HEAD OF IT GOVERNANCE
AlphaCredit is the market leader in consumer credit in Belgium and Luxembourg and belongs to the strong international BNP Paribas Group. We offer credit solutions through our business partners or directly to customers. We have experienced strong growth in recent years and now have more than 500 employees. It can matter.
Our IT department is a privileged partner to support the business strategy. In this position you drive the IT budget and sourcing by monitoring the evolution of the expenses and evolution of our internal and external resources. You make sure evolution plans are set up, approved and implemented. As a Governance key figure you guide the IT departments on their expenses and staff variation through your tools. You will partner closely with IT responsible and other business units who you interact with (finance, HR, etc.). You are also the guarantor of our IT governance coming from BNP Personal Finance (our parent company of the BNP group)
This position reports to the CIO.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Head of IT Governance is responsible for:
The IT budget management and monitoring, with the key objectives to defining the IT budget, monitor the IT Cash out spend, manage the IT P&L with Finance stakeholders.
Therefore :
- You design, make the forecast and review the effective budget for IT departments aligned with the BNP Paribas WiSer framework
- You analyze financial information to ensure all operations, investments and IT costs are within budget
- You identify vacancies between actual and budgeted financial results.
- You present monthly Year to date figures and Quaterly Actu to senior managers.
- You ensure department managers meet budget submission deadlines
- You design and implement effective budgeting policies and procedures
The IT sourcing strategy, with the key objectives to align the IT resource model with the IT delivery strategy and optimize the external costs with IT suppliers
To do this :
- You maintain and update the IT Operating Model
- You analyse and calculate the costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure
- You optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency
- You cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes
- You manage the contract negotiation and global contact with stakeholders
- You perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
The IT compliance management, with the key objectives to comply with the local and Group Procedures frameworks, manage the relationship with external or Group auditors and supervise the action plans or recommendations for remediation
The IT portfolio and IT capacity management, with the key objectives to ensure the IT activities are prioritized according to the IT capacity, IT budget and commitments to the business
To do this :
- You establish the portfolio office, setting up and managing the delivery of our IT transformation portfolio (IT for business projects, IT for IT projects, BAU) linked to Agile@scale development of PF Benelux
- You lead the definition and rollout or our IT portfolio, programme and project management standards and tools, working collaboratively with Group, Project Managers et PMO Office. This will include identifying and rolling out training, developing teams and embedding the new delivery culture
- You support activities to organize and run the monthly portfolio governance and investment board and other governance activities by providing recommendations, briefing and management information reports on the portfolio and collating inputs from the various stakeholders
- You follow up with individuals to ensure understanding of the processes
Steering IT Strategy (reporting strategic KPI, Update yearly IT Strategy)
IT Governance Steering (Committees / Minutes / Actions follow up)
Communication :
- Keep abreast of key communications within the BNP Paribas PF Benelux
- Be aware of the various BNP Paribas Personal Finance Benelux Forums and take an active part as necessary, in particular taking initiative to support other functions through the business, as well as selling the IT Team
- Raise awareness of the team and promote and proactive, professional and positive image.
Leadership role : You lead a team and provide clear direction to colleagues to understand their role, responsibilities and accountabilities within the business and their value to achieving our strategic goals
Profile :
- You have a master's degree and have at least 6 years of experience
- You demonstrate excellent management skills to engage staff working within various departments and sites towards achieving common goal
- You have good communication and collaboration skills with your colleagues, team members and stakeholders
- You have an acute perception of the means and methods
- You have an analytical mind and understand the issues.
- You are experience in the management of a team (can be a small team)
- You have analytical skills
- You think ‘customer’ and ensure focuses on delivering excellent results.
- You need to be fluent in English and if possible speaking one of the National Belgian language
Our offer
A challenging position with many internal and external contacts, in an environment that is constantly evolving
Working for a growing company within the strong BNP Paribas GroupHigh learning and career opportunities
A permanent employee contract with a competitive salary and extensive benefits (pension plan, meal vouchers, extralegal holidays etc.).
You will be able to step into our “Flex Income Plan”, which allows you to convert the end of year premium (fixed collective moment of choice each year) in one or multiple advantages (car, additional holidays, internet subscription…).
Promote access to more responsible and sustainable consumption to support our customers and partners.
A leader in consumer credit in Belgium and Luxembourg, AlphaCredit is part of the BNP Paribas Group. We offer a full range of credit solutions through our professional partners.
AlphaCredit continues to grow!That is why we are looking for dynamic new colleagues.
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