Junior Strategic Governance and Reporting Specialist at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

• Perform reporting and secretarial services for Absa Life, while ensuring that strategy execution, business performance and business enablement initiatives are appropriately monitored and reported; and key items from selected meetings are recorded and administered.

Job Description

Accountabilities:

• Prepare periodic reports, relevant to Absa Life/Business Enablement performance status, for various Governance Committees.
• Prepare Agendas, Minutes and Action Logs/Scorecards for meetings pertaining to selected Committees/Areas.
• Prepare and distribute Committee Meeting Packs in a timely manner and develop follow-up communications, including key decisions being made during actual Committee Meeting/s.
• Ensure quality of content (i.e. narrative, spelling, grammar, etc.) and cosmetic format of Meeting Packs, per Absa Group standards.
• Create framework and narrative templates (‘strawman’) for documents leading up to key Governance Committees/Meetings.
• Work on special projects as and when required.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Establish and maintain good relationships with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and business/support partners so as to achieve and sustain acceptable levels of reporting information.
• Build relationships with colleagues to ensure that the reporting and secretarial processes and associated administration are executed seamlessly.

Education and Experience Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business/Commerce is essential.
• Specialised Diplomas/Certificates (Strategy, Finance, Project Management, Leadership, Business) will be advantageous.
• A minimum of three (3) years business development, project management and/or consulting experience.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Knowledge of insurance and financial/banking services.
• Written Communication skills.
• Analytical capability.
• Skills pertaining to synthesis of information into insight and action.
• Planning and organisational skills.
• MSPowerPoint, MSWord and MSExcel skills.

Competencies:

• Delivering results and meeting internal customer expectations.
• Relating and networking.
• Attention to detail.
• Work independently.
• Persuading and influencing.
• Deciding and initiating action.

Education

• Higher Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)