Credit Risk Systems Specialist at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

• Work as part of a DevOps team, leverage specialist analysis & testing tools, frameworks, techniques and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements.
• Translate & document business requirements into user stories & specifications detailing integration points, business & associated risk / opportunities to be realised.
• And following this analysis, work collaboratively within squads during design & delivery activity including assuming responsibility for manual application testing processes, frameworks & outcomes

Job Description

Key Accountabilities:

• Understand stakeholder requirements and business objectives
• Translate elicited needs and knowledge acquired into user story format
• Prepare and prioritise the backlog of requirements for the user stories linked to the proposed solutions
• Define measures of success & key outcomes for various solutions / changes including detailed acceptance criteria
• Provide strategic guidance to clients on Credit Risk System and general technology
• Provide strategic advice on how best to use technology to achieve goals
• Manage Credit Risk system changes and collaborate with in-house technical staff
• Assist Stakeholders through the change-management process
• Provide expert technical assistance to stakeholders
• Meet with stakeholders to determine project requirements and goals
• Provide assistance with technical issues and investigate system related queries
• Revise existing systems and suggest improvements
• Design, test, implement and monitor changes
• Prepare and keep documentation updated
• Prior experience in basic programming languages
• Prior experience using data driven decision engines (TRIAD, BLAZE, POWERCURVE etc.)
• In-depth understanding of the Credit Risk lifecycle

Competencies: 

• Applying expertise and technology
• Relating and networking
• Presenting and communicating information
• Creating and innovating
• Formulating strategies and concepts
• Adapting and responding to change
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Meticulous approach to work
• Detail orientated
• Problem solving skills, ability to trouble shoot complex system issues
• Analytical thinker
• The ability to multi-task and work under pressure while producing accurate outputs
• Self-motivated and requires very little supervision

Abilities/Requirements:

• Credit Risk experience
• Decision Engine or Rules Engine exposure
• Basic IT Programming knowledge
• Software consultancy background

Education and Experience Required

• B-degree in (Business, Risk Management or Computer Science) or equivalent NQF level 7 qualification
• Experience using data driven decision engines (such as TRIAD, BLAZE, POWERCURVE etc.)
• Programming skills to create credit rules in risk software would be an advantage
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the deployment of systems and tools to manage credit and risk.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

End Date: September 17, 2025