Job Opportunities at Oscar Temple

 Our client is a leading, financial services company. They offer a comprehensive range of services to corporate, commercial and individual customers both in Nigeria and via their intentional branch network. To support their continued growth and expansion they are recruiting for the following exciting role.

The role is responsible for planning, managing and coordinating resources to deliver innovative, robust and scalable software solutions and customer facing applications.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures that software development team has appropriate product and technical specifications, direction, and resources to deliver products effectively.
• Relationship/People Management:  Provides input to functional managers on team and team member performance; fosters and develops cross-functional collaboration.
• Product/Technology Management: Provides input to the technical approach to technology application and new product development; Identifies, communicates, and manages project risk with within appropriate level of experience.
• Responsible for team and cross-functional level communications and acts as liaison between the team and the management.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in software development.
• Sc. degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related disciplines.
• Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience in Software Development and web technologies.
• PMP / PRINCE II certification is an added advantage.

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 Our client, a key player in the insurance industry, seeks to recruit a professional, who will be responsible for directing the technical and operational functions, and also responsible for developing, implementing

and  managing  short,  medium  and  long-term  strategies  that  will  ensure  the  continued  growth  and profitability of the company.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team in developing and executing company strategies to optimise shareholder value
• Set operational principles that promote financial, operational and individual performance
• Direct financial and risk management activities and oversee corporate governance structure and guidelines to ensure compliance with all regulatory policies
• Become a catalyst in bringing about a paradigm shift in the Nigerian market with a strong retail focus and increasing penetration in the Individual Life Insurance segment –where consumers purchase life insurance plans for investments and retirement with a long-term focus rather than short-term savings
• Build and strengthen the Company’s brand and performance so as to occupy ‘one of the top three players’ position over the next few years
• Ensure implementation of risk management practices and procedures in accordance with the risk management framework approved by the Board.
• Take full ownership of the company’s financial performance and provide periodic update on it to the Board.

Qualifications/Competencies

• A good first degree in the field of Management, Economics, Insurance, Law, Finance or related discipline, from a reputable University. An MBA or any other higher degree will be an added advantage.
• Professional qualification(s) in insurance (e.g. ACII), actuarial sciences or equivalent is an added value
• Minimum of 15 years post-qualification experience including 5 years’ experience at senior management level within the Insurance Industry.
• Excellent relationship management and strategic networking skills in the context of insurance business.
• Sound knowledge of regional and global trends in the insurance industry as well as an understanding of the key macroeconomic drivers is an added advantage,
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, excellent leadership, negotiation, marketing, planning and organization skills.

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 Our client is one of the leading and respected retail and commercial bank in Nigeria. They offer a comprehensive range of services to corporate, commercial and individual customers in Nigeria.

Job Summary
Manage, oversee projects and ensuring full stakeholders participation and acceptance of project deliverables within agreed scope, budget and schedule.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee projects from initiation to closing
• Ensures the timely completion of all project mile stones
• Has overall responsibility for structuring a project, performing the detailed planning, development, and managing project execution and completion of moderate or large projects
• Defines the phase deliverables, tracks milestones
• Develops best practices and tools for project execution and management
• Identifies and addresses technology gaps identified throughout the project life cycle
• Conducts research into project-related issues and products
• Reviews, monitors enhance and update the project work plan and road maps from start to finish line.
• Ensures the direction, magnitude and financial expenditures of projects are in compliance with bank regulations, policies and budgetary benchmarks.
• Work with end user groups ( employees) and integrators on reviewing and finalizing the requirements gathering process and compliance with change request process
• Ensure full participation of all important stakeholders to guarantee a full acceptance of the project deliverables and outcomes.
• Manages quality assurance, resolution of issues, status reviews and reporting, development of standards, change control, customer support, and compliance with all policies and procedures.
• Supports, manages and oversees Proof-of-Concepts and the ensuing evaluation process for the vendor and solution selection process Works closely with Information Technology Department to ensure all necessary system architecture.
• Other responsibilities as may be delegated by the Head of Project

Job Requirements

• Minimum education level – BSC in Computer Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences or Equivalent.
• Professional Qualifications required – PMP, Prince 2, IT Certifications and Equivalent will be an added advantage
• A minimum of seven (7) years relevant experience with 3 years of experience in the Banking industry or related industries will be an added advantage.
• Must be conversant with the use of Software development life cycle (SDLC), Microsoft project server online.
• Knowledge and experience of regulatory policies and guidelines.

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 Our client is one of the leading and respected retail and commercial bank in Nigeria. They offer a comprehensive range of services to corporate, commercial and individual customers in Nigeria.

