Afreximbank Assistant Manager PAPSS Software Developer Cairo Egypt

The Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) is the first centralized payment market infrastructure for processing clearing and settling of intraAfrican trade and commerce payments. PAPSS is an arm of the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) which is a panAfrican 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.

Reference Number: BRLJ SD 21

Description:

Reporting to the Manager Technology and Operations the Assistant Manager PAPSS (Software Developer) will have a detailed realworld 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 development and integration requirements and other specific API specifics required for 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..

Key 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 thirdlevel support of a robust reliable and highly available PAPSS Instant Payment Gateway built on proven messaging and web service technologies.
• Technical coordination interface design endtoend development deployment and thirdlevel 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 or Postgraduate degree in the same or related fields from a recognized University or a relevant professional qualification in lieu. Master’s degree required but not mandatory
• At least 8 years of professional and demonstrated handson 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.
• Indepth understanding of ISO20022 payment messages and the usage of specific fields within those messages is Mandatory.
• Technical focus and API experience
• Efficient use of Postman and SOAPUI
• Strong experience with High level programming languages such as Java C# .NET Core and JavaScript frameworks (Angular or ReactJS)
• 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 iPAAS 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.

Proficiency:

• Experienced professional with significant experience in Software development.
• Operates autonomously and is generally responsible for an endtoend process software solution including managing and coordinating people and resources.
• Acts as a 3rd level escalation point across PAPSS for all technical queries and technical clarifications with documented process manual and knowledge repository to aid team members.

Leadership Skills:

• Acts as a subject matter expert in all software and solution delivery providing technical guidance to colleagues across Afreximbank and PAPSS while maintaining required integrity.
• Coaches motivates and mentors junior colleagues.
• May have formal line management responsibilities for a limited number of junior professionals and associates.
• Identifies and addresses training needs for the team including preparing and delivering training programmes as directed by senior management.

Interpersonal Skills:

• Builds and manages effective working relationships both internally and (where relevant) externally at different organisational levels.
• Influences decisions at functional level and may support external negotiations.
• Presents complex technical information to diverse audiences in a clear and concise manner for purposes of driving results.

Problem Solving & Business Impact:

• Solves nonroutine and occasionally complex problems based on sound critical analysis technical knowledge and prior experience.
• Acts with flexibility as an escalation point for technical issues encountered by junior colleagues.
• Impacts its own function by managing a specific area or subfunction including making necessary inputs to strategy and policies and providing expert opinion advice and guidance across the organisation.

Supporting Afreximbank Mandate:

• Has a solid understanding of Afreximbank and PAPSS products and services and how the role of leading PAPSS development team contributes to Afreximbank’ s values and mission.
• Has a good knowledge of the Continent’s political economic and trade landscape and is able to offer well informed opinions on the subject internally and to external counterparts.
• Identifies practical ways in which Afreximbank’ s values and mission can be cascaded to junior colleagues and external parties.

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

Lara Joubert

Recruitment Specialist

Banking & Finance

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