Vice President, Regional Event Manager, Equities

Bank of America; Singapore; On-site; SGD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks an Event Coordinator to manage client events in Asia Pacific. The role involves strategic planning, internal collaboration, and logistical execution to ensure flawless events that align with the company's objectives and brand integrity.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role for a financial institution.
• Comfortable in fast-paced environments with demanding event hosts.
• Professional demeanor with strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Planning and coordinating client events for Global Markets in the Asia Pacific region.
• Managing budgets, timelines, and venue negotiations for events.
• Ensuring events meet company guidelines and managing risk.

Skills

Relationship Management

Event Management

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Team Collaboration

Proficiency in Microsoft Applications

Job description

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:

• Responsible for planning and coordinating client events for Global Markets in the Asia Pacific region.
• Serves as an advisor and event management expert, proposing value-add event activity and direction around marketing initiatives and priorities. This includes working with the lines of business on the strategic objective and program plan for each event.
  • Builds and fosters working relationships with business heads and internal clients.
• Works on events from conception to reconciliation; including pre-event organization, budget management, onsite execution, staff management, senior management liaison, final cost analysis.
  • Delivers flawless events from conception to reconciliation; including pre-con meetings, overall management of the event, working directly with the business, providing final cost analysis.
  • Manages all logistics on-site and is responsible for making decisions and ensuring the flawless execution of event.
  • Responsible for budget and timeline, choosing a venue, negotiating with suppliers, preparing creative collateral, ensuring all events are within corporate guidelines.
  • Measures the success of each event with the right metrics.
• Proactively works to mitigate risk, as an enterprise control function.
  • Ensures events are planned within company guidelines and manages the risks associated with events to protect the brand. Proactively engages Compliance, Legal, Risk, Corporate Security, Corporate Communications and other key partners as needed.
• Work independently on a daily basis, both in the office and on-site at events.
• Works closely with regional marketing relationship managers to maximize opportunities and fully leverage the global marketing platform.

Skills Required:

• Have a natural ability to build relationships with key partners & manage relationships.
• Previous experience in a similar role for a financial institution.
• Specific experience in managing both internal and external client events, including conferences and higher end/premiere hospitality events.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced environment with demanding and challenging event hosts.
• Excels under pressure and confident handling last-minute details and changes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications and with the ability to learn many internal processes and procedures.
• A strong team player with excellent communication skills; ability to partner well with all levels in the organization and work well in a team environment.
• Professional demeanor; decisive with strong interpersonal skills.
• Good communication and influencing skills.
• Based in HKG and willingness to travel.