Product Manager – Transfer Agency recruitment

Role:-

The Product Manager, Transfer Agency, is a member of the global product management function for the Transfer Agency product. Hence a detailed and through understanding of Transfer Agency services is a vital pre-requisite for the role, a long-standing and broad as well as global industry expertise and an excellent understanding of processes related to Transfer Agency.

Specific responsibilities include, from a product perspective, the ability to create and manage documentation linked to product evolution as well as of the Global Target Operating Model supported by procedures, work flows and training material to ensure efficient implementation of product changes. Experience in business re-engineering programmes supporting efficiency and automation initiatives would be advantageous.

Working closely with colleagues across Transfer Agency the successful candidate will ensure that strategic change initiatives and tactical enhancements to the Transfer Agency product are delivered to meet the evolving needs of the business, to time and on budget.

The ability of the job holder to work effectively in a multi-cultural multi lingual global team and in partnership with the global entities in the business is a key success factor. This senior role will be a global key interface between business, support change and IT resources. The successful candidate will be expected to travel extensively.

Required experience:-

- Extensive experience in the securities market and associated market infrastructure
- Demonstrate a solid understanding and an in-depth knowledge of Transfer Agency services as well as Distribution Platforms and channels
- Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the fund industry and in particular Transfer Agency
- Well developed interpersonal, collaborative, negotiation and relationship building skills
- Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills and be able to work effectively with senior business and stakeholders across business divisions and geographies
- Strong team player and people motivator
- Excellent understanding of technology in operational environment
- Strategic mind-set, with strong conceptual, creative and analytical content.
- Energetic, result focused, change agent, with a strong work ethic.
- First class interpersonal, collaborative, relationship building and influencing skills
- Demonstrated ability to understand and implement business re-engineering principles like Six Sigma.
- Strategic mind-set, with good conceptual, creative and analytical content.
- Personal qualities of building by consensus, maturity and leadership with demonstrated ability to develop and motivate resources.
- Flexibility to travelAdvantage Professional is a leading international recruitment consultancy.