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JAVA DEVELOPER
In this role, you will be responsible for:

• A thorough understanding of the complex front-to-back real-time trading and cash management platform
• Contributing to design discussions
• Taking a hands-on role in implementing solutions
• Work in a global team environment
• Providing timely communication of status
• Implementing automated unit tests to ensure a robust and rapid release cycle
• Undertaking peer reviews and lead best-practice development methods across the team
• Working closely with the IT Operations and Environments teams to ensure system stability and reliability

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

• Relative Degree
• Excellent communication skills
• Good problem solving skills
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing priorities
• Experience delivering solutions to very tight timeframes
• Experience with test driven and Agile development methodologies
• Dedicated, hard working and delivery focused

Required Technical Skills:

• Excellent knowledge of Java and object oriented software development
• Experience in open source technologies (Eclipse / Spring / Hibernate / JUnit)
• Sound understanding of Java application development and J2EE framework / distributed architecture, in particular large scale transactional systems
• Experience with JMS, MQ Series, XML, XSLT and application integration frameworks in Java
• Experience with JBoss or equivalent enterprise application server
• Experience with the Liferay and the FIX messaging protocol is required for some of the roles
• Strong relational database experience (ideally Sybase)
• Good development knowledge on UNIX (ideally Solaris)
• Experience delivering solutions to very tight timeframes

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ECM BUSINESS ANALYST
Description
Perform business and system analysis functions on enterprise content management related projects (imaging, workflow and document management etc). Responsibilities will include but not be limited to: process Modeling, gap and impact analysis, business, functional and technical specifications, design of data flows between systems and basic project management

Responsibilities

• Deliver appropriate value in terms of the constraints of the project, priority, time, cost, quality and scope
• Deliver cost-effective, easy-to-use, innovative solutions (business processes, systems and technology)
• Measure business benefit of projects delivered
• Participate in the full SDLC depending on the scope of the initiative including post implementation activities
• Ensure that processes, business rules, project administration etc are accurately and completely documented in line as agreed in the specialisation area standards and internal audit controls
• Facilitate the rollout of processes and other training within the ECM specialisation and related projects
• Take ownership for second line support for applications as agreed within the specialisation area
• Work to reduce dependency on yourself
• Provide post project implementation – people support
• Assist with User Acceptance Testing pre and post production – where necessary
• Identify defects and log these for developers’ attention – where necessary
• Manage project stakeholder expectations and priorities effectively
• Understand your stakeholders and their expectations and priorities for every initiative
• Communicate regularly with stakeholders to understand and manage their respective expectations and priorities
• Facilitate signoff on all documents related to project delivery by business and IT stakeholders
• Ongoing liaison with other teams, service providers and software vendors in order to maximise efficiency and effectiveness
• Perform change management with Stakeholders Deliver efficiency through appropriate risk management
• Identify risks and issues on projects and assist in mitigation
• Ensure correct metrics/measures are in place to ensure control, accuracy and integrity of data and completen ess of process
• Adhere to risk controls such as the change control process
• Continually seek to improve existing processes within IT, business and applications in the specialisation area
• Implement and manage IT’s standard methods and procedures across all applications, hardware and software
• Continually build and enhance appropriate knowledge of the business, its systems and ECM components and industry standards with focus on systems in the specialisation
• Demonstrate the appropriate level of competency in business analysis, project management, change management and process management

Qualifications and Experience Essential

• B.Com degree in IT, or equivalent qualification
• Diploma in Business Analysis or equivalent qualification
• Diploma in Project Management or equivalent qualification
• Min 3 years experience as a business analyst in enterprise content management (ECM) - imaging, workflow, document management technologies etc
• Min 2 years experience in Banking or Financial Industry
• Sound working knowledge of MS Office specifically Excel, MS Project and MS Visio
• Working knowledge of MS Access
• Performed detailed workflow analysis, process analysis and re-engineering on ECM applications
• Ability to map current workflows and configure ECM applications
• Evaluation of business requirements
• Hands-on administration on an ECM application
• Conduct user testing
• Conduct ongoing workflow enhancements
• High level project Management skills
• Provide user support
• Strong administration skills
• Strong time management skills
• Strong communication skills (written and spoken)
• Produce quality project documentation and training manuals
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong facilitation skills
• Experience in establishing and maintaining controls for risk and quality
• Experience in successfully relating business requirements to technical resources
• Ability to configure business requirements

Preferred

• ARIS (nice to have)
• Experience in establishing and maintaining controls for risk and quality
• Experience in successfully relating business requirements to technical resources

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CRM BUSINESS ANALYST
Description
Taking ownership of initiative delivery (projects and small, medium enhancements) in the specialization by developing an intimate knowledge of the business area and systems and the core competencies of change control, business analysis and project management

Responsibilities

• Deliver appropriate value in terms of the constraints of the project, priority, time, cost, quality and scope
• Deliver cost-effective, easy-to-use, innovative solutions (business processes, systems and technology)
• Participate in the full SDLC depending on the scope of the initiative including post implementation activities
• Ensure that processes, business rules, project administration etc are accurately and completely documented in line with agreed project and specialisation area standards and internal audit controls
• Facilitate the rollout of processes and other training within IT and business operations
• Take ownership for second line support for applications as agreed within the specialisation area
• Work to reduce dependency on yourself
• Manage project stakeholder expectations and priorities effectively
• Understand stakeholders and their expectations and priorities for every initiative
• Communicate regularly with stakeholders to understand and manage their respective expectations and priorities
• Facilitate signoff on all business cases, project charters, requirements, processes, system designs, and testing documents by business and IT stakeholders
• Ongoing liaison with other teams, service providers and software vendors in order to maximise efficiency and effectiveness
• Deliver efficiency through appropriate risk management
• Report incidents to vendor and monitor on a weekly basis
• Ensure correct metrics/measures are in place to ensure control, accuracy and integrity of data, completeness of process and protection against fraud occurs
• Adhere to risk controls such as the change control process
• Continually seek to improve existing processes within IT and applications in the specialisation area
• Implement and manage IT’s standard methods and procedures across all CRM applications, hardware and software
• Continually build and enhance appropriate knowledge of the business and its systems with focus on systems in the specialisation
• Demonstrate the appropriate level of competency in business analysis, project management, change and process management.
• Demonstrate the ability to work in and across teams
• Ensure that appropriate business and system knowledge is operationalised through documentation, training and knowledge transfer

Qualifications and Experience Essential

• B.Com / B.Sc. degree in IT, or equivalent qualification
• Diploma in Business Analysis or equivalent qualification
• Sound working knowledge of MS Office specifically Excel, MS Project and MS Visio
• Min 5-6 years experience as a business analyst
• Ability to work on business focused as well as IT focused projects or a combination of both
• Project management skills
• Strong administration skills
• Strong time management skills
• Strong communication skills (written and spoken)
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong facilitation skills
• Experience in establishing and maintaining controls for risk and quality
• Experience in successfully relating business requirements to technical resources

Preferred

• Min 1-2 years experience in Banking or Financial Industry
• Experience in the following technologies: Java, XML, MQ, Oracle, Web-based UNIX/LINUX applications or AS400 applications or Web-based Microsoft applications
• Experience in the following tools: ARIS

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IT QUANTITATIVE ANALYST
Job Purpose
Responsible for developing complex quantitative solutions for the Equity Derivatives environment. Overall Objectives within ED The Equity Derivatives business requires someone with advanced computational skills to develop quantitative solutions, build and manage quantitative trading architecture and integrate existing systems

Role Requirements

• Research and development of quantitative algorithms
• High performance integration of existing systems
• Maintaining and developing architecture to best fit desk needs
• Developing front ends for solutions
• Management of IT projects undertaken by the desk

Core Requirements

• BSc (Hons) Computer Science / Applied Maths
• Advanced programming skills C++, Java, .Net, Matlab, etc
• Knowledge of network architecture
• Database knowledge
• At least undergrad level Maths
• Personal Attributes
• Passionate about Financial Markets, and particularly quantitative analytics
• Personable and confident
• Enthusiastic
• Hard working

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PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR
Description of role and key responsibilities
The project administrator is responsible for the successful delivery of defined projects. This includes full project lifecycle plus the necessary preparation before and post project. The incumbent will also be responsible for general ad hoc administration within the division, including but not limited to filing, data capturing etc.

Core Skills and Knowledge

• Experience and knowledge of structured project methodologies- Sound understanding of project management methodologies and their application, ensuring that customer satisfaction is maintained at all times
• Leadership Skills- Ability to communicate with and manage the project team in an effective way. Capable of making sound decisions under pressure and prioritizing and delegating work load effectively
• Knowledge of the financial services industry- A basic understanding of the industry including any relevant regulations and their impact on projects undertaken
• Analytical Skills- Used to diagnose customers’ issues and recommend effective solutions, whilst examining and assessing risk/reward of the proposals
• Technical and Communication skill - Must be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Attention to detail in vital in this role. • Must be familiar with IT terminology as the minutes are predominantly IT focused

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain consistency of activities, standards and processes across projects
• Support and document workshops/facilitated sessions/meetings
• Create and administer relevant project artifacts
• Ensure all projects are appropriately categorized, numbered and named
• Produce monthly reports
• Create and keep updated appropriate distribution list
• Document and follow up action on action items
• Identify general issues, risk, trends for improvement of project support office
• Manage issues lists
• Manage conflicting/competing demands
• Interface with stakeholders
• Create project plans and administer project plan portfolio.

