For our client, one of the most important financial groups in Romania, we are looking for a:
Head of Middle Office Financial Markets.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, launch, and manage the Financial Markets products and services.
- Analyse industry trends and competitor benchmarks and set strategic objectives for the product portfolio, including:
- Propose new product concepts
- Assess business growth potential
- Identify the relevant target market
- Determine the distribution channels and marketing strategies
- Evaluate the financial impact of the new implementations
- Set relevant KPIs for business development
- Formalize the product concept, plans, prioritize, and implement enhancements of existing products/introduce new ones
- Manage digitalization projects to implement new products: define, initiate and monitor IT development requests
- Prepare and submit for approval the internal procedures related to the coordinated portfolio, by defining the product characteristics, pricing policy, target market, distribution channels etc.
- Act as a centre of competence for the sale of investment products/services in collaboration with relevant entities (Marketing department for product presentation materials, HR for training materials addressed to both clients and colleagues, organize periodic meetings with sales units).
Requirements:
- In-depth knowledge of the financial markets products and services and a clear understanding of market trends and competition
- Proven track record in project management/product owner roles, related to financial markets area (covering planning, execution, monitoring and delivering projects on time and within budget)
- Deep understanding of processes and treasury specific concepts (trade execution, settlement, regulatory topics)
- Technical proficiency with treasury software applications (Bloomberg/Reuters/Finastra/Calypso etc)
- Expertise in specific banking applications as Kondor, KTP
- Leadership abilities, including experience managing teams, projects, or cross-functional initiatives, ability to mentor and develop team members
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights and strategies
- Ability to drive change and deal with ambiguity
- Resourceful with an innovative, open-minded approach
- Stakeholder engagement and relationship building
- Strong project management and organizational skills; ability to reprioritize as the situation demands
- Results-based work ethic; ability to work under pressure in a high-performance environment
- Ability to prioritize and manage tasks autonomously; excellent time-management skills
- Ability to establish contacts easily inside and outside the Bank
Experience: