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We are currently seeking an ambitious individual to join our team as a Model Risk Junior PMO working together with colleagues to assist the planning, tracking and reporting of Model Risk responsibilities and activities within the Treasury function.
Role Purpose
This is a truly unique opportunity to join at the beginning of building a new function within HSBC’s Global Treasury function that will have a material impact on profitability and the way we do business. We are looking for people who have worked in PMOs in the financial sector and have specific hands-on experience collaborating on projects from initiation to delivery.
The role holder will liaise with project/workstream leads and stakeholders to ensure milestones remain on track, identify and manage RAIDs and create and manage project status reporting.
As part of a global team, the role will involve working with multiple functional teams with a view to managing all project deliverables. The role will have a heavy emphasis on the use of MS suite of products to assist in supporting the Project Manager/ Business Analysts and their workstreams focus on the enhancement of relevant models including liquidity risk, interest rate risk, RWAs & capital.
In this role, you will:
Impact on the Business
• Working closely with workstream leads and a variety of stakeholders to deliver within agreed quality criteria and timescales to optimise delivery across multiple workstreams
• Ultimately will enable elements of the cost saving agenda due to automation of complex control requirements
Customers / Stakeholders
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders within IT, Entities (in particular Global Treasury), Global Businesses and Global Functions (e.g. business line FRM, Global Risk Analytics etc)
• Partner closely with the PMs and BAs in Global Treasury
• Actively participate in, and where appropriate, assist with cross-functional working groups to understand requirements, to manage, track and monitor Model Risk for adoption by the end user
Leadership & Teamwork
• Demonstrate strong communication skills by influencing others, including peers, senior management, colleagues within the regions/countries to removing barriers to change
• Communication skills are essential as you will be part of the driving force for delivery, requiring excellent planning, organisation and time management skills that will enhance the Model Risk team and their deliverables
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects HSBC brand
Operational Effectiveness & Control
• Comply with all required internal policies and external rules or laws ensuring taking into account all of the relevant policies and rules applicable to any given business process
• Ensure all team members are following control requirements, keeping in line with internal policies and external rules including those relevant to money laundering (ML), terrorist financing (TF), sanctions and other reputational risks
To be successful in the role, you should meet the following requirements:
• At least two years’ broad-based banking experience as a PMO in financial services with preference for those who have focused on IRRBB, Liquidity and Capital
• Excellent communication, highly self-motivated, with a keen interest in business change and BAU
• Deep knowledge of the MS suite of products, e.g., PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, Word
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience of preparing key messages and recommendations to senior management and other stakeholders through set up of meetings and relevant documentation / dashboards
• Strong influencing, interpersonal, organisational, analytical, negotiation and problem solving skills
• Result oriented and team player who can foster strong and collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders
• Track, update, escalate and communicate project issues, risks and gaps, and action items while driving identification of key issues for attention according to the level of audience, e.g. senior stakeholders, working groups, etc.
• Track efficiency, outcomes, ensuring planned outputs deliver the agreed outcomes and remain relevant, enabled through provision of timely and targeted MI, minutes, actions, etc.
• Managing and maintaining documentation (e.g. meeting packs, meeting minutes, logs and plans) and facilitate key governance forums, reinforcing the accountability of key stakeholders
• Have both theoretical and practical knowledge of agile and/or lean software development, and project management principles, e.g. RAID logs, timelines, milestone accuracy, RAG statuses, etc.
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