Assistant Manager, Software & Integration Support (PAPSS) – Cairo, Egypt

CA Global Headhunters has been retained by the Afreximbank based in Cairo, Egypt to recruit for this position. For more information on the Afreximbank please visit their website www.afreximbank.com.  Should you meet the minimum requirements and wish to apply for the position please apply directly to CA Global Headhunters.
 

The Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) is the first centralized payment market infrastructure for processing, clearing and settling of intra-African trade and commerce payments. PAPSS is an arm of the African Export- Import Bank (Afreximbank), which is a pan-African multilateral financial institution, established in 1993 for the purpose of financing and promoting intra and extra African trade. Afreximbank operates and manages PAPSS.

PAPSS is now ready to start operations and is looking for experienced individuals, who are innovative, entrepreneurial and imbued with the passion and commitment to transform Africa through trade.

Description:

Reporting to the Manager Technology and Operations, the Assistant Manager Software & Integration Support will have a detailed real-world understanding of retail payment systems gained in a bank or similar financial institution such as Switches and Payment Service Provider (PSPs) with vast experience in instant payments.

The chosen candidate will lead technical engagements with prospective PAPSS participants (Banks, switches & PSPs) and come up with the system integration requirements and other specific features of the PAPSS product.

This includes but not limited to the integration of PASS to different Core banking applications (Flexcube, Finacle, T24 etc), Infrastructure connectivity, Payment interface and message development and Integration to Central Banks.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct detailed analysis for Instant Payment integration requirements as may be provided by the Product Owner.
• Work closely with the other technical teams to explain and elaborate the Instant Payment requirements and ensure that the acceptance criteria are clearly and unambiguously stated.
• Assisting with the creation of technical documentations such as manuals, requirements, and design specification documents for PAPSS
• Support the team through integration and assist with everything from writing requirements, defining new strategies, planning capacity, discussing field definition, drawing out flows to answering questions from other teams and customers on the PAPSS Instant payment system.
• Develop and maintain new Integration API, PAPSS Sandbox and Management Reporting Dashboard
• Coordination, design, development, deployment, and third-level support of a robust, reliable, and highly available PAPSS Instant Payment Gateway built on proven messaging and web service technologies.
• Technical coordination, interface design, end-to-end development, deployment, and third-level support of PAPSS Instant Payment systems, PAPSS Marketplace and future payment initiatives of PAPSS.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• First degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Mathematics
• Master’s degree in a relevant field or Postgraduate degree in the same or related fields from a recognized University or a relevant professional qualification in lieu.
• At least 5 years of professional and demonstrated hands-on experience in Software development, enterprise architecture and software solution design, obtained from a bank, Switches or Fintechs with a strong focus on cross border Payment for trade & services, preferably at a regional or continental level. Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and or another language such as French or Arabic.
• Detailed practical experience of Payment Schemes and Systems – Instant Payment, SCT Inst, SEPA, FPS, RTGS BACS, CHAPS, SWIFT etc.
• In-depth understanding of ISO20022 payment messages and the usage of specific fields within those messages is Mandatory.
• Technical focus and API experience
• Full range of lifecycle experience, workflow automation flows and automated/improved BA and testing processes. 
• Awareness of industry initiatives impacting the Instant Payments environment. Knowledge of agile methodology is desirable.
• Use of UML diagrams including Sequence Diagrams and State Diagrams using a modelling tool (or Visio)
• Creation and elaboration of Requirements, User Stories, etc. using industry best practices.
• Proven experience of instant payment or software delivery projects.
• Knowledge of i-PAAS, Middleware, Spring Boot/.NET or equivalent
• Comfortable with JBoss, IBM Integration Bus, MQ, Kafka, Java, Oracle, Postgres, AIX
• Knowledge of AWS and other cloud environment is a must

Benefits and Contractual information:

• Permanent Role
• USD tax exempt salary
• Suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Lara Joubert at [email protected]

Please visit www.caglobalint.com for more exciting opportunities.

Lara Joubert

Recruitment Specialist

Banking & Finance

CA Global will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

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