Private Bank Central Functions- Lending Business Manager, AVP

Job Description: Details of the Division and Team As a member of the Lending, A&S (Advisory and Sales), PPSS (Product Platforms & Sustainable Solutions) & CIO COO APAC team, the incumbent will play an important role in delivering on business priorities and managing the business risks within Products specifically in Lending. This includes leading and supporting a variety of tactical and strategic tasks, as well as providing day-to-day business support in the Lending space. The role sits within the PB Lending function, which designs lending and credit solutions that ultimately support our clients' unique and often complex liquidity and investment needs. What we will offer you A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That's why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its center. You can expect:

• Flexible benefits plan including virtual doctor consultation services
• Comprehensive leave benefits
• Gender Neutral Parental Leave
• Flexible working arrangements
• 25 days of annual paid leave, plus public holiday & Flexible Working Arrangement

• Business Management
  • Define and facilitate overall business strategy and facilitate annual budgeting process and ambition planning
  • Lead, monitor and coordinate financial and management information (budget, revenue, cost)
• Strategy and Execution
  • Lead and execute business priorities and projects
  • Act as coordination point with Global and APAC COO and AGILE teams on infrastructure enhancements
• Risk and Control
  • Ensure awareness of and strict adherence to the regulatory framework and applicable bank policies and procedures
  • Define and support rollout of various business and risk frameworks; This includes working with business partners such as Finance, DCO, Compliance to develop and optimize operational framework to enhance risk and control awareness and supporting Lending business on the on-going supervisory oversight duties in compliance with established internal and external policies and procedures.
  • Support in asset-class centric audits and reviews and ensure timely closure of identified risk items
  • Ensure all NPA conditions are fully tracked to completion or closure
  • Participate and support in asset-class centric regulatory projects (both Global and APAC). This includes supporting gap analysis and working closely with Lenders and relevant stakeholders on implementation of various legal regulatory and control initiatives to enable the APAC franchise to continue operations in a compliant manner
  • Lead on operational incidents and control enhancement, including defining and implementing controls and risk mitigation actions
• Business Support
  • Prepare business review presentations and regular/ ad-hoc reports.
  • Conduct analytics to aid management decision-making on pricing, asset-liability management, and performance management.
  • Champion Lending business in various forums
  • Own and drive business processes and KOPs within each product vertical
  • Providing day-to-day business support and managing operational issues and queries from Lenders and support functions
  • Gatekeep for specific system/ data accesses

• A minimum of 7 years for AVP with at least 3 years in the Private Banking or Wealth Management or Global Markets industry
• Knowledge in Wealth Management/Private Banking Lending products and good understanding of Lending risk and control frameworks; Credit experience and knowledge in investment products (FX, Structured Products, Equities, Bonds, Funds) and IBOR, EBA regulations and dealing with regional regulators
• Relevant experience in private banking or wealth management in business management, financial analysis, operational and credit risk management roles.
• Project management experience and experience in defining and tracking business/ IT requirements
• Educated to Degree standard. Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. CPA, CFA)
• Proven relevant work experience
• Person with strong investigative and analytical skills, meticulous and detail-oriented, proficient with statistical analysis and preparing charts and graphs
• Strong process design and documentation experience
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Advanced Excel, Powerpoint, Word) and Macro
• Strong communication skills with ability to clearly articulate one's viewpoints/ blockers / challenges and able to engage with various departments (front office, product owners, operations, legal and compliance, product control, finance, etc)
• Ability to multi-task and excel under pressure / work in a fast-paced environment, work independently and possess a can-do" attitude
• Good team player, independent and reliable

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• Training and development to help you excel in your career