Available Jobs at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

• To provide a virtual/ branch-based sales and service function by adding value to small businesses requiring financial and non-financial (e.g., platform business) solutions, which enables customers to pursue their ambitions, allowing them to stimulate and contribute to the South African economy.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Business Commerce (FAIS aligned)

Experience Required

• Relationship Banking (Client Coverage)
• Business & Commercial Banking
• 3-4 years previous experience within the Personal/Consumer banking environment as a Customer Consultant/Personal Banker and/or Enquiries Officer is preferable.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Convincing People
• Documenting Facts
• Establishing Rapport
• Examining Information

Technical Competencies:

• Active Listening
• Organization Change Management
• Risk Identification
• Risk Management
• Risk Reporting

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Job Description

• To provide a virtual/ branch-based sales and service function by adding value to small businesses requiring financial and non-financial (e.g., platform business) solutions, which enables customers to pursue their ambitions, allowing them to stimulate and contribute to the South African economy.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Business Commerce (FAIS aligned)

Experience Required

• Relationship Banking (Client Coverage)
• Business & Commercial Banking
• 3-4 years previous experience within the Personal/Consumer banking environment as a Customer Consultant/Personal Banker and/or Enquiries Officer is preferable.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Convincing People
• Documenting Facts
• Establishing Rapport
• Examining Information

Technical Competencies:

• Active Listening
• Organization Change Management
• Risk Identification
• Risk Management
• Risk Reporting

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Job Description

• To provide a virtual/ branch-based sales and service function by adding value to small businesses requiring financial and non-financial (e.g., platform business) solutions, which enables customers to pursue their ambitions, allowing them to stimulate and contribute to the South African economy.

Qualifications

Educational Qualifications:

Minimum:

• Secondary School (Matric) or equivalent.
• A diploma or degree in a relevant field, such as Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or Banking, is often preferred.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Economics.

Licenses & Certifications:

• FAIS Representative (Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act) certification, especially in regions where this is a regulatory requirement.
• Certifications in Risk Management, Credit Analysis, or Financial Services could be beneficial.

Relevant Experience:

• Experience in Relationship Management: At least 3-5 years of experience managing relationships with business clients, including understanding their financial needs and providing tailored solutions.
• Experience in Retail, Business or Commercial Banking: Familiarity with a range of business banking products and services (loans, credit facilities, cash management, etc.).
• Sales and Business Development: Proven track record in sales, portfolio management, and business development, particularly in the enterprise or corporate banking space.
• Risk and Credit Experience: Knowledge and experience in assessing and managing risk, as well as credit evaluation for business clients.
• Client Support and Service: Demonstrated experience in providing ongoing support to clients while maintaining strong, long-term relationships.

Additional Information

Technical Competencies:

• Active Listening
• Organization Change Management
• Risk Identification
• Risk Management
• Risk Reporting

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Job Description

• To develop, enhance and drive the implementation of the Global Markets (GM) first line of defence (1LOD) control framework and to establish and maintain a supervisory framework within Global Markets, acting as a key point of contact for GM business and enablement partners in upholding the governance, efficacy, and efficiency of the GM control environment.

Essential Function:

Define and drive the implementation of the Operations and Control Framework (OCF)

• Proactively design and develop a robust and effective 1LOD Front Office Operations and Controls Framework (OCF) and roadmap to address and mitigate operational, regulatory and conduct risks across the end-to-end business value chain. 
• Build and manage internal relationship with partners across GM Front Office, Operations (particularly Trade Support), and control functions (Compliance, Legal, and Operational Risk, Market Abuse Surveillance) to drive the effective embedding and execution of the OCF and associated policies, procedures, and processes.
• Measure, monitor, assess and generate comprehensive reporting detailing governance compliance, breaches and impact to the business. Independently assess, oversee, and challenge the effectiveness of the 1LOD controls where required.
• Lead O&C digitalisation projects, representing GM interests and requirements in relevant forums. Introduce the innovative use of enhanced data analytics and technology solutions to empower O&C across supervision, management and controls testing and the generation of insight from surveillance data for day to day use in driving better decisions and mitigate risk.

