Operations Project Consultant - Global Payments Operations

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 an 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.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

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

Job Description:
This job is responsible for handling medium to large projects for a Line of Business that may be regional or national in scope. Key responsibilities include recommending policy and procedural changes and developing measurement criteria and project plans such as cost and resource estimates. Job expectations include working with senior management to evaluate current methods and develop strategies to implement change and improvements brought about by the project.

Responsibilities:

• Provides consulting expertise to line managers on productivity issues and analyzes market and operational impact in the business brought about by specific project parameters
• Responsibilities include research and document organizational reviews, workflow analysis, and provide management and staff analysis. You will also define the project scope to others outside of operations that may become involved in or impacted by the project.
• Leading risk management and mitigation planning readiness, change adoption, stakeholder management, and quality assurance
• Analyzes current state processes, existing operations, procedures, and workflows and discovers pain points to develop approaches for potential solutions, including building a business case for improvement recommendations and driving the execution of implementation
• Coordinates with the business to support defined project tasks, tracking deliverables and their statuses, and measuring progress against ongoing success measures
• Supports partnerships with operations management to create project impact and provide direction and guidance to internal teams
• Establishes and maintains relationships with relevant client stakeholders to communicate updates and escalate issues
• Performs risk management activities to minimize project risks
• Assists with creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation
• Leverages business knowledge to identify opportunities for improvement and supports change execution

• Minimum of 5 years of experience with projects, production support activities and/or payment operations
• Experience of the Agile software delivery methodology or large scale projects/project management
• Skilled in translating business requirements into technical requirements
• Cross functional with strong business analysis, problem solving, quality management and organization skills
• Participate in and drive collaborative efforts to advance tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve an evolving client base
• Believes in value of diversity so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willing to learn and adapt to change
• Working knowledge of Windows and Microsoft Office
• Ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with business stakeholders and gain trust in order guide and influence them
• Ability to understand the bigger picture (risks, dependencies)
• Flexibility required to support global markets

• Working knowledge of payments
• Executive reporting and presentation skills
• Working knowledge of SWIFT, ISO 20022 formats, low-value and high-value clearings such as Target 2, Fed Wire, CHIPS, USACH, BACS etc. (preferably in-depth knowledge of implementing Platform that process these types of payments)

• Active Listening
• Attention to Detail
• Collaboration
• Critical Thinking
• Written Communications
• Decision Making
• Influence
• Oral Communications
• Prioritization
• Problem Solving
• Adaptability
• Customer and Client Focus
• Data Management
• Emotional Intelligence
• Risk Management