I.T. Project Manager - WEALTH MANAGEMENT & PRIVATE BANKING

• ADCB is looking to hire a candidate with experience with Customer On boarding & Risk Profiling ( Retail, Advisory, discretionary etc …)
• Familiar with Investment and trading products and their processes like corporate actions, Fund Management, systematic Investment Plan
• Order Life Cycle Management (Financial markets and Instruments like Equity, MF, Bonds)
• Should have knowledge of Front Office, Middle Office & Back office technologies.
• Familiar with Investment related process like Settlement, Reconciliation Management and Credit & Compliance
• Knowledge of 3rd Party Integration ( Bloomberg, All Funds, SWIFT, FIX ECN etc …)

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Project Management and Change Delivery Management

• Manage and deliver technology projects and changes by engaging with various internal and external stakeholders and adopting the project management framework to ensure projects are completed within the defined timelines and budgets in compliance with ADCB standards
• Manage the development, configuration, parameterization, testing, deployment of technology changes and transition to production while extending support and guidance to business users for planning/conducting software acceptance testing
• Develop and design technology solutions through business and application architecture principles and maintain efficient and agile technology for the business
• Develop project approvals, RFPs, technical documents, procedures, transition documents and other project related documentation within scope of the subject matter of the project in line with the required standards
• Coordinate with IT teams in planning and monitoring and adapt to changing business priorities to ensure technology changes are aligned with business requirements/priorities

System Management

• Manage the support, maintenance and availability of a portfolio of banking applications along with managing key support processes like problem management and incident management
• Manage a team of application support analysts responsible for supporting a wide range of banking applications to ensure availability of relevant application systems to support business and operation needs

Budget Management

• Contribute to the preparation of the business area’s budget and manage and monitor the financial performance against the budget so that areas of unsatisfactory performance are identified, rectified promptly and potential performance improvement opportunities are capitalized upon
• Manage planning and budgeting for technology projects and coordinate and contribute for preparation of business initiated technology projects, monitoring the financial performance against the budget for the bank and its subsidiaries
• Identify opportunities for the appropriate and cost-effective investment of application solutions including sourcing, purchasing and development

People Management

• Manage self and team in line with ADCB’s people management policies, procedures, processes and practices to ensure adherence and to maximize own and employee contribution to busi

Minimum Experience

• At least 8 years of experience in technology services with a banking industry background, with at least 5 years in a managerial capacity for management of financial applications / technical systems

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT/Computer Science or equivalent

Professional Qualifications

• PMP/ Prince 2 certification or equivalent
• ITIL certification or equivalent

Knowledge and Skills

• Project management
• Team management
• Negotiation and mediating
• Business liaison
• Process optimization
• Enterprise architecture
• Emerging technology
• Infrastructure/operating platforms
• Software testing
• Software change management
• Software configuration management
• Application support and maintenance
• Presentation and collaboration tools
• Information security
• Mobility and internet banking technologies
• System monitoring and capacity planning
• In-depth banking functionality and operations knowledge in at least 3-5 of the following; core banking, lending, deposits, customer relationships and accounts, workflows and business processes, customer channels, payments and collection, cash management, cards and loyalty, middleware technology, business intelligence and analytics, trade finance, treasury systems, compliance and risk systems, ERP and HR systems, ATM/Pos acquiring, telephony and voice systems