Project Management Analyst

Job Title: Project Management Analyst

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

The CAO Application Change Governance team is a newly established team within the CAO COO organization with the objective to establish governance processes for the application delivery of CAO’s book of work across Compliance/AFC, Legal, KYC/Client Due Diligence, Investment Guideline Management and HR. The team also aims to support these CAO functions in the business side activities during joint projects with IT.

The CAO Application Change Governance team is seeking a Project Management Analyst to support governance processes and business-side activities during joint projects with IT.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your Key Responsibilities

• Owning typical project management / PMO activities to support the various change projects:
• Supporting the Lead BAs / business SME in turning business expectations into clearly defined business requirements for implementation with IT or vendor organisations.
• Support assessment of solution options in line with business requirements.
• Opportunity to work independently on assigned analysis tasks.
• Documentation of above outcomes
• Management of required activities and coordination with the necessary stakeholders within the organisation (e.g. business teams, operations teams, IT)
• Develop and maintain project documentation, including project plans, status reports, meeting minutes and RAID logs
• Coordinate meetings, workshops, and stakeholder communications
• Monitor project timelines and deliverables
• Support governance processes
• Collaborate with project managers and other stakeholders to ensure timely updates
• Contribute to continuous improvement of project management processes and tools
• Support go live activities (e.g. UAT preparation) and post-go live warranty period.

Your skills and experience

Domain Skills

• 5+  years of work experience within corporate financial services industry, Research/Analytics role in other Banks/KPOs etc
• Minimum 3-5 years experience as a project manager / business analyst in change projects and driving analysis results independently
• Strong organisational, time management and multi-tasking skills
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail
• Proven problem solving skills and ability to structure and assess complex problems to develop solution options
• Ideally proven experience in process analysis, process design and target state definitions and the documentation thereof.
• Ideally relevant business expertise for CAO would be beneficial (Compliance/AFC, Legal, KYC/Client Due Diligence, Investment Guideline Management and HR)
• Experience of working with agile project management methodologies and tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience in preparing/leading user acceptance test cycles
• Confident in working in a remote project setup across multiple time zones

Communication Skills

• Strong stakeholder management skills across various seniority levels
• Good verbal and written communication skills at all levels - onshore & remote
• Ability to visualise complex topics as a way to converse with stakeholders.

Technical Skills

• Demonstrated experience (as ‘user’), understanding and appreciation of technology and IT delivery processes
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel and MS PowerPoint is a must
• Experience in using JIRA

Soft Skills

• Ability to work independently and take ownership
• Flexibility to handle multiple parallel projects / engagements
• Ability and interest to adopt to new requirements and new project contexts (e.g. switching from a Compliance project to a Legal requirement)

Educational Qualification

• Degree in software engineering or business management

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• 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
• About us and our teams
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We at DWS are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, one that embraces dialogue and diverse views, and treats everyone fairly to drive a high-performance culture. The value we create for our clients and investors is based on our ability to bring together various perspectives from all over the world and from different backgrounds. It is our experience that teams perform better and deliver improved outcomes when they are able to incorporate a wide range of perspectives. We call this #ConnectingTheDots.