JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Senior Principal Business Manager
Location: Singapore

Our client is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, they services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking).

The Information Technology division supports the dynamic financial business through the development of a strategic infrastructure for our client’s offices across the globe. IT partners with the business and corporate stakeholders to develop, implement and support sophisticated trading systems and middle, back office systems through the use of state of the art technology.

Role description:
Looking for a Business Manager in the Wholesale CIO organization. The Business Manager will report to the Head of Wholesale Technology and Operations Business Management and will support our senior executive Technology and Operations regional leaders for the Wholesale business. The role will require strong partnership with other Business Managers, Global Markets Business COO’s and other corporate function leaders.

Drive strategic planning in partnership with head of department and their leadership team, developing objectives and defining performance metrics to monitor progress against plan
Build relationships with regional leadership within Operations and Technology, as well as with the Corporate Functional Leaders and support teams
Understand and represent financials to the region in partnership with Finance, including reviewing budgets/forecasts/monthly actuals, supporting monthly processes and controls (approvals, accruals, recharges, etc.), understanding impacts of capitalization and coordinating allocations to the business
Develop workforce plan inclusive of appropriate resource mix and location strategy, tracking headcount and recruiment pipeline in line with established targets and global business line strategies
Monitor vendor processes and approvals in partnership with Sourcing, ensuring compliance with vendor risk management framework and preferred supplier and product strategies
Coordinate agendas, content and papers for management meetings and other executive presentations
Build colleague engagement and communication strategy, including town halls, response to employee survey, recognition schemes, learning & development planning and internal/external brand development & promotion
Participate in people processes in partnership with HR including annual objectives setting, organizational design, succession planning, recruitment and early careers
Support portfolio management requirements to create accurate resource forecasts and project spend reporting
Identify opportunities to standardize, optimize and automate processes and reporting, creating efficient and cost effective business management services
Leverage global processes ensuring that regional requirements are include standard reports and commentary
Develop and align regional business management operating model with global practices
Manage and develop team, making hiring decisions to ensure the right resources are in the right location to deliver against objectives
Actively coach team members against development plans
Continuously prioritize workload and meeting schedule against deliverables, considering time zones

Skills, experience, qualifications, and knowledge required:
Desired Credentials

Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or Organizational Behavior
10 years in a COO/CAO/Business Management/Chief of Staff role in Financial Services
Experience with financial management including the review of budgets, forecasts and monthly actuals

Desired Skills

Execution – Detail-oriented and structured in approach to prioritization, analysis, planning and reporting; Able to multi-task, manage multiple projects and work under pressure to deliver high-quality outcomes
Motivation – Sets high standards for self and others with a strong desire to overachieve on agreed objectives
Stakeholder Management – Team player with good communication skills, able to work effectively within a global team
Service Framework – Leverages, supports and builds shared services to deliver globally consistent output and reporting using global source, enterprise data
Tools – Apptio/TCO, Excel, PowerPoint, Project

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