Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited

Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited (HKICL) is a private company jointly owned by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and The Hong Kong Association of Banks.  The key objective of HKICL is to develop and operate a safe and efficient multi-currency and multi-dimensional financial infrastructure in Hong Kong.  At present, it operates an integrated financial infrastructure platform for: 

• interbank large-value fund transfers denominated in HKD, USD, Euro and RMB; 
• interbank money settlement of equity and debt securities transactions in Hong Kong via linkage established with the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited and Central Moneymarkets Unit (CMU) system; 
• interbank small-value fund transfers denominated in HKD and RMB, i.e. the HKD and RMB Faster Payment System;
• interbank clearing and/or money settlement of retail payments in Hong Kong such as paper cheques, autocredits, credit card payments, etc.; and 
• the HKMA’s CMU system as a computer operator. 
   

Major Responsibilities

• Responsible for development of strategic business initiatives as well as maintenance of existing application systems
• Participate in designing, coding, testing, debugging, documenting and implementing computer programs
• Produce necessary documentation whenever applicable
• Analyse and define user requirements
• Design and develop systems specifications
• On call for emergency production incidents and provide fire fighting support

Requirements

• University education with over 8 years’ mission-critical system development experience preferably in the financial sector for Architect (Application Development); over 5 years’ experience for Senior Specialist (Application Development); over 3 years’ experience for Specialist I (Application Development)
• Proficient in z/OS, CICS, COBOL and VSAM
• Knowledge in Java programming and web-based development, particularly in Spring Framework, Hibernate, XML, XSL, JMS, HTML, JQuery, JavaScript, Jasper Reports, WAS, Websphere MQ and SQL will be an advantage.
• Good technical writing skill and prior working experience in banking sector is preferable
• Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese

How to Apply

Interested parties please send your curriculum vitae stating your current and expected salaries, and contact phone number to the Human Resources Division, Unit B, 25/F, MG Tower, 133 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon or by clicking the "Apply Now" button below:

All applications and personal information collected will be treated in strict confidence and only be used for the purpose of recruitment and selection.  The information collected will be accessed by our authorized personnel only.  Those applicants not contacted by the Human Resources Division within two months from their application date should consider their applications filed for future reference which will be retained for one year for possible future job matching, and destroyed after the expiry of one year.