Job Summary
Creates, develops and modifies core computer programs by converting project requirements into codes.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Translating functional requirements into technical requirement and design in tandem with business requirements.
• Arranges project requirements in programming sequence by analyzing requirements; preparing a work flow chart and diagram using knowledge of computer capabilities, subject matter, programming language, and logic.
• Responsible for developing and analyzing application.
• Confirms program operation by conducting tests; modifying program sequence and/or codes
• Coding new systems working from applications designs and specifications and utilizing standard procedures and techniques
• Integrates applications by designing database architecture and server scripting; studying and establishing connectivity with network systems, search engines, and information servers.
• Reviews, analyses, and modifies programming systems including encoding, testing, debugging and installing to support the Bank’s business applications
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Head of IT DEVOPs.

Job Requirements

• Minimum education level –. Good technology related university degree preferably in Computer
• Science/Electrical Electronics/Mechanical Engineering or Numeric Science.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in related role.

Key competency requirements:

• Windows Scripting e.g. VB Script, and Software development Tools e.g. C++, HTML, ASP and JavaScript
• Systems Development Life Cycle and Programming Languages
• Software Algorithm Design
• Application/ Systems design and Interface design
• Visual FoxPro & Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle or other RDBS
• Web Programming and Object-Oriented Design (OOD)Skills
• Web technologies, languages, methodologies and design patterns.
• Software Debugging, design, development fundamentals, documentation and testing

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 Our client is one of the leading and respected retail and commercial bank in Nigeria. They offer a comprehensive range of services to corporate, commercial and individual customers in Nigeria.

Job Summary
Ensure availability / Uptime of Ancillary applications. Ensure prompt resolution of issues. Reduce application downtime to the barest minimum

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensure documentation of processes and procedures within the unit.
• Proactively Ensure 0% downtime on all Ancillary applications within my purview in the Bank.
• Review of Ancillary Applications for optimal performance.
• Effective Training & Skill Transfer to all team members (Ancillary Application Support)
• Ensures prompt resolution of issues.
• Provide jobs status report on a weekly basis to the Head, Ancillary Applications.
• Ensure prompt escalation of issues to the vendor(s).
• Liaise with the responsible unit to ensure that the appropriate hardware resources are allocated to the application databases.
• Ensure availability and optimal running of the databases by the unit responsible.
• Ensure optimal security and performance of all databases by the unit responsible. Ensure that all databases /Applications are backed up by the unit responsible.
• Analyze the processes/applications in use and initiate enhancement as the case may be.

Job Requirements

• Good technology related university degree
• Computer Science,
• Minimum of 4 years cognate IT and Software/Database Support experience in a large to medium size bank/financial institution or company providing related services.
• Working knowledge of client server architecture environment.
• Possess analytical and problem solving skills
• Adequate knowledge of SQL scripting.

Key competency knowledge:

• Oracle And SQL Server Databases
• Data warehouse and Data Modelling
• Large Data Extraction and Transformation

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 Our client is one of the leading and respected retail and commercial bank in Nigeria. They offer a comprehensive range of services to corporate, commercial and individual customers in Nigeria.

Job Summary

• Primarily responsible for driving the Bank’s technology operations across the business as well as
• Implementation of new IT systems, policies/Governance. This includes developing of roadmap of IT innovations that the business will require IT to integrate, developing critical documentation required for IT on-boarding of new business defined capabilities in addition to innovations and ensuring such documentation is used to drive cost assignment to the businesses in line with business consumption modeling.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversee all technology operations (e.g. network security) and evaluate them according to established goals
• Develop a roadmap of IT innovations that the business will require IT to integrate
• Develop critical documentation required for IT on-boarding of new business defined capabilities in addition to innovations
• Map the IT budget onto cost targets for IT departments and units and measuring compliance
• Devise and establish IT policies and systems to support the implementation of strategies set by upper management
• Analyze the business requirements of all functions and departments to determine their technology needs
• Purchase efficient and cost effective technological equipment and software
• Inspect the use of technological equipment and software to ensure functionality and efficiency
• Identify the need for upgrades, configurations or new systems from the Business Units and report to upper management.

Job Requirements

• BSc/BA in computer science, engineering or relevant field; MSc/MA will be a plus
• 10 – 12 years banking experience out of which (5 – 6) years have been spent supporting major technology projects in large Banks/Organizations with proven experience as an IT director or similar roles.
• Experience in creating and implementing IT policies and systems that will meet the business unit objectives.
• Good knowledge of finance terms and modelling for cost management.

