Investment Banking Project Manager Client Reference Data recruitment

The accuracy and timeliness of our reference data is a critical enabler to providing a service that our clients admire and in enabling us to respond to regulators effectively. The Reference Data Program aims to ensure this through establishing single master databases (Golden Copies) for quality-controlled client and product data, migrating all departments to use this data, and implementing clear data ownership and governance.

THE ROLE INVOLVES:

• Strong Project Manager with proven experience managing change initiatives in CRM, contacts management and e-Commerce

• Track risks and issues and manage them through to completion

• Communicate project delays, issues and risks

• Support team lead in COO capacity

• Engage with management of associated projects

• Drive priorities on behalf of program’s vision

• Understand and challenge business processes and IT on technical processes and development

• Track performance against project metrics

• Perform business analysis as necessary

TO QUALIFY, YOU MUST POSSESS:

• Extensive project management and business analyst experience

• Client Reference Data experience

• Good working knowledge of IB business processes - front to back

• Proven change experience in an investment bank or consultancy firm

• Excellent writing skills (presentation level)

• Excellent communication skills (senior stakeholders)

• Strong problem solving skills

• Strong negotiation / influencing skills

• Proven track record of delivery of change initiatives

• Prince II / PMP / Six Sigma certification

• Solid experience working with IT and SDLC methodology

• PMO experience

Personality Type:

• Critical thinker / efficient executioner

•Fast learner / quick to process info

• Extremely organized / detail oriented

• Take direction well

• Accountable / responsible

• Good listener

• Observant

• Conscientious / hard working

• Keep calm in stressful situations

• Intelligent, easy going, flexible

The successful candidate will join a highly valued, senior team of ambitious managers. They will gain exposure to multiple areas of the bank and will be well positioned to build a complete understanding of the front-to-back operations of a global investment bank. They will work on high profile and strategically important projects and will be in a position to develop a broad network of contacts across the bank.