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IBEC is a highly professional international team capable to fulfil the strategic development goals of the Bank

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KEY FEATURES OF THE IBEC BRAND AS AN EMPLOYER

Established in 1963, International Bank for Economic Co-operation is a unique multilateral development bank with a rich history and consistently professional staff at all stages of it`s development. As a unique financial institution, which has passed a series of internal reforms and is successfully developing at the moment, the Bank under the legendary brand «IBEC» is contributing for professional and career growth of employees within an international business environment and partnership, keeping traditions of the past and developing in the step of the times.

Our Values

We respect the values, culture, beliefs, traditions, business practices of our clients, partners, communities and people around the world.
We conduct business honestly and transparently, we are responsible for our words and our actions.
We are ready to listen and hear in order to resolve all issues together through dialogue, finding mutually beneficial solutions and compromises.
We are ready to help those who need it in order to achieve results together.

We serve our people, our clients, our business.
Our work is multilateral financial diplomacy.
We remain committed to our business even in difficult and unfavorable conditions.
We are motivated by developing ideas and turning them into reality.

We are a team of professionals; we take smart, calculated decisions.
Our dedication and affection with business help us cope with any problems.
We keep our focus on the most important, without wasting resources.
We stand for consistent achievement of goals and self-improvement.

Diversity, differences and versatility are our strengths. We enrich each other.
We are open to new partnerships to move forward together.
We do not retreat when faced with obstacles, but see opportunities and move forward.
Our priority is investment in value creation.

Director of Administrative Department

Duties and Accountabilities

To organize work and monitor activities in the following areas:
- In order to ensure complete and reliable reflection of IBEC operations in the financial statements:
- organize the search for tenants, negotiations and conclusion of commercial lease agreements for real estate in the interests of the Bank;
- organize purchases of goods and services in the interests of operational and technical services of the Bank on the initiative of the Management and in accordance with the decisions of Collegial Bodies or at the request of departments in accordance with the regulatory documents of the IBEC;
- provide high-quality maintenance and operation of the IBEC building complex, including, but not limited to, routine scheduled and requested repairs, organization of control over utility bills, control and proactive repair and maintenance of communications, ventilation systems, water supply, fire extinguishing, etc.;
To organize transportation services, fleet management, catering services and other administrative services in the interests of the Bank and its employees;
To organize usage and cleaning of the adjacent territory, as well as to organize working interaction with municipal authorities.
Develop and achieve key performance indicators in your area of responsibility.

Selection Criteria

University degree in Finance, Economics, International Economic Relations, Engineering or Natural Sciences;
Specialized experience – at least 7 years in the field of real estate management and operation of commercial buildings and structures;
Experience of interaction with local authorities and service providers regarding the issues of operation and maintenance of real estate;
Experience in managing independent business units;
Work experience in foreign or international financial organizations is considered as an advantage;
Knowledge of legislation in the field of commercial real estate transactions, building standards and regulations, requirements of federal and municipal authorities to owners of commercial real estate;
Skills in organizing interaction with shareholders, tenants, utility suppliers, contractors in the field of repair, maintenance, operation and construction;
Deep awareness of the issues of fire safety, emergency response, understanding of industrial safety requirements, occupational health and safety;
Skills of establishing, maintaining and developing relationships with internal and external clients, accuracy, attention to detail;
Organizational skills and the ability to achieve results in a multitasking environment; stress tolerance, adaptability to changing business conditions, active teamwork;
English – advanced (at least B2 level);
Russian – fluency (including oral) (level not lower than C1);
Advanced MS Office user.

Chief Economist, Financial Planning and Reporting Division of the Financial Department

Duties and Accountabilities

Participation in the process of preparing the Bank's planning documents for the relevant year; collection and systematization of information from the Bank's structural divisions in the process of preparing planning documents in terms of indicators for the core banking activities.
Participation in the process of progress monitoring the execution of the Bank's parameters fixed in the planning documents.
Participation in the process of building a forecast of the Bank's financial result and individual financial indicators.
Participation, and in the future, independent conduct of financial analysis and assessment of the financial condition of the Bank.
Development and compilation of management reports on individual indicators for the core banking activities, provided to the management bodies of IBEC, at the request of the Bank's structural divisions, as well as at the request of rating agencies and external counterparties.

