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Your New Mandarin Job Title: Mandarin speaking Manager of IT - Banking, London

The Skills You'll Need: Fluent in Mandarin and English, working experience in IT management and maintenance in Banking/Finance.

Your New Salary: Depending on experience

Location: Central London

Job status: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates:

• are fluent in Mandarin Chinese
• have working experience in IT management and maintenance in Banking/Finance

If that means this job isn’t a match for you please view our other vacancies for one that may be a better fit.

About The Role:

• Provide day to day IT management, maintenance, troubleshoot and technical support.
• Effectively manage the Branch’s IT infrastructure and systems, solve all related issues in a timely manner.
• Assist the Head of IT in the planning and implementation of the IT Department tasks including the system development, technical development, budget plan, IT requirements and overseeing all technical issues.
• Cooperate and work closely with all relevant 3rd parties, Branch departments and HO IT to ensure smooth business running and regulatory compliance.

What You'll be Doing Each Day:

• Assist to the plan, organise and control the activities and projects of IT department.
• Provide technical support to ensure the IT problems are resolved efficiently.
• Design, implement and test the local IT solutions according to the business plan and requirements.
• Manage reliable and secure IT networks, systems, and services, identifying problems, researching and improving IT solutions to meet business needs.
• Ensure that IT networks, systems and services are monitored and maintained to high levels of quality in accordance with industry standard best practice.
• Ensure IT security controls monitored and maintained to a high standard.
• Cooperate with external support and vendors to ensure effective delivery of IT services on behalf of the Branch and IT teams.
• Plan and manage approved IT projects and associated budgets.
• Plan for and execute necessary changes of the Branch’s IT environment and systems.
• Plan for and execute the Branch’s local Disaster Recovery drills and/or contingency process.
• Monitor and manage the IT system vulnerabilities, take remediation actions to solve the relevant risks.
• Provide support and validation for HO’s IT / system changes, Disaster Recovery drills and/or contingency process.

The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• Proven knowledge of IT infrastructure, network and system related technology.
• Experience in IT management and maintenance.
• Previous IT support experience of handling IT issues from colleagues in the daily work.
• Professional and proactive working attitude with ability to work efficiently and effectively in a demanding environment.
• Self-motivated, reliable, responsible, dedicated and flexible.
• Well organised with good time management and multi-tasking skills.
• Accept to work overtime and work in the weekends if required.
• Proficient skills in Cisco/Huawei/VMware/Windows management.
• Proficient in English and Mandarin language skills.
• Experience in supporting IT in a Financial Institution of UK.
• Experience in coding / script writing.
• Experience in database management.

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We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

People First is committed to increasing diversity, and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability.

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