Job Description

Job: Technology

Primary Location: Asia-Singapore-Singapore

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Permanent

Posting Date: 16/Feb/2023, 4:05:43 AM

Unposting Date: 02/Mar/2023, 11:59:00 PM

Role Responsibilities Role overview

• The Strategic FM re-platforming programme aims at transitioning the FM trading desks away from the existing legacy Transaction Processing systems into the strategic Front to Back FM technology stack. This innovative stack is made of various state-of-the art components relying on micro-services, API and big data technologies. The programme is currently made of 20+ Squads operating front-to-back with a strong engagement of different functions, Sales, Trading, Market and Credit Risk, Operations, Regulatory Reporting and Finance.
• We are looking for a Post Trade Delivery Lead who is very experienced with the front-to-back processing of derivatives products, particularly on Lending products, settlement, reporting and ideally on Loan IQ. Successful candidate will use his/her strengths in driving complex deliveries involving multiple teams and components while leveraging strong analytical skills to address complex requirements with global users and drive their end-to-end delivery.

The Delivery Lead will closely work with the Pre-Trade Delivery Lead (front-office) squads, hives and chapters within the programme and will assist the core programme team (Chief Scrum Masters and Chief Product Owner) to drive end-to-end execution until business go-live. The Delivery Lead will focus mainly on the following components.

• Real-time settlement
• Reporting
• Integration with the non-Financial Market applications: Finance, Account management, Swift gateway, Reconciliations, etc.
• Transverse capabilities: data modelling, front-to-back services.

The Delivery Lead will utilize in-depth knowledge of the Financial Market Derivatives products, trade processing, testing, technical knowledge and also Agile facilitation to drive effectively the development work and deliveries from different squads. The Delivery Lead will operate with a Scrum Master Lead mindset when orchestrating/facilitating deliveries, he/she will be also empowered to contribute to the transformation of the programme to nurture a value-driven environment where Agility is natively embedded, successes are jointly celebrated and transparency, teamwork are the norm.

Responsibilities

• The Delivery Lead is an Individual contributor that synchronise the work across squads to achieve a particular feature/outcome expected by the users.
• Facilitates regular conversation with users, squads members to identify requirements, perform gap analysis, size the work, seek for feedback and validation.
• Uses his leadership/influence and knowledge to facilitate conversations leading to the translation of complex requirements into clear backlog items (Initiatives, Epics, User stories) executable by the squads.
• Works closely with the Product Owners to focus on activities/deliverables prioritised and interacts on a daily basis with the Scrum Masters, Test Manager, Pre-Trade Delivery Lead and Engineers on the progress made.
• Contributes to the overall testing strategy and actively participates into the various testing cycle from unitary testing to the more complex end-to-end testing cycles.
• Contributes to the artefacts maintained by the core programme team: roadmap, milestones aligned to features assigned to him/her, risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies (as per the SCB New Ways of Working framework).
• Implements and promote Agile best practices for backlog and artefacts management and overall operating model set in motion by the programme team.

Our Ideal Candidate Previous experience

• 10+ years\' hands on experience as a business analyst/Scrum Master or Project Manager within the Financial Market/Capital Market Technology space.
• Experience in interactions with FO, MO, BO, Finance users.
• Experience in leading & driving Software/ IT Projects / Teams using Agile.

Financial Market Domain specific knowledge

• Proficient with FM organisational construct (Front-Office, Middle-Office, Operations and Finance).
• Excellent understanding of the Lending products and Back-office processing.
• Good understanding of the Development and DevOps practices in the Banking industry.

Soft skills & Self-mastery

• Analytical and Critical Thinking.
• Strong communication and Interpersonal Skills should be able to interact with various stakeholders at different levels.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Should be capable of negotiating and produce compelling cost-Benefit Analysis.
• Decision-Making Skills.
• Develop leadership to influence the squads members and have a positive impact.
• Actively seeking out feedback from others with the goal to become aware of blind spots and improve.
• Demonstrate passion about his/her role to drive change and create a positive working environment.

Tooling and specifics

• Loan IQ
• Murex 3.1
• Understanding of the technology stack (no development skills expected): Big Data (Hadoop), Kafka, Jenkins, Camunda, React, Java, Solace messaging, REST API, SQL.
• Software Development Cycle, Agile methodologies (SCRUM, Kanban, XP, etc.)
• Collaborative tools (JIRA, Confluence, Office, Mural, Azure board)
• Human Centred Design or Design Thinking (asset)
• Optional certification: Scrum Master

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Business Analysis
• Financial Markets Derivatives products
• Project Management/Agile Delivery
• Experience in interactions with FO, MO, BO, Finance users.
• MO / BO (trade management, settlement, confirmations, reconciliations)
• Murex 2.11 or 3.1 Trade Processing application (workflow, reporting, life-cycling)
• Understanding of the Technical stack: Big Data (Hadoop), Kafka, Jenkins, Camunda, React, Java, Solace messaging, REST API, SQL.
• Scrum Mastering

Understanding of the Technical stack

• Big Data (Hadoop), Kafka, Jenkins, Camunda, React, Java, Solace messaging, REST API, SQL.
• Murex 2.11 Trade Processing application (workflow, reporting, life-cycling).
• Front, Middle and back-office business processes.
• Knowledge of the Wealth Management business processes (optional).

About Standard Chartered

We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, we\'ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you\'re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents. And we can\'t wait to see the talents you can bring us. Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you\'ll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations
• Time-off including annual, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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Company Overview

Standard Chartered is a leading international bank, with more than a 150-year history in some of the world\'s most dynamic markets. We bank the people and companies driving investment, trade and the creation of wealth across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

With more than 1,100 branches and offices in 68 countries, we offer exciting and challenging international career opportunities.

Additional Company Information

Registration No.

201224747C

Company Size

More than 5000 Employees

Average Processing Time

30 days

Industry

Banking / Financial Services

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