This position is within the Application Services unit department based in Bahrain. The application services Unit is responsible for both development and rollout of new systems and the support of legacy systems. The applications services unit has responsibility for the majority of the mission critical applications used in the Head Office as well as those used in the international branch network.
The primary purpose of this role is to support the implementation of K+ TP initiative along with its ongoing development alongside other Treasury systems. Support Kondor+ and K+ TP, Treasury Front Office to Back Office system from Finastra, at Bank ABC HO and for the branches/subsidiaries on a day-to-day basics.
Responsibilities:
K+ & K+ TP Specialist:
- To take a primary role in the K+ TP Project in Head Office, its future support and development along with the rollout to the branches and subsidiaries.
- To take primary role in implementing any new Branches or Subsidiaries added on K+ & K+TP.
- To take a primary role in the regular upgrades of Kondor+.
- To take a primary role in the integration of new systems to Treasury application
- Create and amend system reports
- Develop and support all interfaces related to front and back-office systems
- To take primary role in the support of Market Risk systems.
- Verify and support front and back-office systems and related interfaces at DRC. Perform the periodic DRC application tests.
- Implement and support Audit, Operational Risk & Compliance solutions.
- Implement and support Portfolio management solutions
- Implement and support new Treasury applications.
- Support Bloomberg TOMS
- Support Credit Risk System – CMS.
- Support K+ TP Back Office
- Support Electronic Trading-FX project and support of the application
IT & Banking Knowledge:
- Interface development
- SQL
- Project Development Lifecyle (Requirements gathering & testing).
- Support process (Incident and Problem Management)
- Banking: good overall knowledge of Banking products and processes
Education:
Experience and Personal Attributes:
- Banking, Accounting, K+ TP specialist (3 to 5 years)
- Professional (customer focused)
- Team Player (within and outside of Group IT)
- Good Time Management
- Good organizational skills and ability to work proactively without supervision
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written in English
- Strong interpersonal skills to ensure effective interactions with all levels in the business.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills.
- Ability to think beyond what is being requested.