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IT CONSULTANT
Purpose of the job

• Development and assistance in the execution of business-aligned IT strategies
• Deployment of end-to-end business intelligence (BI) solutions including BI strategy development, strategy execution assistance and deployment of business intelligence technology
• Optimisation of ERP systems
• IT architecture analysis and design
• Potential candidates will be required to provide consulting expertise in the afore-mentioned areas

Key Duties or Responsibilities

• Working in a project environment to deliver IT solutions to clients, including interacting with senior and junior project team members
• Identification of opportunities across the range of technology consulting service offerings and assisting in the development of proposals to convert the identified opportunities
• Interacting with clients to understand technology issues, requirements and areas that can be optimised
• Deriving solutions to IT-related issues and requirements to meet client requirements
• Development and presentation of project deliverables to various levels of client management
• General project administration and project management activities
• Liaising with IT vendors and implementation partners to deliver solutions to clients
• Assisting in the development of internal methodologies and approaches to IT-related service offerings Technical skills or competencies
• Experience in one or more areas of IT consulting covering IT strategy development, business intelligence consulting, ERP consulting and/or IT architecture consulting
• Up-to-date knowledge of technology trends and developments
• Experience in a range of industry sectors (Government and Financial Services experience is preferred)
• Ability to work in a team to deliver end-to-end solutions to clients

Critical interpersonal or interactive skills

• Potential candidates must demonstrate strong business acumen and analytical skills, good client relationship development experience, high energy, an enquiring mind and professional integrity
• Other interpersonal/interactive skills that are required include:
  o Self-starter – able to work with minimal supervision
  o Good communication, presentation and business writing skills
  o Problem solving skills, with a flair for investigating root causes and
  identifying appropriate solutions to issues
  o A flexible, pro-active working style
  o Ability to interact with varying levels of client management and adjust communication styles accordingly i.e. technical, financial, strategic, etc
  o Strong relationship building skills
  o Passion for the development of junior staff members (coaching and mentoring)
  o Prepared to work in a small team environment
  o High level of drive, ambition and personal leadership
  
  

Qualifications and experience

• Completed B.Com/B. Sc IT degree
• 3-5 years experience in IT consulting
• Relevant IT certifications

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JAVA DEVELOPER
Description

• The main responsibilities will be development of software interfaces and development of custom extensions within the Risk applications
• The role will involve interaction with the business and other IT teams
• Becoming familiar with the requirements and procedures of the business
• Assisting with systems, integration and user acceptance testing

Academic Qualifications

• Appropriate IT qualification
  - Technical diploma or degree
• A qualification in banking or financial markets & instruments will be an advantage

Technical knowledge and experience:

• J2EE
• XML
• XSLT
• Web Services
• JDBC
• SQL
• Tomcat
• Oracle PL SQL Advantage
• JMS
• Websphere MQ v5.3 or 6
• EJB 3
• Swing
• Python
• Working knowledge of Risk, Financial and Capital calculation engines
• Exposure to a banking environment (specifically Risk, Finance and Capital)
• Exposure to working within the framework of accepted Systems Development Life Cycle methodologies
• Software configuration management experience (such as Version Control, Change Control, etc.)
• Experience in application integration
• Experience in database design
• Ability to provide input into technical architecture decisions
• Ability to identify shortcoming and improve on current processes and standards

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IT AUDITOR – IT APPLICATIONS
Purpose of the job: The core responsibility of an auditor is to execute audit assignments in accordance with the Group Audit Plan and relevant policies, procedures and quality standards

Responsibilities:

• Execute audit activities of the highest quality
• Assist the Audit Manager with planning and execution of Design Effectiveness and Operating Effectives Testing, uniformly applying the methodology and quality standards, focusing the work on key risks, with minimum supervision from the audit manager
• Develop and maintain relationships with key audit contacts on each audit • Based on knowledge of business areas, IT applications and infrastructure, provide guidance to other auditors and peers by sharing best practice and practising good integrated auditing
• Support the Audit manager in the identification of risks to be tested
• Develop an in-depth knowledge of various business areas and use this knowledge to assess risks and controls
• Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of controls and document all working papers
• Ensure all audit observations and planned actions are factually agreed with management as soon as they arise and increase the speed of report issuance
• Provide suggestions to stakeholder management on how they can address the control issues identified
• Document all working papers in line with methodology requirements
• Display professional scepticism, raising and discussing contentious observations with management and provide evidence to support all issues identified
• Provide feedback to the Audit Manager and audit team with progress and observations raised during the audit
• Continue to update awareness of risk issues and changes across selected business units
• Assist in the induction of new joiners, mentoring less experienced team members
• Prepare audit observations and make sure that they are concise, factually accurate and cover all of the significant issues
• Assist the Audit Manager where required, in the drafting of the audit report

Competencies:

• Adhering to principles and values
• Relating and networking
• Persuading and influencing
• Presenting and communicating information
• Writing and reporting
• Applying expertise and technology
• Analysing
• Learning and researching
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Adapting and responding to change
• Achieving personal work goals and objectives

Minimum Requirements:

• B. Degree in Informatics or Statistics or equivalent NQF level 6 or higher qualification
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• Three (3) years IT Audit experience in internal or external audit in a major financial institution
• Two (2) years IT Audit experience in risk based auditing or control activities
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and the Internet
• No criminal record

Preferred Requirements:

• Honours Degree in Informatics or Statistics or equivalent NQF level 7 or higher qualification
• Qualified Chartered Accountant of South Africa
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Articles experience in IT Audit at one of the big 4 auditing firms
• Experience in supervision or audit management
• Preference will be given to South African Citizens and Permanent residents of South Africa in possession of proof of permanent resident status

The appointment will be made in line with the Divisional Employment Equity strategy

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IT AUDITOR – IT INFRASTRUCTURE
Purpose of the job:The core responsibility of an auditor is to execute audit assignments in accordance with the Group Audit Plan and relevant policies, procedures and quality standards

Responsibilities:

• Execute audit activities of the highest quality
• Assist the Audit Manager with planning and execution of Design Effectiveness and Operating Effectives Testing, uniformly applying the methodology and quality standards, focusing the work on key risks, with minimum supervision from the audit manager
• Develop and maintain relationships with key audit contacts on each audit
• Based on knowledge of business areas, IT applications and infrastructure, provide guidance to other auditors and peers by sharing best practice and practising good integrated auditing
• Support the Audit manager in the identification of risks to be tested
• Develop an in-depth knowledge of various business areas and use this knowledge to assess risks and controls
• Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of controls and document all working papers
• Ensure all audit observations and planned actions are factually agreed with management as soon as they arise and increase the speed of report issuance
• Provide suggestions to stakeholder management on how they can address the control issues identified
• Document all working papers in line with methodology requirements
• Display professional scepticism, raising and discussing contentious observations with management and provide evidence to support all issues identified
• Provide feedback to the Audit Manager and audit team with progress and observations raised during the audit
• Continue to update awareness of risk issues and changes across selected business units
• Assist in the induction of new joiners, mentoring less experienced team members
• Prepare audit observations and make sure that they are concise, factually accurate and cover all of the significant issues
• Assist the Audit Manager where required, in the drafting of the audit report

Competencies:

• Adhering to principles and values
• Relating and networking
• Persuading and influencing
• Presenting and communicating information
• Writing and reporting
• Applying expertise and technology
• Analysing
• Learning and researching
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Adapting and responding to change
• Achieving personal work goals and objectives

Minimum Requirements:

• B Com Information Systems / BSc Information Science / H dip Computer audit / CISA / CISSP or equivalent qualifications
• Three (3) years IT Audit experience in internal or external audit in a major financial institution
• Two (2) years IT Audit experience in risk based auditing or control activities
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and the Internet
• No criminal record

Preferred Requirements:

• Honours Degree in Informatics or Statistics or equivalent NQF level 7 or higher qualification
• Qualified Chartered Accountant of South Africa
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Articles experience in IT Audit at one of the big 4 auditing firms
• Experience in supervision or audit management
• Preference will be given to South African Citizens and Permanent residents of South Africa in possession of proof of permanent resident status
• The appointment will be made in line with the Divisional Employment Equity strategy

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BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST
Description: The incumbent would be responsible for providing both incident management and change control support to Business Information system and manage the internal development environment and the rollout of the solutions to international operations.

