🇸🇱 Job Vacancies @ Antal International – 2 Positions

Antal International is recruiting to fill the following positions:

1.) Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
2.) Head, Corporate & Commercial Banking

See job details and how to apply below.

1.) Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Job Title: Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - Sierra Leone

Industry: Banking

Location: Sierra Leone

Salary: Excellent Package + Salary

Job Purpose

• • Serves as the subsidiaries’ process owner of all assurance activities related to the availability, integrity and confidentiality of customer, business partner, employee, and business information in compliance with the organization's information security policies.

• • A key element of the CISO's role is working with the Group CISO and Executive Management of the subsidiary to determine acceptable levels of risk for the subsidiary in alignment with the overall risk appetite of the Bank.

Responsibilities:

• • Implement and monitor the strategic, comprehensive information security and Cybersecurity management program

• • Work directly with the Group office & other business units to facilitate risk assessment and risk management processes

• • Effectively update approved policies for approval and ensure this is communicated to relevant stakeholders

• • Write comprehensive reports including assessment-based findings, outcomes, and communications for further system security review.

• • Provide leadership to the subsidiaries' information and cyber security team

• • Partner with business stakeholders across the subsidiary to raise awareness of information and cybersecurity concerns.

• • Monitor and troubleshoot security solution/infrastructure as it concerns your subsidiary.

• • Work with available intelligence to identify threats to the environment and propose/implement controls to minimize risk of future events where appropriate or advised.

• • Provide regular updates to the Group CISO and Executive Management team on status of the subsidiary’s risk posture and security program

• • Collaborate with Technology team to ensure that the subsidiary’s’ infrastructure stays protected from cyber threats and breaches

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• • Ensure all critical servers and applications are piped to the central SIEM

• • Train staff to ensure the various levels of competencies required for a better security environment is achieved

• • Carry out daily checks to ensure prized assets are not compromised. Regularly review checks to ensure they are in line with emerging threats

• • Ensure Zero loss due to cyberattack to subsidiary operational availability.

• • Implement expedited remediation of vulnerabilities (internal & external) in line

• • with established timelines

• • Ensure security is embedded in all technology related projects as it concerns your subsidiary

• • Maintain the ISO Management System certification for the subsidiary.

Skills / Competence Requirements

• • Knowledge of common information security management frameworks, such as ISO/IEC 27001, and NIST, PCIDSS.

• • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and high level of personal integrity

• • Innovative thinking and leadership with an ability to lead and motivate cross-functional, interdisciplinary teams

• • Specific experience in Agile (scaled) software development or other best in class development practices.

• • Experience with Cloud computing and services

• • Hands on experience with incident and vulnerability management

Generic Skills

• • Creative, and taking initiative

• • Strong relationship management and communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across a number of departments and services as well as external stakeholders.

• • Strong problem-solving, analytical skills and ability to work under pressure.

Professional Requirements

Qualification

• • Minimum of a Master’s Degree in MSc in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field

Professional Membership

• • Industry recognised professional certifications such as MCTS, MCP, ITIL, CISA, COBIT, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, CFE, CCSP, CCSE, EC-Council

Minimum Experience

• Minimum 5+ years of experience performing security risk assessments, and security consulting and 3+ years of experience leading teams of information security professionals

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2.) Head, Corporate & Commercial Banking

Job Title: Head, Corporate & Commercial Banking - Sierra Leone

Industry: Banking

Location: Sierra Leone

Salary: Competitive Salary Package + Benefits

Responsibilities:

• • Development and execution of the Bank's Corporate Banking strategy in the country

• • Responsible for developing, growing and managing customer relationships and for increasing the Bank’s revenue through marketing of the banks products and services to identified Corporate Customers. Additionally, to develop and maintain positive customer relationships, oversee the marketing of the Bank’s products and services and ensure maximum profitability.

• • Driving Trade business opportunities in the African countries where the Client has established presence by networking with multinationals, large corporate and institutional clients to ensure that they benefit from the full range of Bank’s Trade Services and Products.

• • Drive client acquisition and management of existing Corporate client relationships consistent with the Bank’s strategy in-order to achieve desired quality of business growth

• • Spear head budget preparation for the unit, annual marketing plans and strategies to achieve targeted growth objectives.

• • Primary responsibility for the management of own portfolio of customers ensuring that they receive the appropriate level of service and advice to meet their specific needs

• • Enhance client retention by providing a one-stop point of contact for all the client’s needs and requirements while providing world class customer service

• • Establish and develop various sales strategies to meet ever changing customer needs in liaison with the New Product Development Team

• • Maintain, acquire and reactivate customer relationships to improve deposit liability growth and mix.

• • Conduct market research and competitor analyses within marketing area and develop strategies that will give the bank a large part of the market within its vicinity

• • Monitor and control business office income and expenditure to ensure profitability.

• • Recommend the creation of viable and profitable risk assets to increase business office profitability

• • Identify and develop conglomerates banking relationships

• • Sourcing for and monitoring of customer’s tenured investment / facilities.

• • Design product offerings tailored to meet the needs of the Corporate sector in the country while maintaining regular contacts with their executives to push the Bank’s business.

• • Coordinate Marketing of Regional Trade opportunities covering import and export financing and services, across the group

• • Identify Regional Trade Finance opportunities and trends common across geographies and develop generic solutions to exploit for the benefit of clients and the Banks

• • Build and maintain regional trade sales pipeline

• • Own, manage and update generic trade product programs for regional trade products

• • Keep abreast of local and international developments in the area of trade including competitive offerings in the market

• • Establishment of service measurement systems/metrics

• • Managing, coaching and developing a high-performance team to meet set deliverables

• • Sourcing for and monitoring of customer’s tenured investment / facilities.

• • Prepare weekly and monthly statistics/performance reports for management use.

• • Initiate and carry out recovery action on non-performing credits facilities

• • Perform other duties as assigned by the CEO or his / her designate.

Key Performance Indicators

• • 100 % attainment of annual targets (Deposits, Risk Assets, fees & commission, client conversions)

• • Amount of Contingent Liabilities Commissions & Fees

• • Cost of funds

• • Non funded Income (NFI) and Funded Income (FI) ratio

• • Volume of FX transactions

• • 100 % of zero income leakages

• • Cost income ratio

• • Revenue growth

• • Market share growth

• • Volume of business – deposits and loans/facilities

• • Adherence to policies

• • Market share- low cost amongst others

Job Requirements

Education

• • Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree (with an MBA, MSC or its equivalent) and/or Professional Qualification in Banking related disciplines

• • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

• • Professional qualification in Customer Relationship Management and Sales & Marketing

Experience

• • Minimum experience –10 years cognate experience in management with at least 3 years in a supervisory capacity

Key Competency List

Knowledge

• • Expert knowledge of trade and supply chain

• • Product knowledge

• • Broad knowledge of the global macro economy and its dynamics

• • Deep knowledge of Bank’s products and services

• • Deep understanding of the value chain of the key industries

• • Deep industry knowledge

• • Knowledge of credit risk analysis

Skills/Competencies

• • Project management

• • Product development

• • Strategic savvy

• • Communication (written)

• • Self and team management

• • Presentation skills

• • Innovative

• • Analytical thinking

• • Managing people – cross functional

• • Decision management

• • Developing others

• • Visionary mind

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