Senior Operations Planning Consultant-Banking

Responsibilities:

• Lead the project planning and development of a detailed project schedule, ensuring milestones and deadlines are met.
• Regularly assess risks to mitigate potential issues throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure optimal allocation of tasks and clear responsibilities for all stakeholders.
• Liaise with various stakeholders, including business units, compliance officers, and offshore center teams, ensuring seamless communication across departments.
• Provide regular project updates to senior leadership, highlighting key milestones, challenges, and risks.
• Facilitate meetings, ensuring alignment and addressing any roadblocks that arise during the project.
• Analyze the current business processes being transferred to the offshore center, identifying opportunities for improvement and optimization.
• Work closely with business process owners to ensure processes are re-engineered effectively and can be executed efficiently at the offshore location.
• Collaborate with legal and compliance teams to ensure the offshore migration adheres to local and international standards.
• Oversee the change management process, ensuring stakeholders are prepared for the transition and that any resistance is addressed effectively.
• Provide training and support to teams involved in the migration to ensure a smooth and successful transition.
• Monitor the progress of the project to ensure adherence to schedule.
• Prepare and deliver project reports to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and effective tracking of milestones and deliverables.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in any related field.
• At least 2-3 years of leadership experience in managing projects, particularly those involving offshore outsourcing or business process migration.
• Strong background in banking operations, specifically back-office functions and transaction processing.
• Proven track record in managing cross-functional teams, including international and offshore teams.
• Familiarity with offshore outsourcing models and managing complex migration projects.
• Extensive experience in project planning, execution, and risk management, particularly in large-scale business process migrations.
• Strong skills in identifying, assessing, and mitigating project risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Leadership and team management abilities to motivate teams, manage change, and ensure the successful delivery of projects.
• Proficiency in communication, both written and verbal, to engage with diverse stakeholders across cultures and time zones.
• Ability to deliver clear updates to senior management, with strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to adapt to dynamic environments and shifting business needs, especially when managing cross-cultural teams and evolving regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the project planning and development of a detailed project schedule, ensuring milestones and deadlines are met.
• Regularly assess risks to mitigate potential issues throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure optimal allocation of tasks and clear responsibilities for all stakeholders.
• Liaise with various stakeholders, including business units, compliance officers, and offshore center teams, ensuring seamless communication across departments.
• Provide regular project updates to senior leadership, highlighting key milestones, challenges, and risks.
• Facilitate meetings, ensuring alignment and addressing any roadblocks that arise during the project.
• Analyze the current business processes being transferred to the offshore center, identifying opportunities for improvement and optimization.
• Work closely with business process owners to ensure processes are re-engineered effectively and can be executed efficiently at the offshore location.
• Collaborate with legal and compliance teams to ensure the offshore migration adheres to local and international standards.
• Oversee the change management process, ensuring stakeholders are prepared for the transition and that any resistance is addressed effectively.
• Provide training and support to teams involved in the migration to ensure a smooth and successful transition.
• Monitor the progress of the project to ensure adherence to schedule.
• Prepare and deliver project reports to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and effective tracking of milestones and deliverables.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in any related field.
• At least 2-3 years of leadership experience in managing projects, particularly those involving offshore outsourcing or business process migration.
• Strong background in banking operations, specifically back-office functions and transaction processing.
• Proven track record in managing cross-functional teams, including international and offshore teams.
• Familiarity with offshore outsourcing models and managing complex migration projects.
• Extensive experience in project planning, execution, and risk management, particularly in large-scale business process migrations.
• Strong skills in identifying, assessing, and mitigating project risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Leadership and team management abilities to motivate teams, manage change, and ensure the successful delivery of projects.
• Proficiency in communication, both written and verbal, to engage with diverse stakeholders across cultures and time zones.
• Ability to deliver clear updates to senior management, with strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to adapt to dynamic environments and shifting business needs, especially when managing cross-cultural teams and evolving regulatory requirements.