This role will take part in the overall program management supporting the Program Leader and WSL for AIM, the roles requires: compiling business case, funding request, project status reporting, the maintenance of the program governance, and facilitate program-related communication across the region and maintaining overall cost tracking for the program. The role will be responsible for coordinating project status reporting across Asia, to Corporate and to business unit stakeholders, working with the Aim team, Corporate team and business unit partners to increase project success, benefits realization and manage project risk
Responsibilities:
- 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
- Navigate SL Finance processes such as budgeting and forecasting, funding requests, business case creation and cost control.
- Ensure the program is compliant with SL policies and procedures as it relates to BAU Finance processes such as budgeting and forecasting, funding requests, business case creation and cost control.
- Proactively manage the program participation in these processes through the early communication of timelines and deliverables, exercising quality control and highlighting any potential issues in a timely fashion.
- Advocate for the program in BAU Finance processes.
- Advise and participate in program activities such as business case creation, LE creation, tool selections etc., as, and when Finance input is required.
- Actively maintain knowledge of program activities to enable efficient and effective Finance participation in program objectives.
- Proactively devise strategies to de-risk program deliverables or enhance and expedite the program's ability to meet its stated objectives.
- Support decision making by providing value-added cost analyses, projections, and scenario analyses.
Qualifications
- 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 applications
