Assistant Vice President – Technology

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Oversee the complete technology delivery process for automated regulatory submissions, encompassing requirements analysis, solution design, development, testing, deployment, stabilization, and ongoing support.

• Manage regulatory technology capabilities that include data sourcing, data engineering, calculation and validation workflows, reporting, file generation, APIs, web services, submission channels, monitoring, and production support.

• Ensure the ingestion, transformation, reconciliation, and aggregation of regulatory data from banking, finance, risk, treasury, customer, and transaction systems.

• Supervise data pipelines, data models, business rules, validation controls, audit trails, and regulatory documentation.

• Lead the creation of regulatory reports, dashboards, extracts, and submission files in formats such as XBRL, XML, JSON, CSV, Excel, and those prescribed by regulators.

• Integrate regulatory gateways and internal platforms using secure APIs, web services, managed file transfers, and batch and event-driven integration.

• Ensure the establishment of maker-checker controls, approvals, versioning, exception management, resubmissions, acknowledgments, and traceability.

• Provide ownership of production processes, which includes monitoring, incident and problem management, root-cause analysis, service requests, release management, and continuity planning.

• Define service levels, operational dashboards, alert systems, runbooks, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and support schedules.

• Coordinate assessments of regulatory change impacts and convert those changes into prioritized technology deliverables.

• Collaborate with Business, Finance, Operations, Regulatory Reporting, Risk, Compliance, Information Security, Enterprise Architecture, external consultants, and vendors.

• Direct gap analysis, testing strategies, user acceptance testing (UAT), test case evaluations, business requirements document (BRD)/functional specifications document (FSD) reviews, change management, and system adoption efforts.

• Identify and address project risks, issues, delays, and integration challenges.

• Act as a representative for Technology in program working groups and communicate progress to senior technology management.

• Ensure that governance processes and comprehensive program documentation are upheld.

• Mentor and guide technology professionals while serving as a subject matter expert.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; a Master's degree is preferred.

• Postgraduate / Engineer qualification.

• At least 8 years of experience in technology leadership roles, specifically in regulatory reporting or compliance.

• 12 to 15 years of experience in the banking sector, with a minimum of 5 years focused on system implementation/integration support.

• Proven success in leading and managing complex technology projects, ideally within the banking or financial services sector.

• Strong comprehension of regulatory requirements and their implications for technology solutions, particularly concerning automated regulatory submissions.

• Practical experience with data engineering, ETL/ELT processes, SQL, data warehousing/Lakehouse concepts, reporting/BI tools, batch processing, APIs, web services, and secure file-based integration.

• Familiarity with structured regulatory submission formats and validation frameworks, such as XBRL, XML, or regulator-defined schemas, is preferred.

• Experience in production support, IT service management, monitoring, incident/problem management, release management, disaster recovery, and operational resilience.

• Experience in managing vendors, technology budgets, program plans, risks, dependencies, and cross-functional teams.

• Preferred experience with Oracle FLEXCUBE integrations/configurations of products and processes.

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong problem-solving abilities and meticulous attention to detail.

• Capacity to perform under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

• Experience in managing/supporting core banking transformation projects.

• Experience in integrating, implementing, and supporting core banking systems.

• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.

• Dedication to continuous learning.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work opportunities.

• Full-time employment position.

• Opportunities to lead technology initiatives and mentor other technology professionals.

• Continuous learning and the chance to stay updated with industry trends and technologies.