Active Jobs at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

• The purpose of this job is to realise business change and performance optimisation through facilitating the process of developing suitable customer owned business operating models, facilitate people change and administer applicable service and/or operating level agreements.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Business Operating Model development:

• Through liaison with key stakeholders such as Process Architects, Core Leads, Owners and in collaboration with the Process Management Team assess areas where non-optimal performance exist in order to propose business model analysis and improvements.
• Support project and business re-organisation initiatives to assess, validate and/or improve business operating models.
• Ensure that there is common understanding between participants in the business operating model development through abstract and visual representation (model) of how the organization/entity delivers value to its customers or beneficiaries as well as how the environment actually runs itself.
• Illustrates the alignment (or lack thereof) between strategic goals and key business decisions regarding products and services; partners and suppliers; organisation; capabilities; and key business and IT initiatives.
• Derive the strategic and operational capability gap based upon the FC Strategic Vison and the current capability as well as the options to bridge the gap.
• Facilitate the development of business operating models that is transitioned and owned by a Business Owner, whereafter implementation is supported.
• Apply suitable best practices to enhance model development and understanding.

Business Analysis:

• Analyse and evaluate the current business processes and identify areas of improvement.
• Continuously ensure effective stakeholder engagements.
• Elicit and document business requirements through active collaboration practices by articulating the As Is, the To Be and the gap that needs to be addressed or apply clean slate solution definition based upon initial assessment.
• Ensure that cleat value is defined as a result of the implemented change.
• Manage the full life cycle of the requirement to implementation.

People Change Management:

• Perform organisational and people analysis and assessments to understand the impact of the change, the change history, change readiness, potential people-side risks, and anticipated points of resistance.
• Develop the project/business change Sponsorship Model, compile the People Change Management Strategy and acquire approval for the People Change Management Strategy.
• Create and manage measurement systems to track adoption, utilisation and proficiency of changes at an internal and external level.
• Perform people change management interventions using the ADKAR or relevant suitable people change management framework.
• Work with the Communication, Training, Human Resources (HR) and Organisational Design (OD) specialists in the formulation of particular plans and activities to support project implementation.
• Train, coach, develop and mentor leadership, business stakeholders and project team members on the application of change management practices.
• Share and apply learning’s to all projects and business change initiatives.

Service/Operating Level Agreements:

• Ensure that adequate service level agreements (SLAs) and/or Operation Level Agreements (OLAs) exist for the various areas based upon process analysis regarding external dependencies ito recipient and receiver perspectives.
• Maintain the SLA catalogue, SLA/OLA maintenance and practical applications.

Process Ownership:

• Ensure alignment of process with organisational strategy; take accountability for relevant processes within area of responsibility and ensure delivery and maintenance of standardised processes and controls.
• Owner of the end-to-end business process including defining the goals, objectives and KPI's, and performance management thereof.
• Plan, implement and develop operating procedures for relevant area and updating user and working guides.
• Constantly review and improve processes (automation included) to drive and implement a sustainable and effective process in support of quality and accuracy.
• Drive sustainable cost and processing efficiencies through continuous innovation, industry benchmarking and alignment to best practices.
• Act as escalation and decision point for operational decisions related to specific process.
• Management of relevant executors of processes within ambit of control including co-ordination and management of capability and performance.
• Change Management including facilitating change in process within scope of deliverables.
• Identify process-specific risks and work with Process Architect to mitigate risks.

Role/Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills:

• Solid understanding/view of the business (Finance & Financial Control perspective) and Finance strategy, processes, and capabilities, enabling technologies, and governance. (Level: Solid)
• Knowledge of business architecture and process engineering (Level: Solid)
• The ability to recognise structural issues within the organization, functional interdependencies and cross-silo redundancies.
• The ability to apply architectural and people change management principles, methods, and tools to business challenges.

