Head of Finance
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Is accountable for end to end Treasury technology value stream delivery in alignment with VS outcomes and OKRs and building out sustainable & strategic capability through the GT2025 programme.
- Act as the senior leader and overall end to end service owner for the Treasury technology estate.
- Drive the transformation of the Treasury technology estate over next 3+ years demising legacy solutions and aligning to the target system & data architecture and associated target Finance & Treasury operating model.
- Drive the objectives of the broader group technology Vision 27 strategic transformation by delivering Agile and DevOps processes, structures and outcomes aligning to the Speed, Scale, Resilience and People pillars.
- Build a relationship of trust and influence with the Treasury business and operations teams and build strong relationships with vendors.
- Partner with internal and vendor teams to define the strategy and enterprise architecture for all systems used globally. Understand market trends in relation to services in scope and map innovations to service problems and outcomes across services.
- Manage production support and infrastructure to be aligned to allow for resilience, control and high quality performance of systems and processes.
- Monitor services effectively across the domain and maintain service levels in line with the compressed reporting timelines Finance have to adhere to.
- Responsible for technology RTB and CTB budgets for the value stream.
- Remain current on data, digital and emerging trends affecting the Financial Services industry.
- Implementation and management of controls regarding major contracts with vendors.
- Ensure Technology and operational risks are appropriately controlled in line with Group and business objectives.
- Working with relevant Regional CIOs, procurement and legal to ensure compliance with all regulatory needs in each operational geography.
- Ensure all audit findings are effectively addressed with no repeat ‘high risk’ findings between audits.
- Manage and continually optimize workforce.
- Drive team engagement and cultural initiatives for the function.
- Engage and develop an effective global team through town halls, communication, performance management, development plans and reward/recognition practices.
- Cultivate an environment that supports diversity and reflects the brand and values.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- An experience technology leader with a track record of on time delivery and quality.
- Experience of implementing and owning Public multi Cloud solutions.
- Must have a strong knowledge of the Treasury business domains.
- Ability to manage and innovate in a global setting across a fragmented estate.
- Vendor management expertise.
- Having a strong engineering background and the ability to drill down into the detail with the engineering teams and provide engineering leadership
- Strong data and integration experience and an understanding of the Groups data strategy.
- Technology transformation experience of global deployments in a banking environment and expert level program management skills.
- Strong financial acumen, budgeting and forecasting.
- People leadership experience. Dynamic with an ability to drive culture change and engagement.
- Ability to communicate with senior stakeholders with gravitas. Strong communications skills, influencing and negotiation.
- Excellent written skills with ability to express complex topics and problems effectively.
- Strong risk and issue management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple threads of work under pressure.
- Experience of working with complex stakeholders in a global setting.
- Ability to develop new and adapt existing processes for increased quality and efficiency whilst encouraging others to seek new ideas/solutions to day to day problems.
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