Job Opening: ICT Specialist (Finance Solutions) – Rome, Italy At IFAD 2025.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is dedicated to eradicating poverty and hunger by investing in rural people. As part of our commitment to enhancing financial solutions that empower communities, we are excited to announce a job opening for an ICT Specialist (Finance Solutions) in our Rome office for 2025.

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We are looking for a talented and innovative professional who is passionate about leveraging technology to improve financial processes and solutions within the agricultural sector. In this role, you will collaborate with diverse teams to develop and implement ICT strategies that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our financial operations. If you are ready to make a significant impact on rural development through technology, we invite you to apply and join our mission to create sustainable livelihoods for millions of people worldwide.

Job Profile Requirements

Organizational Competencies:

Level 1:

• Building relationships and partnerships – Builds and maintains effective working relationships
• Communicating and negotiating – Communicates effectively; creates understanding between self and others
• Demonstrating leadership – Personal leadership and attitude to change
• Focusing on clients – Focuses on clients
• Learning, sharing knowledge and innovating – Continuously seeks to learn, shares knowledge & innovates

• Managing performance and developing staff 
• Managing time, resources and information – Manages own time, information and resources effectively
• Problem-solving and decision-making – Demonstrates sound problem-solving and decision-making ability
• Strategic thinking and organizational development – Personal influence
• Team working – Contributes effectively to the team

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Education:

• Level – Advanced* university degree from an accredited institution in a technically relevant area. The advanced degree may be substituted by a first university degree (Bachelor or equivalent) in the below-mentioned areas plus at least four additional years of relevant professional experience, over and above the minimum number of years of experience outlined below. 

(*) Note: For internal candidates, this requirement will be assessed in line with the provisions set forth in the IFAD’s Human Resources Implementing Procedures.

• Areas – Computer science, information technology, mathematics or other job related field
• Degree must be an accredited institution listed on https://www.whed.net/home.php 
  
  Position specific: Continuing education and certification – please list all technical certificates and evidence of proven exposure relating to the requirements of this vacancy announcement.
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Experience:

• At least five (5) years of progressively relevant, responsible professional experience in information technology, network infrastructure and/or communications technology in a multi-cultural organization or national organization providing support on a global scope.

Position specific experience/skills:

• Financial Systems, technical expertise in working with enterprise financial systems: their implementation, configuration and technical support. Understanding of business context, including compliance and financial rules, that drive business needs. Expertise in mapping financial needs to enterprise systems, through configuration, development or add-on solutions. 
• Experience of working with Oracle on-premise and/or Cloud financial systems. 

Languages:

• Required English (4 – Excellent) 
• Desirable: French, Spanish and/or Arabic

Skills:

Job role specific: 

• Data analysis/architecture, Know-how in the analysis and interpretation of data needs and sources taking into account its operational context, using systems and models to disseminate ensuring integrity, availability to meet reporting and business analytics needs; 
• Basic ICT & digital fluency, Expertise relevant to the specific role (e.g. in-depth, computer information systems, including micro-computer operating systems software, hardware and applications software and other office technology equipment), end-user computing configuration management;  

• Project/Programme management, Identification of key-priorities, ability to structure work to meet deadlines and adjustment of workplan/resource allocation when needed; Programme management: overall management of portfolio of work (including PMO interaction) with expertise to identify dependencies or bottlenecks between projects, managing changes and risks; 
• User experience, Strong focus on the delivery of a positive and intuitive user experience, building on a proactive clarification of user needs and requirements;    

• User technology enablement and support, Advanced configuration and endpoint management, digital mobile communication, seam IT monitoring and backup, incident response and endpoint management;    
• System and Database Administration, Expertise in the provisioning, configuration, management, tuning and performance monitoring of systems and databases; 
• Technical enablement of data analytics and data mining tools, Expertise in the design, development, deployment, maintenance and management of Data Warehouse, data visualization, data analysis, data mining and reporting tools;  
• IT Vendor and Contract Management (incl. cloud),  Expertise in contract and vendor management of IT Software, hardware and services (including cloud);   

• Analytical skills, Outstanding  ability to analyse and synthesize qualitative and/or quantitative information from a variety of sources and filter out key insights and recommendations; 
• Data Management, Data collection, cleaning, transformation and consolidation ; data-base architecture & development ; data presentation;  
• Support in strategy implementation, Ability to lead and manage the development and implementation of medium to longer-term strategies for IFAD / for respective divisions;  
• Client Orientation, Strong critical thinking combined with communication skills to liaise between the business and technologies to understand business problems and needs, document requirements and identify solutions; 

• Leadership, thought leader in relevant domain(s), sought out by others and providing mentorship and effective guidance to others; Ability to build trust, inside and outside the organization by acting as a role model for IFAD’s core values and competencies, and to provide a clear sense of direction, mentorship and effective guidance to the team, strategizing the IFAD’s goals, giving the vision, empowering the team and ensuring a positive environment for all; 
• Change management, Role modelling, anticipation of key risks and conflicts and formulation of contingency plans/solutions, action-oriented;  
• Planning, Know-how in the planning of human, financial and material management of IFAD resources;  

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• Financial data integrity and financial systems, know-how in systems interface control, such as core ERP and related banking / financial management systems, in the corporate data repositories to support data mining and analytics;   
• Budgeting, resource management, Know-how in budget administration and accounting, resource allocation and planning;   
• Procurement, Know-how in the application of the procurement policies, rules and regulations applicable to IFAD HQ and/or Country Programmes/Projects.

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