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Website: Website http://www.tezzasolutions.com/

  • .Net Developer Software Developers with Java / .NET and PHP Skills

    .Net Developer Software Developers with Java / .NET and PHP Skills

    Job description
    Key Responsibilities

    Define and develop application code according to business needs
    Ensures proper documentation of every aspect of application implementations including setup and maintain records, software updates, and changes to the applications.
    Ensure all development conforms to standard system development life cycle plan in line with agile methodologies and principles.
    Drive continuous improvements
    Understand and maintain existing windows/web applications.
    Provide 3rd level support for existing applications.
    Application documentation
    Check-in code into source control
    Deploy programs and evaluate user feedback
    Comply with project plans and industry standards
    Ensure software is updated with latest features
    Design User interfaces that improve user experience for both existing and new applications.
    Participate in requirements review sessions
    Engage external Developers during integration.

    Required Skills And Competencies

    A good degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, or Computer Engineering with a least 2 years cognate experience in system development.
    Good understanding of Object Oriented Programming
    Good knowledge of development frameworks and application architecture. Agile background is an added advantage.
    Good understanding of programming languages (C#)
    Knowledgeable in Systems Network
    Have strong knowledge of relational database (SQL& Oracle e.t.c)
    Good Understanding of User Interfce frameworks (css, node, javascripts or javascript framework such as angular JS, Xamarin)

    General Skills

    Initiative/ Entrepreneurship/ taking ownership
    Analytical Skills/ Problem solving
    Interpersonal Skills
    Oral & Written communication

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  • Junior Project Manager Software Test Analyst IT Project Manager

    Junior Project Manager Software Test Analyst IT Project Manager

    Job description
    Short Description
    In this position, you will be responsible for organizing our clients’ technical projects and ensuring that all members of the operating team work efficiently. You should have an aptitude for thinking outside the box and enjoy critical thinking, organization, and overall team management. Experience within the Banking sector will be hugely beneficial.
    Key Responsibilities

    Review and provide feedback on all project documentations including Business Requirements Documents, System Requirements Specification documents and Functional Design documents
    Review the project plan and Plan activities for how application under test will be verified and validated
    Assist in updating Requirements Traceability Matrix that ties activities back to project documentations
    Assess and confirm that the pre-requisites for initiating the project activities. This would entail the review of; the objectives for the project & the nature of the project/product
    After project approval, assist the sponsor to create a detailed project plan and update the project cost estimate
    Schedule the project based on targets and resource availability;
    Management of the project plan (milestones, activities, key deliverables);
    Confirm adherence to best practice to project management best practice.
    Monitor progress and prepare reports for discussion with Team Leader.
    Guide project teams to deliver projects to agreed time and quality
    Maintains organization’s effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies.
    Directs technological research by studying organization goals, strategies, practices, and user projects.
    Completes projects by coordinating resources and timetables with user departments.
    Verifies application results by conducting system audits of technologies implemented.
    Preserves assets by implementing disaster recovery and back-up procedures and information security and control structures.
    Recommends information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements.
    Accomplishes financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analysing variances; initiating corrective action.
    Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
    Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.

    Desired Skills & Experience

    1+ years of experience within a project management role
    Experience with Core Banking Systems e.g. T24, Flexcube, Banking Fusion e.t.c
    Proven ability to manage complex and multiple projects with tight and conflicting deadlines – fast paced, dynamic work environment.
    Sound working knowledge of technologies and industry trends.
    Strong communication skills and the ability to successfully engender a participative process across a culturally diverse group of internal and external stakeholders.
    Strong initiative, forward thinking and creative problem-solving skills with the ability to create or stimulate customer-focused strategies.
    Strong level PC/software skills, particularly in MS Office suite and project/process design and administration tools (e.g. Visio, MS Project).

