Avis de recrutement : Fonds International pour le Développement Agricole (IFAD) recherche un Spécialiste en TIC (systèmes financiers et de trésorerie) (H/F), Royaume-Uni.

 

 

 

Job Role

Senior Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Specialists at this level are senior specialists assigned leadership and management of technology design, development and maintenance work that involves interface with users and coordination of other ICT specialists. The role of ICT Senior ICT Specialist is a key role within ICT. The incumbent is required to understand technical requirements and develop in-depth knowledge of IFAD processes, systems and infrastructure. They are typically accountable for unit work plan establishment and supervision of a team of ICT Specialists, Associates and/or Assistants.

Position specific:

  1. Provide strategic direction for Financial systems at IFAD in particular in terms of organizational needs and medium-term strategic plans, technology landscape and trends, security considerations and risks;
  2. Ensure a robust architecture for Financial systems at IFAD ensuring solutions for scalability, adaptability and integration.  To facilitate process and data integration, this oversight should align all stakeholders to common understandings of key activities and processes;
  3. Manage projects on the implementation, extension or upgrade of financial systems, including the management of third party vendors, internal resources and corporate stakeholders;
  4. Work with relevant stakeholders to establish a consistent and shared data model for IFAD Finance is used across IFAD Financial systems to facilitate integrations of data and processes;
  5. Ensure that data needs in the area of Finance are supported, both from internal and external sources.  This requires close work with infrastructure, data, application and business teams to agree on data classifications, data quality thresholds and checks and data availability;
  6. Investigate and explore emerging technologies in the FinTech space to provide an informed point of view for ICT and Senior Management;
  7. Ensure IT and Cyber security guidelines are enforced and provide advice on opportunities for improvement with respect to Financial systems;
  8. Ensure oversight with sufficient monitoring on performance of Financial systems;
  9. Ensure management of hosting arrangements with third parties;
  10. Work closely with  Financial Operations to identify needs, solutions, address issues and improve the service provided by ICT in this area;
  11. Manage the pipeline of demand from Financial Operations to support IT planning including resourcing;
  12. Advise on all aspects of budget management and budget planning within the area of centrally managed Financial systems.

Job Profile Requirements

Organizational Competencies:

Level 2:

  • Strategic thinking and organizational development: Strategic leadership;
  • Demonstrating Leadership: Leads by example; initiates and supports change;
  • Learning, sharing knowledge and innovating: Challenges, innovates and contributes to a learning culture;
  • Focusing on clients: Contributes to a client-focused culture;
  • Problem solving and decision making: Solves complex problems and makes decisions that have wider corporate impact;
  • Managing time, resources and information: Coordinates wider use of time, information and/or resources
  • Team Work: Fosters a cohesive team environment;
  • Communicating and negotiating: Acquires and uses a wide range of communication styles and skills;
  • Building relationships and partnerships: Builds and maintains strategic partnerships internally and externally;
  • Managing performance and developing staff: Manages staff and teams effectively.

Education:

  • Level – Advanced university degree from an accredited institution in a technically relevant area. In lieu of an advanced university degree, a first university degree (Bachelor or equivalent) plus at least four (4) additional years of relevant professional experience over and above the minimum number of years of experience requirement may be considered;
  • Areas – Computer science, information technology, mathematics or other job related field;
  • Degree must be an accredited institution listed on https://www.whed.net/home.php

Languages:

  • Required English (4 – Excellent)
  • Desirable: French, Spanish, and/or Arabic (3 – Good)

Experience:

  • At least eight (8) years of progressively responsible professional experience in planning, design, development, implementation and maintenance of information technology, in any of the following roles: infrastructure, system administration, application management, network administration, security management, coding or  agile development;
  • Two (2) years experience in a multi-lateral or national organization providing support on a global scope.

Position-specific experience:

  • At least five (8) years working on Financial systems preferably within a Financial Instituion, with at least 4 years experience in Oracle Flexcube;
  • At least two (2) years of experience with cloud technologies is desirable;
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in a diverse organization tailoring language, tone, style and format to match audience;
  • Any experience of compliance or financial standards would be advantageous;
  • Extensive and demonstrable technical experience of financial and banking business processes with a deep knowledge of supporting systems ranging to the full suite of finance, from back office to middle office, and to treasury management related systems;
  • Project management experience including delivery of large-scale financial implementations and major upgrades from inception to production;
  • Ability to communicate effectively at all levels both internally and externally and to engage and lead multi-stakeholder implementations, ability to see the bigger picture, providing leadership and overall direction through product development roadmaps as well as encouraging buy-in from clients, peers and partners;
  • Expert knowledge of financial system integration and data flow across applications with attention to the eventual downstream use of data though visualization and analytics, as well as integrations between financial systems, data repositories and ERPs;
  • Understanding of financial regulations in terms of applicability in financial systems;
  • Ability to manage all procurement aspects of project implementation including tenders and contract negotiations, with a focus on the financial systems vendors and ecosystem, as well as management of 3rd parties on shore and off shore;
  • Ability to manage a team through workload planning and articulation, mentoring of team members and providing overall guidance and development opportunities;
  • Awareness and knowledge of emerging technologies and trends, identifying and incorporating new technologies where there is value in terms of outputs and efficiencies, as well fintech trends and practices;
  • Demonstrates cyber security awareness and builds this into project planning and execution to ensure data integrity and auditability and their applicability in financial systems;
  • Hands-on technical experience with Oracle Flexcube is a must, and experiences with Treasury Systems is a strong asset.

Deadline for application : January 15th, 2023

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