Head of Finance Technology - Corporate Systems & Data

About The Role

The Head of Finance Technology will be responsible for ensuring that intended business outcomes of the 'Office of the CFO' divisions of the Bank are achieved, via the successful delivery of business and technology initiatives, varying in complexity and impact. In this role you will work with the Finance business leaders to understand their growth strategies and transformation needs, and drive technology delivery of the planned initiatives.

As the Head of Finance Technology, you will oversee multiple Agile teams comprising of engineers, scrum masters and analysts for the Finance Technology portfolio, tasked with demand/capacity planning, resource allocation, release planning and timely delivery of initiatives. You will partner with the various Finance business & product development leaders to build transformation roadmaps for their respective departments and drive the entire portfolio to Agile delivery.

You will ensure successful delivery of key Digital Finance transformation and LFI initiatives in flight.

We are on a journey to a 100% Agile, Cloud, API & Dev Sec Ops  driven technology organization. This position will play a key role in accelerating our journey within Corporate Systems & Data, which supports Finance, Accounting, Risk, Compliance & Enterprise Data business units. This role will report to Divisional CIO, Corporate Systems & Data.

Lead multiple Agile engineering teams for the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of the systems utilized by the bank's Finance, Accounting, Treasury, FP&A, Procurement & Regulatory Reporting processes

Lead the transformation of these platforms to align with business goals around growth, customer experience, compliance, and regulatory reporting

Lead technology delivery of key Digital Finance transformation and LFI initiatives

Work with business stakeholders to prioritize technology initiatives and develop cross-platform impact plans

Partner closely with product development leaders to drive the entire portfolio to Agile delivery

Collaborate with teams distributed across functional areas and geographic locations to ensure successful delivery

Foster robust engineering practices and lead high-functioning engineering teams

Envision and deliver operational processes and technologies necessary to improve reliability of core systems

Implement best practice continuous improvement processes that prioritize incident analysis and remediation, with a constant emphasis on automation and prevention

Investigate feasibility of emerging technologies to enhance customer experience and determine cost, benefit, and applicability

Leverage effective vendor management with a focus on a higher level of vendor engagement, vendor relationship building and ultimately enhanced vendor performance

Attract and mentor a highly performant team in an exciting, inclusive, and collaborative environment

IDEAL EXPERIENCE

Passion for achieving excellence in delivery, solving complex problems, and taking ownership

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

10+ years of experience with software/product development leveraging Agile, public cloud (AWS), Dev Sec Ops  & API's

10+ years of industry experience (corporate/commercial banking and/or e-commerce at a leading global bank, technology vendor, industry analyst firm, or management consultancy) with a focus on leading Finance Technology

5+ years of experience in leading technology implementations of Digital Finance and LFI initiatives

5+ years of experience driving technology solutions in Finance, Accounting, Treasury, FP&A, Procurement & Regulatory Reporting domains

5+ years of experience implementing Financial systems such as Oracle ERP, Oracle OFSAA, Blackline, Calypso, Axiom SL etc

5+ years of experience in direct and indirect people management

Experience leading Agile transformations and changing both organizational mindset and practices to an Agile way of working

Experience leveraging established enterprise data patterns for delivering high quality, automated financial reports

Experience deploying automated solutions using Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Experience managing key vendor and strategic partner relationships

Ability to actively influence customers and business partners to solve problems and ensures products and services are utilized effectively and efficiently

Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, including both traditional waterfall and Agile delivery

Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment with onshore - offshore distributed Agile teams

Outstanding written and verbal skills

Building People Capability

Engages with employees to develop a clear perception of long-term capabilities/potential, and to provide balanced feedback/guiding principles

Gives practical support and guiding principles for growing capabilities, not just technical skills

Systematically develops employees through stretch assignments with specific…