Education and Experience:

• B degree in Commerce or equivalent Diploma (NQF level no. 7).
• Preferred - Six Sigma / Lean certificates.
• 5 – 8 years’ solid experience within the field of Architecture, Business Analysis & Process Engineering.
• 1 - 3 years’ experience working closely with BU Head to devise, formulate and execute on people management strategy for area.
• 4 - 5 years’ experience in managing a team (8 - 15 direct and indirect across spectrum of processes/functions).
• Demonstrate experience of owning the resolve of people related issues (development, performance, management, recruitment, training, etc).

Competencies:

• Group Facilitation skills.
• Effective documentation of findings and solution options
• Analyzing
• Relating and networking
• Persuading and influencing

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

End Date: July 11, 2025

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Job Summary

Job Description Summary

• To provide Insights and Reporting, specialist advice and support to resolve fraud queries at first point of contact, ensuring that stakeholders receive prompt and courteous service in an effort to minimise fraud losses.
• Ensure the efficient and effective control over financial activities, Regulatory Reporting and Associations Compliancy. Investigate fraudulent activity, perform analyses and identify root causes on fraud losses.
• Provide core support to the business through the capturing, verifying and maintenance of management information.

Job Description

Job Description

Accountability: Reporting and Intelligence

• Source information from different data warehouses, data marts, manual and on-line systems.
• Convert data from various sources into business intelligence using reporting tools and applications for the relevant stakeholders in the business.
• Develop new reports, report formats and standards based on identified user requirements for the business
• Analyse derived information to create value add, understanding of insights and opportunities presented by the data set
• Prepare customised reports based on identified requirements from the business at large
• Develop regular performance reports particularly related to needs of the Fraud operations to aid performance measurement and management.
• Continuously identify opportunities to automate reports and to eliminate duplicate and manual reporting.

Accountability: Management Reporting

• Deliver relevant Management Information (MI) reports and Business Dashboards across Fraud Solutions to enable decision making.
• These include requests for structured or unstructured reports
• Maintain all existing reports with standard reporting tools to ensure relevance for decision making and sound data governance practice.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders to ensure that objectives and priorities are reflected in the agreed solutions and in accordance with business needs
• Propose approaches to the business on monitoring measures or key performance indicators (KPIs) associated with the business case and business model and ensure creditability of data received to support the measures or KPIs

Accountability: Governance and control

• Conduct integrity checks on all extracted data to ensure correct data is incorporated into reports
• Ensure the accuracy of data within the business and ensure consistent use of data
• Escalate data integrity issues to relevant Manager and ensure that these receive priority to maintain a high-level of data integrity.
• Ensure compliance with standard reporting framework to fulfil requests and ensure proper change control are applied for auditability
• Check all existing and new reports for accuracy and data integrity

Education and experience required

• Degree: Informatics or Information Technology, Finance, Banking, Business or related
• Advanced Excel
• Bank related – 2 to 3 years
• Business Insights – 2 to 3 years

Knowledge and skills

• Advanced Excel
• MS Office
• MS Power BI advantageous
• SQL Advantageous

Competencies

• Working with people
• Coping with pressure and setbacks
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Planning and organizing
• Report writing.

Education

• National Diplomas and Advanced Certificates: Risk Management (Required)

End Date: July 15, 2025

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Job Summary

• Build high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications & build capability in others to do the same.
• This includes but is not limited to applying critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions & leading all phases of the development lifecycle to deliver.

Job Description

DevOps

• Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions
• Contribute to and in some cases lead all phases of the development lifecycle including e.g. design process
• Determine operational feasibility of solutions by evaluating analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development and proposed solutions
• Develop high quality software / application design and architecture in a test driven & domain driven / cross domain environment
• Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions
• Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
• Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
• Create & Maintain Sophisticated CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins / Azure Devops or similar tools and deploy to multi-site environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production)
• Use & configure modern observability techniques to provide a deeper understanding of the application. To do this, leverage e.g. aggregated logging via ELK stack, metrics via Prometheus / Grafana / NewRelic and distributed tracing like Zipkin/Jaeger etc.
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes
• Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
• Work with guilds and other technical SME’s to improve and evolve technical products and services
• Apply unit testing frameworks and perform integration, validation and verification testing (apply knowledge of stubbing tools e.g. wiremock, hoverfly etc.)
• Apply version control and related concepts and techniques
• Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture, Security & Infrastructure guidelines
• Work with project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.
• Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices e.g. scripting languages, containerization etc.
• Contribute to the design & evolution of Group Architecture, Infrastructure & associated technical standards for the organization

