I.T. Systems Manager - RISK SYSTEMS

• Successful real-world project management experience delivering systems in the Finance/Banking sector with a focus in Credit Risk, Market Risk, Operational Risk, Asset Liability Management, Anti Money Laundering and Regulatory Reporting requirements (E.g. Basel II, Basel III, LCR & NSFR, ALM, Credit Rating and BRF)
• Manage the IT aspects of projects and coordinate Risk Management software (Moody’s Risk Foundation, Moody’s Risk Analyst,  ARC Logics OpRisk) implementation and upgrades, Due diligence on Risk Management Software vendors to meet the Bank’s business requirements.
• Background experience/exposure to business analysis and front to back data sourcing initiatives to support regulatory reporting requirements
• Knowledge of Basel regulations including an understanding of risk management (e.g. credit, market and operational risk) aspects

ACCOUNTABILITIES

System Management

• Manage a portfolio of banking applications along with managing key support processes like problem management and incident management and ensure effective performance monitoring metrics, dashboards and service levels are in place and utilized
• Undertake complex technical evaluations of existing infrastructure and ensure priorities are assessed and defined in order to determine upgrade capacity plans and needs that will enhance system performance and put forward comprehensive recommendations
• Lead capacity planning for new and existing systems and in the resulting technology change that may impact future development in technology services and systems within the bank
• Lead development and implementations of processes for ensuring that overall architecture and systems integration of the respective systems acquired by the Bank has a commonality and direction which will be sustainable for the foreseeable future in both banking and technology perspectives

Project Management and Change Delivery

• Manage and ensure delivery of multiple technology projects and change deliverables in a high priority, medium or strategic level for respective functional area within time and budget, developing project approvals, RFPs, technical documents, procedures, transition plans while contributing to development of detailed business cases in line with the required standard
• Lead the adoption of Project Management framework principles in compliance with ADCB standards while recommending improvements to ensure efficient project delivery
• Lead the design, development and implementation of technology solutions through business and application architecture principles and maintain efficient and agile technology for the business
• Evaluate technology capabilities, system architecture and solution fitment of system design, development, integration and implementation in order to ensure that the developed solutions / systems meet bank’s expansion and technology services requirements

Business Alignment

• Co-ordinate with business stakeholders to understand the business unit’s technology requirements and assist them in translating these requirements into IT project deliverables
• Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of IT systems, processes, and practices taking into account internation

Minimum Experience

• At least 12 years of experience in technology services with a banking industry background, with at least 3 - 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

• Capacity planning
• Negotiating and mediating
• Portfolio and project management
• Data management
• Emerging technologies
• Enterprise architecture
• Information management
• Information security
• Information technology policy and planning
• Information technology service operations
• Software engineering and development
• Systems analysis and design
• 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, ATM/Pos acquiring, telephony and voice systems