insights on breaks, ageing, and risk exposure.• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance reconciliation efficiency and accuracy.• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria for reconciliation initiatives.• Develop detailed work plans, schedules, resource matrices, and budgets.• Monitor progress against milestones using a recognized methodology.• Act as the single point of contact for business lines, IT, risk, compliance, etc.• Conduct regular governance meetings, produce status reports, and escalate issues when necessary.• Map current reconciliation workflows, identify gaps, and conduct root cause analyses of mismatches.• Design and implement process enhancements, controls, and automation (RPA, data matching engines).• Ensure data lineage, quality standards, and auditability are maintained.• Strengthen controls around reconciliation, exception handling, and escalation protocols.• Assess operational and regulatory risks linked to reconciliation processes.• Coordinate with Risk & Compliance teams to embed controls and meet reporting obligations.• Develop change management plans, training material, and communication strategies for affected teams.• Track and quantify benefits resulting from process improvements.• Collaborate with IT/DevOps to define specifications for system enhancements or new tools.• Oversee user acceptance testing (UAT), deployment, and post-implementation support.• Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the organization.Qualification Required:
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; advanced degree preferred.• Proven experience in project management, specifically in the financial services industry.• Strong analytical skills and ability to derive actionable insights from data.• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.• Knowledge of reconciliation processes, risk management, and compliance requirements.• Experience in driving process improvements and implementing automation tools.• Certification in project management (e.g., PMP) is a plus.• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional and fast-paced environment. Role Overview:As a Vice President - Project Manager in the Markets Operations - Valuation & TS - External Reconciliations department, your role will involve partnering with the Reconciliations leadership team to drive strategic initiatives and enhance the effectiveness of the Operations organization. You will play a key role in shaping the way Operations function, driving operational oversight, and providing cross-functional leadership. Your responsibilities will include facilitating and enabling various transversal initiatives, coordinating finance, strategic projects, governance meetings, and change management.
Key Responsibilities:
• Track and monitor projects of high importance, ensuring alignment with budget, effort, and deliverables.• Demonstrate expertise in operational domain and various transversal topics.• Develop, maintain, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs).• Enable data-driven decision-making by delivering regular dashboards and ad-hoc analyses.• Build and maintain an analytics framework to derive actionable insights from operational data.• Provide strategic directions for Reconciliation processes across multiple regions.• Support senior leadership with actionable MIS, Dashboard, and insights on breaks, ageing, and risk exposure.• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance reconciliation efficiency and accuracy.• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria for reconciliation initiatives.• Develop detailed work plans, schedules, resource matrices, and budgets.• Monitor progress against milestones using a r