Duties And Responsibilities:

• Provide support to Business Information system super users in-country
• Ensure all incidents logged are cleared within the allocated time frames
• Provide assistance and standards to the regions to ensure BI systems are operational
• Assist with the prioritisation and planning of changes
• Accountable for the warehouse development (SQL) and deployment from the Hub to the regions in-country
• Responsible for the ownership of the SSIS and other integration packages to ensure timely and accurate data
• Accountable for providing onsite development of solutions and maintaining data stores for effective solution deployment e.g. Manufacturing Financials
• Accountable for taking the lead in defining the warehouse, ODS and other data sources for the reporting solutions for the AA environment
• Manage the internal development environment and the rollout of solution’s to the A&A operations
• Maintain AS cube solutions around manufacturing
• Assist with training of the users in the regions including the provision of training material
• Mentoring and assistance to junior developers

Qualifications / Experience & Skills Required:

• Minimum qualification of a Bachelors Degree or equivalent
• Microsoft certified in Admin, Design and Development i.e. SQL Server & SSIS
• Minimum of 8 years experience in physical and logical database design
• Previous BI experience would be an advantage i.e. SSIS, Analysis Services, MDX & ODS
• Financial background and Cognos TM1 and/or Cognos BI 8 would be an advantage

Key Competencies and Attributes:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Willing and able to travel into Africa
• Ability to adapt to change, flexible yet strong enough to set limits where required
• Strong lateral thinker with the ability to work independently and be deadline driven

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SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST
Description

• Looking for an experienced business analyst to join the Back Office team
• This person will be required to be diligent, methodical and work as part of a team
• Delivering a professional IT service. This person needs to have an excellent understanding of capital markets and financial instruments, with particular reference to the operations control environment

Essential Skills

• Detailed understanding of capital markets including instruments traded; business processes applicable and the players and mechanics of the market
• Analytical, ability to arrive at solutions that fit current or future business processes
• Facilitation skills and requirements extraction via JAD sessions or other
• Business process impact and gap analysis
• Effective writing and verbal communication to deliver required documentation and understand business requirements
• Experience on large projects and good understanding on how large projects work in terms of the full systems development life cycle, and where the Business analysis fits into this life cycle
• Team player, good communicator and inquisitive personality

Qualifications and Experience

• Tertiary degree required
• Looking for at least 4-6 years prior business analyst experience within the capital markets environment

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IT ADVISORY MANAGER
Purpose of the Job

• Advising clients in managing risks associated with information management, information technology governance, business systems risk management, project risk management, information security and strategic IT consulting

Key Responsibilities

• Planning and managing IT advisory engagements
• Coaching and developing team members
• Developing areas of specialisation in line with the division's objectives
• Understanding clients and their strategic issues and managing resources for optimal profitability
• Building sustainable business relationships
• Developing new business through relationships and involvement in account management process

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 5 to 7 years relevant experience in a consulting environment
• Completed B degree (B.com / B.Sc)
• Further relevant qualifications/certifications desirable (PMP, CISA, CISSP, etc)
• People Management, team leadership, coaching and mentoring experience
• Exposure to IT project environments
• Experience in operating with senior level stakeholders

Critical Skills and Competencies

IT Consulting focus and understanding with specific experience in one or more of the following areas:

• IT performance and ROI
• IT Risk and Compliance
• IT Governance
• IT Security and Privacy
• ERP Implementation and or consulting
• IT Projects

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INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR C# DEVELOPERS
Technical Knowledge Required:

• Intermediate C# Developer
• Working knowledge of web services and net pipe services for .Net – WCF
• Working knowledge of the configuration of service hosts and service endpoints for .Net – WCF and security configuration and integration
• Working knowledge of .Net ASP and basic setup of web applications
• Ability to write simple unit tests
• Senior C# Developer (includes the above and the following)
• All of the above technical experience is required
• Solid knowledge of .Net WCF security settings and transaction settings
• Experience in all binding types and understanding the implication of different configuration options
• Understanding of extension via customer behaviours , hosting options and cross platform integration on .Net – WCF
• Working knowledge of IIS and configuration thereof

Qualifications and Experience

• B degree, diploma or related qualification
• Matric Maths on higher grade
• 2-5 years of C# 3.5 experience
• Knowledge of CSS
• Solid HTML/XML
• MSSQL DBMS 2008 or 2005, including DBA functions such as replication and maintenance
• The intermediate role requires at least one other DBMS such as MySQL, Postgres, Oracle or DB@
• In addition an understanding of all SQL constructs and the ability to construct investigative queries and working knowledge of index optimisation

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BUSINESS ANALYST – MANDARIN SPEAKING
Key Purpose: This role encompasses that of business and systems analysis and specifications generation. In addition, the incumbent will be responsible for relationship management within the division’s customers; working with other business and system analysts and developers in the team; testing systems written based on specifications and project co-ordination activities. Must be fluent in Mandarin.

Key Outputs:

• Take responsibility for business and systems analysis work on projects
• Facilitate workshops and extract the business requirements from the various user groups and document those accurately
• Convert high-level requirements into functional specifications that will form the basis for technical development
• Identification of opportunities for applications to integrate with other applications currently used
• Identification of new opportunities for enhancing/creating applications
• Using innovation, business process awareness and technology to facilitate new user requirements
• Investigating and resolving operational issues logged by operational areas
• Interacting with the users of the systems
• Specification of system functionality, using IDEF0, UML/USE Cases
• Identification of supporting business processes to ensure successful initiatives
• Full responsibility for implementation of initiatives and concepts
• Liaison with other divisions and relationship building with other operational areas
• Project Co-ordination
• Implementation and Testing
• Must be able to fluently communicate in Mandarin

Competencies:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Fluent in Mandarin
• Deadline driven
• Self motivated and proactive
• An openness to working with others and building on team input whilst working operating in a pressurized, deadline driven environment

Qualifications & Experience:

• BSc Comp Sc/BCom IS; 3 year IT Diploma in Analysis and Design
• At least 3-5 years Business Analysis experience during which there has been detailed exposure to system requirements
• A solid understanding of the possibilities and application of technology
• Extensive experience in writing Use Cases
• Strong experience in writing and executing Test Plans
• Process Modeling experience
• Strong knowledge of SQL
• Proficiency in MS Suite
• Service industry experience i.e. Financial, Health Care, IT

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IT RISK ANALYST
A position exists within Merchant Banking client’s IT Risk team for an IT Risk Analyst who will fulfill the functions related to the managing, monitoring and reporting of IT Risk.
Responsibilities will include:

• Involvement in the development of IT Risk policies, strategies and measurement mechanisms
• Facilitate the identification of critical systems, infrastructure components and information and associated IT Risk risks
• Identification, analysis of IT Risks, implementation of mitigating controls and ongoing assessment of the completeness and adequacy of these controls
• Analyse critical systems and information to ensure that they are appropriately controlled, efficient and sustainable
• Develop and facilitate implementation of key risk indicators to avert IT Risk and pre-empt the mitigation of system and information breakdowns and operational events
• Preparation of documentation required for internal and external auditors • Regular user access profile reviews
• Monitoring of audit findings to ensure that they are adequately and on timely basis resolved
• Systems risk and/or Information Security User Awareness Campaigns
• Production of reports on IT Risk (e.g. system usage, user access rights, incidents, change control and other KRIs) for submission to Risk & Audit committees
• Forensic analysis, investigations when required making use of CSP / SIM
• Analysis and oversight of key Business Technology processes, to ensure risk mitigation

Qualifications and experience

• The successful candidate should have a Matric and should ideally have the CISA or CISSP qualification and / or have completed a Degree or equivalent in
• IT Auditing
• Risk Management
• Information Systems
• Computer Auditing

Experience in the following would be beneficial:

• Auditing
• Information Security
• CAATS
• Risk Identification Competencies required
• Good Administrative Skills
• Ability to work independently and accurately
• Problem solving skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to understand the business requirement
• Good understanding of Technology
• Excellent Computer skills

Candidate should have a passion for risk management and Information Security.

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BUSINESS ANALYST - TREASURY
An opportunity is available for a highly experienced Business Analyst to join the Treasury team with our Merchant Banking client The role is accountable for the following key performance areas:

• Lead and execute the business analysis effort during the system development lifecycle using practical business solutions, structured processes and sound business analysis techniques and methodologies
• Operational workflow analysis and design of business processes that support new products and functionality implemented
• Business case feasibility analysis to support project initiation decision making
• System integration analysis and design
• Analysis and management of data migration processes
• Translating business needs into detailed business requirements, functional, integration and process specifications
• Assisting technical designers in translating the business requirements and functional/process specifications into detailed technical requirements
• Participation in approval of system design for new product or functionality
• Overseeing, approval and participation in functional, integration and user acceptance testing activities to ensure that the delivered solution meets agreed business requirements and functional/process specifications
• Interfacing with other business analysts and acting as liaison between IT and the business users as well as external vendors where required
• Training of the trainers on new and existing products and services
• Assistance to technical writers in the creation of system manuals
• Participation in creation and ownership of project plans and project management to meet project target dates and milestones
• Participation in post project implementation reviews. • Shared ownership of production incidents by working with multiple stakeholders (3rd tier support, vendor, quality assurance, etc.) to resolve system issues
• Assess and evaluate all feedback to ensure that the requirements necessary to correct any issues are addressed in future releases iterations or versions of the product

Qualifications and Experience
The successful candidate must be in possession of a Computer Science or similar degree, with at least 5 years relevant experience in business analysis that includes: System integration experience. Experience in implementing the business analysis and process component of build and/or buy business solutions.