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  • Ruby Software Engineer Business Analyst Software Developer

    Ruby Software Engineer Business Analyst Software Developer

    Job Description
    Tezza Business Solutions is seeking a talented SQL / Ruby Developer.
    This opportunity is 80% SQL and 20% Ruby, thus one has to be an SQL wizard.
    Must be a strong team player and comfortable collaborating with the team. Collaboration and teaming are a must as we have a tight knit ,humble team that thrives on delivering solutions together.
    Role Description
    This position is a mid-level Ruby application developer with Ruby on Rails experience. The employee has a passion for clean, well-tested code and a desire to learn and try new technologies. Our current technology stack includes:

    Ruby on Rails
    CoffeeScript
    EmberJS
    Resque
    PostgreSQL
    MongoDB
    Redis
    ElasticSearch
    AWS

    Experience Requirements
    The employee has experience with a range of technologies from CSS and HTML to database design. For example, you do not need to be a JavaScript or PostgreSQL expert but you should be comfortable with jQuery and know the principals of good database design.
    Required
    Software Engineer having experience in these areas and toolsets:

    2+ years professional experience with Object Oriented languages
    1+ year(s) professional experience with Ruby/RoR
    Experience with Git version control
    You have some open-source code on GitHub for us to look at.
    A passion for TDD principles.
    Experience with JavaScript MVC frameworks (preferably Ember.js)

    Candidate should have experience in software development practices and should have excellent programming skills. Candidate should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be energized by performing in a team environment.
    Educational Qualifications Desired
    Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or information sciences with experience of 2+ years in the areas outlined above
    Competencies And Experience Desired
    Strong business and technical knowledge. Must be able to initiate and handle projects (along with team lead). Must be able to clearly communicate the results to non-technical audiences. Strong team player, excellent communication skills across all levels within and outside the organization.

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  • Internship program ( Sales and Business Development )

    Internship program ( Sales and Business Development )

    Job description
    Our Internship program is an “unpaid” Program designed to expose University students in their final year of school to aspects of our business.
    At Tezza Business Solutions, our Internship Program exposes final year University Students to REAL projects giving them an opportunity to apply their skills and capabilities to new and ongoing projects.
    Our program extends beyond our core competencies to all areas of our organization such as HR, Logistics, and Sales & Marketing.
    Looking to have fun while helping our clients reduce cost, improve on overall quality while reducing their time to market?
    Are you a self-starter with a “can do” attitude?
    Is your course of study one of the following – Marketing, Business Management, Information Systems Management, Computer Science, Mass Communication, Journalism, English Language, English Literature, Law? If so, come join our program and get a head start on your career.
    Benefits

    Hands-on, on-the-job training
    Travel opportunities
    Monthly Stipend

  • Senior Marketing Officer

    Senior Marketing Officer

    Job Description: Role and Responsibilities
    Mission: Energetic and intuitive marketing strategist with exceptional leadership and communication skills. Proven ability to identify opportunities and deliver effective strategies to generate results. Experienced in strategic marketing planning, branding, and product development. Adept in online and traditional marketing, and highly skilled in visual communications
    This Person Will
    The Senior Marketing Officer is responsible for driving the success of our products, services & brand promise in the marketplace.

    Establish effective working relationships with sales and agency leadership to ensure that our products and services are implemented through sales enablement and marketing demand generation programs
    Provide feedback into product development and service offers and participates in their development; collaborate to create, launch and track performance of product and service offerings in our markets
    Develop and deliver appropriate field sales enablement tools
    Develop, establish and maintain marketing strategies to meet organizational objectives.
    Demonstrate effective management of the marketing, advertising and promotional activities of the organization.
    Execute online and offline marketing initiatives, integrating online and new media, email, print, direct mail, social media, company websites, SEM/SEO strategy development, brand awareness and drip marketing initiatives. The ability to speak to how these channels work together is very important.

