IT Project Manager at Human Capital Synergies Africa Ltd

Our Client in the Banking Industry seeks to hire an IT Project Manager. The IT Project Manager will be responsible for developing project plans, goals and budgets; identifying resources needed and accomplishing financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective action.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Developing project plans, goals, and budgets; identifying resources needed.
• Developing schedules and methods for measuring results.
• Guiding and performing strategic analysis for the project.
• Organizing and managing all phases of the project to ensure on-time completion
• Assembling and coordinating project team members; assigning individual responsibilities.
• Preparing requests for proposals and conducting all necessary meetings to facilitate selection of project services and products.
• Planning and overseeing the preparation and dissemination of project communications.
• Verifying application results by conducting system audits of technologies implemented.
• Preserving assets by implementing disaster recovery and back-up procedures and information security and control structures.
• Recommending information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements.
• Accomplishing financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective action.
• Registration of customers, production of ATM cards, maintenance of the bank database and procurement of IT hardware and software for the company.
• Deployment of a new branch or the upgrade of an existing one.
• Audit and inspection visits to branches.

Required Qualifications/Experience

• Degree from Recognized University, preferably in Information Technology, Project Management or relevant field.
• Minimum 4 years Project Management experience in IT.
• Business and IT Strategy experience.
• Must have previously worked for a Banking Industry (Significant Experience).
• Knowledge of related software tools.
• Good communication skills with customers, teams and stakeholders.
• Detail oriented.
• Experience in developing budgets.
• Customer-focused mindset