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DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

IT & Technology

Netherlands

Permanent

Updated July 25, 2007

The tasks and responsibilities of the Development Manager are the following:

- Delivery of software development in line with agreed plans
- Responsible for maintaining the application architecture for finance systems globally and as part of the overall IS&D application architecture (aligned to business / functional architecture)

Management tasks:
- All aspects of human resource management including the performance management cycle of internal development staff
- Recruitment of internal and external development resources
- Competences training, implementation of standard processes
- Participation of development staff in defined projects
- Managing relationships with application and resource vendors as appropriate and agreed with management
- Establishing and maintaining the development plan(s) for initiatives as well as baseline
- Planning of development staff for providing production support
- Defining, agreeing, maintaining and improving quality levels (e.g. compliance with ITIL, ASL, Prince2)

Who we're looking for
Education:
HBO / University

Required experience:
- Minimum of 5 years experience as line manager
- Minimum of 3 years managing and leading a team of (10+) application developers
- Working experience in a financial services environment
- Track record of successful delivery of developed applications
- Track record of maintaining application architectures
- Working in an international environment, preferably as internal central software provider
- Implementing software development strategies (code branching, merging) and change management
- Working experience with processing of banking products (back-office processing) and/or financial applications
- Data and process modelling preferred

Knowledge of technologies involved in the overall architecture, such as:
- Financial applications with preference for Oracle/PeopleSoft General Ledger
- MIS and reporting applications with preference for Informatica, Business Objects and FiRE (Financial Reporter)
- Business rule logic applications with preference for Microgen-OST
- In-depth knowledge of one or more of these technologies

Skills:
- Team leader and coach
- Proactive attitude
- Customer focused and result driven
- Ability to create a structured environment but with a pro-active and flexible attitude towards successful results
- Analytical
- Fluent in English
- Ability to plan and organize
- Wi

About our client
Rabobank International is the Rabobank Group Wholesale and Investment Banking operation and has established a world-class reputation in the Food & Agri sector. Rabobank International serves clients, which are among the leading multinational Corporates and renowned financial institutions and are served through 140 offices in 25 countries. The employees are at the heart of the success of Rabobank International.

Department:
The Finance IT department within IT Systems & Development Utrecht aims to provide finance and control departments within Rabobank International globally with IT Systems and Services in a well-controlled, timely and cost effective manner.

The department is actively building and maintaining expertise on financial processing and reporting systems, including Oracle/PeopleSoft Financials, Financial Data Warehouse, Informatica, Business Objects, Financial Reporter (FiRE), Accounting Entry Generator and Reconciliation applications (OST Business Rules).
Through a change programme the financial application architecture is maintained, expanded and deployed globally.

What's on offer
- Excellent package
- International working environment with room for personal growth

Michael Page Contact
Job Ref: EU124991
Your application will be sent to Marcel Riebel.