Manager (Project Lead) - Toronto, Canada - TD Bank

TD Bank

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Description

398368BR

Project Management

Toronto, ON

February 3, 2023

Company Overview

Department Overview

The Canadian Retail Finance team provides business advisory support to all business units across Personal Banking, Business Banking, Wealth, and Insurance.

The team supports development and achievement of Canadian Retail financial and strategic objectives by providing reporting and forecasting capabilities, analysis, insights, and advice to business leaders on both financial and business matters.

The Canadian Retail Finance Process Improvement Pod is focused on identification and execution of numerous process improvement opportunities across Canadian Retail Finance Team that will help create capacity, explore standardization, and collaborate with numerous partners on solutions that will include leveraging different tools to streamline processes and deliverables.

Job Description:

The Finance and Risk Platform (FRP) project is an End-to-end solution, including a data repository in Oracle to standardize how we use our data to support our Finance and Risk processes by improving quality and availability of reconciled data.

FRP will transform the way TD operates the Finance and Risk organizations with a data led approach which will drive new and improved capabilities for or organization.

The FRP project will provide an endtoend solution that enables the Bank to meet future regulatory and business needs faster and more effectively. This project will take place over a multiyear roadmap and impact all Finance and Risk daily, monthly and quarterly processing.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Process Improvement & Innovation, the Manager will act as a Project Lead for number of initiatives, working closely with various Canadian Retail Finance teams as well as other stakeholders.

In addition to specific Cad Retail Finance initiatives, the incumbent will also be involved with other broad-based initiatives such as the Finance and Risk Platform (FRP) project.

Key accountabilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Process improvement-oriented mindset, being able to quickly understand the bigger picture and provide recommendations for consideration
Ensure project activities and milestones are completed within the established timeframe and deliverables meet the business requirements
Develop key relationships by working closely with key partners/stakeholders
Attend project meetings, develop/provide input on project plans and raise issues, risks, opportunities, and recommendations through agile as well as waterfall project delivery models
Contribute to the development, preparation, documentation, and review of deliverables throughout the project life cycle (e.g., business requirements, test strategy, test plan, etc.)
Coordinate projecttoproduction activities including workshops with stakeholders, process maps, security models, operating procedures, and service level agreements
Analyze current system/operational processes against future state processes, reconcile and explain gaps, identify opportunities to improve operational efficiencies, and report issues
Seek innovative solutions to remove redundancies and optimize efficiency through technology and process enhancements

Requirements:

Other Qualifications / Skills / Experience:

Positive attitude and the ability to embrace change
Business degree and/or an accounting designation would be an asset
Previous Management Reporting / Finance experience including planning, forecasting, and reporting cycles an asset
Previous experience leading /executing project with multistakeholder impact is an asset
Knowledge of accounting concepts, data management concepts and chart of accounts structure an asset
Proven analytical capability and problemresolution skills
Strong mindset for strategy, transformation, and process improvement
Highly proactive, motivated, and dedicated individual with initiative to think strategically, and investigate and contribute to the resolution of issues with quick turnaround
Ability to drive results based on objectives
Thrive in a fastpaced environment, able to quickly adapt to situations/challenges and lead with mínimal supervision
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal)
Team player with strong ability to develop and maintain relationships at all levels
Ability to remain flexible with shifting priorities and function under deadlines with mínimal supervision
Knowledge of Finance systems (e.g., Hyperion, HFM, FDW, Oracle Analytics Cloud, Oracle Ebusiness suite) an asset
Proven knowledge of MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint; Visio would be an asse