Manager - Operations, Planning and Sustainability

-Job description

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Global Strategy and Planning helps inform strategic decision-making and acts as a catalyst and driver for strategic change. The team constructively challenges the business with critical thinking and innovative insight to improve the way we do business.

We are currently seeking an ambitious individual to join our **HSBC Amanah** team in the role of **Manager - Operations, Planning and Sustainability Advisory**, working together with colleagues to define, manage and achieve divisional business targets.

The Operations, Planning and Sustainability Advisory team manages projects at HSBC Amanah (HBMS). The primary focus area of this team is supporting the HSBC Amanah CEO for overall strategies, strategic initiatives, process management and co-ordination overall to enhance and support the HSBC Amanah business together with internal and external stakeholders.

The team also has responsibility for the efficient working of the Shared Services model between HSBC Malaysia and HSBC Amanah, as governed by the Optimal Resource Sharing Arrangement (ORSA) guidance from BNM.

The purpose of the role is to support the management team across all responsibilities and to assist with key strategic initiatives including project management of specific workstreams and the overall programme of tasks and initiatives assigned. This includes a key agenda of helping to co-ordinate and realise HSBC Amanah’s role as an active participant in internal and external activities.

HSBC Amanah plays a key co-ordinating role for the industry and in its own financing and business activities by virtue of its membership of the VBI Community of Practitioners and its chairmanship of Steering Committee 4 (SC4) for Engagement and Capacity Building for financial services industry as part of the Joint Committee on Climate Change co-chaired by Bank Negara Malaysia and the Securities Commission Malaysia.

As a VBI practitioner, HSBC Amanah (M) Berhad aims to deliver the intended outcomes of Shariah through practices, conduct and offerings across HSBC Amanah via capacity building, training, provision and intermediating of Value Based Finance both in its own business and industry wide.

This is an exciting role with the opportunity for exposure from a multi-faceted perspective, encompassing many aspects in co-ordination across many key business stakeholders

The role holder will be tasked with the following responsibilities:

- Management of overall Operations and Planning related strategic initiatives, providing programme management and operational support to Head, Operations, Planning and Sustainability Advisory as well as the and CEO of HSBC Amanah
- Support in assisting to define the approach for initiatives and the development of HSBC Amanah’s strategic initiatives, building stakeholder buy-in around plans, commitments and changes
- Overall co-ordination and management of projects and initiatives, proactively engaging in ensuring delivery against goals and timelines and in consideration of overall scope, schedule, communications, budget and risks
- Overall management and reporting in relation to the shared services model between HSBC Amanah and HSBC Malaysia, ensuring maximisation of process efficiencies and outcomes in line with regular reporting and standards and related KPIs
- Help with identification of resource needs, budgeting, responsibilities and schedules and ensuring controls and procedures are in place for key initiatives
- Reporting progress, issues, dependencies and risks to leadership and committees (as appropriate) and making recommendations to influence decision making in order to maintain progress towards realising delivery and benefits
- Providing guidance and maintaining a focus on how assigned initiatives align to wider programme and overall HSBC Amanah business objectives
- Lead VBI and sustainability related reporting matters for HBMS such as TCFD and industry reports
- Adhering to HSBC project methodology at all times
- Supporting the management to ensure delivery of all committed deliverables through building strong networks and partnering with business and enablers
- Production of timely management information related to work assigned
- Liaising with and supporting the lead on any initiatives and programmes including the coordinating meetings and assisting with relevant events
- Supporting the coordination of regulatory and industry engagements for HSBC Amanah
- Supporting creation of content to promote awareness locally, in Group and externally for HSBC Amanah
- Providing support in relation to requests for information from HSBC stakeholders and regulatory bodies