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Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Southampton, United Kingdom

Managing a Business Delivery team consisting of project specialists and subject matter experts, and responsible for the delivery of the pControl solution within OMW’s Heritage Investment Administration department (seven modules including Cash Allocation, Unitized Order Management, Market Data Validation and Unitized Pricing, Institutional and Financial Reporting). Responsible for the Supplier relationship (Milestone), existing global IT supplier changes (HCL, Euroclear, Calastone) and… Show more Managing a Business Delivery team consisting of project specialists and subject matter experts, and responsible for the delivery of the pControl solution within OMW’s Heritage Investment Administration department (seven modules including Cash Allocation, Unitized Order Management, Market Data Validation and Unitized Pricing, Institutional and Financial Reporting). Responsible for the Supplier relationship (Milestone), existing global IT supplier changes (HCL, Euroclear, Calastone) and key internal Programme Stakeholders. Ensuring the solution is delivered smoothly into the business on time, within budget, to the expected quality and in-line with OMW’s target operating model. Show less

Southampton

Facilitating change within both Investment Operations and wider Skandia Corporate Programmes, the role has ranged from full Project Management of bespoke internal changes through to Test and Configuration management for large corporate regulatory changes. Highlights include:NTS Evolution Concept – Managing a full review of the current platform, working with the current stakeholder community to ascertain envisaged requirements for up to the next 10 year (business and… Show more Facilitating change within both Investment Operations and wider Skandia Corporate Programmes, the role has ranged from full Project Management of bespoke internal changes through to Test and Configuration management for large corporate regulatory changes. Highlights include:NTS Evolution Concept – Managing a full review of the current platform, working with the current stakeholder community to ascertain envisaged requirements for up to the next 10 year (business and regulatory), performing industry searches for suitable alternatives, formalising/packaging requirements, issuing RFPs to various international suppliers, analysis of results, client visits (including offshore providers in Chennai), and full report and presentation to the Board members and Project sponsors.pControl Data Manager, Test Manager and Configuration Manager. – Performing varied roles within an internal £3m project which worked with an external supplier to jointly build and configure a platform to move Reconciliation, Distributions and Rebate processing onto a single RDR compliant platform.SIS Proposition (RDR) Test Manager – Responsible for 18 Subject Matter Experts (taken from the business, with minimal test experience); to work through requirements, work closely with the business and SMEs to create test scenarios and scripts, execute full user acceptance testing, manage and escalate defects where necessary; and overall manage stakeholder expectations and communications to board level. Show less

Southampton, United Kingdom

Responsible for the management of four Investment Operations teams (Rebates, Fund Relationships, NTS Helpdesk & Standing Data – circa 16 staff). The role involved both the day-to-day running of the teams plus several changes over the period to account for growing business volumes, substantial enhancements to straight-through-processing, ownership of external legal agreements, and the mitigation of risk across all teams. The role also provided subject matter expert knowledge into disaster… Show more Responsible for the management of four Investment Operations teams (Rebates, Fund Relationships, NTS Helpdesk & Standing Data – circa 16 staff). The role involved both the day-to-day running of the teams plus several changes over the period to account for growing business volumes, substantial enhancements to straight-through-processing, ownership of external legal agreements, and the mitigation of risk across all teams. The role also provided subject matter expert knowledge into disaster recovery plans/exercises, and on-going NTS Project and department/company initiatives. Show less

Southampton

Working within a group-wide project to deliver a Trading, Pricing, Settlement and Reconciliation system that is used across several departments and European companies within Skandia.

Southampton

Responsible for a small team of five people, reconciling collective funds, investment trusts and equities.

Southampton

Initially working within a small team dealing with the de-mutualised share issues...then progressing onto general Investment Operations areas covering fund Trading, Pricing, Settlements and Reconciliations. From early 2000, also being responsible for the Overseas Matching & Dealing team.