CTO - Financial Services

 

Recruiter:

Progressive Edge

Job Ref:

CT002

Date posted:

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Location:

CapeTown, South Africa

Salary:

Annual package with bonuses


SUMMARY:
Join a large enterprise focused on innovation in the financial services space

POSITION INFO:

 

Head of IT - Finance

 

Reports into:

CIO for the group

 

Direct reports:

Delivery Managers (Financial Services; Customer Omni-Channel; Enterprise & IT; Incubation); Delivery Coordinator

 

A large enterprise is looking for an IT Exec for the Financial services area of their business.  This individual will need to be dynamic, passionate about innovation and have a good track record in innovative technology management.  You will need to be comfortable operating in both technical and business worlds.  Strong financial services industry experience is an absolute must.  The company offers a wide range of value added and financial services and are in a rapid growth stage.  

 

Purpose

The head of IT (finance) is responsible for leading the delivery of IT services within the Financial Services, Customer & Marketing, Enterprise & IT, and Incubation Delivery Units, including development of new services, changes, service retirement/decommissioning and service support. Accountable for delivering the demand pipeline of projects, programmes, and product iterations required to develop and release IT services and features for these delivery units.

 

Overall

● Manage, oversee, and take ultimate accountability for in-scope delivery units, enabling them to effectively deliver through active sponsorship, leadership

and business involvement in specific initiatives to ensure they meet time, cost and quality requirements.

● Work closely with Business Engagement Managers to understand, shape and prioritise the service roadmaps for each delivery unit, working with delivery

unit leads and relevant IT discipline leads and specialists, in order to ensure that business unit customers are served.

● To ensure Business derive maximum value from the solutions provided.

Portfolio Planning

● Manage budgeting of portfolio projects

● Accountable for ensuring effective planning and coordination for their delivery unit team(s), overseeing and directing resource scheduling, estimation,

work breakdown and work package definition, and backlog planning. Facilitates and guides delivery trade off decisions and prioritisation.

● Accountable for ensuring the readiness of the company’s IT and Business for all new and changed services through effective transition planning in collaboration

with business and relevant leaders in organisational change management.

Portfolio Delivery

● Accountable for providing projects and programme leadership, managing and coordinating the coherent activities needed to design, develop, and release

services or service changes.

● Ensures that risks and issues are effectively managed, communication is appropriate and timely, and resources are efficiently utilised within the cost and

time constraints applicable.

● Ensure critical Business Support issues are addressed within agreed timelines.

Portfolio Service Maintenance

● Accountable for managing the maintenance of the technology portfolio and ensuring applications run efficiently and are available to all relevant users and

business stakeholders

● Manage the relationships of relevant application suppliers to ensure technology portfolio is maintained

Incubation

● Innovation idea elicitation, concept development and prototyping

● Minimum Viable Product delivery for selected prototypes and concepts.

 

REQUIREMENTS

 

10+ years of experience in a portfolio delivery environment with demonstrated complex project delivery success.

Bachelors and MBA (Preferred)

Competency in Analytical Problem Solving, Customer/Partner Relationships, Product & Technology

Expertise, Project Management, Delivery Management, Financial Management (P&L) and Strategic Insight

IT Implementation (e.g. CMM and CMMI), IT Service Delivery and Support (e.g. ITIL Foundation), Project Management fundamentals (e.g. PMI or equivalent) and Industry-specific certifications

Leadership of multi-disciplined/skilled delivery teams within Portfolio

Good balance of strategic thinking and execution

You will need to be an exceptional people leader

 

Technical skills

Technology / Application management

Technology Thought Leadership and contribution to strategy

Project management skills

Relevant business knowledge

Commercial Management and Negotiation

Portfolio management



 

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