UBA Ghana Job Vacancy For Chief Information Officer

United Bank for Africa Ghana Ltd. is looking a dynamic individual to join its team as the Chief Information Officer  responsible for all technology solution delivery (Internal/vendor/off-the-shelf solutions) and enhancements across the region,  the individual will align the regional IT objectives and programs to the company’s objectives and strategies while coordinating Information Technology and Information Systems across the region.

Specification

• Minimum of First Degree with 2nd class lower division in Computer Science or Engineering or related fields
• Masters’ Degree or IT professional qualification will be an advantage
• Credit in Mathematics and English in WASSCE/SSCE/O’level
• Minimum of Ten years’  working experience in the financial services industry, out of which Five years must have been spent in a managerial role
• Work related experience must consist of operations and information systems Management experience in the financial services industry

Requirements

• Develop and implement IT standards and procedures to aid in the development of high quality software.
• Ensure that all members within the region understand and follow existing IT standards.
• Encouraging full participation of team members within their defined roles and responsibilities.
• Ensuring that the iterative development process is properly focused and controlled.
• Ensure that projects are accurately estimated and delivered to schedule.
• Monitoring progress on a day-to-day basis for all team activities.
• Actively contribute to the process of continual improvement, with regard to self, team and systems.
• Ensure policies on business continuity are strictly adhered to.
• Ensure proper documentation and source code management and also easy retrieval when required.
• Ensure proper handover of developed software to support team for deployment and production support.
• Manage and drive third-level support with in country teams.
• Provide support to third parties on solution on boarding and management.
• Develops, recommends and implements long-term and short-term technology plans, budgets and programs that support and align with the strategic objectives of the region and the goals of the business lines, while maximizing the mix of in-house versus outsourced solutions and vendors.

Location: UBA Ghana, Regional Office, Accra