Manager- Financial Regulatory Reporting Automation (Change Management)

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This Manager role is for the Systems Change Office within Financial Reporting Quality Assurance Organization (FRQA), in support of the Regulatory Reporting Automation program. This role is responsible for driving Change Management activities which includes driving the definition, gathering, exploration, analysis, and system maintenance of changes to Regulatory Requirements and the end-to-end automation through the Finance Modernization Data Pipeline, leading program and change governance efforts for finance / regulatory reporting platforms. This role will support the ownership of the Change Management Policy for regulatory reporting automation, including but not limited to documenting, understanding, and defining the core framework that includes mechanisms for monitoring, reviewing, implementing, and validating applicable changes stemming from internal and external drivers. Supplemental documentation will evidence changes from initiation, review, and approval to the implementation of the change. 

How will you make an impact in this role?

• Drive compliance of the Change Management Framework for regulatory reporting automation that defines the core strategy that includes mechanisms for monitoring, reviewing, implementing, and validating applicable changes stemming from internal and external drivers. 

• Transition from current Change Management process to elevated Change Management processes by gaining a good understanding the current processes and tools functionality  

• Drive the Change Management process by conducting thorough impact analysis and identifying relevant stakeholders. 

• Collaborate with users to understand the pain points, requirements, feedback and provide them with timely resolutions. 

• Drive effective communication across impacted stack holders. 

• Ensure supplemental documentation is acquired for changes that will evidence changes from initiation, review, and approval to the implementation of the change. 

• Coordinate with various Product Owners, Process Owners, Subject Matter Experts, Solution Architecture colleagues, and Data Management team to ensure change is executed accurately.  

• Ensure smooth implementation of changes by understanding and communicating issues, dependencies, risks to relevant stakeholders. 

• Good understanding of Change Management Lifecycle. 

• Manage change management backlog, understand technical complexities and help prioritize changes 

• Coordinate with various Product Owners, Process Owners, Subject Matter Experts, Solution Architecture colleagues, and Data Management team to ensure change is executed accurately.