Overview

Project Office

ED/ VP- IT Program / Project Manager (Finance) – (240000S9)

Description

 

Start your career with OCBC Bank as Program / Project Manager in our Group Operation & Technology Division.

As part of the Technology Service Delivery group, the Program / Project Manager holds the overall responsibility and accountability for IT project management for Group Risk and Finance domain. He/she should work in partnership with Business Users across the GRM / Group Finance and Technology to deliver projects to agreed scope, schedule, budget and quality. He would also be responsible for managing a team of Project Managers and through them deliver multiple Projects.

Role :

  • Cluster Lead level leadership, managing / Managing large Programs / Multiple Projects through a team of IT Project Managers. Experience in implementing Oracle Fusion SaaS / Cloud suits of applications
  • Senior Level (MD and above) Stakeholders’ engagement
  • Good Finance and Risk domain knowledge, to effectively engage with respective Verticals / Solution Teams
  • Vendor Engagement and Conflict resolutions
  • Strong Financial Management
  • Strong Capabilities to manage conflicts.
  • Strong People Management skills, with ability to Coach / Mentor
  • Represent the Cluster in multiple forums / meetings within IT / With Business Units
  • Extremely collaborative and able to balance between People and Tasks across the Teams

Project Management:

  • Establish project plans, resources, budgets and time-frames, and assign tasks
  • Identify, track and communicate project progress, milestones, deliverables changes and dependencies within the schedule, costs, issues and risks
  • Manage team’s performance of project tasks, provide technical advice and guidance, schedule assignments and training for development, prepare performance appraisals
  • Coordinate project activities across multiple teams in a matrix organization
  • Secure acceptance and approval of deliverables or revisions to the project from the project sponsor and stakeholders
  • Ensure work deliverables are in compliance with bank policies and regulatory requirements.
  • Plan for and oversee preparation of documentation of each project phase (business requirements, functional specification, project plan, test strategy, test plan, etc), training and support in new/modified applications.
  • Plan and conduct the Project Steering Committee Meetings for regular updates to Project Sponsors and Key Senior Stakeholders

Domain Knowledge:

  • Knowledge in Finance Domain – At least one of these areas – General Leder, Accounts Payables, Enterprise performance management and Data Management is essential.
  • Experience in handling Datawarehouse (EDW) and/ or Hadoop related Projects is essential.
  • Understanding of technical aspects of system integration in a mix technology environment.

 

 

Qualifications

 

Qualifications/Experience :

  • Tertiary education required.
  • Over 15 years in project management in IT bank delivering projects exceeding S$ 1 mil
  • Over 5 years in Program / Large Project Management
  • Certification or formal training in project management is an advantage.

Other Attributes:

  • Self-starting with strong leadership and team building skills
  • Effective Communication and Presentation skills
  • Ability to resolve complex problems creatively
  • Experience in managing senior stakeholders
  • Good financial literacy to be able to manage Project Budget effectively
  • Effective Problem solving and Conflict Resolution capabilities

 

Primary Location

: Singapore

Job

: Project Management

Organization

: Project Office

Schedule

: Permanent

: Full-time

Job Posting

: 25-Oct-2024, 1:08:42 PM

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About OCBC Bank

OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.

OCBC and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of commercial banking, specialist financial and wealth management services, ranging from consumer, corporate, investment, private and transaction banking to treasury, insurance, asset management and stockbroking services.

OCBC’s key markets are Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Greater China. It has more than 570 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions. These include about 300 branches and offices in Indonesia under subsidiary Bank OCBC NISP, and over 90 branches and offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR under OCBC Wing Hang.

OCBC’s private banking services are provided by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals.

OCBC's insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia. Its asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors, is one of the largest private sector asset management companies in Southeast Asia.