Project Manager

Job Description:

Job Title: Project Manager

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 a diverse and 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.

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:

Welcome to the Horizontal Risk team. We are a team based across 4 regions of London, Dublin, New York and Mumbai but all focused on supporting the Global Markets business across the Globe. We work on a blend of initiative projects covering some of Global Markets biggest programs of work as well as business and market driven changes and supporting the smooth running of the systems day to day in partnership with our support team.

The London team consists of 6 people currently (but looking to expand further) and we work closely with our teams in Dublin, New York and Mumbai. We also work closely with other Front office Risk teams in the wider Global Markets technology team as well as with traders, trade support, middle office, risk managers and Finance.

We provide all new joiners with a comprehensive training plan which is a mixture of online resources, support from colleagues, training sessions and hands on learning that will help grow your skill set further and gain domain knowledge.

Some of our highlights over the last few years have been building an intraday risk platform for trading and providing enhanced and simplified cross asset finance reporting 

Role Description:

We are hiring an experienced Project Manager to join the global team to manage front office risk and pnl for the Rates business in FICC. As a Project Manager, you will be part of a technology team achieving the project deliverables for different initiatives for the  Rates business.  The position demands a high degree of initiative, commitment and managerial excellence. The FICC Rates Risk Tech is responsible for developing and maintaining the application for calculating the EOD and intra-day market risk for all the trades managed by Rates LOB.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and facilitate routines to support delivery (for example, kick-offs, status reviews, stakeholder meetings, change controls, tollgates, and so on).
• Plan and coordinate delivery and dependencies across multiple teams.
• Facilitate dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the defined deliverables.
• Promote/facilitate communication and collaboration across organizations to support the deliverable completion and timeline.
• Gathers/facilitates status updates for the deliverables to stakeholders and leadership pertaining to delivery, risks/issues, and schedule.
• Ensures that execution is aligned with deliverable requirements by working with the sponsor/stakeholders.
• Ensures deliverables comply with Enterprise Change Management standards.
• Supports resource planning for delivery/execution.

What we are looking for:

• Able to work well within the constructs of an agile process, including SCRUM, Continuous Build and Integration, etc.
• Hands on experience manging workflow for an agile team including managing and reporting on deliverables, epics and stories
• Experience in prioritisation and management of technology deliveries across a number of projects
• Experience working with high performing team managing large enterprise systems (preferably in financial services) with numerous clients and complex workflows
• Excellent communication skills and works well in collaborative environments
• Ability to liaise and work with remote teams
• Knowledge of Bank Technical Change requirements.
• Good technical knowledge that allows for understanding of technical architecture and implementation and communicating technical updates to non-technical stakeholders
• Excellent organisation skills
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Able to work through conflict comfortably

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

UK

• 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
• 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 etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• 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.