Selection Criteria

University Degree in Finance, Economics, Banking;
Work experience:
- in the field of preparation of management reports for at least 3 (three) years;
- in the field of planning - at least 3 (three) years;
- in the financial and banking sector for at least 3 (three) years;
- in the position of chief economist/head of department in the financial and banking sector for at least 3 (three) years;
Experience in international and national development banks is an advantage;
The experience of working with ABS "CFT-Bank" will be an advantage;
Verbal and written English (B2 and above);
Fluency in conversational and writing Russian;
Confident user of MS Office and MS Outlook.

Chief Specialist, Security Department

Duties and Accountabilities

Development and enhancement of information security (IS) architecture within the Information Security Management System (ISMS).
Information security risk management (methodology, assessment, and processing).
Development and updating of policies, procedures, and instructions in accordance with ISO 27001.
Interaction with auditors, conducting SWIFT system audits.
Employee training and education in IS issues.
Strategic planning and reporting to the Department and Bank management.

Selection Criteria

University Degree in Mathematics, Physics, Information Technology, or other technical disciplines.
Experience in information security at a bank at expert level or higher position for 5 or more years.
Knowledge:
- Detailed knowledge of the ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards, understanding of the NIST CSF;
- Knowledge of risk management methods (ISO 27005), PDCA, and SDLC cycles;
- Understanding of the fundamentals of the Bank's business processes and how Information Security is integrated into them;
- Knowledge of security architecture principles and maturity models.
Skills:
- Ability to develop information security policies, standards, and procedures. Ability to conduct interviews and gather requirements;
- Ability to plan ISMS implementation activities, manage budgets and resources, and monitor the implementation of risk treatment plans;
- Ability to conduct a qualitative information security risk assessment and prioritize risk assessments;
- Skills in preparing and delivering presentations to management, training employees, and interacting with auditors.
Advanced MS Office user.
Russian – strictly high level of proficiency (including verbal) (level not lower than C1).
English – within the limits of professional activity (level not lower than B2).

Chief Specialist, Security Department

Duties and Accountabilities

Organizing and assurance the physical security of the facility, the personal safety of the employees of the protected organization, and the safety of property: installing and operating control systems, organizing the work of a private security company, and coordinating with law enforcement agencies.
Organizing and assurance of the economic security of the facility: screening potential contractors and job candidates.

Selection Criteria

University Degree in Law or a Graduate of a military or similar institution.
Work experience:
- at least 5 years in the field of ensuring physical and/or economic security of enterprises in the financial sector, industry, transport, and military facilities.
Knowledge and skills:
- Ability to build and monitor a security system at a facility (TSO, private security company), and organize interactions with security officers and technical personnel;
- Knowledge of the technical specifications of the security equipment involved and the basic rules for their use;
- Analytical mindset, ability to monitor the development of the operational situation, and develop timely management decisions. Developed organizational skills.
Advanced MS Office user.
Native-level knowledge of Russian, both spoken and written.
English (A1 or higher).

Chief Specialist, IT Infrastructure Division of Information Technology Department

Duties and Accountabilities

Design and implementation of a geographically distributed infrastructure architecture (primary site + backup data center).
Development and regular testing of disaster recovery plans (DRP).
Ensuring system availability targets (RTO/RPO) in accordance with business and regulatory requirements.
Interaction with external data center service providers (monitoring SLA compliance, managing equipment placement, organizing communication channels between sites).
Administration and optimization of VMware-based virtualization clusters.
Management of Cisco network infrastructure (L2/L3, Wi-Fi, VPN gateways).
Ensuring uninterrupted operation of the MS Exchange mail system.
Deployment and maintenance of Linux-based services (monitoring, containerization).
Administration of data storage systems and hyperconverged solutions (Nutanix).
Operation and development of Microsoft infrastructure (AD, DNS, DHCP, etc.).
Support and configuration of Cisco UCM corporate telephony.
Participation in information security and import substitution projects (a plus).
Maintenance of technical documentation and diagrams (Visio/Confluence).

