Head, Information Technology at Asset and Equity Group

Responsibilities

• Setting a vision for how technology will be used in the company.
• Ensuring that technological resources meet the company's short and long-term needs.
• Develop technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals.
• Discover and implement new technologies that yield competitive advantage
• Determine and define project scope and objectives
• Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner
• Outline the goals for research and development.
• Creating timelines for the development and deployment of all technological services.
• Making executive decisions on behalf of the company's technological requirements.
• Acting as a mentor to team members.
• Ensure Infoware application database backups are carried out on a daily basis.
• Proactively manage IT projects overheads and use technology to seek better ways of doing things at reduced costs. Complete Projects within agreed TAT and Cost/ Zero tolerance to scope creep.
• Maintaining a consumer-focused outlook and aiding in the delivery of IT projects to market.
• Managing technology budgets and time frames.
• Ensure that vulnerabilities in applications are proactively detected and remediated/Full detection and remediation of all vulnerabilities.
• Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan
• Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress
• Staying on top of technology trends and developments.
• Ensuring all technology practices adhere to regulatory
• Help departments use technology profitably.
• Supervise system infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency
• Build quality assurance and data protection processes
• Monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance
• Monitor progress and make adjustments as needed
• Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement.
• Coordinating the development of user manuals, training materials, and other documents as needed to enable successful implementation and turnover of the process or system to the clients.
• Conducting post-project evaluation and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Use stakeholders’ feedback to inform necessary improvements and adjustments to technology
• Communicate technology strategy to partners and investors.
• Manage contracts with vendors and suppliers by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables
• Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree with at least 5 years relevant work experience.