Associate/VP, Global Markets Change Management - Global Markets Initiatives

Job Description:

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Summary:

The Global Market Change Management (GMCM) team is responsible for end to-end solutions to regulatory (including Risk & Capital) and business change. 

Team members act as project managers and thought leaders for large strategic and regulatory change projects that impact EMEA GM. These can involve all parts of GM including Sales, Trading, as well as related teams in Legal, Compliance, Risk, Operations and Technology, both in the region and more globally. These projects are typically high profile and involve a high degree of strategic problem solving to ensure regulatory and/or commercial viability.

The candidate will form part of a well-established and high-performing GMCM team in EMEA and globally.

Job Description

As part of the EMEA GMCM team, this role will:

• Cover key strategic and regulatory initiatives, which may include:

  • Project management, both on an end-to-end basis, and/or discrete sub-components

  • Driving work in co-ordination with relevant Business teams, as well as Support and Control partners, to ensure appropriate control frameworks are established

  • Running or supporting governance routines to facilitate key deliverables

  • Supporting or reviewing underlying legal/regulatory requirements with key stakeholders to determine business impact and appropriate response

  • Preparedness to challenge interpretations to ensure commercial and regulatory considerations are balanced

  • Collaborating with Business, Compliance and Legal teams to design and deliver training on key regulations / strategic projects

  • Delivering process walkthroughs, and appropriate ‘audit trail’ on project work

• Support several high profile projects concurrently

• Coordinate cross-border and/or cross legal entity conformance on such projects

• Support or lead cross-LOB coordination on key regional and global initiatives to ensure consistency and to identify/resolve any overlaps or conflicting guidance by business/jurisdiction

Desired Skills and Competencies

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to simplify complex information into messages targeted to various levels of leadership

• Proficiency in Excel, Word and Power Point

• Excellent critical thinking/problem solving skills

• Highly proficient in data aggregation, integration, and analysis               

• Extensive experience of Project Management and knowledge of how programs run

• Strong comfort and familiarity with Global Markets businesses (FICC, Equities, Futures, etc.) and related platforms (e.g. Brokers, FMI, Trading Venues) and partners

• Experience of working with technical teams and translating technical concepts to business audiences

• Very strong attention to detail

• Must be able to work well in collaborative team environment, but also independently run initiatives

• Excellent time management skills and ability to manage multiple competing/concurrent activities

What can we offer?

A highly challenging and stimulating role with exposure across the Global Markets platform and a great scope for individual development. Opportunity to be part of a dynamic, diverse and high performing team, working closely with Senior Management on critical issues for the EMEA and global