Ghana International Bank is a leading provider of specialised financial services to Africa’s growing companies and institutions, by leveraging our UK presence, client-focused capabilities, and strong relationships with global financial institutions.

[Purpose] We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to assist the…

Responsibilities:

•  * Manage multiple projects in parallel, major responsibility will be to drive T24 TPH Implementation project.  
  

• Prepare TPH Implementation Strategy, approach & plan working with relevant stakeholders i.e. Business, Operations and Technology & relevant implementation partner
• Facilitate workshops and solution review sessions with business stakeholders, and manage feedback loop;
• Work closely with the relevant business units to gather business requirements ensuring consistent and efficient requirements that can be translated into functional specifications reflecting the user’s needs and fit for purpose for the application/processes. Produce all necessary documentation for the delivery of the change, to ensure developers create effective solutions;
• Write software specifications solutions and apply usability principles and best practices design to specify user interfaces that enhance the end user experience;
• Manage vendors and other third parties involved in the delivery of project components. Assist developers to investigate and find solution to issues. Ensure solutions are built to specifications and to a high standard
• Prepare & present management reports on regular basis demonstrating project status, risks, dependencies and issues. Also ensure that risk mitigations are in place to prevent any negative impact on the project quality
• Work with the Test Team to ensure suitable test cases are developed. Assist the Test Team and users with testing of changes to systems, and management of defects and reporting as required.
• Support relevant technology teams to assess/analyse the defects/issues raised by users and to help analyse and potentially resolve the issue, else provide more information for the T24 Developer to help them with resolution.
• Support all relevant departments with training and guidance on how T24 functions and how it can be used by the users to assist them in the day-to-day processes.

•  * Investigate problems independently and through collaboration with development teams, implementation consultants, project managers bring to resolution;  
  

• Provide accurate estimates on work effort needed to complete Functional Specification Documents;
• Maintain Requirement Traceability Matrix for assigned projects;

•  * Develop and deliver presentations on assigned topics both internally and externally, as necessary  
  

•  * Provide day-to-day business analyst skills to the business as required, investigating issues, providing information, solving problems;  
  

• Ensure that operational risks, audit points and compliance requirements that arise are adequately identified, assessed and mitigated
• Contribute to developing awareness of data across the business in order to ensure the highest standards of compliance. This includes highlighting Data Quality issues & Data Governance best practice
• Lead the gap analysis resolution and prepare information in support of process change

Experience:

• Extensive functional experience as a T24 Functional consultant (at least 8-10 years)
• Experience in T24 R18 and above
• Experience in prior T24 Upgrade or Re-implementation Projects
• Experience in following T24 Transaction Modules AA, Lending, Accounts, Deposits, TPH, Temenos Payments (TP), Faster Payments, Migrations, Accounting and Regulatory Reporting.
• Working knowledge on project management, process mapping and system development life cycle
• Hands on experience in corporate and retail banking especially areas of banking operations, products, and delivery channels.
• Product knowledge in Deposits/Loans/Trade Finance/Payments & Clearing are preferable. Exposure on Accounting, Data Migration and Client Onboarding are also considered.
• Sound knowledge/understanding of latest infrastructure domain across network, database and end user computing
• Techno-Functional / domain background and experience in retail and / or commercial banking
• Prior experience of working for a consulting firm or in financial services industry/banking
• Software company experience must include creation of Business Requirements, Functional Specification Documents, interaction with developers and support of Quality Assurance
• Experience in delivering training to business, testers and users
• Working knowledge of Agile & Waterfall methodologies
• Prior experience in data analysis, data migration or system integration
• Sound understanding of products and operational processes for all key businesses
• Experience in process re-engineering/improvement and business analysis
• Monitoring and auditing data quality
• Identifying, evaluating, and implementing services and tools to support data validation and cleansing
• Liaising with internal and external clients to fully understand data content
• Identifying areas to increase efficiency and automation of processes
• Setting up and maintaining automated data processes.

Requirements:

• Ability to diagram business process flows and define expected outcome
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills.
• Good documentation skills.
• Exceptionally self-motivated and delivery focused.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Articulate, with excellent written and verbal skills.
• Commercial awareness
• Awareness around data security and GDPR
• Change management skills

GHIB are committed to cultivating a diverse, inclusive and empowering culture, so please apply if you meet the majority of these competencies.