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Australia

This role is accountable for delivery of the strategic and client change agenda for reporting and data distribution services covering accounting, financial statements, bespoke reporting, and APRA regulatory reporting for Fund Services Australia and New Zealand. In addition the role is accountable for product management and product development of Exchange Traded Product (ETFs, LICs) fund services.JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of… Show more This role is accountable for delivery of the strategic and client change agenda for reporting and data distribution services covering accounting, financial statements, bespoke reporting, and APRA regulatory reporting for Fund Services Australia and New Zealand. In addition the role is accountable for product management and product development of Exchange Traded Product (ETFs, LICs) fund services.JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.6 trillion and operations worldwide. The Firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. Show less

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.6 trillion and operations worldwide. The Firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and… Show more JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.6 trillion and operations worldwide. The Firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. Show less

The role of Project Manager was accountable for delivering the blueprint for a transformation project implementing new processes and technology to enable greater accuracy and visibility of cash to local liquidity risk departments across Asia.Key Achievements• Secured engagement of key stakeholders which included local CFOs to enable successful implementation and desired project outcomes• Planned and executed project across multiple Asian countries• Liaised with all… Show more The role of Project Manager was accountable for delivering the blueprint for a transformation project implementing new processes and technology to enable greater accuracy and visibility of cash to local liquidity risk departments across Asia.Key Achievements• Secured engagement of key stakeholders which included local CFOs to enable successful implementation and desired project outcomes• Planned and executed project across multiple Asian countries• Liaised with all collection and disbursement departments (premium collection, policy payments, investments, finance, etc) to document all cash flow related processes• Managed business analysts and solution architects to achieve timely project delivery• Analysed, developed and evaluated process solutions to achieve requirements while balancing executive driven target operating model• Directly managed project risks and issues to mitigate and avoid impacts to project delivery• Developed resource, cost and benefit models to analyse various implementation approaches and proposed options analysis to executives Show less

Hong Kong

The role of Project Manager/Business Analyst had accountability for implementing a pan-Asian solution interfacing SAP Financial Asset Management with the Bloomberg trading system. The role was directly responsible for managing the relationship with the client project manager and interacted with senior Finance, Risk, Compliance and Investment Operations stakeholders at both the Group and Local levels. Key Achievements• Liaised with local entities across Asia to collate user… Show more The role of Project Manager/Business Analyst had accountability for implementing a pan-Asian solution interfacing SAP Financial Asset Management with the Bloomberg trading system. The role was directly responsible for managing the relationship with the client project manager and interacted with senior Finance, Risk, Compliance and Investment Operations stakeholders at both the Group and Local levels. Key Achievements• Liaised with local entities across Asia to collate user requirements for the investment operations reporting solution • Reviewed, categorised and interpreted the requirements to identify issues, risks, change impacts and new requirements whilst ensuring compliance with the target reporting model• Directly responsible for ensuring all contracted, payment linked milestones were delivered on time• Managed client expectations by engaging at multiple levels from project members to the project sponsor resulting in a successful client relationship• Directly managed testing workstream to finalise and agree the testing scope with various project and business stakeholders, interviewed and onboarded a team, planned and managed the development of test scripts, and managed the first cycle of system and integration testing• Planned complex cutover strategy covering 6 months, 15 countries, multiple systems, 3rd party vendors and multiple releases• Worked in conjunction with various business stakeholders to develop complete solutions to complex requirements Show less

The role of testing and cutover manager had accountability for ensuring all phases of testing from unit testing, through to system and integration testing to user acceptance testing were planned, executed and delivered to schedule. The role was also accountable for planning a complex cutover strategy and then managing the delivery of the plan across various workstreams and countries.Key Achievements• Delivered a successful timely go live by planning and managing tasks and… Show more The role of testing and cutover manager had accountability for ensuring all phases of testing from unit testing, through to system and integration testing to user acceptance testing were planned, executed and delivered to schedule. The role was also accountable for planning a complex cutover strategy and then managing the delivery of the plan across various workstreams and countries.Key Achievements• Delivered a successful timely go live by planning and managing tasks and activities covering technical cutover, full data rehearsal, production data load, and operational go live.• Liaised with Investment Accounting, BASIS, support, project workstreams and management to ensure accurate planning and execution of projects first cutover• Developed and managed the high level and detailed project plan by facilitating planning workshops with the various project workstreams• Delivered system testing for 2 releases covering 10 countries and a wide range of investment products including money markets, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, foreign exchange and derivatives. Show less

Senior PMO Analyst for the Customer First Programme

PMO Analyst on the CST Programme.