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TEST MANAGER
Financial services industry has an opportunity for a senior candidate on management level with extensive testing and project management experience in an IT environment. Candidate will get involved in managing and planning the testing functions and vendors as well lead about 10 people. Must have a very strong technical testing background specifically in Quality Centre/QTP tools, automation, functional and integration testing in a banking/financial services environment. Successful candidate must have a strong and resilient personality to manage the testing and quality assurance area with ideally HP related qualifications. Must have at least ten years experience and a minimum of 5 years experience in a Test Manager position.

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USABILITY ANALYST
Investment Bank currently looking for a Senior Usability Analyst to be responsible for what you see on their website. Experience in Conceptual model testing, Prototype testing, using Card sorting techniques. Basic

Description:

• Testing user interfaces
• Conducting reviews
• Providing innovative solutions
• Gather functionality specifications

Excellent research skills, background in BA and Quality Assurance.

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SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST
INVESTMENT BANKING AND EQUITIES EXPERIENCE
The role is accountable for the following key performance areas:

• Translating business needs into detailed business requirements, functional and process specifications
• Analyzing business processes and system requirements, with ability to propose re-engineering or optimization of processes
• Defining business requirements, functional and process specifications for business and IT changes, as part of the overall definition of solutions to support business needs
• Documenting detailed business requirements and functional / process specifications
• Understanding existing systems and all inter-dependencies (As Is analysis)
• Understanding functional and technical system specifications in order to be able to identify business solutions, opportunities and system limitations
• Applying and influencing the use of Business Architecture CoE guidelines to ensure consistent and high quality business requirements/functional/process specifications for any solution
• Assisting Technical Designers in translating the business requirements and functional/process specifications into detailed technical requirements
• Creating test cases and overseeing functional, integration and user acceptance testing activities to ensure that the delivered solution meets agreed business requirements and functional / process specifications
• Performing system testing and implementation
• Designing the data flow from source via process and transformation to reach the target system/s in order to produce the relevant information
• Identifying proactively operational problems and proposing solutions. • Interfacing with other Business Analysts and acting as liaison between IT and the business users as well as external vendors where required.
• Identifying system, process and business problems and inconsistencies, recommending changes
• Producing training documentation and providing effective end user training
• May manage a pool of Business/Testing Analysts
  

Qualifications and Experience:

• Degree in Computer Science or similar, preferable post graduate
• Experience on many projects of various sizes, in all phases of the system development life cycle, and at least 2-3 large projects, and having being involved in at least 2-3 projects from inception to post project review
• At least 8 years demonstrated practical experience in major projects / areas with high level exposure to business / functional / process analysis functions
• At least 4 years experience in implementing the business analysis and process component of build and/or buy business solutions and as a team lead
• In depth knowledge of investment banking and specifically Equities business is essential. Knowledge of Calypso is not mandatory but preferable

Business Analysis Competencies:

• Able to understand project and structure own and other tasks to ensure project delivery
• Able to mentor and train other Business Analysts
• Actively contribute to wider project issues
• Able to handle complex tasks / projects
• Assist Project/Programme manager to identify dependencies and issue resolution
• Able to produce templates and documents across projects
• Able to review and comment on junior Business Analyst documents
• Understand interaction between tasks on own/other projects
• Strong facilitation skills in order to gather business requirements and workshop functional / process specifications, with ability to conceptualize and document in detail the As-Is picture as well as the To-Be and applying his/her own criteria and suggestions to re-engineer processes in order to optimize performance and / or costs
• In depth knowledge of RUP or other methodologies
• Understanding of object modelling techniques, object oriented analysis and design
• Strong analytical skills, using rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; competency in conceptual reasoning
• Able to understand the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices and processes
• Ability to discuss multiple aspects and impacts of issues and project them into the future; comfortable with complexity
• Ability to anticipate and adjust to problems. • Very competent in process-oriented tasks
• Able to understand implications of a solution and how it impacts on the organization as a whole
• Able to integrate information from various sources of information within the organisation
• Able to provide the highest quality products and services which meet the needs and requirements of customers
• Able to connect ideas among previously unrelated notions

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RISK & CAPITAL IT BUSINESS ANALYST
The Business Analyst will be responsible for the business administration of one or more Risk Applications.

Main Duties:

• Translating business requirements into Functional/Technical specifications
• Developing and Maintaining Risk and/or Capital models
• Testing of developments
• Liaising with various business units with the objective of fulfilling business requirements
• Ensuring completeness and accuracy of data in the application for key decision making
• Guiding of technical resources to meet objectives

Qualifications

• Business Analysis related Certification or Tertiary Degree/diploma in relevant field
• A qualification in Financial Markets and Instruments will be an advantage

Technical knowledge and experience

• 2-3 years in a Banking Environment in an Analyst role with sound financial market knowledge

Application / tool experience

• Query languages e.g. SQL
• ETL applications e.g. Informatica

Core Skill Requirements

• Strong communicator at all levels – verbal, written
• Lateral thinker
• Effective planner
• Analytical
• Attention to detail/accuracy and also the overall objective
• Problem solving ability
• Disciplined
• Conceptual thinking – big picture – Strategic

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ETL DEVELOPER - INFORMATICA
The ETL Developer will be responsible for the development, maintenance and support of the data integration requirements demanded by the project and operational commitments of Risk IT.

Key responsibilities include and are not limited to:

• Working in close partnership with the business analysis and data governance teams in Central Services IT and, working closely with other members within the Technical Delivery Team
• Consuming and critiquing technical specifications provided by the business analysts and in some instances, producing the technical specifications using mainly inputs from the functional specifications provided by the business analysts
• The development of integration and related requirements using Informatica and other related technology. This development is closely coupled with thorough unit and regression testing to complement testing conducted by the business analyst This includes producing working code to meet the extraction, transformation and loading of data from the Operational Data Store into Risk IT target systems as defined in the solution design and error and exception handling and data cleansing
• Troubleshooting, testing and resolving problems encountered in the Production environment
• Adhering to the Data Architecture Policies and Standards set out by Group Data Solutions Appropriate IT qualification - Technical diploma or degree A qualification in banking or financial markets & instruments will be an advantage.

Technical knowledge and experience:

• Informatica development (minimum of one year)
• Development/programming in other languages e.g. Java
• Data integration, ETL/Mapping
• Writing and analysing complex SQL queries
• UNIX scripting
• XML
• MQ Messaging
• Ability to contribute to the specification process to ensure a quality end product
• Strong technical documentation skill
• Strong data focus
• Data modelling Advantage
• Working knowledge of Risk, Financial and Capital calculation engines
• Exposure to a banking environment (specifically Risk, Finance and Capital)
• Exposure to working within the framework of accepted Systems Development Life Cycle methodologies
• Software configuration management experience (such as Version Control, Change Control, etc.)
• Experience in application integration
• Experience in database design
• Ability to provide input into technical architecture decisions
• Ability to identify shortcoming and improve on current processes and standards
  

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BUSINESS ANALYST – CREDIT RISK (AA)
The critical performance areas of the function include the following:

• To take responsibility for the prototyping of counterparty rating methodologies and models (developed by the quants in the team) for the Wholesale Credit Portfolio in Visual Rules (training will be provided). These Visual Rules models will be deployed to the production credit systems by the Credit Business Technology team.
• To take responsibility for the assistance and preparation of specifications and change requests for the Business Technology team, as it pertains to the implementation of the rating methodologies and models on the production credit system.
• To take responsibility for the business user testing (including regression testing) of new rating methodologies and models subsequent to deployment on the production credit system.
• To take responsibility for the development and improvement of credit risk reporting to management and business. This includes taking over current reporting as well as the design of new reports utilising cubes and analytics directly on the source data.
• To take responsibility for the enhancement of integrity and quality of the data used and produced by the team, i.e. data used for modelling credit risk, capturing of loss data, etc.
• To take responsibility for the clear documentation of all processes as it relates to the data flows and feeds impacting the work conducted in the team. Qualifications and experience The role requires an advanced knowledge of systems, databases, management reporting, testing and process documentation. A basic understanding of the development and calibration of quantitative methodologies used in the measurement of risk would be an advantage, but not a requirement. The following skills/competencies are required for the job:
• Very strong systems and database skills with a good understanding of financial markets and investments.
• Strong analytical ability and a reasonable understanding of credit risk rating methodologies.
• Very good time management and candidate must be outcome orientated.
• Ability to work accurately under pressure and be deadline driven
• Computer literate: MS Office, VBA, SQL (or similar database), SAS (would be an advantage), MatLab (would be an advantage), etc.
• People management skills (interpersonal/communication)
• Very good report writing and presentation skills.
• Use of own initiative and decision making ability
• Flexible
• Be able to work without constant supervision as well as in a team.
• Knowledge of Basel II and capital would be an advantage, but not a requirement
• Minimum qualifications and experience required
• Experience: The successful candidate must have between 2 - 10 years relevant systems experience
• Qualifications: The successful candidate must have a specialist academic background in relevant information technology fields.

