Chief Information Officer at FNB

FNB is well renowned for its many ground breaking innovations that have significantly reshaped the banking landscape in South Africa. At the core of these innovations lies a strong technology capability that has been developed over many years and is constantly refined in line with the latest developments. Our unique application of technology has become one of our major sources of competitive advantage. Accordingly therefore, the successful candidate will be expected to build on this track record of success by formulating and directing the bank’s IT strategy as well as leading other key technology initiatives and practices across the bank.

responsibilities

• Provide relevant information on both income and expenditure budgets for the functional area to prepare accurate financial forecasts in support of the business goals
• Identifying, facilitating and driving synergies and collaboration opportunities across Segments, Channels and Product Houses
• Draw up service level agreements to meet client expectations
• Ensure quality and quantity of service delivery in support of service level agreements
• Setting the vision and strategy as well as institutionalizing a roadmap for FNB wide IT and systems with due regard to the uniqueness of the requirements of the various Segments, Channels and Product Houses
• Define an IT strategy in accordance with business and technological drivers and promote best practice guidelines through continuous improvement
• Working with Segment and Business Unit CIOs to define and implement industry leading practices, policies and processes in terms of IT portfolio management, IT Risk management and governance, technology architecture etc.
• To ensure that appropriate IT governance and controls are in place across FNB as well as compliance with regulatory controls. Representing FNB at various IT industry forums as applicable
• Ensuring that FNB remains on the cutting edge of innovation by researching and recommending appropriate technology investments in line with the latest developments and trends.
• Driving and directing strategic projects and material cross segment technology investments through the delivery of projects in accordance with business requirements and agreed project timelines
• Development and mentoring of IT leaders and emerging talent across the bank

experience and qualifications

• An appropriate tertiary qualification is a minimum requirement
• An additional business qualification would be an advantage
• Experience in leading a complex technical team preferably in the Financial Services.
• A minimum of 10 years solid experience in a complex, heterogeneous and distributed IT environment.
• Sound knowledge of JAVA, Cobol Assembler.
• A minimum of 15 years experience as a senior IT professional in a large and complex corporate environment, preferably banking
• A proven track record in managing IT shared services and large scale IT projects in a decentralised organisational structure
• A tried and tested ability to manage and lead strong personalities, multidisciplinary and high performance teams
• Experience in driving organisation wide change initiatives and securing key stakeholder buy-in
• A sound IT functional knowledge and experience in systems development and IT operations and understanding of business processes
• Strategic thinker, able to clearly articulate, communicate and implement a vision for IT
• Leading a multidiscipline team
• Sound IT functional knowledge and experience in systems development and IT operations, and good understanding of business processes
• Able to manage engagement with a wide range of stakeholders
• Ability to understand and lead complex IT debates
• Ability to withstand immense pressure and restore calm in the midst of major crises
• Ability to influence and relate to people at all levels
• Good people management skills
• Key stakeholder management and sound relationships with key players in the IT community across the Group
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills
• Sound business acumen and ability to identify opportunities to innovate
• Business engineering and process automation skills
• High energy levels and results orientation

additional requirements