Career Opportunities at First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank)

Ref Id: 1800002O
Location: Head Office, Lagos
Job: FBN GEN. Job Family
Organization: Technology and Services
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard
Job Type: Full-time

Description

• Conduct feasibility studies and confirm results with business units to facilitate decision making
• Assist with the creation of project charters, scope documents, risk assessments and budgets
• Assist in developing work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and status reports
• Identify and anticipate risks and issues. Facilitate resolution, mitigation, and appropriate escalation
• Contribute to management of project risk and change management
• Assist with assessing inter-project dependencies and gauge the financial impact and risk of the project
• Ensure project quality standards are adhered to during project execution and delivery
• Provide performance feedback for project team members.
• Assist with measuring and reporting of value achieved and business benefits realized through projects
• Coordinate project communication between the technology and business communities
• Provide status report as required

Qualifications
Education:

• Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in a Business /IT related discipline
• Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage

Experience:

• 4+ years of project management experience
• 2+ years of management experience.

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Ref No: 1800002M
Location: Lagos
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard
Job Type: Full-time

Description

• Conduct feasibility studies and confirm results with business units to facilitate decision making
• Prioritize and approve projects
• Work with EA office to estimate the impact of new or modified services in terms of cost, capacity, contingency, infrastructure and resources
• Consult with EA and IT leadership to ensure strategic alignment of project portfolio with business strategy and objectives
• Manage the scope change process and issue identification/resolution with all stakeholders
• Identify and anticipate risks and issues.  Facilitate resolution, mitigation, and appropriate escalation to senior management and across business units
• Manage project risk and change management
• Lead assessment of inter-project dependencies and gauge the financial impact and risk of the project
• Define project quality standards and ensure compliance
• Define project performance standards and provide feedback for project team members
• Monitor and communicate status to senior leadership. Communicate and incorporate feedback from customers.
• Facilitate measurement and reporting of value achieved and business benefits realized through programs and projects
• Supervise project managers responsible for delivery of the constituent workstreams within programs
• Coordinate and control business relationship managers to ensure identification and capture of business demand including analysis and prioritization of business requirements
• Work with business unit & Business Relationship Managers to prioritise the portfolio of projects
• Coordinate review of the demand pipeline and the progress of new projects with business sponsors
• Coordinate effort to translate business requirements into design specifications
• Lead effort to Identify and resolve gaps between new and existing business processes and applications
• Ensure guidelines and procedures for the development of the IT service catalogue are aligned to business needs to ensure that all business requirements are addressed
• Evaluate, authorize and monitor the release of solutions and services, based on criteria defined during business analysis
• Lead effort to review and ensure that requirements and processes meet established quality standards
• Lead the identification, assessment and communication of impacts/ risks which may arise during the development and implementation of solutions and services
• Provide key inputs on the strategic plans of the various business units and how these can be integrated into the IT strategy and initiatives roadmap
• Review performance reports to identify opportunity for improvement
• Create and deliver project status reports

Qualifications
Education:

• Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in a business /IT related discipline
• Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage

Experience:

• 4+ years of experience in managing relationships with internal business customers
• 6+ years of programme management experience
• 5+ years of management experience with 2+ years in a senior management role

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Ref No: 1800002L
Location: Lagos
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard
Job Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Develop and implement category management strategies utilizing an end-to-end value chain approach to increase market competitiveness and sustain ongoing category improvements
• Maintain deep category expertise through understanding and application of industry developments, marketplace trends, emerging technology, new techniques, leading practices, and shared experiences
• Plan category related procurement activities for the financial year and periodically review category spend to identify and pursue strategic sourcing and demand management opportunities
• Ensure compliance to the Bank’s Procurement Policy for procurement categories and activities
• Develop and maintain a Category Sourcing Plan to coordinate sourcing and contract management activities
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to implement and monitor category sourcing and supply plan for the various categories to ensure appropriate alignment and customer satisfaction
• Lead cross-functional sourcing teams during sourcing events and negotiations for applicable categories to ensure best value with regard to pricing and quality
• Oversee execution of procurement purchases utilizing an end-to-end value chain approach
• Drive development of sustainable partnerships with strategic suppliers for procurement related categories
• Active involvement in the contractor/vendor pre-qualification process for approved category related projects
• Manage influence-able spend via demand management and flagging of maverick spend to ensure costs are managed properly under procurement related categories
• Ensure adherence to defined parameters for quality assurance of goods/services received as well as the escalation route for complaints/rejection
• Prepare and review periodic reports of trend analysis for category spend
• Identify and drive implementation of procurement process improvements related to the category
• Develop impact assessments and analyses based on internal market forecasts and internal requirements, external benchmarking studies and/or market trends including, but not limited to, future spend opportunities, category risks, and supplier sustainability
• Conduct periodic appraisal of supplier performance to validate ability of suppliers to meet defined standards and rate suppliers accordingly
• Develop and implement appropriate reporting and monitoring mechanisms that clearly highlight cost savings achieved by category/supplier
• Support achievement of procurement performance objectives
• Support in analysis and preparation of Executive Management reports and Board papers on procurement spend, cost savings and ongoing projects as required
• Supervise and provide leadership direction for Category Specialists and Procurement Analysts
• Undertake any other responsibilities as requested by the Head of Department, in accordance with the scope and responsibilities of the role.

