Project Manager (Front Office Regulations)

A leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, institutional securities, investment management, and wealth management services.

With offices in more than 42 countries, the Firm’s employees serve clients worldwide, including corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals.

The Firm’s Cross Divisional Programs Group is seeking a Project Manager (PM), based in Hong Kong. This role will allow the individual to work within Asia’s landscape to deliver business expansion projects and other top risk and regulatory initiatives across multiple markets and asset classes.

This opportunity will allow the individual to work with senior members of the firm to drive continuous improvement.

Your new role

• Provide project management to support the equities’ business, driving business analysis and feasibility studies for potential projects
• Work closely with the business and development managers to oversee and track the portfolio of technology initiatives being delivered for front office sales & trading.
• Interaction with other technology silos, operations, and finance to coordinate front-to-back testing
• Manage and deliver region-specific Business Expansion (Product) and Regulatory Change projects, from analysis of their front-to-back impact on the business to delivery of resultant changes
• Assist with managing the pipeline of work for the business and facilitating prioritization in line with current supply/demand
• Support standardization and consistency in projects, risk management processes, and procedures, and ensure adherence to company tools and applications

What you’ll need to succeed

• University degree with at least 8-12 years of relevant work experience in a central management consulting firm or within the financial services industry
• Knowledge of sales and trading, finance, operations, technology, or internal audit background preferred
• Strong Project Management skills and demonstrated ability to work under pressure
• Strong analytic and problem solving / process improvement skills, ability to learn quickly, manage multiple demands, change priorities and solve poorly defined problems
• Excellent verbal and written skills with an ability to create high-quality written products that are comprehensive, accurate, and tailored to the audience
• Outstanding ability to work effectively across all levels of the organization with excellent influencing and negotiation skills
• Overall experience in hands-on project management, specifically in information technology-related projects essential and supporting financial services businesses

Desirable Skills

• Strong knowledge of Asian markets and exchanges, including the associated regulations that govern the Asia region
• Solid working knowledge of securities, derivatives, and securities lending is advantageous.
• Experience with large-scale regulatory initiatives gained from having worked with the capital markets trading industry (derivatives and equities) at a global bank or consultancy

What you’ll get in return

• The opportunity to work in a leading investment bank
• The opportunity to collaborate with like-minded individuals
• The career development opportunities working in a fast-paced environment