People

Coach & mentor other engineers

• Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
• Provide technical subject matter expertise and support in the attraction and recruitment of Product Engineers for the organization
• Participate as a subject matter expert in the development & development planning of the broader product engineering team
• Support the people change teams in the design of adoption processes (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption)

Risk & Governance

• Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post deployment)
• Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks
• Create business cases & solution specifications for various governance processes (e.g. CTO approvals)
• Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents
• Deliver on time & on budget (always)

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

End Date: July 14, 2025

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Job Summary

• The Group Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team manages group-wide integrated planning and management reporting processes to support financial decision-making at a Group Exco and at a Board level for the Absa Group.
• The Group Reporting Manager will support the Reporting team and provide assistance to the Group Head of FP&A.
• This essential role involves coordinating processes and preparing accurate financial reporting packs, ensuring alignment with the Group Exco and the broader Finance function.
• The incumbent will offer valuable financial reporting advice and insights, operating within a tightly controlled reporting environment to enhance departmental efficiency.

Job Description

Overall Job Description

• Support the Reporting team in the preparation, consolidation, and review of their regular deliverables.
• Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness of reporting to support financial decision-making by analysing performance trends, providing meaningful insights, and offering objective commentary on key emerging themes.
• Partner closely with Financial Control to ensure accuracy during month-end and interim reporting periods, delivering precise business performance messaging.
• Coordinate across the Group and Cluster Finance teams to perform profitability and returns analyses and prepare senior management and Board-level reports.
• Attend to external ad hoc requests for financial performance information.
• Assist the Group Head of Reporting in the coordination and control of systems and processes that support management reporting.

Key deliverables

• Play an integral role in the month-end reporting process starting with the Flash to FinCom ending with the Board.
• Analyse financial performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to senior management.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes and systems to enhance accuracy and efficiency.
• Support Results Booklet and Integrated Reporting processes.
• Assist with the Market guidance process.

Qualifications and experience:

• CA SA / CIMA (5-8 years post qualifying).
• Previous Banking experience is required.

Knowledge and skills:

• Strong understanding of Financial Accounting for a Bank
• Business Report writing
• Analytical skills
• Self-driven and good interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail
• Deadline driven
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Hyperion (an advantage)
• ThinkCell (an advantage)
• Working knowledge of financial markets
• Working knowledge of macro-economics

Competencies:

• Deciding and initiating action
• Learning and researching
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Relating and networking
• Adapting and responding to change
• Persuading and influencing
• Creating and innovating

Education

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

End Date: July 15, 2025

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Job Summary

• Build high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications & build capability in others to do the same.
• This includes but is not limited to applying critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions & leading all phases of the development lifecycle to deliver.

Job Description

DevOps

• Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions
• Contribute to and in some cases lead all phases of the development lifecycle including e.g. design process
• Determine operational feasibility of solutions by evaluating analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development and proposed solutions
• Develop high quality software / application design and architecture in a test driven & domain driven / cross domain environment
• Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions
• Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
• Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
• Create & Maintain Sophisticated CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins / Azure Devops or similar tools and deploy to multi-site environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production)
• Use & configure modern observability techniques to provide a deeper understanding of the application. To do this, leverage e.g. aggregated logging via ELK stack, metrics via Prometheus / Grafana / NewRelic and distributed tracing like Zipkin/Jaeger etc.
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes
• Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
• Work with guilds and other technical SME’s to improve and evolve technical products and services
• Apply unit testing frameworks and perform integration, validation and verification testing (apply knowledge of stubbing tools e.g. wiremock, hoverfly etc.)
• Apply version control and related concepts and techniques
• Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture, Security & Infrastructure guidelines
• Work with project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.
• Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices e.g. scripting languages, containerization etc.
• Contribute to the design & evolution of Group Architecture, Infrastructure & associated technical standards for the organization

