CTO (Ireland)

About the Company

Based in Dublin 2 magnífico, Trading 212 Markets is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland as a MiFID Investment Firm and operates a wholesale brokerage operation executing equity and CFD instruments on behalf of its Trading 212 Group affiliates.

Trading 212 Group's mission is to enable retail clients build wealth. We reinvent how trading and investing work by creating exceptional products people love. Fostering a culture of excellence and high velocity is the key to our success. Over the past few years, our client base has grown 20 times to over 3.5 million customers, and our client assets have grown 50 times to over £30 billion.

About the Role

The CTO (IE) is a Central Bank of Ireland preapproved control function (PCF-49). The CTO (IE) will be a vital part of the Irish executive management team, sitting on the Executive Committee and collaborating with the global technology team. The CTO (IE) will provide remit support to senior management on various technology related tasks. This role is a great fit for a highly motivated professional with solid fundamentals in financial services/fintech technology. The CTO (IE) will report into the COO (IE) and work closely with the Group CTO based in London. The successful candidate will handle a wide range of hands on and oversight technology responsibilities with a flexible and adaptable approach to their work. The ideal candidate will be a proactive problem solver with a sharp eye for detail and a strong commitment to the successful growth of Trading 212.

Key Responsibilities finden

• Overall responsibility for managing the firm's information and communications technology which the firm relies upon.
• Responsibility for the development and implementation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) strategy; ensuring the efficient and secure operation of ICT systems; oversight of delivery of ICT projects; and management and development of ICT resources, where relevant.
• Provide oversight and assurance of the outsourced technology services provided by other entities in the Trading 212 Group, ensuring that the services delivered to the firm are robust, scalable, and secure. This includes regularly reporting to the firm's Board of Directors through the governance structure.
• Ensuring the firm is resilient against failures arising from technology and security failures.
• Maintaining compliance는데 with the EBA's Digital Operational Resilience Regulation (DORA) requirements, including establishing and maintaining the "register of information", ICT inventories and ICT outsourcing registers.
• Champion and drive technology changes required to support the effective and efficient operation and delivery of the firm's services to its customers.
• Help define, actively drive, and contribute to the Trading 212før Group's technology and information security programmes, including identifying, selecting and managing technology vendors and appraising onboarding of vendors technology risks.
• Act as the local point of IT contact, providing day to day support to the firm's employees.
• Liaise with the Central Bank of Ireland on any operational resiliency, redundancy or other IT/System related queries.
• Responsible for information security, application, network and desktop support.

What you need to have

navigation to degree level with excellent academic background in specific areas of IT related expertise.

Previous experience as a PCF 49, CIO, CTO, Head of IT, Head of Engineering, IT Director or CISO.

Previous experience within financial services (MiFID investment firm-equity and CFD trading/brokerage, including systematic internalisers and algorithms) or CBI regulated fintech industry would be highly desirable.

High standards of conduct and ethics.

A "right first time" attitude and excellent attention to detail.

Capable of working independently or as part of a team.

Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

An IT generalist with good knowledge of desktop support, infrastructure, networking, outsourcing, cybersecurity, operational resiliency, business continuity, redundancy, documentation management (policies, procedures, ICT risk registers). What we offer

• Challenges that will help you grow and realize your potential fast.
• Opportunity to make a significant impact. You will build innovative services used by millions of investors to build wealth.
• Work with smart, high performing colleagues with a common goal.
• An environment where nothing is set in stone.
• Appreciation for your talent and ideas.
• Autonomy to own your function.
• Generous remuneration package, including health, life & income protection insurance, non contributory pension, 25 days holiday, commuter ticket loans and annual bonuses.

Are you ready to accelerate your career with us? We'd love to hear from you!

We thank all applicants, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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