VP & Head of Business Finance Change Management - GM

JOB PURPOSE: The Global Markets Business Finance team comprises Business Unit Control, Valuation Control, Central MI and Change Management teams. The team supports the Global Markets and Group Treasury businesses locally and internationally. The unit falls under the Group Finance department and reports to the CFO, CIB Finance & International. The Change Management Team is responsible for pioneering digital transformation initiatives targeted at implementing controls and increasing operational efficiencies . The team leads major initiatives relating to international roll-out projects, new products roll-out, as well as transformation projects, processes re-engineering and systems’ change requests. VP-Head of Change Management is expected to drive strategic initiatives with an innovative mindset focused on maximizing growth and eliminating inefficiencies. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: Team Supervision Leads a techno-functional advisory team which acts as liaison between various business groups (Global Markets, Operations, Compliance, Risk, Legal, IT and PMO) across FAB’s Head Office and international locations – advising on Global Markets / Finance best practices, audit point resolutions, identifies and executes optimization opportunities, international rollouts, automation opportunities, and processes / products / controls rollouts Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures Devise solutions drives initiatives for implementing controls as part of tactical and strategic solutions for current risky/time consuming processes, with an objective to enhance governance, accuracy and efficiency of the output for financial & management reporting Continuous Improvement Participate in the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement and sustainability of systems, processes and practices considering global standards, productivity improvement and cost reduction. Reporting Re-engineer current processes to facilitate management and financial reporting and analysis. Job Context Business Activity Support Transforms finance streams from cost centers to business drivers by collaborating with Global Markets team on revenue generating initiatives and supporting GM’s business growth, ambitions, and goals Drives strategic initiatives with an innovative mindset focused on maximizing growth and eliminating inefficiencies Pioneers digital transformation initiatives targeted at implementing controls and increasing operational efficiencies by re-engineering, automating and optimizing processes, whilst adopting an agile delivery mindset Collaborate with stakeholders in Product Control, Global Markets / Group Treasury, Operations, Risk and Finance to support new business activity deployment, enhance existing functionalities in Murex and downstream systems Review business needs and translate them into application functional requirements for complex financial products and processes Ensures compliance with and documentation of Risk & Control Self-Assessments (RCSA), Operational Risk Assessments for Projects (ORAP), and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Centralization of Business Change Requests Centralize all system change requests for Product Control and Financial Control Departments: log business issues (gaps and risks), review business requirement documents (BRDs), follow up on systems’ IT implementations, perform UAT before deployment, ensure a global rollout of changes, and notify all stakeholders of the required end user procedures Support of new business requests , ensuring they are controlled through the existing or new system architecture, providing responsive support to front office, ensuring “speed to market” of new products. Delegated authority for New Activity Working Group (NAWG), for new product sign-off. Contribution to Transformation Projects Simultaneously leads multiple projects focused on the automation/optimization of manual processes by leveraging on various systems Delivers complex automation projects within tight deadlines Contribution to International Roll-outs Manage the change management team by overlooking the validation processes, reconciliations, gaps and issues identified Represents business and leads the integration and migration activities, from a GM Finance perspective, relating to sensitive and complex mergers / acquisitions Escalate any issues to the management and assist in mitigating any operational risk Addresses business critical audit and compliance issues by developing and implementing tactical and strategic solutions Contribution to New Products and Processes Scoping and Rollout Activities Grows the business profitability by liaising with various stakeholders (Front Office, Operatio

Leads a techno-functional advisory team acting as liaison between Global Markets, Operations, Compliance, Risk, Legal, IT and PMO to advise on best practices, audit resolutions, optimization opportunities, international rollouts, automation opportunities, and process/product/control rollouts. Devise solutions for implementing controls to enhance governance, accuracy and efficiency of financial and management reporting. Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and sustainability of systems, processes and practices with global standards and cost reduction. Re-engineer processes to facilitate management and financial reporting and analysis. Centralize system change requests for Product Control and Financial Control, log issues, review BRDs, follow up on IT implementations, perform UAT, ensure global rollout and end-user procedures. Support new business requests ensuring they are controlled through existing or new system architecture, provide responsive front-office support, and enable speed to market for new products. Delegate authority for NAWG for new product sign-off. Lead multiple automation/optimization projects with tight deadlines. Oversee international roll-outs and integration/migration activities from a GM Finance perspective related to mergers/acquisitions. Escalate issues to management and mitigate operational risk. Address critical audit and compliance issues by developing and implementing tactical and strategic solutions. Contribute to scoping and rollout of new products and processes to grow profitability through collaboration with Front Office, Operations, and other stakeholders.