    Responsibilities:

    Marketing

    Articulate product and service offerings, key benefits and messages for use by sales and marketing
    Work with Consulting and Sales to cultivate reference accounts for products and services; identify client success stories and work with marketing to create appropriate case studies and collateral
    Create compelling marketing campaigns using strategies we encourage our clients to use to showcase our abilities to produce results (leads) – our clients use similar strategies to raise funds
    Drive campaign management for client acquisition programs across multiple channels
    Create content for corporate marketing collateral, website/blog/social media, and other initiatives
    Provide assistance on press releases, contributed articles, presentations, events, and conferences
    Internal reporting and other duties as assigned

    Lead Generation & Sales Enablement

    Create effective, compelling positioning, messaging, and sales tools that are understood and used
    Stays abreast of market trends to drive topics for client webinar and whitepaper strategies
    Create sales-ready tools, including market-facing presentation content to be used by Sales to highlight benefits of our services to our clients.
    Execute marketing campaigns and analyse performance that leverage behavioural interest profiling to drive new client acquisition & sales revenue

    Project management

    Responsible for all aspects of projects, including: meeting deadlines, time management, contingency planning, approval channels and procedures, budgeting, campaign analysis, and tracking / monitoring procedures
    Establish and articulate project scope, strategy and objectives to internal clients, production team and key leadership
    Manage creative production of online and offline marketing assets, graphic design, video production and web development, from the initial concept to finished product and execution

    Market Research and Competitive Intelligence

    Understand the products and services offering and approach of key competitors; communicate products and services differentiation to sales and provides input to senior leadership
    Conduct various interviews, including win/loss and post-engagement client interviews/surveys to identify trends and make recommendations to senior leadership Conduct marketing surveys on current and new service concepts

    Required Skills / Special Qualifications

    Creative thinker, excellent listener and communicator
    7-15 years of professional marketing experience preferably in an Advertising Agency
    Skilled in direct response marketing with ability to craft integrated marketing strategies across all channels and touch points, including website, print communications, online communications and direct mail
    Intuitive, Proactive, Collaborative, Leader, Driver, Creative Problem Solver, Analytical, Versatile, and “Thrives Under Pressure” are words that describe you
    Strong communication and presentation skills
    Ability to communicate with all levels of an organization comfortably. ï‚· Ability to manage multiple projects with varying priority at one time –to deliver results on time and under budget.
    Experience working closely with a sales organization with a strong affinity for sales team success. Previous sales experience is a strong plus.
    Experienced with salesforce.com or similar CRM, Netsuite, Silverpop, xmPie, web conferencing tools, MS Project; expert-level proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
    Search Engine Optimization (SEO) certified

  • Accountant

    Accountant

    Job description
    A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent holder with two years experience of general accounting and knowledge of accounting principles and practices. Knowledge of state and federal laws regarding accounting, finances and taxation.
    Job Description

    Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
    Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements.
    Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
    Report to management regarding the finances of establishment.
    Documents financial transactions by entering account information.
    Establish tables of accounts, and assign entries to proper accounts.
    Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
    Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping/ petty cash and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.
    Prepare forms and manuals for accounting and bookkeeping personnel, and direct their work activities.
    Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
    Survey operations to ascertain accounting needs and to recommend, develop, and maintain solutions to business and financial problems.
    Advise management about issues such as resource utilization, tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying budget forecasts.
    Provide internal and external auditing services for businesses and individuals.
    Investigate bankruptcies and other complex financial transactions and prepare reports summarizing the findings.
    Represent clients before taxing authorities and provide support during litigation involving financial issues.
    Appraise, evaluate, and inventory real property and equipment, recording information such as the property’s description, value, and location.
    Maintain and examine the records of government agencies.
    Serve as bankruptcy trustees and business valuators.

  • Internship program ( Sales and Business Development )

    Internship program ( Sales and Business Development )

    Job description
    Our Internship program is an “unpaid” Program designed to expose University students in their final year of school to aspects of our business.
    At Tezza Business Solutions, our Internship Program exposes final year University Students to REAL projects giving them an opportunity to apply their skills and capabilities to new and ongoing projects.
    Our program extends beyond our core competencies to all areas of our organization such as HR, Logistics, and Sales & Marketing.
    Looking to have fun while helping our clients reduce cost, improve on overall quality while reducing their time to market?
    Are you a self-starter with a “can do” attitude?
    Is your course of study one of the following – Marketing, Business Management, Information Systems Management, Computer Science, Mass Communication, Journalism, English Language, English Literature, Law? If so, come join our program and get a head start on your career.
    Benefits

