Strategy Consultant - JHB at The Payments Association of South Africa (PASA)

Job Purpose:

• To support the strategy team and the strategy development process through research that has adequate breadth & depth.
• To develop and grow unique payments expertise that will allow the incumbent to become a valued contributor in the strategy team and eventually a fully-fledged thought leader.
• To become familiar with international trends, strategic payment scenario’s, regulatory standards and objectives, possible payment related risks, stakeholder needs and broader ecosystem challenges or dependencies.
• To become proficient in the articulation and presentation of factual information, and the conceptualisation of options and choices.
• To develop relevant facilitation skills that can support an effective strategy process and contribute to effective industry wide strategic dialogue.
• To help formulate solutions through problem solving, logic and research.
• Gain knowledge and experience into the payments environment including trending innovations.

Core Accountabilities:

Core Accountability 1

• Support the strategy team in facilitating structured strategic dialogue related to the relevant payment stream and in relevant formal interbank forums.
• Engage in continued evaluation of current payment system strategy with stakeholders and support strategy team managers to formulate and develop new strategic positions and payment system plans and strategies.
• Maximise the effectiveness & efficiency of the research & analysis through the effective presentation and articulation of findings and recommendations.
• Support the strategy team to review and ensure high quality meeting artefacts such as agendas, review of minutes, and other relevant documentation.

Core Accountability 2

• Assist with specific ad-hoc strategic focus areas and topics and help strategy managers to prepare for the facilitation of insight, decision making and progress in specific projects.
• Become familiar with techniques, strategic tools and strategic frameworks to enable strategic processes.
• Engage in research where necessary.
• Engage National Payments System (NPS) stakeholders, both in structured and ad-hoc engagements to expand networks necessary for the role.

Core Accountability 3

• Articulate strategic facts and findings in formal documentation and from time to time also assist the strategy team to publish relevant high quality position papers.

Core Accountability 4

• Participate in relevant project work groups and ensure that project implementation / execution is progressed through the provision of strategic facts, recommendations, and by making relevant strategic options and choices clear at all decision junctions.
• Support projects in any of the phases of defining, scoping, designing and implementing of industry requirements.

Education and experience

• 2-3 years hands on experience in general banking with an applicable Bachelors degree; or
• 1-year hands on experience in banking (preferably payments related) with a formal applicable post graduate degree