The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is seeking a highly skilled ICT Specialist with a focus on Finance Solutions to join our dynamic team in Rome, Italy, in 2025. This role is pivotal in enhancing our financial systems and ensuring that our technology solutions effectively support IFAD’s mission to eradicate poverty and promote sustainable rural development.
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The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in information and communication technology, particularly in finance-related applications, and will be adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement innovative solutions. If you are passionate about leveraging technology to drive financial efficiency and support agricultural development initiatives, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity.
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.
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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