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.