Finance Regulatory Project Manager

Company Description

Alter Solutions Portugal is an IT Consultancy Company, promoter of Digital Transformation, part of the Alter Solutions Group, created in 2006, in Paris.

In 2022, Alter Solutions joined the act digital group, constituting a global community of talent in Technology, with presence in twelve countries: Germany, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, United States of America, Morocco, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal and Serbia. Also in 2022, we were certified as a Great Place to Work©.

In Portugal, we partner with over 120 clients and a team of over 500 people, working in projects for industries as diverse as banking, insurance, transportation, aviation, energy, and telecom.

Headquarters of the Nearshore IT center, Alter Solutions Portugal has a dedicated team of around 30 specialized professionals, integrated into projects with several internationally renowned clients.

Job Description

Monitor the evolution of accounting, performance management, prudential and reporting standards, ensure regulatory monitoring and represent the Finance & Strategy Function within the Group's valuation framework.

• Communicate the new standards and regulatory changes to the impacted teams.
• Implement the project governance to designate relevant contributors transversally and to define the action plans, in process and systems dimension.
• Contribute to the definition of the solutions to meet the regulatory planning, notably in coordination with other teams.
• Monitor the deployment of these solutions in all business lines and territories.
• Issue regular communications on project status within and beyond Finance teams.
• Coordinate closely the Finance & Strategic actions, to source adequately the regulatory data and accounting schemes in close collaboration with other teams.
• Interactions with stakeholders from different functions and businesses.
• Accompany the evolution of the accounting and reporting systems.
• Immerse in RISK subjects and specific culture.
  
  

Responsibilities

As a Standards & Controls – Accounting Standards Project Implementation Project Manager, you will oversee financial and regulatory projects.

The team’s main mission is to coordinate the operational implementation of normative accounting and regulatory evolutions and new reportings required by the different regulators.

The position requires strong communication skills and frequent interaction with the different stakeholders. Main contributors to our projects are Finance and Reporting central and local teams, accounting systems teams, RISK projects and reporting teams and teams in charge of the central reporting solution.

You will have to prepare, organize and coordinate workshops and steering committees for the projects under your scope.

In a nutshell, communication and support to the stakeholders are the key skills required for this position.

Qualifications

Technical Skills:

• Accounting
• IFRS rules and European Banking regulations
• Communication skills (oral and written)
• Organizational skills
• Excel
• Project Management
  
  

Language Skills

• English - Expert
• French is a huge plus
• Portuguese - Practice
  
  

Soft Skills

• Business analysis
• Process analysis
• Interacting with users
• Interacting with IT