Business Application Specialist Careers – Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI)

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Job Title:  Business Application Specialist   

Organisation: Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

 

About the Company:

Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI) is a Microfinance Deposit- taking Institution regulated and supervised by Bank of Uganda (BoU) under the MDI Act, 2003 and MDI Regulations, 2004 with a capital base of Ugx. 168.6 billion. Pride’s purpose is transforming lives responsibly. Pride offers innovative financial solutions to largely people at the base of the economic pyramid and serves its customers through 42 networked branches and 5 contact offices spread across the country and implements sustainability sound practices throughout its business operations to create a positive impact through three sustainability pillars; economic, environment, and social as well as contributing to the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) and their investable sub-goals that relate to microfinance activities.

 

Job Summary:  The  Business  Application  Specialist  will  report  to  the  Manager  Core  Banking  and  Business  Applications.

Main  purpose  of  the  job:- He  /She  will  be  based  at  the  Head  Office.  He  /she  will  be  responsible  for  the  integrity,  safety  and  availability  of  all  Business  Systems  Data  and  applications  as  part  of  the  Pride’s  information  systems,  and  preparation  and  dissemination  of  user  and  management  reports.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Communicate messages  regarding  systems  issues  to  users  in  a  timely
  • Develop and  generate  reports  as  per  user/  business
  • Implement, test  and  integrate  new
  • Install new  operation  systems  and
  • Investigate, diagnose  and  resolve  system  faults  and
  • Liaise with  service  providers  when  needed  to  fulfil  the  requirements  of  the
  • Maintain documentation  of  key  databases  and  applications  linked  to
  • Monitor Business  and  third-party  systems  and  ensure  they  are  always  available  to  users  and
  • Monitor, record  and  respond  to  requests  for
  • Participate and  coordinate  the  Disaster  Recovery  Plan  and
  • Participate in  the  identification  and  development  of  functionality
  • Participate in  the  preparation  of  technical  specification  as  a  roadmap  for  third  party
  • Perform routine  system  backups  and
  • Provide instructions  and  training  to  staff  when
  • Schedule and  run  regular  tests  to  enhance  the  current  systems  and




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s Degree  in  Computer  Science,  Information  Technology  or  any  other  related
  • Experience in  IT  Operations
  • Experience in  software  development  or  database  administration  in  a  busy  organization
  • Microsoft and  Database  Management  certification  is  desirable
  • ICT Security  Knowledge  will  be  of  added  advantage

 

How to Apply:

All candidates should apply online at the link below.

 

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Deadline: 30th November 2024.

 

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 

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Date Posted 2024-11-22T15:51
Valid Through 2024-12-01T00:00
Employment Type FULL_TIME
Hiring Organization Pride Microfinance
Job Location Kampala, Kampala, Kampala , 0256, Uganda

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