Job Vacancies at Toyota Financial Services Corporation (IFS)

We are a financial services Company jointly established by Toyota Financial Services Corporation (IFS) of Japan, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan and UMW Corporation Sdn Bhd. In line with our expansion plan, we invite applications for the following positions based in Petaling Jaya :

Manager, Information Technology
Responsibilities :
- Manage and align the IT services by sourcing and/or developing IT solutions that match the Company’s needs
- Manage IT assets, security and integrity of IT systems and operating data of the Company
- Manage vendors to support or supply IT requirements within the Company service level and pricing expectations
- Create an industry standard responsible IT unit
- Ensure IT service is available at the agreed time period
- Support business growth through the implementation/ development of the new application system/cproject
- Manage the server and network
- Create an IT organization which is highly effective and promote development of technical talents and sharing of best practices
- Plan IT strategy and disaster recovery and manage security and budgeting

Requirements
- At least a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent
- At least 4 years of experience in a related field
- Preferably with IT project exposure in software application project handling from the finance/ banking industry
- Experienced in business process re-engineering/ modelling, data migration and interface is an added advantage
- Possess analytical skills
- Must be able to lead and learn
- Must be quality conscious and able to communicate well to put ideas across different levels

Senior IT Executive
Responsibilities :
- Gather, analyze and document business requirements/ project documentation
- Coordinate and manage system plan preparation and testing activities
- Work with developers and end users to ensure project deliverables are of quality
- Support assigned responsibilities from project development through implementation
Requirements :
- At least a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science/ Information Technology or equivalent
- 2 – 3 years of experience in business and system analysis
- 1 – 2 years of experience in implementing software projects
- Preferably with IT project exposure in software application project handling from the finance/ banking industry
- Knowledge of SQL/Oracle
- Possess analytical skills
- Must be able to lead and learn

Interested applicants are invited to write-in, giving full details of age, educational qualifications, working experience, present position and salary, together with a recent passport-sized photograph (n.r.) before 19th March 2011 to :

The Manager, Human Resource
Toyota Capital Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Plaza IBM, Level 20, First Avenue, Bandar Utama
47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Fax. No. : 03 – 7962 6023

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