First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria’s largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.
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Job Title: Senior Analyst, DevOps Automation
Job Identification: 175
Location: Nigeria
Job Objective(s)
- Responsible for detailed design, implemtation and monitoring of Automation of Repository, Build and Release Pipleline, etc on Azure DevOps
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Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist in planning, coordinating and supervising all activities related to the design, and implementation and management of Repository, Build and Release pipelines as well as Azure app services in line with the DevOps strategy
- Assist development team in all activities with respect to automation and publishing of solution
- Contribute to planning the introduction of new application systems
- Assist developers in fixing build and release issue.
- Actively participate in program unit testing, integration and system testing to ensure they meet quality standards
- Ensure that developed solutions are peer reviewed and formally documented
- Assist in maintaining, supporting and upgrading existing IT systems and applications
- Design, implement dashboards for Performance of DevOps
- Participate in the customisation of application packages
- Ensure that solutions meet requirements outlined in the design documentation
- Review technical constraints and performance issues of business intelligence and integration solutions
- Provide leadership and technical guidance to reports
Job Requirements
Education:
- Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in a business /IT related discipline
- Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage
Experience:
- 7+ years of experience in designing, developing and delivering solutions with at least 2+ years in DevOps practices
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Head, Wholesale Banking Operations (Trade, Payments, Treasury, Corporate Loan Processes)
Job Identification: 173
Location: Nigeria
Job Description
- Business leader responsible for strategic oversight of the Wholesale Banking Operations (WBO) of the Bank, which extend to the trade, payments, treasury, and corporate loan process for functions of the Bank.
- Manages the WBO functions across the Nigeria business and the 6 African subsidiaries, leveraging extensive industry experience to ensure alignment and achievement of the Bank’s strategic direction.
- Articulates strategy for the Wholesale Banking Operations across the key functions of the Bank, primarily responsible for the execution of initiatives to deliver target business outcomes.
- Accountable for performance target and outcomes of the wholesale banking operations of the bank, providing strategic oversight over the functions of the unit.
- Engages with critical internal and external stakeholders, managing the Bank’s interactions with top-level executives at Central Bank (Trades & Exchange, Treasury), Customs, CBN, NSC, NOTAP, FMDQ amongst others.
- Engages internally with Group Heads to design and execute products, processes, and services across the Bank’s business within Nigeria and subsidiaries.
- Leads key hiring decisions for WBO, leveraging understanding of strategic direction, industry experience and team dynamics to recommend candidates for positions within the group.
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Job Objectives
Management of WBO functions (trade, payments, treasury, corporate loans:
- Lead the Business units to achieve strategic goals and objectives, while monitoring WBO transaction processing capabilities for maximum efficiency.
- Management of departments overseeing international trade & payment, local payment (RTGS, NIP & Collection), Security operations, Foreign Currency (FX) settlement, corporate loans booking and middle office operations amongst other products
- Drive the implementation of controls to mitigate risk exposure and manage operational risks, designing effective systems of controls for the business, leveraging data analysis and effective reporting
- Design of practical business solutions and implementation of the solutions in a disciplined and structured manner through process review and implementation of the change.
- Drive the reduction of operational risks within the dealing room through data analysis & effective reporting
- Coordinate Periodical review of industry competitive environment for the purpose of evolving appropriate strategies to deepen the bank’s market share.
- Provides Marketing support to relationship Managers
- Provides Advisory role to Clients and relationship managers
- Effective partnership with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment and compliance to processes, procedures, and regulatory guidelines.
Risk Management & Compliance:
- Collaborate with Internal Control and Compliance to proactively identify risks and implement corrective steps/actions, as necessary.
- Institutionalize the prompt logging / reporting of incidents identifying root cause analysis to ensure prevention of recurrence of the similar incidents
- Lead the regularization of exceptions from routine control checks and internal audits, conducting reviews of system limits and levels of authority as at when necessary in collaboration with Internal Control
- Control all levers to ensure the unit’s functions are consistently in compliance with all regulatory requirements
People Management:
- Lead and manage the team, providing guidance, coaching and opportunities to strive for excellence
- Strategically design succession planning is in place for key and critical Operations roles, establishing and maintaining a recognition scheme for high performers
- Identify, attract, develop, and train the best people ensuring accelerated development of local talent
Cost & Productivity:
- Develop and implement tactical initiatives to consistently optimize cost in WBO
- Consistently champion initiatives that influences reductions in operating costs
- Periodic review of WBO headcount to ensure optimal resourcing in line with budget expected productivity levels
- Implement effective productivity tracker to drive team performance and increased productivity
Job Requirements
Education:
- Minimum Education Required: First Degree in any discipline preferably numerate, and higher degree / recognized professional certification
Experience:
- Minimum experience: 15 years, 10 of which must have been spent in hands on experience in managing wholesale banking operations at a senior management level
- Good Analytical/writing skills
- Good communications and interpersonal skills
- Knowledge in centralized Head Office banking operations
- Experience in the implementation of operational risk management framework
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
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Job Title: Senior Analyst, Developer (.NET Development)
Job Identification: 174
Location: Nigeria
Job Objective(s)
- Responsible for detailed design, programming, testing and roll-out tasks for application development projects, along with providing production application support
Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist in planning, coordinating and supervising all activities related to the design, development and implementation of the systems and software applications
- Assist development lead in all activities with respect to application development & management operations and support
- Contribute to planning the introduction of new application systems
- Develop high-level designs of systems
- Develop prototypes (to improve envisioning and communication) and proof-of-concept systems (to test technology) to validate potential solutions
- Perform coding duties according to the functional and technical specifications in order to solve a business problem
- Actively participate in program unit testing, integration and system testing to ensure they meet quality standards
- Ensure that developed solutions are peer reviewed and formally documented
- Assist in maintaining, supporting and upgrading existing IT systems and applications
- Design, code, test, and document web application software
- Participate in the customisation of application packages
- Ensure that solutions meet requirements outlined in the design documentation
- Review technical constraints and performance issues of business intelligence and integration solutions
- Provide leadership and technical guidance to reports
Requirements
Education:
- Minimum of a First Degree or its equivalent in a Business / IT related discipline
- Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage
Experience:
- 7+ years of experience in designing, developing and delivering solutions
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Application Closing Date: 30th July, 2021.
