Project Manager

The role is for a Project Manager to manage environments in support of delivery. Key focus will be to coordinate testing and provide oversight during regular APAC working hours.

Main duties are to perform the following activities:

• Coordination of setup and maintenance of environments to support planned release cycle activities
• Work with Global Teams
• Ensure defects are documented and managed to successful resolution
• Produce and distribute regular status and environmental health-check reports
• Compile and update ROTAs
• Document and oversee implementation of system / application access
• Oversee environments change management
• Oversee release management for the test environments
• Manage risks, issues and dependencies for execution cycles
• Facilitate communication across multiple teams including Project Managers, Analysts, Testers,

Developers, Release Management

• Track environments-related testing issues and perform statistical analysis
• Participate in release cycles planning, gather and maintain data requirements across release cycles
• Provide guidance to local team members

Ensure that the delivery and testing execution comply with key processes and standards, e.g.:

• Global IT Solution Delivery policies
• SOX
• Applicable Data Management and Process policies
• Issues raised by internal or external audits.

Communication:

• Release centric program-level status reports capturing progress, issues
• Regular communication with offshore Testing, Development, Project Management, Release Management, and other support teams

Essential:

• Educated to degree standard, preferably in a numerate subject OR Relevant IT Experience (+4 years)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Team player fostering a collaborative and cooperative approach to deliver changes into

production

• Experience with Structured Testing and Quality Assurance
• Sound knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite
• Demonstrated Environments Management experience
• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle
• Good working knowledge of Defect Management Tools (ALM/QC, JIRA)
• ITIL trained

Desirable:

• Project Management experience
• Change Management experience
• Knowledge of SQL and databases
• Computer Science or Software Engineering BSc 2ii or higher
• Full life cycle experience, using a structured development methodology
• Presentation skills
• Facilitation skills
• Financial Product knowledge
• Experience of working in an Investment Bank

The main focus will be setup maintenance of system that performs following tasks:

Creates trial / cash balances

Generates P& L reports and provide the data to downstream systems.

Supports Basel2 capital calculation requirements

Provides rule driven postings to the ledger and FACE, the strategic funding application to estimate the impact of funding on the balance sheet.