Senior Manager: Value Management at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

• Lead value management by driving benefits realisation, ROI analysis, and strategic insights to ensure transformation initiatives deliver measurable impact and align with business strategy in Integrated Channels.

Job Description

• You will be responsible for identifying, tracking, and optimising the strategic and financial benefits of transformation initiatives across Integrated Channels. This role sits within the Strategy & Innovation team and is pivotal in ensuring that business cases deliver measurable value and align with enterprise priorities.
• You will apply your financial expertise, commercial acumen, and strategic mindset to build business cases, model ROI, and influence decision-making. You will partner closely with Finance, Strategy, and Business teams to track value delivery, inform investment choices, and present insights to executive stakeholders.
• This is a high-impact role requiring strong benefits management, commercial modelling, and executive communication skills. You must be able to work independently, hit the ground running, and translate complex data into compelling, actionable insights.

Education & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related business/quantitative field.
• Honours degree or postgraduate qualification preferred.
• Professional certification (e.g., CA(SA), CIMA, CFA, MBA) strongly advantageous.

Experience

• 5–7+ years in financial management, financial planning & analysis, or commercial finance.
• Experience in banking and/or financial services strongly preferred.
• Background in strategy consulting, management consulting, or strategic finance in a complex organisation.
• Proven expertise in business case development, commercial modelling, and investment analysis.
• Strong exposure to corporate strategy, value optimisation, and transformation programme environments.

Technical Proficiency

• Advanced Excel skills – especially in scenario-based and ROI financial modelling.
• Highly proficient in PowerPoint skills – capable of building clear, concise, compelling narratives through data, executive-ready presentations.

Key responsibilities 

Strategic Financial Insight and Commercial Acumen

• Provide financial insights that support investment decisions, transformation outcomes, and business strategy.
• Evaluate initiative profitability, commercial viability, and alignment with strategic intent.
• Go beyond accounting standards to deliver forward-looking, commercial perspectives.

Benefits Realisation and Value Management

• Define, measure, and track financial and strategic benefits of key initiatives.
• Develop and maintain benefits tracking frameworks and dashboards.
• Ensure initiatives deliver real business value and measurable ROI.

Data-Driven Storytelling

• Translate data into compelling narratives for senior stakeholders and Exco.
• Deliver insights that link performance to strategy, risk, and opportunity.
• Influence decision-making through clear, structured communication.

Stakeholder Engagement & Influence

• Collaborate with Finance, Strategy, Programme Management, and Business leads.
• Act as a trusted advisor, providing timely, actionable recommendations.
• Confidently engage senior leaders and shape executive discussions.

Execution & Delivery Focus

• Thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with minimal onboarding required.
• Bring structure, pace, and insight to complex transformation work.
• Deliver high-quality outputs that drive business impact from day one.

Education

• Postgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications: Financial Sciences (Required)