Information Services Manager - FINCA DRC

FINCA International, one of the world's leading MFIs, provides financial services to over 950,000 clients through 21 wholly-owned and operated subsidiaries in Africa, Eurasia, Latin American, and the Greater Middle East.

About the Job: 
FINCA is currently looking for an Information Services (IS) Manager, to be based in Kinshasa. S/he will report to the country chief executive officer with a functional report line to the regional IS director. S/he will oversee the FINCA IS department, and will provide technical and administrative support for IS applications and IS infrastructure across head office and branches of FINCA DRC.

Tasks and Responsibilities: 

• Develop a portfolio of IT services that support the goals of the organization, deliver value, and achieve a positive ROI;
• Develop strategies and action plans to align technology to business processes of the company;
• Analyze business requirements and translate into technology solutions;
• Develop, implement, and maintain policies and procedures related to information technology based on FINCA’s global IS policies;
• Measure, monitor, and optimize IT Services and good performance of the area as a service provider;
• Develop, implement, and maintain information security plan and business continuity plan.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences or related fields;
• Over 3 years of experience at management positions in IT;
• Over 4 years of experience in implementation and support of IT systems;
• Experience in management of IT projects;
• Basic knowledge in finance and accounting;
• Experience with Windows family operating systems;
• Experience with enterprise databases (at least one of Oracle, DB2, MS SQL, Sybase);
• Fluent English and French: written and spoken.

Closing Date: 07 Mar 2013

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