Description

Role: Value Stream Portfolio Lead

Location: Sheffield - Hybrid - 3 Days P/Week Onsite (Flexible)

Duration: 6 Months - Potential for Extension

Rate: £716 P/Day - Inside IR35 - UMB

Role Purpose:

As a key participant in the Value Stream leadership team, the Portfolio lead is responsible for:

• Maintaining governance and oversight of Value Stream Technology Portfolio Financial and Delivery health.
• Proactively overseeing, tracking and reporting against Value Stream/Sub Value Stream spend to Tech/Business and Central PAM (Portfolio Account Management) - ensuring appropriate tech accountability is in place.
• Ensuring Technology systems accurately maintain Change The Bank and Run The Bank forecasts based on known requirements.
• Holding programme managers to account throughout the programme delivery.
• Establishing and maintain strong collaboration with Risk Owners and Internal Audit.
• Governing and reporting the agreed set of Group Chief Information Officer metrics for the Value Stream
• Supporting the Value Stream Tech lead with Value Stream level governance, resourcing and reporting.

In this role you will:

• Own and deliver the strategic planning cycles across change portfolios to ensure financial investment decisions supports Technology strategy, risk appetite and aligns to HSBC strategy and future business / customer needs.
• Ensure accurate financial management of governed targets, forecast and actuals (in collaboration with the business)
• Manage spend to be in line with targets, run rate analysis, and actively challenge forecast accuracy.
• Ensure programme suppliers have correct interlock of budget in place, keeping within overall targets.
• Manage the process for changes to targets and quarterly tollgates.
• Coordinate and participate in the regular reviews of project financial analysis and reporting, including providing summarised views for key stakeholders regarding headcounts, rates and position changes.
• Ensure that the Finance Ops Director and the Finance CIO are fully briefed of programme statuses and issues to support Group CIO meetings.
• Hold programme delivery managers to account through challenge sessions to ensure issues are remediated quickly and efficiently.
• Work closely with Value Streams leads to embed and govern standardised metrics into Value Streams.

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

• Proven track record of leadership in programme management roles within the financial services industry, preferably within multinational banks.
• Strong understanding of Technology operational management requirements for banks and knowledge of the external environment - regulatory, political, competitor and market.
• Must have budget experience with values of £20million and above
• Extensive Global financial experience is essential
• A deep understanding of Global Project Status Reports is an absolute must
• Deep financial and commercial awareness.
• Demonstrable experience in managing significant financial and resource plans, organisational transformation, and project portfolio management, with a track record of driving results in complex, matrixed organisations.
• Ability to manage and mitigate operational risk effectively.
• Maintains expert knowledge of stakeholder requirements, competitor activities and market trends to influence future direction.
• Understanding of the HSBC Group and its strategy, structures and processes
• Knowledge of the external environment - regulatory, political, competitor and market.

If you're looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

Please send your CV to mark.ellis@experis.co.uk to discuss further.

Please note, in the event of a high volume of applications for this role, we will not be able to respond to each individual applicant. Unfortunately, if you have not been contacted within 7 days we will not be progressing with your application. Thank you for your understanding.