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HEAD OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Be responsible for leading a team of software engineers and developers, testers, configuration management and is accountable for all aspects of Application architecture and quality, testing, release management and will be required to collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams including analysis, architecture, solution delivery and the PMO. Expected to instill sound application development and general management processes and practices within the team. Other duties include participation in and contribution to the company strategy and ongoing management of the organisation.

Resource Management -. Maintain Organization Structure And Role Definitions, Agree Performance Contracts And Conduct Performance Appraisals, Team Development, Communication, Resource Allocation Management - 30%
Software Development – Delivery Management. Commitment Management, Application Architecture Delivery Management, Software Development Delivery Management, Software Quality, Cost Efficiency, Productivity, Profitable Delivery Supervision, Management Of Software Maintenance Testing And Configuration Management - 40%
Management Team Activities - Project Costing, Product Architecture Governance, Product Functionality And Evolution Discussions, Team Meetings And Preparation, Monthly Reporting - 20%
Process Improvements - Improve Role Descriptions, Continuous Quality Improvement, Refine Performance Contracts, Cross-Boundary Team Collaboration - 10%

Experience Work Experience Essential To The Job:
Software Development, Managerial, Project Based Management Skills, Software Testing, Configuration And Sdlc Management.
Years Of Previous Work Experience: 6 Years Software Development; 10 Years Managerial. Type Of Supervisory/Management

Experience Required To Fulfill The Job Requirements:
Manager Of A Software Development, Testing And Configuration Management Teams; Project Supervision/Management, Product Architecture Governance
Industry Experience:
Central Banking/Financial Services Preferred.

Education
Field/S Of Study:
IT/Engineering Required: Bachelors Degree Preferred: Post Graduate Degree

Professional Training And Certification
None Required Specifically. Prefer Managerial Training And Possible Quality Certification. Personal Development Demonstrated Through List Of Courses.

Competencies
SDLC Knowledge Software Testing Knowledge, Software Development Quality Management, Resilience, Problem Solving Abilities And Styles, Technology Stack Knowledge, Application Architecture Knowledge, Communication With Impact, Serving Customers, Leadership, People Development, Setting Goals And Expectations, Optimising Resources And Budgets, Interpersonal Awareness, Confidence, Cross-Boundary Collaboration, and People Management. Will Be Required To Travel Internationally From Time To Time [Once Or Twice Per Year].

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IT PROGRAMME MANAGER
3-4 years project or programme management experience. 6-10 years consulting or project-related IT experience. Relevant industry experience preferred.

Our client has launched a new Business Unit, Programme Management, that provides opportunities for candidates with proven delivery capability to apply these skills across a number of linked projects and business activities so as to enable strategic change within organisations. Successful candidates will be expected to add value in all phases of a Programme, from Definition through to Closure, and could be required to play a major role in one or all of the following areas of a Programme: Governance, Planning, Issue & Risk Management, Quality Management, Benefits Management, Change Management and Stakeholder Management. Project Teams and Programme Office resources will report into the Programme Manager who will need to play a key leadership role in aligning and managing these areas.

• Produce a strategic plan and strategic goals (e.g. Balanced Scorecard approach) [intermediate to advanced].
• Measure benefits (e.g. earned value analysis) [intermediate to advanced] Manage projects and programmes, including planning and organisation, management of quality, risk management, benefits management and change control [advanced]. Resolve conflict [advanced].
• Build relationships with stakeholders up to executive level [advanced]. Facilitate workshops with executive-level stakeholders and project managers [intermediate to advanced].
• Facilitate organisational learning across projects within a programme [intermediate to advanced].
• Allocate budgets and skilled resources optimally [intermediate to advanced] Negotiate with clients and suppliers [advanced].
  Manage programme-level budgets, contracts and finances [advanced].
• Design and plan programmes in alignment with corporate strategy [advanced - small to enterprise-wide programmes, depending on experience].
• Define roles and responsibilities, allocate and manage resources across projects (including project management teams) [advanced].
• Manage interdependencies and the resolution of conflict among projects within a programme [intermediate to advanced].
• Measure and manage the realisation of business benefits [intermediate to advanced].
• Manage all internal and external stakeholders to the programme [intermediate to advanced].
• Re-align projects within a programme based on a changing business requirement and corporate objectives, including the identification of projects to be stopped [intermediate to advanced].
• Manage quality within a programme, while maintaining "business as usual" [advanced]. Manage programme risks and issues [advanced].
  Manage the financial and contractual aspects of a programme [intermediate to advanced].
• Market the programme to internal and external stakeholders [intermediate to advanced].
• Manage third-party contributions to a programme (e.g. contractors) [intermediate to advanced].
• Coach project managers [advanced].
• Lead organisational transformation [intermediate to advanced].
• Communicate effectively with programme stakeholders at all levels [advanced].
  

Delivery of overall programme and constituent projects within budget, time, scope and resource (utilisation) constraints. Delivery of products according to quality criteria. Successful management of programme risks. Realisation of business benefits forecast in the business case. Meeting of internal and external stakeholder expectations.

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IT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS CONSULTANT
There are opportunities at our client for individuals with strong business and systems analysis skills to join the Business Solutions team. Candidates must have excellent facilitation and documentation skills, and a desire to be involved in projects from conceptualisation to implementation. Experienced candidates will also be expected to lead project teams in a collaborative and professional manner, and provide coaching and mentoring within the Business Solutions team.

• Creating electronic project plans, updating plans with actuals
• Coordinating project reviews, creating progress reports
• Documenting and monitoring of project risks
• Calculating the project cost and negotiating the cost with the client
• Identification of project risks
• Analysis of business processes and identification of possible innovations
• Analysis of the information requirements of a business system
• Development of a technology architecture
• Component system design and user interface design
• Creative skills
• Problem solving skills
• Input to pre-sales meetings and development of Value Propositions
• Design of a Proof of Concept exercise (technology search & RFI, technology environment, test packs)
• First-line support
• Assertive skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Business writing skills. Degree (e.g. BBusSci or Bcom- Info Systems etc)

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IT PROJECT MANAGER – INVESTMENT BANKING
Purpose of Job:
• To ensure that technology initiatives are delivered to customers within the timescales and to the quality expected. You will also lead the Software Development team (typically 10 staff) on a per project basis.. KEY Responsibilites:

• Work closely with Front Office, Finance and Operations to understand the business requirement for the project, developing effective working relationships and ongoing management processes for the project.
• Define the deliverables, resource requirements and work plan for the project, and manage their development and delivery.
• To ensure that the project is delivered within timeframes / budgets.
• To estimate and plan projects from start to finish, with built in contingencies.
• To ensure projects meets the required governance standards.
• Manage, monitor and motivate the cross functional team assigned to the project.
• To conduct project presentations and compile reports.
  

Skills/Competancy Requirements:

• A proven track record of successful project implementation in IT in an Investment Bank.
• Team management experience, comfortable matrix managing project teams of up to 20 people.
• Excellent client facing skills.
• Experience of the whole project life cycle, able to operate in the initial conceptual design stage, in the depths of system testing, and at each stage in between
• Thorough knowledge of MS Project and Project Management Methodologies.
• The ability to foster motivation within the project team to meet tight deadlines.
• The ability to have a strong impact and influence key decisions.
  

Education / Experience & Personal Attributes:

• Computer Science / B Comm Degree or Equivalent
• 10 Years Project management Experience in an Investment Bank.
• Is accessible
• Is proactive
• Works well in a team
• Collaborates across borders
• Displays a positive attitude towards work and colleagues
• Challenges the way we do things - continually strives for improvements
• Takes ownership
• Perpetual learner
• Is obsessed with quality (Doing it once, doing it right)
  

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DATA / DOCUMENTS RETENTION MANAGER
The successful individual will be part of a high energetic team and will be required to hit the ground running. The Records Retention Manager (RRM) serves as a resource (consultant) regarding matters of records retention management and reports the status of ongoing records retention activities to the CISO

• Will participate in strategic planning sessions to help formulate strategic plans and ensure IT alignment with business priorities along with other project solution teams.
• The RRM will challenge the client to think strategically about technical solutions for their business challenges
• Will ensure written reports are sent in a timely manner to technology management and business partners
• Lead in the development/adoption and enforcement of records retention policies, procedures and standards.
• Conduct and complete an annual review of required regulations and reports.
• Assess information security/records retention risk periodically.
• Records Management Communication and Awareness.
• Update and publish retention schedules
• Incident Management (Policy Breaches)
• Waivers/Risk Acceptances
• Control Self Assessments
• Conduct functionality and gap analyses to determine the extent to which key business areas and infrastructure comply with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate and recommend new records retention technologies and counter-measures against threats to information or privacy.
• Ensure compliance through adequate training programs and periodic security audits.
• Provide value-added solutions to improve risk management practices
• Develop trusting and respectful relationships with various business partners to create an open environment for sharing risk identification and resolution practices.
• Consult with business units regarding ever changing business and technical plans to ensure that information security concerns (non-compliant issues) are addressed
• Determine appropriate and critical control objectives for activities being audited
• Evaluate audit observations and draft recommendations to improve policies, procedures and controls
• Ensure RM forums are held
• Technical Knowledge
• Business Skills
• Control Environment Knowledge
• Management & Leadership Skills
• Personal & Interpersonal Skills
  

This is a management role in nature. We are looking for an individual with strong leadership capabilities who is comfortable facing-off demanding business users.


