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British-American is a leading financial services Group in the country offering a wide range of Insurance and Asset management services to individuals, small businesses, corporations and government entities. British-American is a Global financial services company with offices in London, Mauritius, Malta, Uganda and Kenya. The Group has a long-heritage, providing financial services since 1920. Companies within the group have been successful in providing investment products & services and are market leaders in their respective jurisdiction.
As part of our growth strategy and to strengthen the team to achieve ambitious performance objectives, the Company wishes to recruit an experienced and innovative individual to fill the following positions.
Manager Information Security and Compliance REF: BAG/ISC/2012
Job Purpose Summary Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, the incumbent will be responsible for overseeing the operations of the enterprise’s security solutions through management of the organization’s security analysts and establishing an enterprise security stance through policy, architecture and training processes. He/she will also be responsible for the design, implementation and management of information security policies, standards and procedures.
Key Responsibilities
- Create and maintain the enterprise’s security architecture design.
- Create and maintain the enterprise’s Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan
- Spearhead a compliance program to achieve legal obligations and business goals by prioritizing initiatives
- Assessing the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future technologies.
- Audit existing compliance practices across the organization; isolate potential risks or liabilities and develop mitigation plans.
- Develop and communicate policies, procedures, and plans to executive team, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders regarding Information security
- Ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the data residing on or transmitted to/from/through enterprise workstations, servers and other systems and in databases and other data repositories.
Qualification, Skills and Experience
- Degree in Computer Science/Electrical Eng/Technology Management
- Knowledge in software, Hardware, Systems Administration, Network Technology
- Professional Information Security qualifications: CISSP/CISM/CISA
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and ISACA Certified Information Security Manager
- Minimum of 5 years Information Security & Compliance experience in a large IT environment with at least 2 years of which should be in a senior leadership position
If this position is of interest to you, please email your detailed curriculum vitae and covering letter explaining how you would meet the demands of this challenging and exciting position giving full names and contacts of 3 referees to
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Applications should be received not later than 20th February 2012.
Manager IT Business Analyst & Solutions Architect REF: BAG/BASA/2012
Job Purpose Summary: Reporting to the Manager IT Innovation, the incumbent will be responsible for alignment of business requirements to satisfy the demands of the Group and the Operating Companies; Leading a highly customer focused and cost efficient team of business analysts, whose primary purpose is to collect, analyze, verify and consolidate business requirements.
The incumbent will also manage the solutions architecture function of IT, including establishing an Enterprise IT Architecture that will enable maximum automation as well as innovation in business processes, products & services and in customer services operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Business requirements analysis to produce common Requirement Specifications to support the development and launch of innovative solutions and products.
- Technical input to the definition of the design solution.
- Verify & approve all design solutions to ensure the business requirement hasbeen met.
- Ensure requirements for new products & services are integrated into allappropriate solutions developments.
- Participate in the formulation of the IT strategy and roadmap.
Qualification, Skills and Experience
- Degree in Science/computer science/Engineering/Business related.
- Professional qualifications in Systems development, project management and IT architecture
- 5+ years’ experience as a systems developer/business analyst in a busy IT development environment, and at least 3 years in the Requirements Analysis function & Solutions Architecting function
- Knowledge of business strategy and of business implications of IT/Service solutions roadmaps.
If this position is of interest to you, please email your detailed curriculum vitae and covering letter explaining how you would meet the demands of this challenging and exciting position giving full names and contacts of 3 referees to
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Applications should be received not later than 20th February 2012.
Manager Project Management Office REF: BAG/PRO/2012
Job Purpose Reporting to the Group Chief Information Officer the incumbent will be responsible of managing all Group Projects in line with financial, time, quality and performance targets.
Key Responsibilities
- Manages the full project management life cycle for the implementation of highly complex, large-scale, strategic IT and Business Corporate Initiatives
- Implements established policies, system monitors and controls to ensure the successful management and reporting of all corporate initiatives in the Program
- Manages allocation of resources within the program(s) to meet work fluctuations and budget and time constraints in the delivery process.
- Serves as subject matter expert, providing technical and analytical guidance to the program and project teams
- Manages all aspects of the project/program management of a corporate initiative, which may include: cost benefit analysis, work plans, functional and technical designs, construction, testing and implementation.
- Works with the Business areas in the Operational Readiness activities to provide support and coordination to ensure adoption of new systems and business processes.
