Position: Manager – Business Technology

Location: Cayman Islands

The Maples Group is a standard bearer in financial and legal services, trusted by many of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, private equity firms and international corporations.

Our distinction flows from our carefully curated team: 2,000+ professionals characterised by tenacity, ethics and exacting excellence.  We hire smart and sharpen smarter, arming talent with best-in-class resources and skills.  Operating in key financial centres across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, our international presence offers a unique springboard for career development and cross-cultural immersion.  Our side-by-side financial and legal services are similarly ripe for interdisciplinary learning and growth. 

The Maples Group looks to add a Cayman Islands based Manager – Business Technoloy to our team and invites eager and qualified candidates to apply. 

Who We Seek

Our merit-based culture suits professionals in pursuit of boundless careers and lives.  Beyond their acumen, team members are collaborative and conscientious, bringing a healthy sense of drive and purpose to each interaction and to all aspects of their work.

About the Role

The Business Systems Manager reports to the Senior Vice President – Business Technology  and is responsible for a team of business systems analysts that define the business systems strategy for Maples Fiduciary that is aligned with business needs, works with IT resources (i.e. software developers, infrastructure engineers) and external vendors to deliver a portfolio of systems initiatives that embody that strategy; and provides supports for business-specific systems used by Maples Fiduciary. Success will include business benefits like improved operational efficiency, enhanced client service, better access to business information, and more automated and effective controls.

•  Business Systems Strategy: working with the senior management of Maples Fiduciary to define a business systems strategy that is aligned with business needs, commitments and goals;
• Business Systems Project Portfolio Management: defining and facilitating the prioritization of a portfolio of systems development and implementation initiatives that embody the business systems strategy;
• Business Systems Project Delivery: ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery of the projects within the defined portfolio, and clearly communicating project status on a timely and periodic basis to business stakeholders/sponsors;
• Business Systems Analysis: managing and continually developing the business systems analyst capability for Maples Fiduciary, that includes the performance of functions like: (1) business requirements definition/functional specifications; (2) business process re-engineering, (3) user acceptance testing; (4) system configuration; and (5) user support and training;
• Vendor Management: taking responsibility for properly managing external service providers for Fiduciary Business Systems, and maximization of value realized for our dollar spend -  including prudent contracting, adherence to service level agreements, and status tracking and reporting;
• System Release Management: managing internal and external stakeholders, software developers, infrastructure resources and vendors/consultants through the execution of release plans and the reaction to unplanned events.

 What You Bring

In addition to indisputably high ethical standards and autonomy, the ideal candidate possesses the following:

• will have 10+ years’ of work experience, having achieved experience equivalent to the Manager/Senior Manager-level at a leading consulting firm (Big 4 or MBB), or having led an innovative team of business systems analysts at a financial institution;
• 10+ years’ of hands-on experience as a business systems analyst or equivalent in a relevant industry;
• 5+ years’ of management experience (teams of 5-20 people);
• strong IT project management and delivery experience, with a successful track record of having led a mix of successful systems development, integration and implementation initiatives;
• superior people management skills with the ability to manage a team, clients and stakeholders as well as manage major initiatives;
• strong problem solving, risk-management, change management and communication skills;
• knowledge of relevant system solutions, which may include offerings from vendors like Microsoft Business Central, Dynamics 365, and Viewpoint;
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from a leading university in industrial engineering, computer engineering, or management information systems.

Benefits & Rewards

The most enduring professional relationships are reciprocal relationships.  The Maples Group prioritises employee health and wellbeing. Depending on your location, we offer a range of benefits, including:

• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental and optical)
• Competitive vacation packages
• Educational assistance and professional development programmes
• Savings or pension plan
• Life insurance
• Travel insurance
• Global mental wellness programme
• Sports clubs and social events

About the Maples Group

Over five decades, the Maples Group has grown from modest beginnings into one of the world's preeminent professional services firms, offering specialised fiduciary, fund administration, regulatory and compliance, entity formation and management and legal services on the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, Jersey and Luxembourg.

You can learn more about the Maples Group on our corporate website.  Experience our culture and our people on our Careers Page or on LinkedIn.

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