Associate Manager, Application Services at Verraki

Qualifications

• • Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Sciences, Management, Engineering or other courses but with relevant experience in IT
  • Master’s degree will be an added advantage
  • Certifications in solution area of expertise (Cloud certifications would be added advantage).
  • Other technical/professional certifications e.g. ITIL, PMP, Prince 2, etc.
  • 5 or more years post qualification relevant experience in IT
  • Previous experience in a reputable consulting, leading IT company or IT function of a blue-chip company
  • Demonstrable achievements in landmark projects
    • Good project management and leadership skills
    • Good understanding of NEW IT technologies (e.g. such as cloud, digital and automation technologies)
    • Good understanding of integration technologies
    • Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
    • Good risk and Issue management skills
    • Good client relationship management
    • Good negotiation skills
    • Anticipates client needs and proposes alternative technical solutions
    • Determine new, creative ways to employ teams on projects and assign responsibilities
    • Expertise in more than one of Core Banking Solutions, Backoffice ERP Solutions (Cloud/On premise), Customer Relationship Management, Payment Solutions, Public cloud computing platforms
    • Experience within any of our target industries
    • Relationship network within our target industries
    • Ability to monitor/assessing performance of self, other individuals to make improvements or take corrective action
    • Recognizes areas for internal improvement and develops plans for implementation.
    • Good usage of MS Office tools

• Skills / Competence Requirements

Responsibilities

• Manage staff, implementation teams, and workgroups to communicate and monitor system requirements and technical issues.
• Provide technical, financial and business expertise and guidance in the development, modification, and system integration of complex business systems and subsystems
• Review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and develop strategies for improving and further leveraging these systems.
• Identify and navigate potential issues in order to meet deadlines and schedules
• Work with people, processes and technology workstreams to deliver client-relevant services in the Technology Consulting area.
• Manage budgets, time and quality of output on assigned projects
• Manage expectations of Client Sponsors, Champions and Stakeholders on delivery efforts
• Reviews the status reports of team members and addresses issues as appropriate
• Identify training needs and tools and work with supervisor to execute
• Lend expertise to internal teams and tasks
• Performs other related tasks assigned by Supervisor
• Have a good understanding of/be able to supervise subordinate roles