    Hands-on, on-the-job training
    Travel opportunities
    Monthly Stipend

  • Senior Marketing Officer

    Senior Marketing Officer

    Job Description: Role and Responsibilities
    Mission: Energetic and intuitive marketing strategist with exceptional leadership and communication skills. Proven ability to identify opportunities and deliver effective strategies to generate results. Experienced in strategic marketing planning, branding, and product development. Adept in online and traditional marketing, and highly skilled in visual communications
    This Person Will
    The Senior Marketing Officer is responsible for driving the success of our products, services & brand promise in the marketplace.

    Establish effective working relationships with sales and agency leadership to ensure that our products and services are implemented through sales enablement and marketing demand generation programs
    Provide feedback into product development and service offers and participates in their development; collaborate to create, launch and track performance of product and service offerings in our markets
    Develop and deliver appropriate field sales enablement tools
    Develop, establish and maintain marketing strategies to meet organizational objectives.
    Demonstrate effective management of the marketing, advertising and promotional activities of the organization.
    Execute online and offline marketing initiatives, integrating online and new media, email, print, direct mail, social media, company websites, SEM/SEO strategy development, brand awareness and drip marketing initiatives. The ability to speak to how these channels work together is very important.

    Responsibilities:

    Marketing

    Articulate product and service offerings, key benefits and messages for use by sales and marketing
    Work with Consulting and Sales to cultivate reference accounts for products and services; identify client success stories and work with marketing to create appropriate case studies and collateral
    Create compelling marketing campaigns using strategies we encourage our clients to use to showcase our abilities to produce results (leads) – our clients use similar strategies to raise funds
    Drive campaign management for client acquisition programs across multiple channels
    Create content for corporate marketing collateral, website/blog/social media, and other initiatives
    Provide assistance on press releases, contributed articles, presentations, events, and conferences
    Internal reporting and other duties as assigned

    Lead Generation & Sales Enablement

    Create effective, compelling positioning, messaging, and sales tools that are understood and used
    Stays abreast of market trends to drive topics for client webinar and whitepaper strategies
    Create sales-ready tools, including market-facing presentation content to be used by Sales to highlight benefits of our services to our clients.
    Execute marketing campaigns and analyse performance that leverage behavioural interest profiling to drive new client acquisition & sales revenue

    Project management

    Responsible for all aspects of projects, including: meeting deadlines, time management, contingency planning, approval channels and procedures, budgeting, campaign analysis, and tracking / monitoring procedures
    Establish and articulate project scope, strategy and objectives to internal clients, production team and key leadership
    Manage creative production of online and offline marketing assets, graphic design, video production and web development, from the initial concept to finished product and execution

    Market Research and Competitive Intelligence

    Understand the products and services offering and approach of key competitors; communicate products and services differentiation to sales and provides input to senior leadership
    Conduct various interviews, including win/loss and post-engagement client interviews/surveys to identify trends and make recommendations to senior leadership Conduct marketing surveys on current and new service concepts

    Required Skills / Special Qualifications

    Creative thinker, excellent listener and communicator
    7-15 years of professional marketing experience preferably in an Advertising Agency
    Skilled in direct response marketing with ability to craft integrated marketing strategies across all channels and touch points, including website, print communications, online communications and direct mail
    Intuitive, Proactive, Collaborative, Leader, Driver, Creative Problem Solver, Analytical, Versatile, and “Thrives Under Pressure” are words that describe you
    Strong communication and presentation skills
    Ability to communicate with all levels of an organization comfortably. ï‚· Ability to manage multiple projects with varying priority at one time –to deliver results on time and under budget.
    Experience working closely with a sales organization with a strong affinity for sales team success. Previous sales experience is a strong plus.
    Experienced with salesforce.com or similar CRM, Netsuite, Silverpop, xmPie, web conferencing tools, MS Project; expert-level proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
    Search Engine Optimization (SEO) certified

