Sun Life
Location
Gurgaon | India
Job description
Major accountabilities
· Coordinate and prepare project status reporting with a focus on actionable insights for the Regional senior management team to drive actionable goals and project objectives. Work closely with Regional Business Application team, Regional Finance, Business Teams, Actuarial, IT, Investment and ALM to ensure project benefits and costs are validated and clearly documented in the business cases for various milestones in the Program. · Establish project management best practices, reporting tools and templates and track the progress of benefits realization accordingly for the region. · Carry out program governance activities including – advising on project deliverables from a program governance perspective, conducting project documentation spot check and project health checks, where necessary. · Monitor key projects to ensure successful implementation of the agreed scope within schedule and budget. Monitor, report, and escalate issues and risks appropriately. · Participate in the planning and execution of strategic projects upon management request. · Maintain proper documentation of project information and deliverables for the Program, including capturing all work stream projects in Program Inventory with updated information. · Coordinate regular project management activities including – Asia governance meetings, BU training, and BU governance meetings. · Assess the performance and capability of processes and partner groups (throughput, cycle time, productivity, waste, etc.) · Participate in process improvement and transformation opportunities with a focus on going beyond an IFRS17 compliant target state. · Conduct Kaizen events and facilitate problem solving sessions with partner teams. · Deliver training sessions and provide coaching to partner teams Specialized knowledge Qualified Chartered Accountant Qualified Project Manager Investment Management Background and experience gained. Familiar with Legal entity setup and working with SFC submissions. Familiarity with Investment IT projects within the financial services industry, and preferably within Investment Management. Familiar with Fund accounting and Financial Products. Project Management / Change Management skills and experience. Good knowledge of functions of Change Management and Transformation, including experience of process definitions. Communication skills, both orally and written, that create a positive impact with the ability to influence and direct people through structured dialogue. Ability to communicate across cultures to project teams and stakeholders. Ability to utilise written skills to summarise working group/workstream progress into focussed senior stakeholder updates. Comfortable in dealing with issues / situations which might be nebulous, intangible, or unstructured. Drives for change through a strong ability to influence business partners and execute ideas through to completion Education and experience Minimum bachelor’s degree and 6 to 8 years of relevant experience Chartered Accountant Experience Project Manager Investment management Experience required. Industry recognized project management certification would be beneficial, but not essential if candidate has extensive experience (Prince 2 or PMI). Hands-on experience and training in Six Sigma, Lean, CMMI or other process improvement methodologies preferred. Expert level knowledge of MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, and MS VISIO Familiar with SFC applicationsJob tags
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