Qualifications
Education:

• Minimum Education: A good First Degree in any discipline from a reputable institution. Higher Degrees/Professional Certifications (an added advantage).

Experience:

• Minimum experience: 8 years’ relevant experience.

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Ref No: 1800002P
Location: Sokoto
Schedule: Regular
Job Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Assist in carrying out maiden visit to new branch to assess the control environment and other equipment for physical control.
• Conduct investigations into fraudulent activities, unusual incident and other activities under the supervision of the Cluster Control Manager or senior Cluster Control officer.
• Carry out daily IT Control Report, credit and other reviews that may be required by Internal Control & Enhancement review program as directed by the Cluster Control Manager.
• Ensure prompt rendition of assigned month end and other reports to the Cluster Control Managers or as may be required
• Ensure complete documentation of all observed policy/procedural breaches observed in the course of carry out control activities in the branch.
• Ensure closure of internal control exceptions observed and raised during the conduct of control activities and subsequently tracking of unclosed exceptions.
• Escalate unclosed exceptions to the Cluster Control Manager for further engagement with other stakeholders.
• Ensure implementation of tasked assignment to improve control strategy in the discharges of functional responsibilities in the branches of coverage and instructed by the Cluster Control Manager.
• Conduct daily review of IT Control Reports and ensure the closure/escalation (to Cluster Control Managers) on noted exceptions.
• Escalate observed process gaps to the Cluster Control Managers and Regional Control Manager.
• Provide control advisory and decision Support Service to Branch Managers and Branch Team

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: First Degree preferably in a numerate discipline.
• Minimum experience - 1 years in Internal Control /Audit Function

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Ref No: 1800002N
Location: Lagos
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard
Job Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Oversee the successful completion of all work assigned to the unit
• Manage expectations of the unit’s internal and external customers
• Oversee the design of technical solution including high level( entity – relationship, data flow) to low level(field structures, database schemas) design
• Direct the development of technical design that will support the development, execution and operations of the service.
• Provide strategic guidance to the development of service acceptance criteria. Propose performance levels for new service. Review and verify service requirements with users .Agree and document service acceptance criteria
• Oversee the creation of the service development plan. Review and agree with users
• Supervise the build, configuration or customization of the technical solution (technical code components and services)
• Manage automation and monitor application integration as code iteratively goes through assembly and product test
• Supervise the execution of unit testing / quality reviews through the build phase to ensure that the solution meets the agreed functional specifications
• Clearly communicate goals, organizational philosophies, and policies and procedures to the unit members
• Support BREAM in resource planning and skills management for the application solutions unit
• Manage the implementation and support of the organization’s application systems
• Direct efforts to work with BREAM to define business solutions, ensuring alignment with business strategies and priorities, as well as the target benefits expected
• Supervise the translation of change initiatives or business/user requirements into application systems delivery
• Track application systems developments through suppliers/other external sources
• Provide key inputs on application systems in the formulation of the IT strategy
• Manage hand-over/transfer of IS solutions to operational status
• Provide leadership and technical guidance to reports
• Serve as a member of the IT Programmes and Architecture governance Committee
• Identify systems improvement opportunities by analyzing best practices, technology trends
• Serve as a member of the IT Services  and Supplier Relationship Committee

Qualifications
Education:

• Minimum of a first Degree or its equivalent in a IT related discipline
• Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage

Experience:

• 12+ years of experience in designing, developing and delivering solutions
• 10+ years of management experience with 4+ years spent in senior management role.