Benefits Lead at FirstRand Corporate Centre

Are you someone who can:

• Lead the creation and maintenance of a cohesive set of employee benefit policies and processes that reflect FirstRand's needs, and to ensure the consistent governing of day-to-day functions of the organisation.
• Understand the business strategy and lead the research, analysis, development and maintenance of the group benefits policies and processes, that reflect the Groups needs and to ensure a consistent set of policies to govern strategic imperatives, aligned to our FirstRand philosophy, future fit and daily functioning.
• Stay abreast of relevant industry risk management best practices and legislative amendments. and suggests ways to leverage these to ensure continuous improvement.
• Lead high quality qualitative and quantitative benefits research and best practice to create synergy across FirstRand. 
• Benchmark the Group's employee benefit policies and processes with those of other institutions both locally and internationally.
• Understanding employee needs in order to deliver quality benefits solutions aligned with business plans.
• Review, design and deliver optimised employee solutions, processes and systems ensuring FirstRand aligns to global best practices, reduces risk, attracts, and retains talent.
• Ensure the alignment of benefit policies and processes with changes in the organisation and legislative or statutory environment.
• Establish relevant reporting requirements, analyse trends to drive benefit design and decision making. 
• Ensure the publication and dissemination of new and revised policies and process to internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage the coordination of training, awareness campaigns and other communication channels, on benefit policy and process changes.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders to establish, review and implement processes that enable employee benefit policies (including, but not limited to CTE, relevant Human Capital teams, Workday).
• Establish mutually beneficial relationships, that supports thought leadership, innovation and integrated practice solutions.

You will be an ideal candidate if you have:

• Minimum Qualification – Postgraduate degree 
• Preferred Qualification – CA (SA)  
• 5 to 8 years’ experience in a similar environment, of which 2 to 3 years ideally at management level   
• Knowledge of current and developing risk benefit issues and trends in area of expertise.  
• Knowledge of the principles and procedures of benefits design. 
• Knowledge and understanding of corporate policies and procedures and the regulatory environment   
• within which they operate and subsidiaries within which FirstRand operates. 
• Knowledge of legal documentation procedures and requirements. 
• Excellent policy awareness, strong analytical understanding of risk benefit nuances and strategic solutions to related problems.

Deadline:28th August,2025