Trellis Housing Finance Limited

This is a very exciting opportunity to work alongside the founding members of an organization to establish and scale a truly innovative Digital Affordable-Housing Green Mortgage Bank, that strives to become the benchmark of how to galvanize social development and transform societies within a short period of time. 

Background

Pakistan is faced with a housing shortage of 10 million currently growing by 1 million every year. The population, 80% without a bank account, has been starved off house financing solutions for years. Pakistan’s housing finance-GDP ratio is one of the lowest in the world – 0.25% (South Asia: 3%, Bangladesh: 3%, India: 11%). 

Trellis’ mission is to fill this gap by providing affordable green mortgage solutions to low and middle income groups in Pakistan. This is expected to significantly boost financial inclusion, home ownership and economic activity in the country. The senior management team has a combined experience of over 50 years in international banking, hedge funds, capital markets and financial technology.

As a new company, we need self-motivated, driven generalists with senior-level experience. For driven individuals, this role provides a unique opportunity to grow rapidly and work with many types of technologies. We will heavily rely on cloud-native, open source technologies with the intent to give back and make a difference. In addition to supporting our business needs, you will have the chance to have a public impact on multiple open source communities making technology more accessible to all.

Job Title: Head of IT Operations

Primary Responsibilities

  • Leading team of IT administrators and cloud engineers
  • Creation and implementation of policies and procedures related to IT infrastructure.

        o   Laptops        o   Telephone        o   WiFi        o   Software (Office 365, JIRA, ERP, core banking)        o   AWS Infrastructure        o   etc.

  • Vendor evaluation and management
  •  IT budget tracking and projections
  • Note: minimal on-call will be required as our business primarily operates during the Pakistan workday.

Required Skills and Experience

  • 5+ years of experience with IT administration
  • Prior experience as a department head
  • Thorough understanding of computer and network security
  • Understanding of cloud systems (e.g. AWS)
  • Experience with CRM or ERP systems
  • Strong written, verbal, and organizational skills (English)
  • Experience working with geographically distributed teams

Desirable Skills and Experience

  • Basic scripting (bash or python)
  • Knowledge of version control (e.g. GitHub)
  • Task management with JIRA

Compensation

  • Trellis offers a competitive compensation scheme as well as an opportunity for quick progression subject to performance
  • Provident fund, Gratuity & Health Insurance covered

Trellis is proudly an Equal Opportunity Employer & highly encourages applications from all facets of society. We respect and seek to empower individuals and support diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce. Employment is decided solely based on qualifications, merit and business need.

We encourage professional growth and career development, and offer competitive benefits and compensation.  If you’re looking to build your career as part of a team tackling big challenges that impact the lives of people and companies all around the world, we want to meet you.

Job Details

Functional Area:
Total Positions:
1 Post
Job Shift:
First Shift (Day)
Job Type:
Job Location:
Gender:
No Preference
Minimum Education:
Bachelors
Career Level:
Department Head
Minimum Experience:
5 Years
Apply Before:
Mar 03, 2021
Posting Date:
Feb 02, 2021

Trellis Housing Finance Limited

Banking/Financial Services · 11-50 employees - Karachi

This is a very exciting opportunity to work alongside the founding members of this organization to establish and scale a truly innovative FinTech business model that strives to become the benchmark of how to galvanize social development and transform societies within a short period of time. Trellis Housing Finance Limited is looking for a bright, well-rounded and ambitious individuals who can take on a broad roles in helping it set up operations in Pakistan. Pakistan is faced with a housing shortage of 10 million currently growing by 1 million every year. The population, 80% without a bank account, has been starved off house financing solutions for years. Pakistan housing finance-GDP ratio is one of the lowest in the world ; 0.25% (South Asia: 3%, Bangladesh: 3%, India: 11%). Trellis mission is to fill this gap by providing affordable green mortgage solutions to low and middle income groups in Pakistan. This is expected to significantly boost financial inclusion, home ownership and economic activity in the country. The senior management team has a combined experience of over 150 years in affordable housing, international banking, hedge funds, capital markets and financial technology.

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