Qualification, Skills and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or Engineering or equivalent
- Project Management certificate (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI) (Preferred)
- Previous technical project management experience in a dynamic high-technology environment is a key to success in this position
- 5 years’ experience required, at least 3 years in a combination of the following: Progressive broad-based information systems Project Management experience with state-of-the-art hardware and software systems is desirable; knowledge and implementation experience in new computing architectures and networked computing.
If this position is of interest to you, please email your detailed curriculum vitae and covering letter explaining how you would meet the demands of this challenging and exciting position giving full names and contacts of 3 referees to
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Applications should be received not later than 20th February 2012.
Manager IT Infrastructure REF: BAG/ITI/2012
Job Purpose Reporting to the Group IT Manager, Operations the incumbent will be responsible for the design, implementation and management of business support IT infrastructure including physical and virtual data centers, Servers, storage, Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Internet links and communication systems such as email, PABX, Desktop phones and video conferencing.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing high-level support and technical expertise in networking terminology, including WAN/Hardware, hubs, bridges and routers.
- Responsible for installation, maintenance and providing expert support for the Group servers and central computing services on platforms based on Windows and Unix (HPUX, Solaris, AIX and Linux). This involves technical and administrative tasks needed to keep the systems running on a continuous, efficient and secure basis.
- Responsible for Administering and managing the enterprise databases including Oracle & SQL databases.
- Responsible for developing and promulgating processes, policies and procedures for the IT Infrastructure services and operations.
- Ensure that all IT Infrastructure and related applications are designed, implemented and managed to meet the business’ requirements
- Backup & Recovery Management for the enterprise databases
- Administering LAN/WAN security, antivirus and spam control measures
Qualification, Skills and Experience
- Degree in science/Engineering/Computer Science
- Networking Certification - Cisco/Microsoft/Novell
- IT Service Management - ITIL Certification
- Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in a 24x7 service provider environment
- 4+ years managing technical operations
- Knowledge of software, hardware, systems administration, and network technology
- 3+ years’ experience in network design and implementation, LAN/WAN interfacing, Security, protocol and TCP/IP, and server and network infrastructure
If this position is of interest to you, please email your detailed curriculum vitae and covering letter explaining how you would meet the demands of this challenging and exciting position giving full names and contacts of 3 referees to
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Applications should be received not later than 20th February 2012.
Senior Systems Developer REF: BAG/SSD/2012
Job Purpose The position reports to the Assistant Manager-System Development. The incumbent will be responsible for design, development and 3rd line support of business Applications, ranging from user analysis, design and development to implementation and maintenance. He/She will configure and/or customize business applications to meet business requirements using various database and software tools.
Key Responsibilities
- Work directly with the IT support personnel and teams to resolve issues identified and escalated during daily operations
- Performing the necessary technical design and development functionality to ensure that business application systems can be effectively developed and implemented
- Capturing of business applications information needs and mapping of the same to the software and /or database components.
- Implementing and testing database design and functionality and tuning for performance
- Create test plans, test data sets and perform automated testing to ensure all components of the developed systems meet specifications
- Generation of ideas to improve efficiency in software and application services offered to the business, and/or generate revenue for business
- Drive adoption of ACORD or ITIL into Business delivery models in the Group
- Ensure development and analysis of relevant management reports on various key aspects of the departments responsibilities
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- Degree in Computer Science or technical related field
- Certification in Database systems and RDBMS systems.
- Certified Solution Developer
- 3+ years’ experience in Oracle applications development, which includes system customization and report designs.
- 3+ years development experience with any modern programming tools/Platforms e.g. .NET, Java, Ruby, Action Script, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap
- 3 years’ experience with RDMS preferably MS SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, and Informix
- Have knowledge of Mobile infrastructure, Internet technologies, ecommerce and e-payment technologies
- UNIX user skills.
If this position is of interest to you, please email your detailed curriculum vitae and covering letter explaining how you would meet the demands of this challenging and exciting position giving full names and contacts of 3 referees to
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Applications should be received not later than 20th February 2012.
Service Desk Analyst REF: BAG/SDA/2012
Job Purpose The position reports to the Assistant Manager-Service Desk. The job holder will provide the end to end IT supports requirements for office automation, user computing, hardware, software and applications for the business users. Responsible for developing and promulgating processes, policies and procedures for the IT Service support operations. He/she will be stay abreast of new technologies being introduced and ensure that system components are designed for usability and interoperability.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in IT Service Desk operations
- Resolves support tickets and issues
- Communicates with customers on efforts and resolutions to tickets and issues.
