Head, IT – Fintech at The Outsource Company

The Outsource Company stands as a wholly Nigerian-owned enterprise, specializing in BPO/ITES (Business Process Outsourcing/Information Technology Enabled Services). Our operations are headquartered in a cutting-edge call center facility in Abuja, Nigeria, featuring 350+ seats (with an additional 1000 seats planned). Our facility is equipped to provide comprehensive voice and non-voice BPO services on a global scale. As a premier organization, we excel in overseeing intricate transaction processing operations and providing holistic solutions. Our spectrum of services extends beyond BPO, encompassing research, analytics, risk advisory, and process consulting, enabling us to offer a diverse array of solutions to our valued clients.

Title: Head, IT – Fintech

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level leadership to development projects that improve the functionality, reliability, scalability, and security of the company’s applications and systems.
• Develop objectives and strategies for implementing innovative solutions while optimizing existing systems, applications, and information.
• Designing and leading the implementation of strategy for technology while ensuring the implementation and enforcement of technology standards across the organization.
• Drive a software development lifecycle process and in-house developed web based applications Leading the development of skills and knowledge across the team.
• Supervise all functional technology areas, including software design and development, enterprise architecture, quality assurance and testing, production operations, technical support, network, and information security management.
• Provide input to annual budget exercises and manage organizational spending to set budgets on technological needs.
• Plan and manage the IT environment, company’s WAN, IP telephone changes etc.
• Research, select, implement, and maintain IT solutions integrated with various data sources.
• Ensure software integration into company systems meets functional requirements, system compliance and interface specifications.
• Coordinate all operations activity, including integrating systems, roll out, and enhance the helpdesk.
• Organize the administration and maintenance of Computer Systems
• Interacts with internal clients on all levels to resolve IT-related issues and provides answers promptly.
• Builds and maintains client relationships and purchases hardware and software products and other IT supplies.
• Seeks to leverage IT trends to create business value consistent with the Head of Department Name Signature Date Job Owner company’s requirements and expectations.
• Oversees the purchase and maintenance of internal hardware infrastructure for staff, such as Servers and laptops, and oversees the organization’s information security, disaster recovery, and business continuity efforts.
• Responsible for translating sales proposals from the Business Development Unit into technical realities.
• Manage and develop infrastructure for significant web and e-commerce properties, delivering continual performance improvement.
• Uses basic knowledge of general financial and accounting principles to understand and communicate how decisions affect the project’s bottom line. Effect all other self-initiated or delegated assignments by direct supervisor or Managing director.

Salary
N1,000,000 / Month

Deadline: 10th August, 2023.

How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the Position as the subject of the email.