Appzone Limited Fresh Job Openings 4th October 2016

• Do you have a passion for complex problem solving and designing requirements for software solutions? Do you have the talent and drive required to build solutions that transform the way entire industries function? Is your time so valuable that managers are constantly debating which tasks to assign to you next, because you complete them with ease and speed? Then a career at AppZone is the dream job you’ve been searching for.
• AppZone is Africa’s leading provider of home grown financial technology solutions. We expand the scope and competitiveness of financial institutions by delivering disruptive innovation on agile technology using best practices.
• We recognize that our super-talented and highly motivated people are at the core of our unprecedented success so far. As such, we seek for more extraordinary individuals to join our high performance teams and become part of making history.
• Your contributions have the potential to impact millions of people across Africa as we work together to provide technology that empowers people with unlimited access to financial services

Expectations

• Participate in the data gathering, documentation, analysis, implementation, and testing of business processes, systems, and solution requirements.
• Provide support for parts of the business development cycle including proposal preparation, feasibility studies, and solution presentation.
• Perform feasibility analysis, scope projects, and work with the project management team to prioritizes deliverables, as well as negotiate timelines and product functionalities.
• Perform research to discover technologies, practices, components, and regulations that form input to solutions.
• Produce visualizations, user interface mock-ups and configuration elements of solution design.
• Document functional and non-functional requirements using best practices and tools.
• Partner with development and other functional teams to provide effective reporting on software projects.
• Participate in Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Functionality Testing, User Training, and Stakeholder Reviews.

Required Qualification and Skill Set
The skills and competencies required to accomplish your career move are:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or any other related field.
• Project management professional certification will be an added advantage.
• Basic to intermediate knowledge of programming in any language
• Must have expert knowledge of the software development life cycle.
• 1+ years of business analysis and project management experience
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills.
• Aptitude for analytical problem-solving
• Ability to pay attention to details
• Ease and ability to learn fast and solve complex problems

• Do you have a passion for complex problem solving and programming? Do you have the talent and drive required to build solutions that transform the way entire industries function? Is your time so valuable that managers are constantly debating which tasks to assign to you next, because you complete them with ease and speed? Then a career at AppZone is the dream job you’ve been searching for.
• AppZone is Africa’s leading provider of home grown financial technology solutions. We expand the scope and competitiveness of financial institutions by delivering disruptive innovation on agile technology using best practices.
• We recognize that our super-talented and highly motivated people are at the core of our unprecedented success so far. As such, we seek for more extraordinary individuals to join our high performance teams and become part of making history.
• Your contributions have the potential to impact millions of people across Africa as we work together to provide technology that empowers people with unlimited access to financial services

Expectations:

• Develop, Implement, and Support software products and solutions that integrate with in-house and third party systems
• Provide support to business analysts in the conversion of individual client business requirements into software functionality
• Provide assistance to relevant functional teams by identifying requirements and improvements to architectural design of new/existing applications
• Provide training to client end users with relevant tools and technical documentation.
• Lead a technical work stream as a component of a larger project
• Provide subject-matter expertise, customer advocacy, and analysis through all phases of the development lifecycle
• Communicate effectively well with internal/external parties

Skills Requirements
The skills and competencies required to accomplish your career move are:

• Bachelor’s Degree or corresponding combination of education and work experience in Software Development.
• 2-3 years of programming experience with Web, Windows .NET framework and C#
• 2-3 years experience with WPF applications, ASP.NET, MVC, C#, .Net, Web API, JSON, REST, and SQL Server.
• Good communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal & analytic skills.
• An aptitude for analytical problem-solving
• Ease and ability to learn fast and solve complex problems
• Proficiency in object-oriented design and development using software development best practices.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL database design, T-SQL and stored procedure programming.
• Experience working on Agile teams using Agile methodologies such as SCRUM
• Ability to provide technical input for designs, functional specifications, and other project requirements
• Ability to design, and build, high quality unit tests.

Benefits

• What is in it for you?
• Medical insurance plan
• Pension Scheme
• High-end laptop
• Monthly transport allowance
• Free accommodation in shared apartments
• Exam fees refund
• Professional Membership subscription
• 15 days off work
• Individual performance linked bonus
• Employee stock option package.

• Plan, organize and carry out the internal controls function including the preparation of an audit manual and audit plan.
• Conduct risk assessment of all departments.
• Reports risk management issues and internal controls deficiencies identified directly to the CFO and Company Board and provide recommendations for improving the organisation’s operations.
• Evaluate compliance with existing AppZone policies and procedures, identifying and proposing modifications as needed.
• Identify areas of strengths and weaknesses and engage in continuous education of staff development and operational best practices.
• Review the responses to external audit management letter queries to ensure that recommendations are implemented and ensure that all action items are resolved
• Evaluate information security and associated risk exposures.
• Evaluate regulatory compliance program.
• All other duties as reasonably requested.
• Budget tracking and compliance.

Skills and Responsibilities

• Minimum of a BSc in Accounting.
• Minimum of Two years post NYSC working experience in audit and/or internal control functions.
• ACA, ACCA would be an added advantage.
• Must be performance driven with a proven track record.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Good communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and analytic skills.
• Critical thinking and advisory skills.
• Decision making and judgment skills.
• Team player.

Salary
150,000 – 180,000 Monthly