Head - Technology Liquidity Management – Rosebank/ Hybrid – R1800 PA

The business is a leading African banking group focused on emerging markets globally. It has been a mainstay of South Africa''s financial system for 156 years, and now spans 18 countries across the African continent

The business are looking for an experienced Head of Technology Liquidity Management to join their Corporate and Investment Banking Technology team.

This is a great chance to play a critical part in a team driving change and innovation in engineering methods.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Post Graduate Degree as well as IT related professional certification such as SAFE Agile certification
• 8 to 10 years solid Integration and IT background, consistently keeping up-to-date with advancements in the field.
• Exposure to delivery in the African continent with proven track record to a broad spectrum of stakeholders
• Some background of full lifecycle design and development covering solution design, application design, development, testing and maintenance, network software, operating systems, multi-tier environments, desktop and workgroup software, middleware, server technology, fault tolerant environments, development tools.
• Good understanding of the Standard Bank IT environment.

Additional Information

• Work with their Business Online Platform.
• You will also work with Investor services, Trade finance and Liquidity
• The business need someone strong financial markets experience
• They really need people who will push their thinking and propose “Out of the box” solutions.
• They require people who have experience connecting to legacy systems, but also focus on the future and shaping us for where we need to be focusing- at the same time.
• You would therefore need to be technologically savvy - with an understanding of technology strategy, architecture and yes, even the deep techie background.
• Leadership should be part of your experience.
• Should have experience in managing and directing a large portfolio of programmes in technology.
• Have an appreciation for how to leverage data and the possibilities of data.
• Azure/ AWS/ Cloud
• API understanding

Reference Number for this position is GZ55302 which is a Permanent position based in Johannesburg offering a cost to company salary of R1800k PA negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on -merge.co.za or call him on to discuss this and other opportunities.

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