Job Title: IT Business Systems Manager
Hiring Organization: Consolidated
Bank
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Banking
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 07/19/2024
Consolidated Bank of Kenya Limited was incorporated
on 7th December 1989 . This was in an effort to stabilize the financial sector
through the acquisition of nine insolvent institutions and thereafter
restructuring them into a viable, professionally run commercial bank. The Bank
enjoys an independent, dynamic, result-oriented culture and a flexible and
innovative approach. We understand the markets in which our clients operate and
offer a service built on personalized and specialized banking solutions. We offer
one of the widest range of banking products and services in the market today.
We realize that a growing business demands a lot of time and energy. We
understand these challenges and continuously develop flexible, innovative, and
convenient financial solutions to help our customers achieve personal and
business success.
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Head of ICT, the IT Business Systems
Manager will be responsible for managing, planning, directing, coordinating,
monitoring, and supervising business and program processes and operation
systems to ensure the efficiency of business and related systems. He/she will
also ensure that operational, procedural and regulatory requirements are met.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver IT solutions that provide competitive
advantage to support the growth of the business in a way that satisfies
our clients’ needs.
- Pro-actively contribute to the continuous
improvement of technology/business processes through identifying
opportunities for improvement and implementing changes.
- Oversee the system integration into the core
banking system and day to day operational running of integrated channels.
- Take responsibility for the Bank’s core banking
systems, including administration, maintenance and development and other
banking applications required in business operations
- Prepare, deploy and maintain various Intellect
environments.
- Analyze CBS problems and implement innovative
fixes, monitoring, tuning and performance optimization.
- Conduct market research to outline new system
solutions that will improve current and future business capability.
- Participate in the formulation and development
of the Bank IT strategy.
- Work with heads of departments and the Head of
Risk and Compliance to implement relevant regulatory and legislative
changes in a timely fashion.
- Undertake workflow/application development.
- Plan and oversee the release of upgrades and
enhancements to systems.
- Working closely with developers, provide
supervision and support as required, including agreeing their objectives
and carrying our performance reviews, and ensuring deadlines and service
standards are achieved and maintained.
- Develop, monitor and manage SLA’s.
- Maintain and develop relationships with external
partners.
- Develop excellent working relationships with all
departments within the bank.
- Undertake such other reasonable duties as the
Head of IT may require in accordance with the jobholder’s position and
status.
Qualifications and Competencies
- Be a holder of Bachelor’s degree in Information
Technology or Computer Science from a recognized university.
- Must have at least seven years’ relevant working
experience, five of which should be in Core banking applications.
- Must possess professional certification in
Programming.
- Should have expertise in enterprise server
operating systems and applications such as, Linux, Redhat, Oracle, DB2,
MSSQL, Web Services, Java, Python, JBASIC.
- Should have experience in Java development,
Intellect/JBASE development and in integration and middleware systems.
- Should be a team player with excellent
communication, decision making and analytical skills and have attention to
detail.
How To Apply
Qualified and interested candidates who meet the
above requirements should send their application in HARD COPIES quoting the
title of the position applied for on the cover letter and envelope, together
with a detailed Curriculum Vitae, copies of certificates and the contact
information of three referees to:
The Head of Human Resources
Consolidated Bank of
Kenya Limited
P.O. Box 51133 – 00200
NAIROBI
All applications should be sent through the above
address ONLY, and received no later than 5.00 p.m. on Thursday, 1st August
2024. Only selected candidates will be contacted.