Head of Funds IT

Your responsibilities

• Lead the IT function supporting the global funds business across infrastructure, cybersecurity, IT operations, application support, change delivery and vendor services.
• Establish a self-sufficient operating model with clear roles, decision rights, controls, service ownership, escalation paths and management routines.
• Provide hands-on leadership across operational technology issues, including incident management, risk remediation, capacity constraints, service stability and delivery prioritisation.
• Build strong working relationships with senior operations, technology, data, digital, risk, finance and business stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions.
• Oversee the stability, resilience and control of technology services supporting funds operations, including hosting, connectivity, identity, access, end-user services and core operational platforms.
• Work closely with infrastructure and cybersecurity teams to ensure appropriate patching, vulnerability remediation, access controls, monitoring, backup, recovery and disaster recovery arrangements.
• Strengthen IT operations discipline across service management, incident response, problem management, change control, release governance and operational reporting.
• Drive remediation of legacy, unsupported, high-risk or inefficient technology where required, balancing business continuity, cost, risk and delivery capacity.
• Prepare the funds technology environment to operate independently, with clear service boundaries, governance, documentation, controls, vendor arrangements and operational accountability.
• Identify and address technology dependencies, transition risks, shared services, data flows, access models, licensing constraints and support arrangements that could affect transaction readiness.
• Develop and maintain a pragmatic technology separation and readiness roadmap, aligned to business priorities, operational continuity and risk appetite.
• Drive strong governance across demand intake, change approval, prioritisation, delivery tracking, control evidence, risk acceptance and executive reporting.
• Drive material cost optimisation across technology spend, including vendor contracts, licences, support models, infrastructure consumption, duplicated services and discretionary change demand.
• Partner with finance, procurement, operations and technology stakeholders to identify, baseline, track and realise cost savings.
• Provide senior oversight of the funds application portfolio, ensuring platforms remain stable, controlled, supported and aligned to business priorities.
• Oversee application lifecycle management, support models, vendor performance, upgrade planning, issue resolution and change governance.
• Promote standardisation, simplification and rationalisation of applications, reports, interfaces and support processes where practical.
• Collaborate closely with senior funds operations leadership, data and digital leadership, business applications leadership, finance, procurement, security, infrastructure and risk stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into clear technology priorities, delivery plans, resource requirements, risks and decision points.
• Support integration, migration, separation, rationalisation and operational readiness activities across global funds technology services.
• Ensure delivery teams remain focused on practical outcomes, operational control, cost efficiency and measurable business value.
• Promote a strong control culture across technology operations, delivery, vendor management, access governance, change management and production support.
• Support audit, compliance, regulatory and due diligence activities with accurate evidence, clear ownership and timely remediation.
• Lead a lean team with clarity, discipline and accountability, ensuring the team remains resilient despite competing priorities and limited capacity.

Our requirements

• Strong technology leadership experience in funds, financial services, asset servicing, fund administration, banking, capital markets, corporate services or another regulated environment.
• Hands-on understanding of infrastructure, cybersecurity, IT operations, service management and application support.
• Proven ability to lead technology teams through operational change, cost optimisation, risk remediation, transition readiness or business separation activity.
• Experience managing complex vendor ecosystems, contracts, licences, service performance, commercial negotiations and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Strong understanding of ITIL-aligned service management, incident, problem, change, release, asset, configuration and service reporting disciplines.
• Working knowledge of cloud, hybrid infrastructure, identity and access management, monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, endpoint services, network connectivity and security controls.
• Ability to assess application portfolios, integration dependencies, data flows, operational risks, service models and support arrangements.
• Commercially astute, with experience building business cases, tracking benefits and delivering meaningful technology cost savings.
• Strong governance, audit, risk, control, documentation and executive reporting capability.
• Proactive, hands-on and collaborative leader who is comfortable working through detail while maintaining senior-level perspective.
• Strong communicator who can engage senior business stakeholders, technology leaders, operational teams, vendors and control functions with clarity and credibility.
• Able to influence constructively, challenge respectfully and make practical decisions in complex, ambiguous or politically sensitive environments.
• High personal integrity, sound judgement, discretion and strong ethical standards.
• Calm and accountable under pressure, with the ability to manage incidents, escalations, competing priorities and constrained resources.
• Pragmatic and cost-conscious, with the confidence to challenge demand and reduce unnecessary complexity.
• A practical technology operator who combines strategic judgement with hands-on problem solving.
• A governance-minded leader who values control, transparency, accountability and cost discipline.
• A collaborative partner to the business who can guide, challenge and support senior stakeholders.
• A resilient leader who can stabilise services, simplify complexity and build confidence in a lean operating environment.
• A commercially aware decision-maker who can prioritise what matters, stop low-value work and focus investment on stability, risk reduction and business value.
• A trusted professional with high standards of ethics, confidentiality and integrity.

