AVP - IT Service Management - Ateca Consulting

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Banking, Finance, Accounting, or MIS
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, preferably with a top-tier international bank
• Certified or trained in IT Security and Enterprise Architecture
• Proven ability to lead large-scale architecture and governance initiatives

• Deliver cost-effective architecture solutions for internal and external systems
• Align IT architecture with business goals in collaboration with senior stakeholders
• Coordinate cross-functional architectural changes with other teams

• Use standard frameworks such as TOGAF to design and enhance enterprise architecture
• Maintain and supervise business, application, data, and technology architecture layers
• Design and implement a service-oriented integration layer across systems
• Develop an enterprise information architecture for seamless data interoperability

• Conduct architecture reviews to ensure compliance with IT standards, risk, and audit policies
• Define and enforce enterprise-wide technology standards (e.g., ITIL)
• Provide accurate information to internal and external auditors, compliance, and risk teams
• Stay informed of technology trends and propose relevant updates to architecture standards

• Gather and document system requirements from business units
• Support internal users with product-related queries and system requests
• Maintain service level agreements and improve delivery turnaround times
• Build strong relationships with internal teams and project stakeholders

• Support the bank’s digital transformation and strategic IT initiatives
• Present high-level architecture plans to executive management
• Research and pilot innovative architecture solutions to meet future business needs

• Strategic and analytical mindset
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Deep knowledge of banking systems and enterprise IT
• Ability to lead and coordinate across departments