People

Coach & mentor other engineers

• Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
• Provide technical subject matter expertise and support in the attraction and recruitment of Product Engineers for the organization
• Participate as a subject matter expert in the development & development planning of the broader product engineering team
• Support the people change teams in the design of adoption processes (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption)

Risk & Governance

• Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post deployment)
• Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks
• Create business cases & solution specifications for various governance processes (e.g. CTO approvals)
• Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents
• Deliver on time & on budget (always)

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

End Date: July 15, 2025

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Job Summary

• Our Open API Platform team is building the future of banking. Using a combination of AWS Cloud Native and open source software, we are building the Open API Banking platform that will transform the industry.
• You will drive and, where appropriate lead, a variety of API Implementation, AWS Cloud Engineering and other related activities which together will contribute to the solution.
• This is not a pure infrastructure (DevOps) role - general programming experience and knowledge of ReSTful API implementation is essential.

Job Description

• Full Stack Cloud Developer + DevOps AWS Cloud Engineer

Job Description Summary

• Our Open API Platform team is building the future of banking.
• Using a combination of AWS Cloud Native and open source software, we are building the Open API Banking platform that will transform the industry.
• You will drive and, where appropriate lead, a variety of API Implementation, AWS Cloud Engineering and other related activities which together will contribute to the solution.
• This is not a pure infrastructure (DevOps) role - general programming experience and knowledge of ReSTful API implementation is essential.
• Since the role includes DevOps, you will also be required to support the operational system and do your share of standby, and if necessary, after hours support from time to time.

What you’ll get to do:

The role is within the Digital Platforms team, part of RBB Channel, Infrastructure and Change, and the responsibilities will include the following:

• Lead or drive the implementation of AWS infrastructure as code including CI/CD elements
• Develop high quality software solutions using AWS Serverless Technologies and JavaScript/React
• Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
• Collaborate with others to design and deliver holistic secure solutions
• Work with a range of complex banking systems
• Work with a variety of platforms and application
• Work with complex infrastructure

What you need to get in:

• Have worked as a developer with DevOps CI/CD experience for at least 5 years
• Have solid JavaScript/TypeScript with React and/or Java development experience
• Have experience in developing ReSTful APIs using JavaScript/NodeJS or Java
• Have worked with and implemented APIs on an API Gateway technology (WSO2 preferred)
• Be experienced in implementing Azure DevOps deployment pipelines
• Minimum of 3 years hands-on experience with AWS based implementations
• Current (still valid) AWS Certification(s) at associate level or higher
• Have deep experience working in headless Linux environments
• Ideally you have worked on some large complex technical projects
• Bonus points are given for Financial Services or Banking experiences
• Be willing to contribute to the design of solutions
• Be able to master a complex and dynamic technical environment
• Have a flair for operating across a broad technical landscape
• Be adept at working with highly skilled technical people
• Aptitude for dealing with organisational change
• Maintain compliance with governance requirements
• Be able to research and figure things out
• Be able to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Be prepared to occasionally do after hours system deployments
• Be prepared to do your share of standby support (3rd level support)

Summary of essential skills:

• JavaScript/NodeJS including React Framework, AWS (Networking (VPC), EC2, CDK (TypeScript), CloudFormation, RDS, OpenSearch (ELK), Lambda, DynamoDB), Azure DevOps, API Implementation (WSO2 preferred)
• If you're passionate about working in a fast-paced environment and contributing to the exciting world of our API Marketplace by leading from the front, we would love to hear from you!

Additional Job Description

• Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and Absa Policies and Policy Standards.
• Understand and manage risks and risk events (incidents) relevant to the role.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

End Date: July 14, 2025

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Job Summary

• To develop tactical strategy and delivery plans, formulate associated practice/s and to ensure operational implementation and adoption i.t.o. forensic methodology, governance and delivery objectives.

