Job Title: Business Applications Specialist
Organisation: Pride Bank Limited (PBL))
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Pride Bank Limited (PBL) was licensed at a Tier II Credit Institution by Bank of Uganda (BoU) in November 2024 and has a capital base of Ugx. 175.8 billion. Pride aims at transforming lives responsibly by focusing on three High Impact Goals: boosting sustainable agricultural value, growing sustainable SMEs to drive economic transformation and fostering economic resilience through financial inclusion while offering innovative financial and non-financial solutions to people at the base of the economic pyramid and serving customers through 42 networked branches and 5 contact offices across the country.
Job Summary: The Business Applications Specialist will report to the Manager Core Banking and Business Applications and will be based at Head office. He/ she will be responsible for responsible for the integrity, safety and availability of all Business Systems data and applications as part of the bank‘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 manner
- Develop and generate reports as per user/ business requirements
- Implement, test and integrate new applications
- Install new operation systems and releases
- Investigate, diagnose and resolve system faults and errors
- Liaise with service providers when needed to fulfil the requirements of the organization
- Maintain documentation of key databases and applications linked to them.
- Monitor Business and third-party systems and ensure they are always available to users and customers
- Monitor, record and respond to requests for support
- Participate and coordinate the Disaster Recovery Plan and testing
- Participate in the identification and development of functionality changes
- Participate in the preparation of technical specification as a roadmap for third party systems
- Perform routine system backups and upgrades
- Provide instructions and training to staff when necessary
- Schedule and run regular tests to enhance
- the current systems and applications
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or any other related field.
- Experience of at least 3 years in IT Operations.
- Experience in software development or database administration in a busy organization
- Microsoft and Database Management certification is desirable.
- Should possess 2 principal passes at A’ level and credits/pass in Mathematics and English at O’Level.
- He/she should not be more than 40 years of age.
All Internal staff should have at least good performance rating in the recent appraisal cycles.
How to Apply:
If you believe you have the necessary skills and experience and desire to make a difference, then apply immediately and send a detailed curriculum vitae, letters of recommendation from 3 referees, copies of academic transcripts, postal address and a daytime telephone contact. Interested candidates should forward their applications to the HEAD PEOPLE & CULTURE via Email to: [email protected]
Deadline: 25th April 2025
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
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