Associate, Change Manager (Global Corporate Investment Banking)

Job title:

Associate, Change Manager (Global Corporate Investment Banking)

Company

MUFG Investor Services

Job description

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 120,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT/SECTIONGlobal Corporate & Investment Banking (“GCIB”) is the division responsible for managing the Bank’s key international client relationships and main financing products (Syndication, Structured & Project Finance, Securitisation, Working Capital Solutions, ECA financing, etc.).MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLEThe GCIB Change Management function provides definitive statement of good governance and business practice in the change and project management space, and forms an integral part of the GCIB control infrastructure.The role is to oversee and drive effective change management practices across the EMEA GCIB portfolio to ensure that projects meet their success criteria. The successful candidate will provide support to the Programme Manager in the development and delivery of a number of initiatives that have been developed or are to be developed as part of the business strategy and their book of work. Cross-project synergies, dependencies and challenges need to be identified to ensure optimal delivery.The successful candidate will be part of the GCIB Change Management function, reporting to the Head of GCIB Change Management.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Full lifecycle project management for GCIB initiatives and supporting the GCIB Programme lead for project delivery
• Manage implementation deliveries ensuring transparency of risks, issues and dependencies that are fully aligned to functional / business owners;
• Create and deliver project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements;
• Ensures project documents are complete, current, and appropriately stored;
• When required, the candidate should be able to facilitate analysis and interpret facts and figures to allow for streamlined decision making process;
• Collaboration with key functional or business stakeholders to achieve clear outcomes/deliverables in relation to the strategic and transformational book of work
• Partner with key stakeholders across the 1st and 2nd LoD to ensure compliance with relevant firm policies and framework, understand external regulatory expectations and industry standards, where appropriate
• Assist with running and managing steering committees, working groups (cross functional) and ensure accountability of actions against planned timelines;
• Submit project status reports to stakeholders, coordinate and provide updates to steering committees
• Create and maintain project lifecycle documentation which includes business justification, feasibility study, business requirements, implementation strategy, closure packs, etc.
• Define Target Operating models across various functions and regions and their execution

WORK EXPERIENCEEssential:

• 5+ years investment banking experience or management consultancy within financial institutions;
• 4+ years in project management experience (with a proven track record of delivery);
• 2+ years in Business analysis experience;
• Proven track record of Front Office change projects experience and developing framework models or their implementation.
• Governance across the three Lines of Defence and experience of defining frameworks and their implementation
• Transformation delivery and change management – overall strategic and /or transformation led change and delivery experience
• Strong presentation, communication and negotiation skills enabling the candidate interact effectively with stakeholders

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCEFunctional / Technical Competencies:Essential

• Strong understanding of the 1st Line of Defence framework
• Strong understanding of the project lifecycle
• Front to back understanding of IB Operating model with good Front Office / product knowledge.
• Experience in development of strategies and target operating models; implementation of strategic or transformation programs / projects
• Experienced interaction of delivering front to back solutions with demonstrable knowledge/interactions with functional divisions e.g. Finance, Ops, Risk, Legal, Compliance
• Direct experience in managing multiple functional stakeholder (senior level)
• Strong planning, budgeting and prioritization skills;
• Strong communications skills (up to senior management, across stakeholders and direct reports) and be able to present and challenge;

Education / Qualifications:

• Degree level educated or equivalent qualifications
• Programme/Project management or Financial markets led accreditation (beneficial)

PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent communication skills
• Result & Delivery driven, with a strong sense of accountability
• A proactive, motivated approach.
• Conflict management ensuring collaborative outcomes
• Strong decision making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement
• A structured and logical approach to work
• The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment
• Strong numerical skills
• Advanced Experience of MS Project and or other PM tools (Planview)
• Microsoft Office skills (specifically Powerpoint, Visio, Excel & Word).

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 07:07:52 GMT

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