In particular we are looking for an individual with the below traits:

• A Self driven ‘get on and do it’ attitude and strong problem solving abilities
• Proven experience of building strong working relationships with various business/IT partners
• Proven IT consulting / auditing / implementation experience.
• Experience in IT Risk Management will be advantageous.
• Resilient and the ability to work in fast paced environment
• Proven record of project delivery.
• Experience must include senior management level interaction.
• A strategic thinker with the ability to help shape and drive records retention strategies
• Good interpersonal, written and oral skills
• Influence, facilitation & presentation skills.
• Enthusiastic team player and keen attention to detail.
• Good time management with ability to manage busy workload. This includes the ability to work under pressure.
• Demonstrated analytical skills
• Ability to think short-long term
• 3 – 5 years experience in IT audit, Information Security or IT Risk management.
• Resilient and the ability to work in fast paced environment
• Previous Investment Banking experience is advantageous.
• Proven record of project delivery.
• Experience must include senior management level interaction.
• Knowledge of Data Security & Privacy
• Information Security knowledge: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
• Exposure to IT/architecture and practices, enterprise systems and software, project and corporate environment
• Enterprise compliance and governance knowledge/understanding
• Knowledge of the financial industry
• Relevant tertiary or equivalent NQF qualification in appropriate field with information security, risk management and IT bias
• Postgraduate qualification advantageous
• CISM, CISA, CIA and / or CISSP certification strongly desired
  

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DATA SECURITY & PRIVACY MANAGER
The Data Security & Privacy Manager (DSPM) serves as a resource (consultant) regarding matters of data security and privacy and reports the status of ongoing data privacy activities to the CISO. Will participate in strategic planning sessions to help formulate strategic plans and ensure IT alignment with business priorities along with other project solution teams.

• The DSPM will challenge the client to think strategically about technical solutions for their business challenges
• Will ensure written reports are sent in a timely manner to technology management and business partners
• Lead in the development/adoption and enforcement of Data Security & Privacy policies, procedures and standards.
• Conduct and complete an annual review of required regulations and reports.
• Assess information security/data privacy risk periodically.
• Conduct functionality and gap analyses to determine the extent to which key business areas and infrastructure comply with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate and recommend new data security & privacy technologies and counter-measures against threats to information or privacy.
• Ensure compliance through adequate training programs and periodic security audits.
• Provide value-added solutions to improve risk management practices
• Develop trusting and respectful relationships with various business partners to create an open environment for sharing risk identification and resolution practices.
• Consult with business units regarding ever changing business and technical plans to ensure that information security concerns (non-compliant issues) are addressed
• Determine appropriate and critical control objectives for activities being audited
• Evaluate audit observations and draft recommendations to improve policies, procedures and controls
• Update and publish retention schedules
• Incident Management (Policy Breaches)
• Waivers/Risk Acceptances Control Self Assessments
  

This is a management role in nature. We are looking for an individual with strong leadership capabilities who is comfortable facing-off demanding business users.
In particular we are looking for an individual with the below traits:

• A Self driven ‘get on and do it’ attitude and strong problem solving abilities
• Proven experience of building strong working relationships with various business/IT partners
• Proven IT consulting / auditing / implementation experience.
• Experience in IT Risk Management will be advantageous.
• Resilient and the ability to work in fast paced environment
• Proven record of project delivery.
• Experience must include senior management level interaction.
• A strategic thinker with the ability to help shape and drive data security and privacy strategies
• Good interpersonal, written and oral skills
• Influence, facilitation & presentation skills.
• Enthusiastic team player and keen attention to detail.
• Good time management with ability to manage busy workload. This includes the ability to work under pressure.
• Demonstrated analytical skills
• Ability to think short-long term
• 3 – 5 years experience in IT audit, Information Security or IT Risk management.
• Resilient and the ability to work in fast paced environment
• Previous Investment Banking experience is advantageous.
• Proven record of project delivery.
• Experience must include senior management level interaction.
• Knowledge of Data Security & Privacy
• Information Security knowledge: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
• Exposure to IT/architecture and practices, enterprise systems and software, project and corporate environment
• Enterprise compliance and governance knowledge/understanding
• Knowledge of the financial industry
• Relevant tertiary or equivalent NQF qualification in appropriate field with information security, risk management and IT bias
• Postgraduate qualification advantageous
• CISM, CISA, CIA and / or CISSP certification strongly desired
  

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DATA QUALITY MANAGER
The successful individual will be part of a high energetic team and will be required to hit the ground running. The Data Quality Manager (DQM) serves as a resource (consultant) regarding matters of data quality management and reports the status of ongoing data quality activities to the CISO. Will participate in strategic planning sessions to help formulate strategic plans and ensure IT alignment with business priorities along with other project solution teams.

• The DQM will challenge the client to think strategically about technical solutions for their business challenges
• Will ensure written reports are sent in a timely manner to technology management and business partners
• Lead in the development/adoption and enforcement of data quality policies, procedures and standards.
• Conduct and complete an annual review of required regulations and reports.
• Assess information security/data quality risk periodically.
• Data quality Communication and Awareness.
• Incident Management (Policy Breaches)
• Waivers/Risk Acceptances
• Control Self Assessments
• Conduct functionality and gap analyses to determine the extent to which key business areas and infrastructure comply with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate and recommend new data quality technologies and counter-measures against threats to information or privacy.
• Ensure compliance through adequate training programs and periodic security audits.
• Provide value-added solutions to improve risk management practices
• Develop trusting and respectful relationships with various business partners to create an open environment for sharing risk identification and resolution practices.
• Consult with business units regarding ever changing business and technical plans to ensure that information security concerns (non-compliant issues) are addressed
• Determine appropriate and critical control objectives for activities being audited
• Evaluate audit observations and draft recommendations to improve policies, procedures and controls
• Technical Knowledge
• Business Skills
• Personal & Interpersonal Skills
• Control Environment Knowledge
• Management & Leadership Skills

This is a management role in nature. We are looking for an individual with strong leadership capabilities who is comfortable facing-off demanding business users.
In particular we are looking for an individual with the below traits:

• A Self driven ‘get on and do it’ attitude and strong problem solving abilities
• Proven experience of building strong working relationships with various business/IT partners
• Proven IT consulting / auditing / implementation experience.
• Experience in IT Risk Management will be advantageous.
• Resilient and the ability to work in fast paced environment
• Proven record of project delivery.
• Experience must include senior management level interaction.
• A strategic thinker with the ability to help shape and drive data quality strategies
• Good interpersonal, written and oral skills
• Influence, facilitation & presentation skills.
• Enthusiastic team player and keen attention to detail.
• Good time management with ability to manage busy workload. This includes the ability to work under pressure.
• Demonstrated analytical skills
• Ability to think short-long term
• 3 – 5 years experience in IT audit, Information Security or IT Risk management.
• Resilient and the ability to work in fast paced environment
• Previous Investment Banking experience is advantageous.
• Proven record of project delivery.
• Experience must include senior management level interaction.
• Knowledge of Data Security & Privacy
• Information Security knowledge: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
• Exposure to IT/architecture and practices, enterprise systems and software, project and corporate environment
• Enterprise compliance and governance knowledge/understanding
• Knowledge of the financial industry
• Relevant tertiary or equivalent NQF5 qualification in appropriate field with information security, risk management and IT bias
• Postgraduate qualification advantageous
• CISM, CISA, CIA and / or CISSP certification strongly desired

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INFORMATION SECURITY (IS) MANAGER
This is a management role The ISO serves as a resource (consultant) regarding matters of information security and reports the status of ongoing information security activities to the Chief of Information Security (CISO). We are looking for an individual with strong leadership capabilities who is comfortable facing-off demanding business users.
In particular we are looking for an individual with the below traits:

