Posted on :
20 Jul, 2016
20 Jul, 2016
As the Ghanaian economy evolves, Advans Ghana continues to update its products and services to meet customers’ new financial requirements. The dynamism of the company has over the years attracted young and motivated employees. Today, there are about 400 welcoming staff members ready to serve you in the 12 Advans Ghana offices.
As a Savings and Loans company, Advans Ghana is under the supervision of the Bank of Ghana. Advans Ghana stands apart from other micro-lenders in the stability of its financial support thanks to their shareholders. These include Advans SA and leading non-government organizations such as the International Finance Corporation and KfW, and major banks such as the Société Générale. Advans Ghana is a member of the Advans group. The Advans group is a network of microfinance institutions (MFIs) and microbanks which provide adapted financial services to Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises (MSMEs) and low-income populations in developing, emerging and frontier countries. Advans aims to transfer best practices in corporate governance and operations management to its affiliates.
Job Description
Job Title: Database Administrator
The Banking software administrator will assist the IT manager in providing full life-cycle database support for our banking system. Under the supervision of the IT manager, you will be responsible for maintaining the database, running daily basic tasks, running tests as per supporting end-users for the Head office and branches of the institution.
Key activities
Orbit Banking administration
In order to provide the maximum efficiency to the Advans staff, the IT department is maintaining a helpdesk, which allows each user to report their problems as quickly as possible. The helpdesk will be responsible to log the problem, follow its resolution and inform the users
The Orbit helpdesk provides support for users for any issue regarding the Orbit banking software:
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Education TRaining and areas of expertise
A university degree or its equivalent in IT or Computer science is required. Knowledge of banking software, skilful in installation, implementation, training and programming in SQL is valuable.
Experience
2 years in IT / Banking system support and training in a financial institution.
Personal skills and abilities
Pragmatism, ability to propose (changes for software), autonomy, availability, pedagogy
Possible evolution
His/her responsibilities will depend on the Institution’s activities and growth