(1499) Senior Lead - Payment Systems - BSTD at South African Reserve Bank

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Provide input into the development of policies, standards and processes and work in accordance with corporate governance standards and processes, including the SARB’s policies, procedures and other legislative requirements.
• Develop, document and oversee the implementation of best practices, payment systems’ standards and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for installing, configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting payment systems issues.
• Design, manage and implement short and long-term strategic plans to ensure that payment systems capacity meets the existing and future requirements.
• Develop roadmaps, adoption plans and create and maintain awareness on payment systems and external data services.
• Develop and deploy methodologies for measuring payment systems performance and provide associated statistics, reports and recommendations.
• Lead the investigation, planning, design, testing, implementation and support of payment systems according to industry standards and ensure the provision of payments systems in accordance with agreed upon business requirements and aligned with cost containment initiatives.
• Research and recommend payment systems and negotiate with potential vendors in support of payment systems procurement activities.
• Coach, mentor, develop and oversee the performance of the team.
• Manage the Mainframe, Storage, SWIFT, Bloomberg, IRIS, Haver Analytics, London Stock Exchange Group and SMS.
• Build and manage key stakeholder relationships and participate in other departmental/divisional projects  to contribute towards business objectives.
• Manage the performance of third-party payment systems providers in line with business requirements and service standards.
• Provide input to resource planning, cost estimation, budget development and cost control.

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• a postgraduate qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems or an equivalent at NQF 8 level qualification;
• 8−10 years’ relevant experience in an information technology (IT) environment;
• two years’ experience in people management; and
• five years’ experience in implementing, configuring and supporting end-to-end AV/VC/DS infrastructure in a corporate environment.