First Bank of Nigeria Limited Latest Recruitment, Nov 2018

First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria’s largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant positions below:

Job Title: MDM – Project Team Lead
Ref No: 1800002K
Location: Lagos
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard
Job Type: Full-time
Job Description
The ideal candidate will:

• Develop work plans and manage multiple project work streams to support the implementation of strategic objectives, within budget and within the agreed timelines.
• Follow the day-to-day operations related to own job to ensure continuity of work
• Assists in the preparation of reports to meet departmental requirements, policies and standards.
• Identify and validate key business requirements for assigned workstreams
• Monitor and track milestones and deliverables of assigned workstream(s), and provide reports to the Project Manager on a periodic basis.
• Supervise and monitor the activities of team members and the relevant external consultants, as required
• Ensure that required approvals are obtained and that adequate documentation is maintained for all project expenditures
• Perform other related duties or assignments as directed by the Program Manager
• Analyze data to provide meaningful information for decision-making
• Develop a Communication Plan to disseminate information to all stakeholders throughout the Project life cycle for assigned work streams
• Effectively communicate project expectations to all stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
• Estimate the resources (human, financial and technical) needed to achieve goals.
• Provide solutions, improvements and take corrective action on challenges that may arise
• Identify and manage dependencies and critical path.

Qualifications
Educational Requirement:

• Possesses a first degree in any discipline, preferably MIS/Computer Science.
• Additional qualification and relevant certification would be an added advantage

Work Experience:

• Minimum of Eight years of banking experience, with at least 3 years in Master Data Management Implementation, preferably in a Financial Institution.
• Experience with Program Management Office or Project Management Office desirable
• Supervisory or leadership experience.
• Has participated in at least 3 cycles (projects) of MDM implementation, one of which is in a bank.
• Experience with managing transformation, change management or other strategic projects

Knowledge:

• Good analytical skills
• Knowledge of the concept of Business Intelligence, Analytics & Big Data and demonstrates a good understanding of their impact on ROI.
• Good understanding of trends in digital banking, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Knowledge of Finacle is added advantage
• Knowledge of Principles, methods and tools for Project management
• Knowledge of First Bank service delivery/ operations processes is desirable.
• Good understanding of the Nigerian financial services industry, Banking operations, bank products and services
• Knowledge of Master Data Management and its applicability
• Knowledge of the fundamentals and tangible benefits of Data Quality (DQ), Data Governance (DG) and Data Management
• Knowledge of the concept of Reference Data Management, Metadata Management and their benefits

Skills:

• Highly motivated individual with creative problem-solving ability and eagerness to learn in instances where technical skills and understanding may be lacking;
• Superior writing and verbal communication skills, and ability to present ideas in a coherent and well-structured manner
• Sound interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with other business leads
• Organized and possesses good stakeholder Management Skills
• Highly proficient in Microsoft office packages
• Excellent Presentation Skills
• Team Building
• Strong Leadership and People Management Skills
• Flexibility
• Integrity
• Attention to details

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply for this position

Job Title: MDM – Senior Project Associate
Job ID: 1800002J
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Description
The ideal candidate will:

• Assist in defining project scope, goals and deliverables of assigned strategic initiatives in collaboration with stakeholders
• Participate in identification and validation of key business requirements
• Support development of clear business case/impact assessment for the project
• Collection and analysis of business requirements for projects
• Evaluation of data through task analysis, business process analysis, surveys etc
• Communicating effectively with external and internal customers to deliver projects’ functional requirements
• Develop detailed work plans for assigned work stream
• Develop presentations and reports
• Interface with other teams or departments in FBN as required
• Perform any other duties assigned by Project Manager

Qualifications
Educational Requirement:

• Possesses a first degree in any discipline, preferably Computer Science.
• Additional qualification and relevant certification would be an added advantage

Work Experience:

• Has a minimum of 5 years’ work experience, with at least 2 years in Master Data Management Implementation, preferably in a Financial Institution.
• Has participated in at least 1 cycle (project) of MDM implementation, preferably in a bank.
• Has change management and/or strategic project implementation experience

Knowledge:

• Good analytical skills
• Knowledge of the fundamentals and tangible benefits of Data Quality (DQ), Data Governance (DG) and Data Management
• Appreciable knowledge of the concept of Reference Data Management, Metadata Management and their benefits
• Knowledge of the concept of Business Intelligence, Analytics & Big Data and demonstrates a good understanding of their impact on ROI.
• Good understanding of trends in digital banking, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Knowledge of Finacle and First Bank service delivery/ operations processes will be an advantage
• Knowledge of Principles, methods and tools for Project management
• Good understanding of the Nigerian financial services industry, Banking operations, bank products and services
• Knowledge of Master Data Management and its applicability

Skills:

• Highly motivated individual with creative problem-solving ability and eagerness to learn in instances where technical skills and understanding may be lacking;
• Sound interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with team members
• Good writing and verbal communication skills
• Good Presentation Skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft office packages
• Team Building
• Flexibility

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply for this position

Job Position: MDM – Project Associate
Location: Lagos
Job ID: 1800002I
Job Type: Full-time
Description
The ideal candidate will:

• Assist in data gathering to support key business requirements
• Develop reports based on the research and analysis conducted
• Perform assigned tasks from the project work streams
• Participate and contribute to team problem solving
• Assist in conducting research and analyzing data to provide meaningful insights to support the execution of the project
• Perform other related duties or assignments as directed by the Project Team Lead

Qualifications
Educational Requirement:

• Possesses a first degree in any discipline, preferably Computer Science.
• Additional qualification and relevant certification would be an added advantage

Work Experience:

• Has a minimum of 3 years’ work experience, with at least 1 years in Master Data Management Implementation, preferably in a Financial Institution.
• Has participated in at least 1 cycle (project) of MDM implementation, preferably in a bank.

Knowledge:

• Good analytical skills
• Knowledge of Principles, methods and tools for Project management
• Good understanding of the Nigerian financial services industry, Banking operations, bank products and services
• Basic knowledge of the concept of Master Data Management and its applicability
• Knowledge of the fundamentals and tangible benefits of Data Quality (DQ), Data Governance (DG) and Data Management
• Appreciable knowledge of the concept of Reference Data Management, Metadata Management and their benefits
• Basic knowledge of the concept of Business Intelligence, Analytics & Big Data and demonstrates a good understanding of their impact on ROI.
• Good understanding of trends in digital banking, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Knowledge of Finacle and First Bank service delivery/ operations processes is an advantage

Skills:

• Highly motivated individual with creative problem-solving ability and eagerness to learn in instances where technical skills and understanding may be lacking;
• Sound interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with team members
• Good writing and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft office packages
• Team Building
• Flexibility
• Integrity.