Our PBIT team is looking for Head International Data Warehouse to join the team in the Singapore office

ROLE SUMMARY:

The incumbent will own the planning, building and operation of the Credit Suisse Private Banking International Data Warehouse (iDWH) and supporting business Intelligence infrastructure and data marts. They will conceptualize, plan, implement and run the iDWH ensuring delivery of new functionality and the fulfillment of agreed service levels.

THE ROLE INVOLVES:

Tasks / responsibilities

- Lead and manage the iDWH team ensuring the capability and skills of staff is suitable for the
ongoing development and operation of the iDWH.
- Coaching of the key staff and enable them by bringing in the broad functional and technical
experience
- Working with Global Product Mgmt to define the strategic roadmap and to identify and
document the business requirements of iDWH, business Intelligence and data mart
environments.
- Ensure that the overall architecture and quality of the iDWH and Business Intelligence
environment is suitable for the business requirements
- Develop best practices for data loading and extraction into and out of the data warehouse.
- Run day to day operations ensuring all SLAs are met.
- Manage the Book of Work (BOW) for the iDWH

Communication
The incumbent will liaise and communicate with senior executives (from IT and the Business) on:
- The objectives and vision of the iDWH.
- The architecture, goals and directions of the iDWH
- The status of projects and initiatives with stakeholders at senior levels.
- The operational status of the iDWH.

In addition the incumbent must:
- Be able to influence decisions through expertise and negotiations and communicate
objectives effectively based on facts and using concepts familiar to the target audience
- Articulate coherently business priorities against technology constraints and opportunities
based on a sound understanding of the overall IT division strategy and architecture.
- Work with other teams and achieve outcomes when all staff required to do work do not report
directly to incumbent.
- Flexibility in working hours to account for communication and collaboration with the various
regions
- Regular travel to head office and regions to work with and meet with stakeholders

The overall responsibility of the Competence Center Private Banking Applications is to support private banking business globally through the delivery of software development lifecycle services and management of provider and vendor relationships.

Our offices are in Singapore, India and Switzerland where we drive the Temenos T24 strategy and product development. Additionally we own the product responsibility for the International Data Warehouse (iDWH) and Integration Layer.

The global Temenos vendor relationship management is done by our specialists in Zurich which also provides project management capabilities for Head Office and global rollout projects.

TO QUALIFY, YOU MUST POSSESS:

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

- University Degree
- English fluent
- Degree in engineering or computer sciences
- MBA or business administration equivalent education

WORK EXPERIENCE/BACKGROUND:

- Must have a degree in engineer, science or business disciplines and 12 + years experience
in data warehousing and business intelligence with at least 7 years in leadership positions
preferably in the finance industry.
- Very good understanding of the banking and management accounting business
- Should have technical background of development, Configuration & Management of solutions
like Oracle, Teradata Data Warehousing & BI solutions
- Well versed to conduct requirement gathering and coordination with business capabilities,
communication & coordination
- Should be able assess future requirement and plan proactively
- Evidence of being able to interact with senior technology and banking executives
- Experience working in a matrix environment demonstrating influence and negotiation skills of
a high order
- Evidence of Project/ people management skill on large multi location projects.
- Evidence of the ability to develop strong interpersonal alliances at all levels both within and
outside the firm
- Very good in understanding business and mapping of business data objects
- Have held a role were they were operationally accountable for a significant business
intelligence environment previously. Experienced in DWH technologies such as PowerCenter,
Oracle and Business Objects. Knowledge of Java and WebLogic Application Server.
- Certification in Change & Release management experience in Development / Software
Integration organizations.

TECHNICAL/BUSINESS SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE:

- Proven technology line management experience.
- Strong background in Banking and Banking technology.
- Strong knowledge of Data Warehouse technology,
- Effective communicator
- Backend system core banking experience in particular Temenos T24
- Experience in IT architecture frameworks is an advantage

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

- Good written communications skills
- Highly articulate
- Highly motivated, independent working
- Exceptionally well organized with a track record that demonstrates self-motivation, creativity
and initiative to achieve both personal and corporate goals.
- Ability to translate organisational strategies and policies into systems and processes with
clear long term impact of processes
- Understand complex relationships and meet timelines
- Role is based in Singapore
- Public speaking and representation
- - Ability to develop relationships with internal clients to understand and address their needs.
- Ability to plan and organise the work so that it is efficient and effective and allows service to be
delivered promptly and reliably.
- Ability to identify opportunities and develop new ideas that will lead to improvements. Ability to
adapt/change behaviour or plans to better achieve the target/objective.

As one of the world's leading banks, Credit Suisse provides its clients with investment banking, private banking and asset management services worldwide. Founded in 1856, Credit Suisse has a long tradition of meeting the complex financial needs of a wide range of clients, offering advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally. Credit Suisse is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 46,000 people. Further information can be found at www.credit-suisse.com.

Cultural diversity is essential to our success. As such, we employ people from more than 100 countries. Credit Suisse empowers employees to work openly and respectfully with each other and with clients, ultimately striving to deliver superior results while offering initiatives and programs to assist employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.

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Credit Suisse is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of any protected category.

To the extent permitted or required by applicable law, a candidate who is offered employment will be subject to a criminal record check and other background checks before the appointment is confirmed.