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 Our client is one of the leading and respected retail and commercial bank in Nigeria. They offer a comprehensive range of services to corporate, commercial and individual customers in Nigeria.

Job Summary
The goal is to gradually achieve superior customer engagement and intimacy by strategically exploiting all aspects of the social media marketing roadmap.

Social media specialists should have a solid understanding of how each social media channel works and how to optimize content so that it is engaging on those channels. You are responsible for Creating and joining relevant conversations on behalf of the brand.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the implementation and monitoring of social media campaigns.
• Curate, create, and write social media posts that drive engagement.
• Maintain and update social media content calendars.
• Community management and engagement across all social channels.
• Pitch social-first story and video ideas with viral potential.

Job Requirements

• Proven 1- 2 years working experience in social media marketing or as a digital media specialist
• Excellent consulting, writing, editing (photo/video/text), presentation and communication skills
• Demonstrable social networking experience and social analytics tools knowledge
• Adequate knowledge of web development, CRO and SEO
• Knowledge of online marketing and good understanding of major marketing channels
• Sc (Second class Upper ) in Communications, Marketing, Business Administration, Public Relations, Computer Science or Related fields.

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 Our client is a leading, financial services company. They offer a comprehensive range of services to corporate, commercial and individual customers both in Nigeria and via their intentional branch network. To support their continued growth and expansion they are recruiting for the following exciting role.

The role is responsible for overseeing internal operating controls, processes and practices. To ensure existing organizational policies and controls are current, adequate, functional and utilized in accordance with standards established by the government and the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the development and coordination of the organization’s internal auditing activities.
• Develop and implement internal auditing policies, procedures, and program.
• Developing testing methodologies to evaluate the adequacy of controls
• Review of accounting procedures.

Job Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years progressive work experience in financial business operations and risk-based auditing.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Audit, Finance or related disciplines.
• Possess relevant qualifications such as ACA, CFE, CFAN etc.
• Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in auditing; internal audit standards, ethics & fraud awareness Proactive in researching business best practice concepts in order to apply as appropriate.
• Strong Analytical, communication & strategic thinking skills.

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 Our client is a leading, financial services company. They offer a comprehensive range of services to corporate, commercial and individual customers both in Nigeria and via their intentional branch network. To support their continued growth and expansion they are recruiting for the following exciting role.

The role is responsible for the overall productivity and effectiveness of the assigned sales organization  and manages support functions essential to sales force productivity which  includes planning, pricing, reporting, target setting and management, competitor analysis, sales process optimization, sales job design, sales training, sales program implementation, sales compensation design and administration, and recruiting and selection of sales force talent.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates sales forecasting, planning, and budgeting processes used within the sales organization.
• Proactively monitors and strives to maintain high levels of quality, accuracy, and process consistency in the sales organization’s planning efforts.
• Coordinates planning activities with other functions and stakeholders within the firm.
• Supports the equitable assignment of sales force quotas and ensures quotas are optimally allocated to all sales channels and resources.

Job Requirements:

• Five years sales management experience in a business-to-business sales environment
• First degree in any discipline.
• Must have knowledge of financial products, business environment, financial analysis and credit risk analysis.
• Demonstrated proficiency managing analytically rigorous initiatives.
• Ability to develop strategic plans and drive business development.

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 Our client is a leading, financial services company. They offer a comprehensive range of services to corporate, commercial and individual customers both in Nigeria and via their intentional branch network. To support their continued growth and expansion they are recruiting for the following exciting role

The role involves the deployment of proprietary network-based advanced telematics and RF/GPS-based tracking solutions for individuals and corporations and provides technical support, service delivery, project management and quality assurance.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and integrating embedded solutions to meet clients’ requirements.
• Leading operations in the deployment and implementation of projects for clients.
• Ensuring seamless communication between operational software and proprietary hardware through best practices in testing and commissioning of solutions.
• Carry out Full Life Cycle Analysis and Documentation, including business requirements, functional specifications and implementation plans.
• Oversee all aspects of quality assurance including establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.

Job Requirements:

• Relevant Degree in Electrical/ Electronic Engineering.
• Knowledge in Microcontroller, Microprocessor based designs.
• Knowledge of C in embedded system.
• Must have experience developing/integrating embedded solutions using one or more popular microcontrollers e.g. PIC Series based microcomputers or the Raspberry Pi, Arduno etc.
• Knowledge of Automotive CAN bus protocols, SPI, IIC, etc.
• A thorough knowledge of electronic components such as automotive SPDT relays, silicon diodes, resistors, and switches is required as well as the application of them in aftermarket installations.