Assistant Vice President, Global Transaction Banking Dept, Planning

Job Responsibilities

• Support strategic planning, business management, and performance monitoring activities across Transaction Banking businesses in APAC.
• Develop and drive strategic initiatives to support business growth, operational efficiency, and organizational priorities.
• Conduct business, market, and competitor analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
• Monitor business performance, portfolio trends, revenues, costs, and key performance indicators, and provide insights to support management decision-making.
• Prepare management presentations, business plans, performance reports, and materials for senior management discussions.
• Support budgeting and resource planning.
• Develop and maintain management dashboards and reporting tools using Power BI and other analytical platforms.
• Improve reporting processes, data quality, governance, and management information capabilities across the department.
• Work closely with finance, risk, technology teams, operations, product partners, and coverage to drive initiatives and achieve business objectives.
• Coordinate with regional stakeholders across APAC to ensure effective communication, governance, and execution of key initiatives.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in strategic planning, business management, portfolio management, business analytics, management reporting, or related functions within the banking or financial services industry.
• Good understanding of Transaction Banking, Trade Finance, Corporate Banking, Treasury, or other banking businesses.
• Experience in business performance management, portfolio monitoring, budgeting, resource planning, or related management functions.
• Strong proficiency in Power BI and experience in dashboard development and management reporting.
• Experience with SQL, Power Query, Tableau, Python, VBA, or similar analytical tools would be advantageous.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively across functions and geographies.
• Fluency in English is required; Japanese language capability is preferred but not required as at times this indivdual will need to liaise with Tokyo HQ.
• Willingness to work in a full-time office-based environment with regular in-office attendance.
• Flexibility to perform other ad hoc duties as assigned.