Selection Criteria

University Degree in Engineering, Physics, Math or Sciences and/or education in Information Technology; additional education in Finance or Economics is a plus.
At least 5 years of experience in system administration/infrastructure projects (experience in the financial sector is highly desirable). Experience successfully implementing complex hardware and software solutions from scratch. Ability to read and understand technical documentation in English.
Hard Skills:
- Distributed fault-tolerant IT infrastructure:
  - Experience administering VMware Cloud Director or similar platforms.
  - Replication and recovery tools: Deep knowledge of VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), Veeam Availability Suite (Replication), or hardware-based storage replication.
- Virtualization and storage:
  - Expert knowledge of VMware vSphere (7.0+): installation, configuration, migration, HA, DRS, and vMotion.
  - Storage experience: understanding of SAN (FC, iSCSI) principles, experience administering enterprise-class solutions.
- Networking Technologies:
  - Cisco Expert: deep understanding of the TCP/IP protocol stack, experience configuring switches, routers, and firewalls.
  - Experience building and supporting corporate Wi-Fi networks (WLC).
  - Configuring secure communication channels: VPN (Site-to-Site, AnyConnect).
- Microsoft Infrastructure:
  - Windows Server 2012-2019: advanced AD administration (group policies, sites, trust relationships).
  - Confident mastery of roles: DNS, DHCP, IIS, DFS.
  - Experience with WAP, ADFS, WSUS, KMS.
  - MS Exchange Server: mail database administration, setting up send/receive rules, troubleshooting, configuration via PowerShell.
- Linux and Monitoring:
  - Experience administering Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/CentOS).
  - Experience deploying and customizing Zabbix monitoring systems and Grafana (or similar) visualization systems.
  - Basic Docker skills (container administration, understanding of orchestration principles, application deployment and updates).
- Cryptography:
  - Experience administering PKI infrastructure elements in Windows and Linux environments.
- Telephony:
  - Experience administering Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM): phone configuration, call routing, voice gateways.
- Additional knowledge and experience in the following areas would be a significant advantage:
  - Nutanix platform administration (AHV/AOS, AFS).
  - Experience building Metro clusters: knowledge of VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (vMSC) or similar technologies.
  - Network connectivity (L2/L3 Extension): experience extending networks between sites (OTV, VXLAN, EVPN, or specialized Cisco solutions).
  - Traffic balancing: experience with Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) solutions for automatically switching users between data centers.
Spoken and written English (B2 or higher).
Fluent in Russian.
Expert-level MS Office user.

Chief Specialist of System and Application Development and Support Division of Information Technology Department

Duties and Accountabilities

Development and enhancement of banking systems:
- Design and development of local objects and functionality in the CFT-Bank ABS (IBSO) environment.
- Writing PL/SQL and PL Plus code for the Oracle DBMS.
- Creating and configuring banking products: settlement and cash services (SCS), securities, deposits, and settlement centers.
- Developing integration solutions for interaction between the CFT-Bank and external systems.
- Process automation: creating procedures for multi-threaded data processing and file import/export systems.
- Reporting development: setting up mandatory banking, analytical, and management reporting.
Maintenance and system integration:
- Administration of the CFT-Bank system across all implemented modules.
- Installation of updates and scheduled upgrades to the CFT-Bank system.
- Data migration: converting historical information (accounts, clients, payment documents) when migrating from legacy systems.
- Technical support: analyzing and correcting software errors, consulting bank employees on completed settings.
Analytical and management activities:
- Business analysis: interacting with business units, gathering requirements, setting tasks for development and testing functionality.
- Project management: participating in projects to implement digital financial technologies and build integrated solutions.
- Documentation: writing technical specifications and user manuals.

Selection Criteria

University degree in Engineering, Physics, Math and/or education in Information Technology; additional education in Finance or Economics is a plus.
At least 5 years of experience in Information Technology and Banking development.
Hard Skills:
- CFT-Bank Platform (IBSO):
  - Proficiency in the CFT-Bank ABS environment and architecture.
  - Experience developing local objects, operations, and custom products at CFT.
  - Participation in CFT-Bank ABS implementation projects.
- Programming and DBMS:
  - Expert knowledge of PL/SQL, SQL, and PL Plus.
  - Experience with Oracle DBMS (versions 8i, 9, and higher).
  - Skills in developing multithreaded data processing procedures.
- Integration and Reporting:
  - Experience implementing intersystem interactions (KBR automated workstation, integration of client-bank systems with the CFT-Bank core banking system).
  - Setting up mandatory and management reporting.
  - Data import/export (including working with SWIFT documents).
Functional experience:
- Banking products: a deep understanding of cash management processes, deposits, loans, settlement center operations, cash transactions, and stock exchange subsystems.
- Accounting: knowledge of accounting principles in credit institutions.
- Administration: experience maintaining and configuring banking systems, including installing updates and patches.
Spoken and written English (B2 or higher).
Fluent in Russian.
Expert-level MS Office user.

