Head: Data Acquisition at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To get results through a complete function (functional synergy), provide competitive advantage for the business, build flexibility and effectiveness of the process function, build
• functional state-of-the-art-results and credibility and understanding and value all subfunctions.To engage the future through functional best practice strategy and getting "tomorrow's
• results" through addressing "issues" today by building management foundation to deliver operational excellence and productivity

Job Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic results through team by translating strategy into operational and project plans and budgets.
• Manage resources, enable executing and achieve business strategy and associated metrics.
• Optimise value add by identifying and managing risk.
• Ensure business area comply with standards, policy and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure management of function by allocating work, organising department, driving
• productivity improvement and by smoothing day-to-day operations
• Solve problems through quality and timeous decisions, correcting actions and improving team results.
• Ensure direct reports understand and support Nedbank's vision, values and strategy.
• Contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in Nedbank culture building initiatives, business strategy, and CSI.
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise, ensuring personal and professional growth.
• Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and values, leading by example.
• Manage performance of direct reports and hold them accountable for managing the performance of their direct reports by implementing performance agreements and ensuring a clear vision.
• Identify own development needs.
• Share knowledge and insight with team members and management.
• Create an environment whereby self, managers and team are encouraged to challenge the status quo by initiating constructive debates about work practices.
• Improve work processes, productivity and reduce costs.
• Ensure proper financing of the function.
• Ensure that planned projects and deliverables for the year are achieved within planned budget.
• Ensure ultimate delivery against the strategy.
• Ensure client expectations and Nedbank’s business requirement are met.
• Ensure self and team improve efficiency and productivity month on month.
• Ensure transformational target are met.
• Address issues raised in culture survey results and improve results year on year.
• Ensure a client service culture, delivering world-class service.
• Achieve business optimisation by reviewing and improving work processes and practices, by identifying areas of resource inefficiencies, and by promoting optimisation and multi-skilling,
• addressing capacity gaps.
• Improve stakeholder engagement.
• Deliver to client expectations through best practice services Build long term relations by managing client, service providers, partners and other stakeholder expectations.
• Ensure team work.
• Ensure trust and respect from department members, direct reports and managers.
• Communicate and build relationship networks.

Essential Qualifications

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
Preferred Qualification

• BCom Informatics / B.Sc. Computer Science (Post-graduate) or equivalent

Type of Exposure

• Achieved Management and Process Results
• Built a high performance culture
• Built and maintained stakeholder relationships
• Delivered compliance risk management programmes and advice
• Designed Workforce Planning Solutions
• Improved Processes and Culture
• Managed Transformation & Innovation
• Managed Financial and Business Results
• Managed Leadership and Learning Results
• Managed Management & Process Results
• Managed budget
• Managed team
• Supported Transformation, Change and continued Improvement
• Provided operational support for Governance, Compliance and risk based assurance

Minimum Experience Level

• 4-8 years Process / Business Analysis / Project Management
• 10-15 years Business Management

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Budgeting
• Client service management
• Communication Strategies
• Diversity management
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Organisational behaviour theory
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Strategic planning
• Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
• Project Management

Behavioural Competencies

• Operational Decision Making
• Cultivating Networks and Partnerships
• Driving Execution
• Business Savvy
• Customer Focus
• Building Talent
• Establishing Strategic Direction
• Employment Equity Statement
• Preference to be given to underrepresented groups