Optional

• Experience supporting private equity, real estate, open-ended funds, loan administration, debt, capital markets or fund administration platforms.
• Experience with business separation, divestment preparation, transition service arrangements, carve-out planning or post-transaction operating models.
• Experience rationalising application portfolios, vendor landscapes, licences, infrastructure services or technology support models.
• Experience leading service stabilisation, cyber remediation, operational resilience improvements or legacy technology risk reduction.
• Relevant qualifications in technology leadership, cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, ITIL, project delivery, risk, governance or financial services operations.

What we offer

• Zdrowie pracowników jest dla nas ważne – otrzymasz możliwość dofinansowania do prywatnej opieki medycznej dla Ciebie i Twoich bliskich.
• Dbamy o zdrowy tryb życia i aktywność sportową – otrzymasz możliwość dofinansowania do karty Multisport.
• Jeżeli tak jak my cenisz sobie work-life balance, to zapewne ucieszy Cię, że umożliwiamy elastyczne godziny pracy.
• Ważne jest dla Ciebie bezpieczeństwo? Otrzymasz możliwość wykupienia dodatkowego ubezpieczenia na życie.
• Ponieważ chcemy wspierać Twój rozwój, umożliwimy Ci dołączenie na bezpłatne lekcje z języka angielskiego lub niemieckiego.
• Gwarantujemy stabilność zatrudnienia: umowa o pracę z firmą działającą globalnie, o ugruntowanej pozycji na rynku.
• Ponieważ najważniejszy jest dla nas Twój rozwój zawodowy, zapewnimy szkolenia wewnętrzne, a także dofinansowanie do szkoleń zewnętrznych lub studiów podyplomowych, a także jasną ścieżka kariery Vistra.
• Mając na uwadze Twoją wygodę oraz oszczędność czasu, nasze nowoczesne biuro jest zlokalizowane w centrum miasta.
• Jesteśmy świadomi ekologicznie: adoptujemy pszczoły, zachęcamy pracowników do przyjeżdżania rowerem (mamy rowerowy parking!), a nasz budynek jest eco-friendly.

Benefits

• nowoczesne biuro
• dofinansowanie do szkoleń
• szkolenia wewnętrzne
• bezpłatne kursy językowe (angielski, niemiecki, polski)
• preferencyjne warunki ubezpieczenia na życie
• owocowe poniedziałki
• inicjatywy CSR
• sharing the costs of sports activities
• private medical care
• remote work opportunities
• flexible working time
• employee referral program

Vistra Poland

It’s never been a more exciting time to join Vistra.

At Vistra our purpose is progress. We believe that our clients have the power to change the world and to do great things for global progress, and we exist to remove the friction that comes from the complexity of global business – to help our clients achieve progress without friction.

But progress only happens when people come together and take action. And we’re absolutely committed to building a culture where our people can do just that.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as Senior Java Developer. Reporting to the Product Development Manager, this full-time and permanent position is based in Poland and offers regional coverage, allowing you to make a significant impact to our Commercial & Product Department and its growth.

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to be a leader within a highly successful global payroll services business? Are you an innovative and experienced developer?  Are you looking to take your career to the next level with your expert knowledge and experience and drive success through our values of Respect, Integrity, Teamwork, Accountability, Diversity and Community? Do you have a strong work ethic, global mindset and the desire to help build a great culture?

iiPay, winners of the Global Payroll Supplier of the Year award 2020 is a high growth, innovative company, based in US, Europe and Singapore recognized for delivering an outstanding customer experience and service levels. Our payroll managed service is underpinned by our market leading global payroll management system delivering a unique client experience and value-added services.

iiPay has a unique opportunity for a highly experienced and motivated Developer who wants to be part of this rapidly expanding business, providing expertise to develop new systems and to extend the capabilities of our current platforms to our goal of ‘Paying the Planet’.

All our roles can be performed remotely with occasional visits to the office as requested by your manager. Where we have office locations, our team members are welcome to work: remotely, on a hybrid basis or fully office based as they wish.

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