Job Description

Cr\xc3\xa9dit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Cr\xc3\xa9dit Agricole Group, the 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2022).
8,600 employees in more than 30 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East and North Africa, support the Bank\'s clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world.
Cr\xc3\xa9dit Agricole CIB offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital market activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international trade.
The Bank is a pioneer in the area of climate finance, and is currently a market leader in this segment with a complete offer for all its clients.

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Reference 2024-85998

Publication date 13/02/2024

Job description

Business type

Types of Jobs - IT, Digital et Data

Job title

Head of Section - Application Services (Ref 52648)

Contract type

Permanent Contract

Management position

Yes

Job summary

Job summary

• The HOS for Application Services is accountable and responsible for all the services under Application Service team.
• He is managing the teams responsible for day-to-day management and maintenance of CACIB business applications ( Technical standpoint).
• Reporting to the Head of Applications and Operations Department, you will be overall responsible over a pool of +50 staffs mixed between internal and external ones.
• He/She is the main point of contact for the service provider and the clients.
• He/She manages the budget for his perimeter.
• He/She is also responsible for the transition of all new services from other regions/domains to Singapore.
• He/She manages/monitors the projects/transitions. He/She promotes continuous improvement principles and ensures running a cost efficient model.
• He manages a local team of Service Managers and Service Lead.
• The HOS is accountable for the RUN services and is responsible for day-to-day operational services on the Application Service department of all the regions that is supported from ISAP.

The team works in Europe time zones and this role will be focused on Paris & Asia working hours. Flexible rotations are allowed based on the nature of duties.

Job detailed description.
The HOS Team Manager has a wide spectrum of responsibilities and actions.
As the manager of his/her team, he/she:

• Sets and reviews the work organization according to activity\'s requirements and people\'s needs and validates the schedules,
• Animates the team to encourage collaboration and sharing of practices,
• Has a role in supporting people development.
• Participates to recruitment process for the team.

As the manager of his/her scope of activity, he/she:

• Meets clients on a regular basis to discuss improvement plans, action plans, evolving threats and changing risks, and provide feedback on policies, standards, procedures, guidelines. SIT leads security for GIT and is the main entry point for clients outside of GIT (ISS, BCP, LGL, and Compliance for security topics).
• The service includes, but is not limited to, incident management (fault investigation, resolution escalations of all monitoring alerts and user initiated problem calls/tickets) and request management, but also global projects like participation in global Infra events (like Power down and DR Tests)
• Ensures activity is performed in compliance with norms, standards, processes and procedures,
• Controls quality of the RUN activities for all applications of all Business Lines.
• Reporting and auditing
• Implements cross-functions activities including continuous improvement initiatives,
• Estimates the yearly budget, sets monthly forecasts and follows up BAU/Project monthly balance.
• Promote and foster new way of working and encourage the team to actively participate to the transformation towards DEVOPS and automation

Supplementary Information

As the first point of contact for the Service Provider, he/she:

• Manages the daily relationship with the Service Provider and escalates when needed,
• Follows up Provider KPI and related actions,

As a member of ISAP/ITS, he/she:

• Facilitates collaboration and spread of information from and to the team,
• Participates to the department\'s activities including brainstorming, team building and other team or transversal actions,
• Fosters innovation mindset and learning culture.
• Contributes to ISAP/ITS global branding and communication
• Manage budget (once a year) and forecast (monthly)
• Optimize use of the team to improve efficiency

Legal and Regulatory Responsibilities

• Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory and internal Compliance requirements, including, but not limited to, the Singapore Compliance manual and Compliance policies and procedures as issued from time to time; Financial Security requirements, including, but not limited to, the prevention of Financial Crime and Fraud including reporting obligations to the Money Laundering Reporting Officer.
• Maintain appropriate knowledge to ensure to be fully qualified to undertake the role. Complete all mandatory training as required to attain and maintain competence.

Position location

Geographical area

Asia, Singapore

City

Singapour

Candidate criteria

Minimal education level

Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent

Academic qualification / Speciality

Bachelor in relevant specialties

Level of minimal experience

11 years and more

Experience

• Minimum 10 years of IT Experience with at least 5 years of management experience and managing multiple services/technologies and people.

Cr\xc3\xa9dit Agricole