Director, Middle Office Manager

at  BNY Mellon

Overview
At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.
We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.
We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Director, Middle Office Due Diligence and Execution to join our Middle Office Platform team. This role is located in London, HYBRID

EMPLOYER DESCRIPTION:

For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world’s financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It’s the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers

IN THIS ROLE, YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

Control complex projects following all BNY governance standards and provide effective program management to build and manage clear timelines, assess risks/issues, and articulate key messages to senior level Internal and External Steering Committees.
Ensure delivery of high quality and timely output by overseeing project teams maintaining and monitoring project documentation, risk, issues, action logs etc. Proactively resolve risks and issues and ensure they are fixed.
Run programs and act as the Client Implementation Executive and Relationship manager on large, complex Middle Office implementation programs. Work closely with clients and internal BNY PMO teams identifying and assessing risks and efficiencies, recommending suitable solutions and implementing plans, once agreed. Provide clear direction to staff managed during a project and post implementation, including where appropriate setting individual objectives at the start of a project, and reviewing outcomes during and at the end of the project.
Provide direction on the definition and documentation of the future state models ensuring they are scalable and efficient for all clients. This includes reviewing documentation of gaps & high-level requirements during the due diligence phase for client review and engineering estimation process, working with clients and internal groups
Sign off requirements and work with technical business analysts for any guidance on detail specifications.
Coordinate business requirements sign off with stakeholders internally and externally (including product owners, operations, engineering)
Provide technical guidance to less experienced colleagues as needed. Guide others on project teams and assist senior management to operationalize functional or business requirements

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE, WE’RE SEEKING THE FOLLOWING:

Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
Demonstrate in-depth and comprehensive knowledge of Middle office operations (with preferably knowledge of derivatives, collateral, performance measurement) and an understanding of middle office products, from other service providers, available in the marketplace, and client needs from these products to drive BNY solution design
Sufficient years’ experience of the Asset management industry including knowledge of Front Office and Cloud Data technologies preferred (e.g. Aladdin, Charles River, Bloomberg, Azure & Snowflake)
Experience in either Product management, Operations, or Client Relationship management preferred.
Client facing skills and demonstrated ability to influence partners at all levels of the firm, clients, and other third parties
At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards:
America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024
Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion , Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024
“Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023