CIB F&BM - APAC Global Clearing Business Manager - VP – Singapore

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The world's most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. With $18 trillion of assets under custody and $393 billion in deposits, the Corporate & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. Finance & Business Management (F&BM) is seeking a business manager (VP) based in Singapore to support the Global Clearing business in APAC which consists of Futures & Options, OTC Clearing and OTC Intermediation. The business has a physical presence in multiple locations, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, Australia, Korea, Thailand and Taiwan. The Global Clearing Business is part of Prime Services, which rolls up Equities within JP Morgan Corporate & Investment Bank. The Global Clearing business continues to undergo significant change, driven by political events, continued regulatory oversight, Technology and Operations developments. Combined with the mandatory changes being driven by new regulations, Global Clearing is a fast paced and interesting area to work in. Main aspects of the role: It is an exciting time in Asia, with the Opening up of the Chinese market to international participants and other new products being launched by exchanges in the region, this person will be deeply involved in strategic initiatives and business enablement. The role reports to the Global Clearing business manager based in London and will be part of a Global team of 10 (2 in Singapore) providing support to the Global Clearing business. In addition to Asia mandates, there will also be opportunities to work on and lead Global initiatives. This business manager role has four main areas of focus, working in conjunction with the business heads: 1) Driving business strategy and growth • Act as trusted advisor to the business heads • Ensure implementation of the business agenda • Drive change through prioritization and alignment of resources • Provide analytics to support business decisions • Communicate the business strategy, performance and priorities (e.g. business updates and reviews, offsites) • External interaction (industry bodies, exchanges, clearinghouses and regulators) as necessary to develop the business strategy 2) Managing business risks and promoting a strong control environment • Understand how regulatory reform will impact the business and help ensure the business is best positioned to respond • Identify, assess and mitigate business risks that could impair the ability to do business • Drive new business initiative assessments • Business continuity and resiliency planning • Working with Control Managers to develop and implement the control agenda 3) Optimising business performance and planning • Optimize business performance by driving key initiatives (e.g. New Business NBIAs, budget planning) • Oversee investment/productivity initiatives across the end-to-end business to achieve multi-year targets • Coordinate business performance reviews and business planning • Oversight of real estate needs and space planning 4) The points above come together in establishing business priorities and then ensuring delivery These objectives are consistent with the goals for F&BM and Global Clearing globally and in the region. The business manager is expected to be self-sufficient in the market, as well as embrace and contribute to the wider F&BM agenda and promote J.P. Morgan values and culture. Required Competencies: Excellent communication • Quickly establishes rapport with business heads and other leaders • Builds a large network from end to end within a business, and across the wider organization • Strong influencing and persuasion skills, effective interaction with senior business heads to junior support staff • Communicates clearly, concisely and respectfully to all • Assimilates broad-ranging information quickly and able to distil into the key points Strong delivery focus • Strong leadership, taking responsibility for issues and following through to resolution • Self-starter, proactive in taking the initiative and improving the business • Able to solve problems alone and leverage network to identify solutions and implement them • Close attention to detail • Deals with issues quickly to avoid becoming a bottleneck • Persistent control mindset Persistent commercial acumen • Understands and grows the strategic business vision • Exercise good judgment in assessing and managing business risks • Prioritizes according to business objectives Resilient and hard-working • High capacity for work under tight deadlines • Able to progress multiple parallel requests for attention / action • Thrives on challenges in an unstructured working environment • Leverages the organization to deliver good results quickly Leadership • Strong ability to influence outcomes and get the best from people, even where no direct line management responsibility • Thoughtful, informed and appropriately opinionated • A contributor to the Global Clearing Asia management team and the Global Clearing Business Management team • Invests and develops in management of team members and ensures appropriate resourcing of team locally