Program Manager - Finance Solutions

Job Description:

Job Title: Program Manager – Finance Solutions

Corporate Title:  Vice President

Location:  London

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Location Overview:

Our London office is based just a stone’s throw from the magnificent St. Paul’s Cathedral on bustling King Edward Street. Here you’ll find modern workspaces and a state-of-the-art auditorium space. In addition, we’re proud to host an onsite restaurant that shares our commitment to sustainability by providing delicious seasonal menus which have been created with the planet in mind. Make sure to take time for yourself and head up to our rooftop terrace and take in the spectacular views across London. Finally, your physical wellness is well-catered for with our onsite gym facilities and medical centre.

The Team:

The PMO team is a 4-person team that woks collaboratively to coordinate governance activities for the program.  As the program is a cross CFO program, there will be exposure to representatives from Change, Technology, Treasury, GFC, and CFO DM.

Role Description:

This role is for a Sr Project Manager that will focus primarily on the Financial Regulatory Reporting (FRR) Automation Program. The FRR Automation Sr Project Consultant will be responsible to support and coach a large-scale, multi-year, and highly elaborate change capability that spans front-to-back across Lines of Businesses (LOBs) and CFO, including Global Regulatory Reporting, Treasury, and Data Management teams.  The role requires a highly experienced project manager that will work as part of a PMO.  In this capacity the applicant will help to coach the program change efforts.

The program is of significant size and importance at the enterprise level. The program’s core purpose is to reduce operational risk through strategic data sourcing, data adoption, and report automation of high-risk regulatory reports.

The overall program investment for 2025 is approximately $100m.

While the focus of this project manager is on the FRR Automation program, this applicant may also need to support other CFO related projects.

This role will report directly to the FRR Automation Program Executive.

Responsibilities:

As a member of a PMO, the individual will be responsible for management of key activities for the program including.

• Coordination of annual program capability planning

• Program status reporting routines; primarily Monthly Operational Steering Council and Executive Steering Council routines

• Coordination and quality assurance/review of Project Change Controls

• Risk and Issue Management/Tracking/Reporting

• Program Deliverables, Milestones, and program benefits tracking

• Preparation of materials, minutes, and coordination of governance for Operational Steering Council & Executive Steering Council

• Coordination and preparation of executive presentations; scheduled and ad-hoc.

As Project Manager

• Coach cross-functional teams and is responsible for overall project delivery, business oversight, and business validation.

• Advises business to define project scope, solutions and impacts across multiple business lines, applications and/or reports.

• Monitors end-to-end testing results, and operational readiness activities.

• Executes change in accordance with BAC Enterprise Change Management policies and procedures.

What we are looking for:

Desired Qualifications:

• Disciplined Business Program Management Office and Project Management experience

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or related field

• Knowledge of Financial Regulatory Reporting

Skills that will help:

 Strategy Planning and Development

• Change Management

• Collaboration

• Business Case assessment

• Scenario Planning and assessment

• Regulatory Reporting Business Acumen

• Consulting

• Stakeholder Management

• Process Management

• Business Analytics

• Process Performance Measurement

• Presentation Skills (content preparation and execution)

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

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• At Bank of America, we strive to prioritise employees’ health and wellbeing – it’s what makes us a Great Place to Work.

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner.

• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons.

• We offer 26-weeks paid maternity leave, 16-weeks paid paternity leave and inclusive family leave arrangements for working parents and carers including 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum.

• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum.

• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness, cycle to work etc.

• Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters.

• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution.

• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.