Job Description:

Responsibilities:

- The individual will need to provide thought leadership to the Report owners to identify and drive process redesign within their reporting teams.

- The individual will need to lead the review and challenge of current processes in collaboration with report owners to identify transformational re-design.

- The role will require both extensive project management experience and proven experience at working in a variety of roles within Financial services across Finance, Operations or Risk Management.

- The individual will need to demonstrate the skills required to deliver a complex and multi-faceted project end to end.

- The candidate will be responsible for both medium/long term project planning, as well as day to-day task tracking and monitoring of risks, issues and dependencies to ensure momentum is achieved and sustained.

- This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who has demonstrable experience on large scale op model, process or data transformations to manage and deliver a significant and high profile initiative.

- Lead and inspire a diverse team fostering a collaborative and high- performance culture.

- Always remain plugged into the ground reality and proactively identify and resolve issues.

- Manage and mentor teams to ensure they are equipped to achieve program objectives.

- Act as a primary point of contact for external and internal stakeholders regarding project status, issues and resolutions.

- Communicate effectively to manage expectations and ensure transparency throughout the project life cycle.

- Close inter working with the Academic Excellence team to understand existing best practices for monitoring and evaluation.

- Monitor program budgets and ensure that they are being managed effectively.

- Manage budget and ensure programs are completed within budget.

- Develop and execute strategies to scale the program, ensuring alignment with overall organisational goals and objectives.

- Work collaboratively with other departments to align program operations with overall organisational goals and objectives.

- Identify opportunities for partnership and collaboration with academic institutions, NGOs, corporate & the community to increase the reach and impact of the programs.

- Identify potential risks and challenges in project execution and develop proactive mitigation strategies.

- Implement measures to monitor and control project risks, ensuring the overall success of projects.

- Deep understanding of prevalent regulatory environment and emerging regulatory expectations.

- Ability to manage senior stakeholder relationships and provide leadership updates.

- Proven experience in providing thought leadership on process redesign.

- Strong project management experience structuring and delivering complex initiatives.

- Demonstrates a healthy skepticism and ability to partner with a multiple stakeholders.

- Collaborative team player with clear examples of working across teams and positively influencing other areas not under their direct reporting lines.

- Ability to positively drive work forward and create a strong team environment.

- Structured approach to defining, executing and evidencing deliverables.

- Ability to operate within a global environment working with stakeholders from multiple locations and time zones.

- Experience in identifying and managing the risks, issues and dependencies inherent in delivering complex regulatory change.

Desired skills:

- Collaborative team player with clear examples of working across teams and positively influencing other areas not under their direct reporting lines.

- Ability to positively drive work forward and create a strong team environment.

- Structured approach to defining, executing and evidencing deliverables.