Senior Manager, Transformation Office (12 month fixed term contract)

Job title:

Senior Manager, Transformation Office (12 month fixed term contract)

Company

Omers

Job description

Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 600,000+ members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, support the communities we live and work.Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.Know someone at OMERS or Oxford Properties? Great! If you’re referred, have them submit your name through Workday first. Then, watch for a unique link in your email to apply.This is an opportunity to join a forward-looking leadership team to help design and lead a digital transformation that will enable OMERS Capital Markets, Total Portfolio Management, and Corporate Finance functions to deliver on our pension promise. Our team is at the early stages of defining a strategic roadmap, and the selected leader will be a key member of the team that will work with our internal partners to understand their needs and deliver outcomes, with excellence. This role joins a team on a journey, with significant future potential in a global, sophisticated, and complex enterprise.Scope of PositionReporting to the Vice President, Finance Platform, Capital Markets the Senior Manager, Transformation Office provides business analysis and consulting support to capital markets businesses and related support teams. They are accountable for defining target state operating models, including target state processes, technology, and data requirements in partnership with system integrators and internal delivery teams. These roles are a critical component of the Transformation Office, ensuring that the business needs of impacted teams are delivered through the program.The incumbent will be the principal business consultant responsible for orchestrating collaboration across Front, Middle, and Back Office teams to deliver transformation objectives.ResponsibilitiesCollaborate with senior stakeholders to define transformation objectives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and strategic priorities.Act as the primary liaison between the Transformation Office and operational teams in Front, Middle, and Back Offices.Facilitate regular workshops and meetings to capture requirements and user stories, communicate progress, and address challenges.Support the development of business cases through the identification and quantification of business benefits. Monitor and report on benefit realization throughout the delivery of the program.Contribute to detailed plans for the successful execution of the transformation program, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation.Prioritize business requirements and user stories in alignment with key system integration milestones and operating model changes.Lead the analysis of existing processes, technology, and data flows across the organization.Work with technical teams to translate business requirements into functional and technical specifications.Redesign business processes to align with the capabilities of new systems and leading practices.Define and document changes to the operating model, including roles, responsibilities, and workflows.Support testing of new systems and processes to ensure business requirements are met. Participate in the defect management and solution design where requirements are impacted.Collaborate with the Change Management team to design and execute strategies to manage organizational impacts.Support training initiatives to ensure teams across Front, Middle, and Back Offices are prepared for new systems and processes.Provide ongoing guidance and support teams to facilitate smooth adoption.Identify potential risks and issues related to technology, process and organizational changes.Proactively develop mitigation strategies and work with stakeholders to resolve issues promptly.Monitor the effectiveness of new systems and processes post-implementation, ensuring objectives are met.Gather feedback and work with teams to identify opportunities for continuous improvement. Ensure knowledge transfer and documentation of lessons learned for future initiatives.Provide guidance and mentorship to Business Analysts and other team members involved in the program to develop and sustain disciplined program delivery behaviours.Drive a focus on quality and efficiency throughout the transformation lifecycle.Build strong relationships with key stakeholders to foster buy-in and support the transformation program by fostering a culture of transparency, collaboration, and service excellence.QualificationsMinimum 7-9 years experience managing large programs and/or transformation initiatives in the Financial Services industry.Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a related field such as Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Accounting, or Finance.Strong knowledge of project/program management best practices and standards.Deep understanding of the investment lifecycle across investment products, including key processes.Proven ability to manage complex projects and programs with competing priorities.Expert communication and presentation skills with all levels of business, technology, and control partner stakeholders. Ability to translate and synthesize complex topics and solicit decisions from senior executives.Experience implementing and delivering change to leading investment applications, including but not limited to Eagle, Calypso, Charles River, Bloomberg, BlackRock, and/or SimCorp.Experience with the Azure cloud platform and/or Snowflake are nice to have.Certifications in Agile delivery, Lean, Six Sigma, Business Process Notation, Change Management are considered an asset.Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP) is considered an asset.Self-motivated with strong, proven, analytical and problem-solving skills.Commitment to standards of professionalism, internal controls, and compliance.And you demonstrate:High standards of business and ethical values including the ability to deal with confidential information.A people-first focus with a desire to develop meaningful, positive relationships across all levels of the organization.A teammate mentality coupled with servant leadership.A sense of urgency, optimism, and a desire to deliver excellence.A desire to drive debate, to speak candidly and to listen empathetically; andStrong orientation towards strategy, change and results.We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. Our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come to the office a minimum of 3+ days per week.As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.

Expected salary

Location

Toronto, ON

Job date

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 02:47:24 GMT

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