Job Description

Project Management & Change Execution is responsible for delivery of the value and strategic outcomes of their Change BoW that ensures successful transition into the organisation\xe2\x80\x99s goals, processes and technologies. Adopting values and principles that follow agreed processes and practices to allow teams to continually improve their performance. Work includes:

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Details of the Division and Team:

The Strategic Remediation & Control Office (SRCO) in APAC delivers comprehensive governance and oversight of remediation activities and to enhance the quality and efficiency of the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s risk and control environment.

Maintaining its high standards in Financial Crime prevention, DB is running a global, cross-functional & cross-divisional initiative (Financial Crime Risk & Compliance Key Deliverable (FCR & C - KD) programme) to strengthen Financial Crime Risk and Compliance Controls. The mission of the Key Deliverable is to synchronize FCR-Compliance cross function / division change-the-bank programs to a run-the-bank framework and to accelerate the delivery of critical improvements across all Financial Crime risk types, with a primary focus on Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Facilitation of Tax Evasion, Sanctions and Embargoes and Compliance risk types

Strong and solid project and stakeholder management skills will be required to ensure the successful execution of the FCR-KD programme. The chosen candidate will have to engage with a wide range of stakeholders (3 Lines of Defence and Technology) and proactively anticipate and manage risks and issues which may cause delays and unexpected outcomes along the project life cycle.

From an execution and methodology point of view, the projects will need to be run in a controlled and audit-proof manner without compromising quality and project timelines.

Activities to be performed by the project manager for achieving success include but are not limited to project planning and execution, budgeting, senior management reporting, coordination and monitoring of remedial activities and establishment of communication channels across relevant stakeholders at a local, regional and global level. Fast escalation to resolve roadblocks is imperative. The project manager will need to ensure that appropriate level of documentation and execution discipline is applied to ensure sustainable delivery.

The chosen candidate should have experience in project management across all project/program related activities such as drafting of project artifacts (e.g. Business requirement documents), documenting testing execution (e.g. UAT test cases) and other regulatory related tasks (e.g. coordination of regulatory reporting submissions).

Your key responsibilities:

• Lead projects from the requirements definition phase to the final delivery
• Develop project plans and roadmaps taking into consideration all project related activities, resources, timelines and deliverables.
• Own and deliver all PMO related activities in the APAC programme. Summarize and report overall program/project status progress and ensure adherence to the agreed scope and schedule.
• Manage issues, risks, dependencies and assumptions to ensure successful and timely delivery of the project. Risk mitigation plans may need to be created and executed along the project life cycle to prevent deviations from the initial scope and schedule.
• Ensure project delivery with full understanding of risks & control considerations. Output of the project will need to be adherent to regulatory and internal risk appetite requirements.
• Work with SMEs to complete project artifacts in alignment with stakeholders\xe2\x80\x99 expectations
• Develop project related MI metrics and reports/dashboards.
• Provide transparency around progress status and key risks/issues being faced towards achieving success on the in-flight projects to various stakeholder groups.
• Establish strong partnership and collaborative relationship with different stakeholders (AFC/Compliance/Legal/Operations/COO/IT & Infrastructure) towards achieving project outcomes within required timeframes in adherence with regulatory expectations and internal guidelines.
• Develop strong knowledge and understanding of APAC systems/processes/organization in the AFC space.
• Ensure experience gleaned and knowledge gathered from various projects is documented and shared across team for leverage on other ongoing or future initiatives.

Your skills and experience:

• Minimum 8 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience as a Project Manager having worked on Change or Transformation projects within the Financial Crime area in a large multi-national bank.
• Proven experience of regional regulatory trends and developments in both AFC and AML and demonstrated work done in this area.
• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in finance, Accounting, Business or having other relevant professional qualifications.
• Attention to detail and able to apply control framework around processes and identify gaps, risks.
• Strong AFC Risk acumen.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, solution oriented with the ability to think independently.
• Strong stakeholder management experience with ability to communicate with different stakeholders.
• Strong team player with experience to work in diverse teams.
• Very good communication, presentation skills & ability to explain complex structures.
• Have a proactive approach to tasks and responsibilities.
• Flexible to take over any ad-hoc activity instructed by your manager based on the needs of the team.

Role is required to be performed on-site at One Raffles Quay office. Relevant vaccination requirements may apply.

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