Business Manager, International Business Management (AVP/VP)

Bank of Singapore opens doors to new opportunities.

At Bank of Singapore, we are constantly on the lookout for exceptional individuals to join our team. We promote a culture of openness, teamwork and fairness. Most importantly, we invest in our people through our programmes that develop them on both professional and personal levels. Besides attractive remuneration packages, we offer non-financial benefits and opportunities to develop your potential within OCBC Group’s global network of subsidiaries and offices. If you have passion, drive and the will to succeed, rise to the challenge today!

This role is part of the International Business Management team and is responsible in delivering a coordinated operating model across BOS Branches, Affiliates, Representative Offices and Subsidiaries (“BAROS”). Key duties include:

• Drive the alignment of business policies, processes and platforms across BOS BAROS – leading the underlying analysis, developing proposed common standards with local COO teams and tracking completion.
• Support the design and lead the implementation of a global operating model calibrated to the Bank’s focus markets, translating the target model into detailed rollout plans that enable the franchise to scale.
• Execute globalization and standardization initiatives – mapping current-state processes across entities, identifying alignment opportunities, designing standardized processes and driving their rollout to create consistency and risk-control benefit.
• Manage cross-entity, cross functional initiatives end-to-end, including planning, workstream coordination, dependency tracking, benefits realization and reporting.
• Review, assess and monitor local variation or exception handling requests.
• Support the interface between Head Office and BAROS – coordinating information flow in both directions, preparing materials, acting as day-to-day contact point for entities on operating model-matters and following through on agreed actions.
• Produce management information, analysis and reporting for decision making and prepare materials for governance and leadership forums.
• Build strong, credible working relationships across entities and functions to keep initiatives aligned and on track.
• Any other duties as assigned by the Head of International Business Management.

Requirements

• 7 to 10 years of experience in financial services – private banking or wealth management preferred.
• Strong track record of delivering cross-functional initiatives to completion.
• Experience in operating-model and process design, and comfortable with mapping and standardizing processes across multiple teams and entities.
• Data-literate, able to turn operational complexity into clear analysis and management information.
• Strong stakeholder management and coordination skills across functions and jurisdictions.
• Pragmatic understanding of first-line risk and control and regulatory environment shaping private banking.
• Able to manage multiple concurrent workstreams under ambiguity, is hands-on and proactive.
• University degree holder