• A Self driven ‘get on and do it’ attitude and strong problem solving abilities
• A strategic thinker with the ability to help shape and drive Information Security strategies
• Proven experience of building strong working relationships with various business/IT partners
• Proven SOX related ITGC consulting / auditing / implementation experience.
• Experience in IT Risk Management will be advantageous.
• Resilient and the ability to work in fast paced environment
• Proven record of project delivery.
• Experience must include senior management level interaction.
• A Self driven ‘get on and do it’ attitude and strong problem solving abilities
• A strategic thinker with the ability to help shape and drive information security and privacy strategies
• Participate in strategic planning sessions to help formulate strategic plans and ensure IT alignment with business priorities along with other project solution teams
• Source, understand, explain, and justify the inclusion or consideration of best practices frameworks and enabling technologies
• Build world class intellectual capital and raises the quality of awareness by identifying new technologies; demonstrating business value and explaining functional and process benefits for stakeholders
• Explains the gaps between current infrastructure practices and future best practice trends and developments – able to guide and recommend action, based on a comprehensive appreciation for best practices and industry specific needs
• Predicts current and future system and security requirements based on these trends
• The ISO will challenge the client to think strategically about technical solutions for their business challenges
• Will ensure detailed project plans are created and used throughout the project to project manage milestones, dependencies and costs (following the SLDC process)
• Will communicate continuously with the CISO/Leadership as to status of deliverables and potential risks to successful completions of all projects
• Will ensure written reports are sent in a timely manner to technology management and business partners
• Conduct and complete annual review(s) of required regulations and reports.
• Assist/maintain appropriate security measures and mechanisms to guard against unauthorized access to electronically stored and /or transmitted patient data and protect against reasonably anticipated threats and hazards.
• Oversee and/or assist in performing on-going security monitoring of organization information systems including:
• Assess information security risk periodically.
• Conduct functionality and gap analyses to determine the extent to which key business areas and infrastructure comply with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate and recommend new information security technologies and counter-measures against threats to information or privacy.
• Ensure compliance through adequate training programs and periodic security audits.
• Provide value-added solutions to improve risk management practices
• Develop trusting and respectful relationships with various business partners to create an open environment for sharing risk identification and resolution practices.
• Consult with business units regarding ever changing business and technical plans to ensure that information security concerns (non-compliant issues) are addressed
• Determine appropriate and critical control objectives for activities being audited
• Design audit tests for critical controls to ensure compliance with professional standards
• Evaluate audit observations and draft recommendations to improve policies, procedures and controls
• Develop action plans and monitor various research projects to ensure the achievement of objectives
• Information Security knowledge: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
• Enterprise compliance and governance knowledge/understanding
• Knowledge of the financial industry
• Strong presentation and influencing skills required
• Exposure to IT/architecture and practices, enterprise systems and software, project and corporate environment
• Strong relationship building skills
• Demonstrated analytical skills
• Ability to think short-long term
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be able to communicate with all levels of management and employees
• Understanding of compliance & risk related legislation
• 5-8 years analyst/management experience required
• Post graduate qualification required
  • A min of one of the following certification is strongly desired
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
  • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
  • Certified Information Systems Manager (CISM)

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TELECOMMUNICATION ARCHITECT/DESIGNER
Purpose:
Interpret and design from conceptual architectures supplied by Architects to support business Create high level design documentation to suport the conceptual architectures Provide consultancy on conceptual/detailed design Understand and interpret data flow Detect business opportunities in domain Drive down TCO and complexity Communicate the high level design and architectures Detect business opportunities in domain Manage and communicate the conceptual architecture
Responsibilites:

• Define Architecture and design to reduce TCO.
• Drive down TCO indentifying opportunities to optimize, consolidate and rationalize infrastructure.
• Manage IRP spend aligning to MTP plan.
• Participate in achieving savings through focused savings initiatives.
• Maintain and develop migration roadmaps.
• Provide a technical source of overall technology support and awareness.
• Work with technology custodians to establish, develop and maintain enterprise architectural model.
• Assist with developing strategic roadmaps aligning to business drivers .
• Build a culture to collaborate within architecture in interest groups.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with industry bodies.
• Identify architecture tasks on an ongoing basis arising from initiatives.
• Assist in defining PPSG's for Telecoms.
• Provide consulting services to the business and interest groups.
• Assist with developing positioning papers for Telecommunications.
• Establish a communications function to GRCB Network Architecture.
• Conduct Strategic Supplier/Vendor meetings with top 20 Suppliers of Group Technology.
• Provide timeous infrastructure designs and architecture solutions to business clusters.
• Execute the 3-5 year infrastructure plan which is in place with focus on current deliverables.
• Manage and implement IRP roadmap.
• Define the required DRACA's for Networks. Business Continuity documentation up to date. Assist services with BCM plans.
• Close all outstanding management actions on audits timeously in Group Technology Telecommunications. Attendance and regularity of meetings.
• Business Continuity documentation up to date.
• Enforce the Architecture Governance.
• Update Performance Scorecard with new initiatives and ensure alignment with Technology Score card.

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ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT: MIDRANGE PLATFORM
Purpose:
Define the Strategy, architecture, policies and procedures and end state architectures applicable to the Midrange domain. Where Midrange refers to IBM p-Series, AIX and Sun technologies. Interface with and manage relationships with vendors providing technology for the domain. Planning and manage the budget lifecycle for the domain. Evaluation of business cases and technology solutions, relevant to the domain. Validate and align solution design to the defined strategyand architecture.
Responsibilities:
Define and document the domain level Terms Of Reference. Define and document the domain level principles, strategy, roadmap, standards, architectural high level overview, current state architecture, target state architecture. Present and seek agreement from the relevant architectural interest groups for all defined architectures. Present and seek approval for all architectures from the relevant Architectural Authorities (EDA, TAC, etc…)Regular vendor meetings.
Competancies:
Relating and Networking Persuading and Influencing Presenting and communicating information Writing and reporting Applying expertise and technology Formulating strategies and concepts Delivering results and meeting customer expectations Coping with pressure and setbacks
Knowledge and Skills: Strategic Thinking Communication skills ITIL governance TOGAF Subject Matter Expertise Ability to analyse, take decisions and initate actions Effective research Innovative thinking Adaptability Interpersonal skills Negotiation skills Leadership qualities
Experience:
Comprehrensive experience in Architecture role Subject Matter Expertise on AIX, SUn and IBM p-Series Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions IT Architectural experience General IT infrastructure knowledge

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C# DEVELOPER
Various opportunities available in the financial and consulting environments for experienced (2 to 5 years) C# developers. Must have a relevant degree with strong SQL and Python skills.

nicole@premier.co.za Ref. 037

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IT RISK & GOVERNANCE MANAGER
R550K-R650K negotiable + bonus. Degreed cand with ITIL/CISM/CISA required to drive IT risk initiative & ensure compliance with international best practice frameworks.

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SENIOR SAP MANAGER
R850K-R950K negotiable + bonuses. Senior manager required to manage large corporate’s SAP strategy plus daily SAP operations. In-depth technical SAP & senior management experience essential for this challenging role.

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IT RISK MANAGER
R negotiable. Degreed candidate with IT risk & compliance implementation experience, including COBIT & ITIL required by top risk team.

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ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT
Ensure the strategic alignment of IT architecture (functional, application, data and integration architecture) with agreed business outcomes. Investigate strategic IT trends and advice on the impact and alignment required. Integrate enterprise, domain and solution architectures to deliver towards the agreed strategic outcomes. Custodian of the Front-end architecture. Post B-degree qualification (honours/masters) with IT as major subject. In-depth knowledge of Banking Practices and Procedures with particular reference to IT solutions. Knowledge and technical appreciation of the inter connectivity and interfaces between various technical platforms, operating systems and processes. 15+ years of IT solutions exposure.

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IT CONTINUITY CONSULTANT
The purpose of this job is to assist and enable the company to prepare for, and respond to IT-related disaster situations that involve extended system outages, by providing subject matter expertise to IT planning and support staff as well as business users.

• Play a compliance monitoring role by reporting on IT DR status of systems and infrastructure
• Development of IT BC and DR plans and facilitate procedure development and integration
• Facilitate the testing of IT DR and BC solutions and plans
• Ensure understanding of the relevant technical support organization structures and processes
• Provide a consultancy service to both Group IT and system owners as IT DR subject matter expert
• Assist with the resolution of serious IT outages as required (24x7)
• Keep abreast of DR/BC competency and technology changes
• Recommend updates to the process guides and controls to ensure continuous improvement

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PROJECT MANAGER – RISK DIVISION
Snr IT Project Mgr req’d for blue chip to manage large IT & business projects.  Exp in credit/operational risk ess.  Deg + PM certification req’d.
                                                                                     
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IT PROJECT MANAGER
Purpose of the Job
The project manager will be responsible for leading and project managing any projects that are under his / her control. They will be expected to develop, maintain and manage to a detailed project plan, keeping all stakeholders informed and most importantly keeping the project driving forward. An additional benefit would be for the project manager to be able to make a technical contribution to the project
Responsibilities

• Manage and drive the projects under his or her control.
• Help to develop and deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions
• Motivate and coach more junior project team members.
• Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of the relevant systems in PCG, Finance and Regulatory Reporting, in a hands-on fashion.
• Develop and in-grain best practices within the team.

Competencies

• Personal and interpersonal skills
• Technical Knowledge
• Control environment
• Business Skills
• Knowledge and Skills
• Strong project management skills
• Accounting background
• Personal & Interpersonal Skills
• Leadership and Management Skills
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Able to perform under pressure in a fast changing environment
• Strong analytical skills
• Initiative / Self-Starter / Pro-Activity
• Awareness of Control Environment
  

Essential Experience:

• Strong project management and leadership skills
  
• Accounting background and banking with specific investment banking experience
• A strong production-focused team-management capability
• Finance business knowledge

Education

• University degree or equivalent.

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IT SECURITY CONSULTANT
R450K-R550K negotiable + bonus. IT Security Specialist required to perform penetration, threat & vulnerability testing. Deg + CISA/CISM essential.

