Idias is a software development, systems integration, data management and IT consulting firm dedicated to providing customized IT solutions to our clients. We have been delivering IT solutions to some of the best companies to solve the most demanding business problems across all industry sectors through the use of technology, processes and people. We offer world-class IT solutions that are championed to add value to your organization, swiftly generate new revenue opportunities and create confidence in your business

Exploits University is a private university which offers cross-discipline undergraduate and postgraduate programmes approved and accredited by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE)

Madison Holdings Limited is a holding company for its wholly-owned Malawian subsidiaries, Madison Business Advisory (M.B.A), Madison Recruitment Services, Exploits University and Aspen Limited. The role of Madison Holdings is to enhance corporate value through subsidiary-wide decision-making and optimally distributing management resources. Each subsidiary company will concentrate on its business to deliver customer satisfaction by providing high-quality services

Kensington Leadership Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy and leadership establishment designed to conduct meticulous research and develop materials supportive of transforming the economy and social fabric of Malawi through elevation of key public policies, promotion of equity and justice, skills and professional development of leaders from public, private and civil society sectors

- Leading in the planning and execution of the IT strategy and alignment with the company strategy in order to achieve company objectives and maximize IT contribution - Establishing IT departmental goals and objectives and coordinating service delivery - Overseeing the provision of IT services to the business, such as network, infrastructure and other business critical services availability - Reviewing and evaluating departmental requests for computer hardware and software, providing guidance or alternative solutions - Taking full ownership of ongoing ERP enhancement projects for SAP, Sage ERP and other customized software systems - Accountable for the development and maintenance of the IT disaster recovery plan, conducting regular tests and updates according to IT standards - Overseeing systems development, implementation and support - Leading the IT team, including hiring, training, guidance and discipline. Developing and empowering IT staff through coaching, mentorship and delegation in order to create an engaged team that collectively achieves departmental objectives and targets - Taking full ownership in the development, execution, monitoring and controlling of the IT budget

- Carrying out business process analysis to translate business requirements into IT requirements and solutions - Ensuring all in-house systems meet user requirements and are signed-off by continuously providing guidance in systems development, integration, testing, training and documentation - Ensuring all business processes, applications and systems conform to the applicable JSOX controls and JTI standards - Monitoring, controlling and having full ownership of the IT development budget and reporting - Ensuring availability of IT hardware for developed systems - Managing end user support by overseeing the opening, monitoring and escalation of change requests and incidents - Ensuring that peripheral devices are maintained - Managing HR systems (Sage VIP, ESS, Biometrics System, SAP, etc.) - Developing and leading in the development of ERP reports, guiding and mentoring subordinates and associates on reports design and development - Taking full ownership of ongoing ERP projects, liaising with departments researching needs and improvements

- Leading in the development and implementation of the FIU’s short, medium and long term ICT strategies - Leading in the formulation and implementation of ICT policies and procedures - Ensuring provision/and delivery of quality ICT systems and support services - Ensuring continuity of ICT systems, system enhancements and maintenance and administering databases - Implementing and monitoring of logical and physical security to ensure security of data - Conducting market research on ICT tools and products necessary to meet the changing needs of the FIU - Continuously reviewing and implementing the ICT strategy - Planning the ICT contribution to developing and implementing the Financial Intelligence Unit’s strategic plan - Developing and implementing ICT operational, disaster recovery, business continuity and upgrade plans - Planning local area networks and related infrastructure that comply with corporate standards - Formulating and implementing security and access control for data and network devices - Developing and monitoring ICT budget and expenditure

Analyzing, designing, developing and deploying mission-critical systems for Malawi's financial services sector such as the Credit Ceiling Authority (CCA) System and the Central Payment System (CPS) which automate and track the movement of government funds, the Electronic Bidding (e-Bidding) system through which banks and financial institutions nationally electronically submit their bids for Treasury and RBM Bills, the Secure Electronic Messaging system for loading funds into corporate smartcards, etcetera; development of various systems for banks, financial institutions and private companies using state-of-the-art industry standard development platforms, back-end and front-end systems

Managing the mission-critical Foreign Trade Standards (FTS) system which served some 30+ internal users; troubleshooting and resolving hardware/software faults; producing reports on the operations of the Intertek-Malawi office

Configuring, troubleshooting & maintaining hardware and software; providing technical support to users; conducting user training (internet, email and software use); developing and hosting web applications and websites; maintaining the Malawi SDNP websited