GDS Technology – Client Change Project Manager – AVP – Based in London recruitment

Business Overview:Global Derivatives Services (GDS) is J.P. Morgan's OTC derivatives hub for Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) business. The group was created as a response to the increasing complexity of outsourced client portfolios within the Asset Management Solutions Group, and the growth in OTC derivative assets under management.
The purpose of GDS to provide OTC derivatives support services to Institutional Clients, Asset Managers, Hedge Funds and Insurance companies who have outsourced part or all of their operations to J.P. Morgan.
Team DescriptionGDS Client change and Onboarding team is the pool of Project Managers. There are 3 teams within GDS Client Change and Onboarding team.Onboarding: This team handles onboarding projects for new client and new fund manager for existing clients.Client Change: This team handles the incremental change items for existing clients. The change items includes both tech and non-tech change.IOS: This team handles change requests related to IOS clients.
Key Responsibilities:Define and manage project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.Set and continually manage project expectations with senior management and project sponsors by effectively communicating project status in a timely and clear fashion.Proactively identify and resolve risks, issues and conflicts within the project.Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report

Qualifications
Your Background:You will have experience co-ordinating with multiple functional teams and external clients on a complex client on-boarding and change projects within Derivative space and greater than one year in duration.You can demonstrate experience of managing multiple team representatives of more than 5 people, located in multiple locations.You can demonstrate experience of working in a pressured environment from external client.You can describe your experience of effective communication skills both verbally and in writing.You can discuss in detail your working knowledge of one or more of the following: Project Management, Fund Accounting, Investment Operations, Derivative Instruments, Client facing communication.You will have at least a Bachelor's degree, professional project certification, or equivalent work experience.You can describe your experience of MS Office tools, including Power Point, Word, Excel, Projects and Visio.Location:London based Treasury Securities Services roles will be moving to Canary Wharf over the course of 2012.
Further details will be provided to the successful candidate at the point of hire.
About J.P.Morgan Treasury Security ServicesTreasury Securities Services (TSS) generates more than $8 billion in revenue annually and is a global leader in custody, securities lending, fund accounting and administration, as well as in treasury services. TSS supports the needs of institutional clients worldwide and is one of the top three providers in both of its businesses: Treasury Services (TS)
and Worldwide Securities Services (WSS).
About J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities ServicesJ.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) is a premier securities servicing provider that helps institutional investors, alternative asset managers, broker dealers and equity issuers optimize efficiency, mitigate risk and enhance revenue. WSS leverages the firm's global scale, leading technology and deep industry expertise to service investments around the world. It has $16.1 trillion in assets under custody and $6.7 trillion in funds under administration.
About J.P. Morgan Chase Co.J.P. Morgan is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.1 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management and private equity. Information about J.P. Morgan is available at www.jpmorganchase.com.
JPMorgan offers an exceptional benefits program and a highly competitive compensation package.
JPMorgan is an Equal Opportunity Employer.