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Oracle DBA
Salary negotiable. Provide full life-cycle professional management by design, planning and support if the entire IS Enterprise Server platforms. Plan, install, implement, tune, and optimize infrastructure, operating systems network, databases and application management of systemsThe applicant must have 8 years as an Oracle DBA with Data-Warehouse management experience and /or equivalent experience in Unix. Extensive experience in database performance and capacity management. Broad knowledge of data design and management. Extensive knowledge of IT. Must have Oracle SQL Plus development exposure. Oracle Application Server experience / middleware implementation of Oracle Telco industry. Infrastructure systems technologies deployed. Database systems and related applications essential.

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Release Management Specialist (IT Division)
R360K negotiable. Plan, design and configure all release. Build, distribute and once tested, implement all releases in accordance with the agreed release management process, as scheduled by change control. Degree in IT, Computer Science, IT Diploma or similar qualification and ITIL Foundation or Service Management Certification. Minimum 5 years experience in IT Project Management with significant recent exposure to integration and full Software integration and full Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC) projects. Extensive working knowledge and working experience of the following ITIL principles, change management, release management and configuration management.

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Applications Architect
R450-R550K negotiable. Responsible for delivering of EAI (Enterprise Architecture Implementation) projects and gathering content in context to Application Architecture in adherence to the Application Architecture Framework and processes. Responsible for contributing to the definition of the Application Architecture Framework and processes. Responsible for liason with and maintenance of application information and roadmaps with regard to specific Application Domains. Applications Architecture Framework: Define application architectural processes and methodologies. Define the Policies, Principles and Standards to guide Application Architectural decisions for the Enterprise in accordance with the existing Enterprise and corporate standards. The applicant must have an IT Degree with 10 years IT experience which include Software Architecture, project management and specialist application and technology. Must be able to communicate at all levels within the organization with leadership. Facilitation essential.

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DB2 Database Administrator - IT Division
R200K. Develop and design the required database architecture to support Mainframe Applications. Be responsible for the overall availability of the DB2 services according to agreed SLA's. The applicant must have a degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or IT Diploma or similar qualification. Minimum 3 years experience in Database Management. Extensive knowledge of DB2, QMF and DB2 Connect and experience in Disaster Recovery. Extensive knowledge of Database Architecture and DBA support. Good knowledge of CST, JCL, Assembler, SMP/E, REXX, performance, monitoring and problem determination tools.

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Disaster Recovery Specialist - IT Division
R360K negotiable. Develop and implement Business Impact Analysis and document effective and efficient business continuity plans. Develop appropriate off site data and document repositories to be utilized if information were to be irretrievable at the production data centres due to a disaster situation. Good understanding of data and network architectures, data processing and applications. Problem solving skills and experience in effective communication skills (both verbal and written).

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IT Programme Manager
R520K-R550K negotiable. Responsible for the successful Project / Program Management of one or more Global Services initiatives. Act as the Program Manager for the complex and strategic Global Services initiatives. Proficient knowledge in program management, quality assurance, and related standards and practices. Highly skilled in the use of MS Projects, MS Powerpoint, MS Visio and MS Excel. Affiliations with PM institutes or governing bodies is desirable. PMP from PMI or similar PM institutes is required. Experience in coordinating multi disciplines teams. Experience in managing programs across third party stakeholders.

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Data Architect
Salary negotiable. The candidate must have IT Degree with 5+ years Data Architecture experience as well as Data Modelling, Information metamodel design, Data metamodel design, workshop facilitation, systems integration, IT industry standards, IT application development, Information Consumer applications, Information Provider Applications, web based services, IT infrastructure, migration planning, software engineering, security and systems network management. Broad knowledge / experience of business strategy with a particular emphasis on business change . Must be a visionary , leader of change and change agent. Excellent data modelling skills (ERD, Object Modelling and dimension modelling.) Excellent facilitation skills. Must be analytical. Must be able to reach consensus wherever possible or at least reach a reasonable compromise.

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CHIEF IT ARCHITECT
Senior Appointment in Blue Chip Corp to lead & manage team of Architects. Manage the design of IT architecture for the organisation. 5 years + technical architecture experience & degree essential.

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JAVA ARCHITECT
R negotiable. Identify, design & document application integration & technical architectures that meet business needs. Tertiary qualification + 5 years experience in application architecture, Java & knowledge of Cobol

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SAP IMPLEMENTATION SPECIALISTS
Numerous opportunities for K2-K5 level implementation & configuration. specialists exist in Financial service, consulting, IT & automotive industries.

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SQL DBA
Salary negotiable. Database Administration, Development and Support of Financial application systems. Be involved in the administration, design, development and testing of in-house and off-the-shelf applications and database servers and services.Investigate, troubleshoot and device solutions to production issues. Degree or Diploma in IT / Programming essential. 4-5 years relational database server database administration. MS SQL Server experience required. 3 years T/SQL and 3GL(Visual Basic or equivalent) programming experience. Troubleshooting and optimisation of databases production environments and financial reporting systems development and support experience essential. Windows 2000 server or later essential. Requires the skills of a self starter who has the ability to work in a team who has good time management skills.

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Database Administrator
Leading South African Bank is seeking an experienced individual, with good time management skills to be involved in the database administration, development and support of the financial application systems with the financial systems environment. The individual will be involved in the design, development, administration and testing of in-house and off-the-shelf applications and database servers and services. They will also be required to investigate, troubleshoot and devise solutions to production issues. Degree or diploma in IT / Programming, and 4-5 years database systems design experience is essential. MS SQL Server experience and 3 years T/AQL and 3GL programming experience is also required. Applicant must have Windows 2000 server or later, documentation / technical writing skills, basic to average Unix working knowledge, , MIS or Business Intelligence development and reporting experience, user support experience, development discipline including version control. Trouble shooting skills are a key requirement. Web development and VB, MC Access, Java Programming experience advantageous.

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Firewall Software Engineer
Salary negotiable. Implement new firewall rules. Upgrade and maintain existing firewalls. Deployment of new firewalls. Researching and recommending DMZ designs and firewall implementations that meet best practice. Ensuring that firewall service levels meet business service level agreements. Ensuring that the company’s security standard relating to firewalls and internet connectivity is met and maintained. Setting up VPN’s using Checkpoint VPN1. Technical competencies required. Experience required in firewall administration and deployment, Networking, TCP / IP, Solaris / Unix Administration, Encryption specifically VPN technologies, Cisco PIX administration and deployment skills, Open VPN. The candidate must be capable of working effectively in a team, have good communication capabilities and be self driven. Must exhibit strong analytical skills which are vital to solving problems. Good planning and organising skills by establishing courses of action for themselves and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently. The position required the candidate to work on certain weekends and after hours to effect firewall changes. Bsc Computer Science or equivalent Certificate. Certified Checkpoint Software Administrator (CCSA) – NGX and Certified Checkpoint Software Expert (CCSE) – NGX.

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IT Infrastructure Project Manager
R450K-R500K negotiable. The Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of defined projects within the remit of the programme office. This includes full project lifecycle plus the necessary preparation before and post project. Experience and knowledge of structured project methodologies. Sound understanding of project management methodologies and their application, enduring that customer satisfaction is maintained at all times. Ability to communicate with and manage the project team in an effective way. Capable of making sound decisions under pressure and prioritising and delegating work load effectively. Knowledge of financial services industry i.e. a basic knowledge of the industry including any relevant regulations and their impact on projects undertaken. Analytical skills used to diagnose customers’ issues and recommend effective solutions, whilst examining and assessing risk / reward of the proposals. Technical knowledge i.e. thorough understanding of networks and IT systems. Ability to apply this knowledge when facilitating the recommendation of solution to the customer. The candidate must have Project Integration Management, Project Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Communications, HR, Risk and Procurement Management. Relevant degree / diploma.

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Telecoms

WFM SPECIALIST
2-3 years exp analyzing data & statistics around call centre volumes, call patterns, resource allocation, staff productivity enabling optimal staffing levels in a multisite environment. Relevant qualification & WFM analysis &forecasting experience required.

ilana@premier.co.za Ref. 038

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SENIOR OPPORTUNITIES – TELECOMS CONSULTANCY
Manager vacancies: R1.4 million plus lucrative bonuses and Principle vacancy: R1.6 million plus lucrative bonuses exist within leading Telecoms Consulting practice. Successful incumbent(s) must have 3-7 years relevant Telecoms advisory experience coupled with top academic achievement. MBA advantageous.

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FINANCIAL MODELLER (TELECOMS)
Experienced Financial Modeller and Pricing Specialist sought by telecoms company to be involved in pricing analysis, financial modelling, financial feasibility studies, DCF models as well as product performance analysis. Analytical Degree, relevant experience plus top notch academics.

mandy@premier.co.za Ref. 015

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PLEASE NOTE:

The following positions are based in South Africa, unless stated otherwise. Foreign nationals applying for positions within South Africa will require a valid South African work permit. For information regarding South African work permits refer to the South African Department of Home Affairs

website:www.dha.gov.za
(follow the scarce skills link), www.accurateimmigration.com (follow the South Africa link).