Our Client, a Listed Insurance Giant, is on the hunt for an exceptional candidate to take on the role of Head of IT in Financial Services. This position involves leading and managing all aspects of people, process, and technology for our client’s information systems within Group I.T. that pertain to the successful running of the Financial Services business.
Responsibilities:
- Stakeholder Engagement: Build and manage effective relationships with all relevant stakeholders to ensure necessary guidance is given to deliver appropriate solutions. Report directly to the CIO while also managing business deliverables from the CEO of Financial Services and the respective Heads of the Financial Services business.
- Operations Management: Create and deliver the functional business unit strategy and operations to ensure alignment with overall business strategy to support the execution and delivery of Financial Services goals.
- IT Vision and Strategy: In collaboration with business stakeholders in Financial Services and the CIO, develop GIT key strategic enablers, designing workflows and business processes that allow for the quick rollout of new applications, products, and services.
- Leadership and Direction: Drive communication of the GIT strategic vision and mission, motivate teams, and direct the work of a team responsible for support and modernization of core business and digital systems.
- Improvement / Innovation: Develop and deliver continuous IT improvements in pursuit of constant innovation that supports the business unit's overall strategy.
- Performance Management: Manage and report on the performance of the function/business area; set performance objectives for direct reports and hold them accountable.
- Organisational Capability Building: Evaluate staff capabilities within the department to identify gaps and prioritize development activities.
- Operational Compliance: Ensure business activities comply with relevant external regulatory and internal policies to minimize risk and protect the organization's reputation.
- Budgeting & Costing: Manage area budgets to align with organizational strategy.
- IT Advice: Provide specialist guidance regarding IT to senior business managers to enable the implementation of policy, projects, and change initiatives.
- Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities through training and maintain an understanding of technology, external regulation, and best practices.
Technical Competencies:
- Support business processes with a comprehensive understanding and effective use of information systems and standard software packages.
- Skills in IBM RPG, Azure, AS400, C#, Mean Stack, Angular, SQL.
Education:
- Grade 12/SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential);
- Recognised degree/diploma in BSC in Computer Science/BCom in Information Management/BTech (Advantageous);
- Relevant Agile software development principles certification (Advantageous).
Experience:
- 10 or more years of experience within the IT industry (Essential);
- Experience in application Development and DevSecOps support (Essential);
- Experience in a Multiplatform environment (Advantageous); Financial Services experience (Advantageous);
- 5 to 8 years of experience in planning, managing, and organizing resources (Essential);
- Proven success managing a team of IT professionals in a fast-paced, demanding environment (Essential).
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