About the Role
We seek experienced bankers and development finance experts to join our expanding network of Greenfield banks in West Africa, Latin America and Central Asia.  As a member of the senior management team, you will be responsible for either lending or operations and ensuring high professional standards are maintained throughout the bank.  This includes managing, developing and training a team of local staff and developing products and procedures.  You will also represent the bank in the local community, establish and maintain effective working relationships with shareholders, creditors and local authorities, and identify growth opportunities for the bank.  The team will report to LFS and the bank’s management board and apply the LFS approach to micro and small business finance.

About the Role
Retail services and products are in increasing demand across all our banks and we now need to expand our team responsible for advising and implementing these products. The postholder will be responsible for identifying needs in relation to Card products and solutions to meet those needs in regions as diverse as Central Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Develop business opportunities and manage the card products from pipeline to implementation in close coordination with our network banks, IT team and service providers, and developing & delivering training, coaching and supporting colleagues
• Identify and drive continuous business improvements in relation to card processes and products including developing generic materials for implementation across the bank network
• Advising on charge back, processing, clearing and settlement, reporting, application with international card payment systems, and card risk management

This role requires extensive travel to network banks in Africa, Middle Asia and Latin America for extended periods of time

About the Role
LFS is setting up a T24 environment to serve our Accessbanks based on the Microfinance and Community Banking package from Temenos. The central development for this environment is going to take place in Berlin, Germany. To help us establish this banking system we are looking for experienced Temenos consultants to work within our development team. This is a short-term contract for a minimum of 3 months and, thereafter on a month-by-month basis.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Support our team in setting up banking products in T24
• Definition of financial products and the related parameters
• Analysis of change demands and problem notifications
• Setup of change requests and presentation to IT software developers
• Management of change procedures from their definition to implementation
• Creation and layout of workflows and related menus, screens and printouts
• Planning user rights management
• Ensure information exchange between business and IT functions
• Development and delivery of end-user training material

About the Role
LFS is setting up a T24 environment to serve our Accessbanks based on the Microfinance and Community Banking package from Temenos. The central development for this environment is going to take place in Berlin, Germany. To help us establish this banking system we are looking for experienced Temenos developers to work within our development team. This is a short-term contract for a minimum of 3 months and, thereafter on a month-by-month basis.

Tasks & Responsibilities

Support in customization of a model bank based on T24 R08:

• Planning of model bank architecture to serve several banks
• Development and adaptation of versions and menus
• Programming of context enquiries, validation routines and no-file functionalities
• Definition of parameter tables and local reference fields
• Creation of complex reports
• Adaptation of deal slips
• Support of less experienced Temenos developers in all areas of T24 programming

About the Role
One of our central business areas is the development of a growing bank alliance supported by our own software system.  In an environment of rapid growth, we require a Specialist IT Development to support this work from inception, through to realisation and support for integrated financial systems platforms.
 
Tasks & Responsibilities

• Planning and designing complex applications (C#/.NET and MS Visual FoxPro)
• Initiating and programming software modules
• Designing and programming MS SQL databases
• Release management in a multilingual environment
• Test and documentation of software components
• Integration of modules and third-party standard components
• Supporting local banks in the launch and application maintenance

• Have responsibility for developing Internal Audit Procedures and Audit Program for IT Audits
• Conduct IT Audits and provide on-the-job training for Internal Audit staff across our network of banks
• Conduct other audit activities, including special investigations and developing training material
• Typically spend more than 6 months a year in our network banks in developing and transition countries, for up to 4 weeks at a time

About the job:
We are continuing to build on our success with a clear timetable for growth, and now seek young professionals to join our Trainee Programme.  As a trainee, you would be assigned to one of our projects on a long-term basis where you would gain practical experience supplemented by lectures, case studies and product training.  Our experience tells us that the best way to gain the skills and knowledge to be successful in the role is to be actively involved in both your training and the work of the team.  So, our Trainee Programme is designed to maximize the opportunities for you to do this including experience as a Junior Banking Advisor and Loan Officer.  At the end of the Trainee Programme, you should have the tools you need for a career as one of our Consultants working in a range of microfinance and similar projects on a long-term basis across the globe.