Stages of the candidate selection process

In the International Bank for Economic Co-operation, personnel selection is carried out on the basis of an international Competition held among Candidates, mainly from the member countries of the Bank. The purpose of organizing the Competition is to determine the Candidate that best meets the Qualification requirements and needs of the Bank. When participating in the international Competition for vacancies at IBEC, Candidates go through the following selection stages:

Initial selection of candidates

Primary selection of candidates – selection of applications (CVs) of Candidates that meet the requirements of selection criteria, confirmed by the information in the application (CV).
Depending on the requirements specified in the application, the level of education, work experience (general / in the field / in the position), the availability of licenses, certificates, knowledge of foreign languages and other mandatory requirements specified in the selection criteria are assessed. An employee of the IBEC Human Resources Department can contact candidates to clarify the details of their career and CV facts.

Initial professional assessment of candidates

After the selection of candidates for compliance with the selection criteria, an initial professional assessment of the candidates is carried out. The initial professional assessment of candidates can be carried out by using various methods, including methods of structured interviews on professional competencies, testing for professional knowledge, performing a practical test task and other methods and assessment procedures aimed at demonstrating the candidate's level of professional knowledge, skills and abilities. As a rule, the primary professional assessment of candidates is carried out by the direct supervisor together with the HR employee.

Interview with the Personnel Competition Committee

Candidates who have successfully passed the initial professional assessment and confirmed their interest in working at the Bank are invited to participate in the interview with the HR Competition Committee.
Prior to participating in an interview with the HR Competition Committee, Applicants are encouraged to take an aptitude test and answer a questionnaire to determine a personal and business competency profile.

After passing an interview with the HR Competition Committee, the final candidate may be offered a job at the Bank.

Principles of the international competition

The Bank has implemented a system for personnel recruitment based on the international competition, which allows to form well-qualified team of professionals capable of implementing the tasks set to the Bank.

Equal Opportunities

The Bank provides equal opportunities for participation in the international competition to all persons regardless of their race, religion, nationality, gender, age, marital or social status and other differences.

Unified Criteria

The Bank uses unified criteria for assessment and selection of candidates, which are focused primarily on professional and personal competencies, qualification level, and work experience.

Transparency

The recruitment process is transparent to all Candidates and to other participants in the competitive selection at the Bank.

About vacancies and career at IBEC

1. If I am not a citizen of the IBEC member country, can I take part in the international job competition?

The recruitment of personnel at IBEC is carried out on the basis of an international competition held among the candidates, mainly from the member states of the Bank.

2. How long does the selection process take?

The competition lasts from the moment of opening until the conclusion of an employment contract with the final candidate, but no more than 6 months from the opening date of the competition. In practice, the closing time for a vacancy is about 4 weeks.

3. What is the composition of the Selection Board?

For vacancies at the level of the position "Manager", the Selection Board includes the Management Board of the Bank.

For vacancies at the “Specialist” position level (with no subordinate employees), the Selection Board includes:

Member of the Management Board in charge of the division in which the vacancy is open;

Head of the structural unit in which the vacancy is open;

Employee of the Human Resources Department.

4. Which language are interviews held in?

Interviews are usually held in Russian – the working language of the IBEC. However, in cases when the position requires the knowledge of the English language, part of the interviews (or all interviews) can be held in English.

5. Can interviews take place remotely?

Yes, all the interviews and other assessment procedures can be conducted remotely. However, it is necessary to have a stable high-speed Internet connection and quality equipment to ensure good audio and video communications during interviews. Typically, distance interviews are recorded to provide the best and most objective assessment of the various candidates involved in the selection.

6. Which criteria are used when selecting candidates for vacancies?

The Bank uses uniform criteria for evaluating and selecting Candidates, focused primarily on professional and personal competencies, qualifications and work experience. These criteria are determined by the qualification requirements set by the Bank for different levels and categories of positions, including requirements for the level of education, work experience, knowledge of foreign languages, the level of proficiency in a personal computer and others.

You can share your CV or send questions to the specialists of the HR department