Project Manager ( Lead Business Analyst )

Role Description

• The CAO Application Change Governance team is a newly established team within the CAO COO organization with the objective to establish governance processes for the application delivery of CAOs book of work across Compliance/AFC, Legal, KYC/Client Due Diligence, Investment Guideline Management and HR. The team also aims to support these CAO functions in the business side activities during joint projects with IT.
• We are looking for a Senior Project Manager / Lead Business Analyst, who will work with SMEs in the functions to analyse current state business processes and help define future target state.

Your key responsibilities

• Leading the business SME in turning business expectations into clearly defined business requirements for implementation with IT or vendor organisations.
• Business process reviews and where required to challenge current state and advise on improvement or simplification opportunities.
• Target state definition
• Change impact assessments along with definition of required mitigation activities.
• Documentation of above outcomes
• Management of required activities and coordination with the necessary stakeholders within the organisation (e.g. business teams, operations teams, IT)
• Support in providing performing project management/PMO activities.

Your skills and experience

Domain Skills

• 5-10 years of work experience within corporate financial services industry, Research/Analytics role in other Banks/KPOs etc
• Minimum 5-10 years experience as a project manager / business analyst in change projects and driving analysis results independently
• Proven strong problem solving skills and ability to structure and assess complex problems to develop solution options
• Proven experience in process analysis, process design and target state definitions and the documentation thereof.
• Relevant business expertise for CAO would be beneficial (Compliance/AFC, Legal, KYC/Client Due Diligence, Investment Guideline Management and HR)
• Experience of working with agile project management methodologies and tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience in preparing/leading user acceptance test cycles
• Previous experience as product owner would be very beneficial
• Confident in working in a remote project setup across multiple time zones

Communication skills

• Strong stakeholder management skills across various seniority levels
• Good verbal and written communication skills at all levels - onshore & remote
• Ability to visualise complex topics as a way to converse with stakeholders.

Technical skills

• Demonstrated experience (as user), understanding and appreciation of technology and IT delivery processes
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel and MS PowerPoint is a must
• Experience in using JIRA

Soft Skills

• Ability to work independently and take ownership
• Flexibility to handle multiple parallel projects / engagements
• Ability and interest to adopt to new requirements and new project contexts (e.g. switching from a Compliance project to a Legal requirement)

Educational Qualification

• Degree in software engineering or business management