Project Manager, Financial Markets Infrastructure (Contract until 31/1 Permanent NEW

This is a contractual position for an experienced project manager who possesses the ability to manage change initiatives in an efficient and controlled manner. They will play an invaluable role to help deliver the Financial Markets Infrastructure (FMI) regulatory requirements in accordance with the Bank of England’s deadline of 1 January 2022.
Purpose
The purpose of the role is to provide analysis and support to meet key Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI) regulatory requirements across each of the 4 regions (ASEAN & South Asia, Greater China North Asia, Africa & Middle East, Europe & Americas). The role holder will work with the Group OCIR teams in Singapore, GBS KL, RRP, OCIR Country Coordinators, Regional Resilience Heads and Regional/Country Stakeholders to ensure continued effective delivery of the FMI deliverables. The role holder will also help prepare regulatory materials.
Role & Responsibilities
This role will require engagement with Transaction Banking, Retail Banking, Financial Markets, Technology & Operations to ensure the resolution readiness of our key clearing and settlement arrangements both internally and externally. Additionally, engagement will be required with our key functional stakeholders in Technology, Operations, Treasury, Risk, Finance and Compliance to support our deliverables.
Project Management

• Project manage the FMI deliverables in adherence with the Bank of England’s requirements
• Stakeholder management – partner with the FMI Owners to support contingency planning
• Support engagement of FMI owners and FMI service providers
• Use the set of project management tools including RAID log, RACI, scorecards etc to record and report our deliverables and progress
• Run individual workstream initiatives independently and reporting back to the team
• Working with OCIR GBS team in Kuala Lumpur

FMI Questionnaire & Playbook

• Obtain completed questionnaires from the FMI Owners
• Collate and interpret questionnaire responses. Analyse trends and key themes
• Quality assurance of data and answers
• Partner with the businesses and FMI Owners to create FMI specific playbooks
• Implement controls and testing of playbook actions

FMI Data Reporting

• Manage FMI transaction data gathering across TB, RB, FM, Treasury, Risk, Finance, Tech & Ops to support the regulatory reporting requirements
• Provide regular reporting of key FMI metrics
• Respond to ad hoc data requirements to support regulatory enquiries
• Oversee implementation of data automation:
• Manage the implementation of a FMI data reporting system (where appropriate) or produce manual reports on FMI transaction data usage
• Coordinate across TB, RB, FM, Tech & Ops to ensure ongoing maintenance of the accuracy and completeness of FMI data

Regulations:

• Support interpretation of emerging regulations
• Build and ensure delivery of workplans to enable regulatory compliance
• Help prepare responses to regulator questions and policies

Required Skills & Experience

• 10-12 years of experience including in a Project role within the Bank is preferred; Exposure to a large-scale Programme is preferred.
• Experience in dealing with Operational Risk and other Risk Type Frameworks
• Experience in designing Dashboards and Metrics for monitoring and senior management escalation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to communicate with Business and Regional Stakeholders. Confident in communicating with senior Business members.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, across various levels in the organization
• Good understanding of Risk Governance within the Bank, including systems used.
• Experience with ‘agile’ ways of working.

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