- Escalates support tickets and open issues to the appropriate team member(s) to provide the swiftest of resolutions
- Participates in execution of test plans for internal software applications
- Troubleshooting and fixing system problems and service requests, and
- providing high-level technical support for unresolved service desk issues
- Office automation support and identification of requirements and ensuring customer satisfaction
Qualification, Skills and Experience
- Degree in science/Engineering/Computer Science
- Microsoft Certified Professional – MCP
- ITIL Certification
- ICDL Certification
- Cisco certification - CCNA
If this position is of interest to you, please email your detailed curriculum vitae and covering letter explaining how you would meet the demands of this challenging and exciting position giving full names and contacts of 3 referees to
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Applications should be received not later than 20th February 2012.
Risk & Compliance Manager REF BAG/RC/2012
Job Purpose Summary: Reporting to the Group Finance Director (GFD), the position holder will take strategic management responsibility in facilitating the execution of the Risk Management processes and infrastructure as a key enabler to achieving the business objectives of the Group.
Further, the Risk Manager will be responsible for reviewing new processes and new products with the intention of ensuring that the accompanying risks are within the established ERM Framework and that business owners understand their contribution to the overall risk appetite of the Group.
Key Responsibilities
- Planning, designing and implementing an overall risk management process for the Group;
- Risk assessment, which involves analyzing risks as well as identifying, describing and estimating the risks affecting the business;
- Development of a comprehensive risk register which should be regularly updated
- Establishing the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework to guide the evaluation of each risk for its vulnerability and impact to the Group
- Risk reporting in an appropriate way for different audiences, for example to the risk and compliance committee of the board so they understand the most significant risks, to the business heads to ensure they are aware of risks relevant to their parts of the business and to individuals to understand their accountability for individual risks.
- The jobholder will ensure that there is an effective method for the monitoring and reporting of the status of all corporate risks to the Board Risk and Compliance Committee and the Board.
- Conducting audits of policy and compliance to standards, including liaison with internal and external auditors; Review new processes and new products with the intention of ensuring that the accompanying risks are within the established ERM Framework and that business owners understand their contribution to the overall risk appetite of the Group.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience
- A degree preferably in Actuarial Science, Risk Management, MBA, Economics or equivalent numerate degree and 5-7 years of business experience
- A sound understanding of ERM principles and philosophy as they relate to insurance business
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent Report Writing skills
- Very strong analytical skills
If this position is of interest to you, please email your detailed curriculum vitae and covering letter explaining how you would meet the demands of this challenging and exciting position giving full names and contacts of 3 referees to
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Applications should be received not later than 20th February 2012.
Investment Relationship Manager REF: BAG/IR/2012
Job Purpose Summary: Reporting to the Group Finance Director (GFD), the position holder will take strategic management responsibility for integrating the finance, communication and marketing functions to enable the most effective communication between the Company, its investors, the financial community and other stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Promoting the investors view of the company, analyzing and clearly presenting information about a company and its financial performance to potential shareholders.
- Be in charge of the company financial reports and the investor relations section of company websites.
- Help drive quarterly/half year earnings reporting including logistics calls, creation of press releases, slides, scripts, Q&A, financial and operational schedules, supplementary schedules, and follow-up calls with analysts and investors.
- Be responsible for services such as analyst meetings, investor meetings/ calls, annual report development and delivery, providing related support and accompany other senior management to investor conferences, road shows, in-house investor meetings and analyst days.
- Provide support to the GFD on strategic, financial, competitive, and market study analyses including provision of regular competitive peer benchmarking by tracking and reporting comparative financial and operational metrics and highlighting relevant operational or market changes.
- Develop and nurture a program to identify and target L/T investors that align with management’s goal of achieving L/T profitable growth. Define and shape messaging with presentations, including determination, tracking, and promotion of relevant operational and financial metrics that demonstrate British-American’s strengths.
- Set and adhere to policies that comply with CMA regulatory disclosure rules, listing requirements, and other applicable regulations in as far as they are financial in nature. (please note compliance is a separate function).
Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience
- 5+ years of finance experience with 2+ years experience in managing investor relations.
- A business degree. An MBA will be an added advantage
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent Report Writing and Presentation skills
- Very strong analytical skills
If this position is of interest to you, please email your detailed curriculum vitae and covering letter explaining how you would meet the demands of this challenging and exciting position giving full names and contacts of 3 referees to
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. Hard copies will not be accepted.
Applications should be received not later than 20th February 2012.
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