Project Manager - Finance Applications

Program Management

·        Drive the overall end-to-end program management across data and finance from planning to execution and delivery.   

·        Partner with stakeholders across Finance, Data and Business units to align priorities, manage dependencies, and ensure successful outcomes 

·        Drive the data, design and solution discussions with vendor, technology team and user groups. 

·        Direct project team of internal and/or external resources to deliver results within agreed parameters.

Project Governance

·        Ensure proper governance and impact assessment of scope creep and change requests.

·        Organise and chair governance meetings, including preparation of meeting materials and minutes.

·        Ensure work deliverables are in compliance with bank policies and regulatory requirements.

·        Measure, monitor and report progress to stakeholders

Scope Management

·        Manage all changes to the agreed scope of work

·        Review and assess changes and impact to timeline & cost

·        Ensure all changes are approved

Risk and Issue Management

·        Identify and raise risks and issues affecting the project, including financial or operation and proactively managing them, with timely escalation to relevant parties where necessary.

·        Drive the testing strategy and manage the testing cycles, ensuring all critical and high defects are resolved within the testing cycle.

Stakeholder Management

·        Manage relationships across all business lines and with external parties, ensuring timely delivery of assigned activities.

• In addition, the candidate must fulfil the following criteria:
• Must have worked in local or foreign banks
• Must have implement full end to end projects for finance applications (ie. SAP ERP, Enterprise Budget, Financial Consolidation, Regulatory Reporting (ie. MAS 637, MAS 610))
• Must understand financial data
• Able to perform dive dive impact assessment, detailed data analysis and data profiling
• Able to facilitate and drive workshop discussions with business and tech teams
• Strong communication skills, ie prepare high quality & concise presentation slides to senior management
• Strong stakeholders' engagement skills
• Self-driven and proactive
• Adaptive to different area in the data and finance space, open to learning new Gen AI technology

Requirements

·        Project Manager with over 15 years of experience leading cross-functional teams and delivering complex projects

·        Solid understanding of project management principles, with hands-on experience in both SDLC and Agile methodologies

·        Skilled in data management and financial systems, with knowledge of system integration and reporting

·        Familiar with accounting standards and regulatory requirements, especially in finance-related projects

·        Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Project for planning, tracking, and reporting

·        Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to build effective relationships across business and technical teams

·        Highly organized with experience managing multiple stakeholders in large, matrixed environments

·        Confident in presenting to senior leadership and diverse audiences

·        Passionate, diligent, and resilient, with the ability to work through ambiguity and deliver under pressure

·        PMP certification preferred.