Senior Officer, Core Business Applications at SBM Bank

The overall purpose of this role is to supervise and maintain the bank’s repository of core software and applications through best practices and the appropriate collaboration with technical, business, and third party organizations as well as plan and coordinate migrations, upgrades, new version analysis and advise on design, development, and deployment of mission-critical information systems.

• Work with various parties to assess, propose, develop, test and roll-out solutions to ensure successful system implementation To ensure full availability (24/7) of all the Applications of Core unit in line with the IT policy, procedures and the Bank’s strategic plan.
• Provide Core Banking System parameterization according to the user requests as well as a regular periodic parameterization.
• Create new branches, products, features, modules in core banking system upon a request. 
• Identify, analyze and report occurred and potential user and/or system problems as well as coordinate with software vendor for solutions, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis and implementing bug fixes. 
• Support system upgrades, new features and/or product tests, and apply fixes/patches. 
• Coordinate DRP/BCP of core banking system testing and provide reports for ensuring compliance to the comply with IT policy. 
• Provide BAU support to head office and branches. 
• Provide coordination and necessary Core Banking System Support during testing, implementation and go live of all core banking peripheral applications such as ATM, Switch, Clearing, AML, Treasury Application, Loan/Credit application, Analytics etc. 
• Analysis and assessment of business needs and requirements versus system support.
• Provide application support to achieve target level of availability thus requiring incumbent to track problems and ensure speedy resolution either internally or by vendor in order to minimize disruption to business operations. 
• Follow-up audit findings, propose remediation and ensure rectification or mitigation be carried out successfully. 
• Work closely with data entry and teller to ensure that they can finish their tasks before close of business. 
• Work closely with human resource office to perform change requests from all branches related to the core banking system. 
• Provides support to the IT Help desk for application-related calls. 
• Ensure to work as per the Bank’s policies and guidelines and also as per audit recommendations/requirements. 
• Prepares written materials (e.g. procedures, system level documentation, reports, memos, letters, etc.) for the purpose of documenting activities, providing written reference, and/or conveying information. 
• Ensure compliance with bank and regulatory requirements during implementation of various related services for the bank. 
• Be a core member for all IT project implementation groups, coordinating execution of BANK related activities. 
• Proactively monitoring Core Apps services to ensure compliance of all users and services, and in case of any discrepancy report immediately to the Manager-Core Applications and Head of IT Applications. 
• Regularly review and update Core Apps related policies, standards and operating procedures, while enforcing departmental and organization wise compliance to the IT management policies. 

Application link:  SBM Bank on www.sbmbank.co.ke