  • Accountant

    Accountant

    Job description
    A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent holder with two years experience of general accounting and knowledge of accounting principles and practices. Knowledge of state and federal laws regarding accounting, finances and taxation.
    Job Description

    Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
    Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements.
    Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
    Report to management regarding the finances of establishment.
    Documents financial transactions by entering account information.
    Establish tables of accounts, and assign entries to proper accounts.
    Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
    Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping/ petty cash and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.
    Prepare forms and manuals for accounting and bookkeeping personnel, and direct their work activities.
    Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
    Survey operations to ascertain accounting needs and to recommend, develop, and maintain solutions to business and financial problems.
    Advise management about issues such as resource utilization, tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying budget forecasts.
    Provide internal and external auditing services for businesses and individuals.
    Investigate bankruptcies and other complex financial transactions and prepare reports summarizing the findings.
    Represent clients before taxing authorities and provide support during litigation involving financial issues.
    Appraise, evaluate, and inventory real property and equipment, recording information such as the property’s description, value, and location.
    Maintain and examine the records of government agencies.
    Serve as bankruptcy trustees and business valuators.

  • Business Analyst

    Business Analyst

    JOB PURPOSE STATEMENT To implement product and process improvement initiatives within the bank for optimum value (efficiency and effectiveness), in line with the bank’s strategic objectives.  KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & PERCENTAGE (%) TIME SPENT
     
    Business Analysis – Manage and execute the Business Analysis effort during the entire project lifecycle. This entails understanding the business needs and project objectives then defining Business requirement documents (BRDs) and Use Cases. (50%)
    Business Improvement Implementation – Participate in business process reviews and support continuous improvement of bank systems and processes across all channels to ensure that the bank has the appropriate platform and capabilities for delivery of strategy. (20%)
    Quality Assurance and Testing – Lead the testing and user acceptance process to ensure solutions are successfully implemented and meet client/business requirements. Manage specific application quality assurance and help desk activities including the tracking of bug reports, change requests and ensuring their timely resolution. (20%)
    Reporting – Ensure that process improvement initiatives and testing activities are being tracked and reported on a regular basis. (10%)   
     
    MAIN ACTIVITIES 
    Undertake process reviews and lead business process reengineering initiatives.
    Document business requirements and use cases.
    Prepare Test Strategy documents and Test Signoff’s, while supporting the business in preparation of Test Cases aligned to the Business Requirements Document.
    Working with the product and process owners, continuously evaluate the performance of the products and processes against       set standards and make proposals for improvement.
    Ensure standards are adhered to in the designing and implementation of processes and systems so as to reduce operational risk and customer complaints arising thereof.
    Analyse  system  changes  for  consistency  with  business  process  performance  objectives  and operational risks and make proposals to the Unit head.
     COMPETENCE REQUIREMENTS
    Interpersonal  skills  to  create  and  maintain  relevant  business  networks;  and  to  effectively communicate with and manage stakeholders who impact performance.
    Quality Orientation to effectively perform assigned activities/tasks in a manner that consistently achieves high quality standards or benchmarks.
    Good understanding of key Bank products to enable business process re-engineering
    Knowledge of relevant banking policies, processes, procedures and guidelines to achieve required compliance standards or benchmarks.
    Self-empowerment to enable development of open communication, teamwork and trust that are needed to support performance and customer-service oriented culture.
    Speaks clearly, fluently and in a compelling manner to both individuals and groups. Able to create rapport with others and develop effective communication and team spirit with colleagues.
    Writes in a clear and concise manner, using appropriate grammar, style and language for the reader.
    Strong Planning and organizing skills to effectively organize and schedules events and activities and resources.  Sets up and   monitors timescales and plans.
      QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
    University degree – Upper 2nd Class or 3.0 GPA.
    A minimum of 3 years working experience, with at least 2 years in Financial Services.
    Project Management, Business Analysis and/or Process Improvement certification an advantage.
    Proficiency in office automation, banking technologies and MS Projects.