Job Responsibilities:
- Support Payments Head of Japan with financial planning, forecasting, business reviews and senior management presentations, client and product analysis support, multi-year growth initiatives tracking and any other product strategic reviews.
- Development and oversight of performance metrics for business, including financial, performance, pipeline, expenses, trends, issues and opportunities to expand the business
- Build Payments knowledge and awareness of industry developments / requirements and collaborate effectively with other LoBs as a bridge to align business strategy
- Build effective partnerships with business and functional peers to manage the end to end business environment (Business Control, SCBM, Compliance, HR, GRE, Marketing, and others)
- Actively participate and present location interests in global or regional Payments task groups, e.g. front office reporting tools, sales pipeline monitoring among others.
- Assist in key regulatory, and governance priorities for the franchise when needed
- Act as an advisor to Head of Business on key location strategic activities and lead F&BM related workstreams
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance, or related field
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in financial institutions in Finance, Strategy, Business Management or related functions.
- Ability to work independently in a results oriented, dynamic and fast paced environment; deliver result within tight timeframe under high pressure situations
- Able to develop and manage relationship with key stakeholders and navigate in a matrix reporting organization
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly while paying attention to details and excellent presentation skills and experience in managing senior level discussions
- Advanced Excel knowledge and expertise in producing high quality PowerPoint slides and ability to interrogate and interpret financial reports.
- Strong analytical, problem solving skills with the ability to multi-task and dynamically prioritize or adapt with ever-changing and sometimes conflicting demands
- A thorough understanding and appreciation of risks and controls, with motivation to improve processes and resolve issues
- A good team player and a self-starter with a positive attitude, motivation and an ability to learn quickly
- Able to work within tight timeframe under high pressure situations
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience in Payments product and sales functions is preferred.