Transformation Manager FX Trading

Transformation Manager – FX Trading

Transformation Manager / Project Manager Profile

Function Global Markets / Treasury / FX Trading

Experience 7–12 years in banking

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Role Type

Transformation delivery / business project management

Lead and coordinate transformation initiatives across the FX trading value chain, from pricing and execution through risk,

Primary Focus Role Purpose

operations, technology and management information, ensuring delivery improves revenue capability, client service, control and scalability.

Lead and coordinate transformation initiatives across the FX trading value chain, from pricing and execution through

risk, operations, technology and management information, ensuring delivery improves revenue capability, client service, control and scalability.

Key Responsibilities

● Own integrated delivery plans for FX transformation initiatives covering front office, e-trading, risk, middle office,

operations, Finance and technology.

● Partner with FX traders, sales, structuring and product control to define business requirements for spot, forward,

swap, option and hedging capabilities.

● Translate trading and client needs into business requirements, process maps, operating-model changes, user

stories, test scenarios and implementation plans.

● Coordinate enhancements to pricing, limit usage, trade capture, confirmations, settlement, P&L, valuation and market-risk reporting.

● Drive expansion of client FX hedging propositions linked to lending, trade and cross-border flows across the bank's regional footprint.

● Manage dependencies with market-risk limits, counterparty credit, collateral, conduct, regulatory reporting and treasury operations.

● Lead UAT readiness, defect prioritization, cutover, training, adoption and post-implementation stabilization.

●Maintain RAID and decision logs, benefits tracking, executive reporting and escalation across delivery forums.

Core Deliverables

● FX transformation roadmap, milestones and governance pack

● Current-state and target-state process maps for the trade lifecycle

● Business requirements / user stories and signed-off UAT evidence

● Front-to-back control and dependency map

● Benefits case covering revenue enablement, STP, turnaround time and control improvements

●Implementation, adoption and stabilization plan Required Banking and Product Knowledge

● FX spot, forwards, swaps, options and client hedging use cases

● Trading platforms, market data, pricing, execution and order-management concepts

● Front-to-back trade lifecycle including confirmation, settlement, nostro and reconciliation

●Market risk, counterparty risk, limits, valuation, P&L and product-control fundamentals

● Electronic trading, straight-through processing and treasury architecture exposure

● Understanding of regulatory, conduct and control expectations in Global Markets

Experience and Qualifications

● Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, Technology or a related discipline. Business Sensitive | Recruitment Use Transformation Manager Job Descriptions

● 7–12 years of banking experience, including meaningful exposure to FX trading, treasury, markets change, product management or transformation.

● At least 3 years delivering cross-functional projects or transformation initiatives in a bank or regulated financial institution.

● Experience preparing BRD/BRS documentation, process designs, business cases, UAT plans and

senior-management reporting.

● Working knowledge of delivery methods such as Agile, hybrid or waterfall and tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Power BI or equivalent.

Preferred Profile

● Candidates who have worked directly with an FX trading desk, treasury sales team or markets COO/change

function.

● A transformation manager with strong banking-product fluency rather than a purely technical project manager.

●Experience across emerging markets, multi-entity banks or regional treasury platforms is advantageous.

●Credentials such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile/Scrum, CFA, FRM or ACI are beneficial but not mandatory.

Core Competencies

● Transformation and project delivery discipline

● Business analysis, process redesign and operating-model implementation

● Executive stakeholder management and structured communication

● Risk, issue, dependency, decision and benefit tracking

● Analytical problem-solving with strong attention to controls

● Ability to translate front-office requirements into technology and operations deliverables

●Comfort working across business, Risk, Finance, Operations, Compliance and ITSuccess Measures

● Initiatives delivered against agreed scope, milestones and target outcomes

● Timely resolution of cross-functional dependencies, risks and decisions

● Adoption of redesigned processes, tools and governance by business users

● Clear evidence of revenue enablement, control enhancement, client improvement or efficiency benefits

●High-quality management reporting and stakeholder confidence in delivery status