Change Regulatory Project Manager – FATCA – International Bank recruitment

Objective:

The purpose of this role is to provide expert Business Analysis and Project Management of change-driven initiatives that impact Securities and Private Banking (SPB) in Asia. This will include analysis of operational and technology issues, definition of corresponding solutions and implementation of these solutions. .

Until 2016, this role will primarily focus on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) programme, a new US tax change that impacts all legal entities.  

In this capacity, this role will take global direction from EMEA FATCA programme lead.   This role will also be responsible to liaise with the Corporate Tax FATCA PMO team in Asia and be responsible for coordinating all implementation activities in Asia associated with this project.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform detailed business analysis, process redesign, and project planning

• Identify key project risks, whether stated or not, and manage to resolution or escalate accordingly

• Develop individual project artefacts as necessary, including Project Initiation Documents (PIDs), Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirements documents (FRDs), UAT planning and execution

• Support the implementation/roll-out of FATCA, specifically for Asia Pacific regions

• Co-ordinate/Track all regional actions resulting from FATCA Gap Assessment and ensure resolution is planned and implemented. 

• Work with the global team including Operations, Technology, Consulting Firms, Controls and Middle Office to ensure successful project planning decisions, execution of the project and delivery into production. 

• Manage updates to local stakeholders to ensure the FATCA initiative has overall awareness/priority within the region

Knowledge/Experience

• Bachelors with 5+ yrs experience. 

• Experience in Capital Markets Regulatory or Tax Projects highly desired

• Trade processing knowledge of Derivatives, Equities and Fixed Income products preferred.

• Considerable demonstrable experience working in a BA role, preferably within a dedicated change function

• Experience in collecting, defining and documenting business and technology requirements is essential

• Experience working on projects encompassing both IT systems and business process change highly desired

• Past experience working on multi-region projects where stakeholders are located across countries and time zones