Business Manager COO Asia

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together.

Work with and support COO Asia in the execution of the COO mandate to support the Bank’s growth strategy by providing reliable, scalable and efficient services to BJB Singapore and Hong Kong Branches daily operations, including the development of bank-wide infrastructure, enhancing operational effectiveness and supporting branch related initiatives.

YOUR CHALLENGE

Work with and support COO Asia on the following:

Run-the-Bank

• Work closely with various stakeholders in supporting the design and implementation of various initiatives, policies, regulatory requirements, etc. that are initiated by the COO office or impacting the COO functions
• Establish and maintain the Third Party Risk Management and Outsourcing framework, collaborating closely with internal and external stakeholders, including regulatory submissions
• Monitor client lifecycle management processes and control framework, identifying process improvement opportunities

Change-the-Bank

• Support the development of the COO strategy in conjunction with COO function heads, and coordinate the delivery of these strategic initiatives, whilst ensuring buy-in from a host of internal stakeholders across the broader organisation
• Scope and execute projects in line with implementation of the Bank/COO strategy
• Review, identify, redesign and implement COO processes to further improve their effectiveness, efficiency, and quality
• Act as a change agent who leads the local implementation of global/regional strategic change projects with the business

COO Asia Management Support:

• Supports the planning and execution of the COO Asia strategy by providing data-driven analytics and insights
• Prepare management cockpits to track delivery of COO Asia services for global, regional and local management committees
• Prepare presentations and in-depth analysis for management meetings

Regulatory Responsibilities & Risk Management

• Demonstration of appropriate values and behaviours including but not limited to standards on honesty and integrity, due care and diligence, fair dealing (treating customers fairly), management of conflicts of interest, competence and continuous development, adequate risk management, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations

RANK

• Associate Director/ Director

YOUR PROFILE

Personal and Social

• Mature personality and able to work under pressure and tight deadlines
• Entrepreneurial spirit and ‘can do’ mindset
• High integrity
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal
• Ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels and cultivate positive working relationships across divisions and geographies

Professional and Technical

• Degree in Business, Finance, Banking, Economics or equivalent and with 5-10 years of working experience (private banking/wealth management, in-house or external consulting preferred)
• Proven experience of successfully shaping, leading and executing Change-the-Bank initiatives
• Conversant with all facets of change management process including:
• Designing an approach and plan
• Co-creating business cases, analysis and justifications
• Driving and managing projects to ensure readiness and implementation needs are met
• Delivering project outcomes and tracking benefits
• Able to demonstrate leadership in cross-divisional taskforce, with recommendation and solutions benefiting business growth and efficiency, whilst in compliance with risk and control
• Strong financial and commercial acumen and the ability to understand and contribute to business cases
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills (incl. Excel)
• Strong presentation skills (incl. Powerpoint)
• Resource management and confidential handling of proprietary and sensitive information

We are looking forward to receiving your full job application through our online application tool.