Job Description

People Management:

• Manage a team to ensure effective delivery of services to Stakeholders Determine and analyse development needs for the team and ensure that identified training requirements are budgeted for and executed.
• Develop a high performing team by embedding formal performance development and informal coaching.
• Encourage frequent knowledge sharing between team members.
• Review and maintain succession plans for one level below.

Business Management:

• Translate set strategy into operational business plans.
• Constantly review the number of cases reported to improve the investigation methodologies, criteria and adjust accordingly to a risk- bases approach.
• Conduct monthly oversight reviews with direct reports to understand the business performance and support them to develop corrective actions where required.

Stakeholder Management:

• Engage and communicate the department’s philosophy to direct reports/stakeholders and ensure they understand the responsibility of the department vs.
• Business Unity responsibility.
• Interact with counterparts in the industry to share information, engender co-operation to gain a common understanding of the threats and risks.
• Build and maintain relationships with other external parties (e.g. SA Police Services, SA Revenue Services, National Prosecuting Authority Asset Forfeiture Unit) to ensure that co-operation can be obtained when required for key investigations.
• Ensure vendor management through monthly vendor meetings and monitor tasks allocated.

Operational Oversight and Guidance:

• Assess and update the investigative policies/procedures and ensure implementation and adherence.
• Ensure that minimum investigation standards are set and adhered to.
• For sensitive or high risk cases (on an ad hoc basis or when tasked by management) execute the investigation activities end-to-end or, if appropriate, delegate to one of the direct reports. Ensure that feedback is provided to management/stakeholder in so far as high level/sensitive cases are concerned.
• Provide suitable training material, best practice activity and advisory services to the Forensic function in the area of your expertise.
• Investigation:
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• Provide Group wide investigation capability and lead, into significant and sensitive fraud, theft and corruption cases.
• Ensure that matters where there is a significant fraud loss to the Bank, that a Steerco is established, comprising of all relevant stakeholders, to ensure that there is proper management over such cases and that recovery efforts are maximised.
• Ensure that any control failures identified during the course of an investigation are immediately brought to the attention of Fraud Strategy / responsible business unit. Continuously evaluate cases allocated to direct reports for investigation in line with set guidelines and standards.

Leadership Experience

• Minimum 3 years leading fraud investigations or operational teams
• Proven ability to manage, mentor, and develop a high-performing investigation team
• Experience in setting and managing team KPIs, workflows, and escalations
• Experience designing, implementing, and optimizing fraud investigation processes and controls
• Hands-on coordination with cross-functional teams (risk, underwriting, compliance, Fraud Strategy, Fraud Solutions)

Investigative Experience

• Minimum 7 years in fraud investigation related to vehicle finance and/or home loan application fraud
• Strong track record of identifying, investigating, and resolving complex fraud cases
• Deep knowledge of fraud typologies and investigative techniques relevant to asset finance

Networks

• Strong networks within the financial services industry and SAPS
• Ability to build strong foundational networks with both internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and
• Industry qualifications like ACFE etc.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Law, Military Science and Security (Required)

End Date: July 16, 2025

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Job Summary

• Support the Relationship Executive in the optimisation of profit and economic value for portfolios of Premium Business key account clients requiring high complexity commercial banking requirements by focusing:
• origination efforts to quire new clients;
• cross-sell to existing client base;
• coverage efforts to service clients in accordance to the segment CVP

Job Description

• Portfolio Management: Ensure appropriate management of respective portfolios that includes but not limited to client engagement, portfolio performance management, reporting and executing of client requirements
• Business Development: Agree financial targets/new business targets and set out tactical plans to achieve this on an annual basis
• Risk Management: Ensure that portfolio meets the required risk management standards

Education

• National Diplomas and Advanced Certificates: Business, Commerce and Management Studies

End Date: August 31, 2025