Provide expertise and guidance

• Act as a trusted advisor to the GM business, providing expert advice on changes in GM control requirements, how to achieve greater responsiveness to the rapidly evolving market, operational and conduct risk environment, and ways to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the business environment. Proactively identify and research local and international best practices to identify, recommend and implement opportunities for enhancements across GM
• Assess and identify new GM control requirements based on Clients, regulatory requirements, audit results and compliance reviews, and high residual risk areas identified in the annual RCSA. Determine specific system, data and telecommunication control requirements and co-ordinate projects to implement. 

Drive a risk aware culture

• Embed and drive a risk culture of transparency, accountability, and consistency across all levels of leadership and operational staff, by providing training and development initiatives, disseminating information, regular updates and targeted communication plans to create risk awareness in support of responsible decision making and risk remediation.
• Dealing Room Control and Surveillance Work with compliance and market abuse surveillance who provide surveillance services across GM to identify rogue, abusive or erroneous trading, conduct breaches, incidents, and issues. Where required, procure and coordinate the delivery of specific services from Internal Audit, Operational Risk, Market Abuse Surveillance, Legal and Compliance corporate functions to GM Heads and act as the business representative to those functions at centre. 
• Report all infringements to the relevant Front Office supervisors to enable them to remedy and / or escalate to respective business leads and control functions and ensure ongoing adherence to control requirements.  Follow up on the investigation of issues raised in the reports and where required, conduct High Level investigations of Fraud or Dealer disciplinary issues.

Coordinate audits, RCSA and remediation efforts

• Lead the preparation and readiness of all GM internal and external audits, working with partners to conduct critical process reviews and close out audit findings. Coordinate the Front Office RCSA (Risk Control Self Assessments) process, ensuring correct prioritization, participation, frequency and challenge of outputs.  
• Review audit reports and risk indicators to trends / areas of potential heightened risk. Work closely with partners to facilitate proactive preventative measures to mitigate against heightened risk, prioritize remediation of control weaknesses and create remediation plans.

New product approval and implementation

• Provide expert strategic advice and guidance to ensure all front office control requirements are met before go-live of new products. Ensure that post Trade reviews are performed, and product implemented are approved. Manage dormancy and re-approval of new products as per the CIB NPC Policy.

People management

• Lead direct reports in the effective achievement of the Operations and Controls functional objectives by setting goals, managing performance, coaching, and mentoring, leading talent development initiatives, and implementing the people capability framework / ways of working.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: First Degree

Field of Study:

• Business Commerce/Chartered Accountant (CA) preferred
• Association affiliation relevant to Global Markets products and processes is preferred

Experience required

• Years: 8-10 years
• Experience in Global Markets Operations or Operational Risk with a proven track record in designing, assessing, and implementing Front Office risks and infrastructure controls (Conduct and Regulatory controls, Supervision, Trading Risk, Finance, Market, Operational risk, and Compliance controls) and delivering controls related change across a global business with regional and/or product nuances
• Years: 5-7 years
• Strong knowledge of the GM sales and trading business, value chain, trading process, related control principles, industry standards regulatory requirements, and systems to monitor and manage risks. 

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Convincing People
• Developing Expertise
• Developing Strategies
• Directing People
• Embracing Change
• Exploring Possibilities
• Interacting with People
• Making Decisions
• Resolving Conflict
• Seizing Opportunities
• Understanding People

Technical Competencies:

• Continuous Improvement
• Deal Appraisal
• Local Market Knowledge
• Risk Awareness
• Risk Identification

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Job Description

• Perform initial and ongoing validations of interest rate risk, earnings at risk, economic capital, stress testing and operational risk models.  
• Think critically and manage Model Risk for the aforementioned models.
• Perform initial and ongoing validations of interest rate risk, earnings at risk, economic capital, stress testing and operational risk models. 
• Think critically and manage Model Risk for the aforementioned models.
• Interact with Model Development to obtain additional clarity on the models that are being validated.
• Perform model validation tasks according to the team’s operating standards.
• Identify, make recommendations, and assist to improve the validation methods and processes.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree in a quantitative field of study for example: Business Analytics; Quantitative Risk Management; Statistics; Financial Mathematics; Engineering; or Physics.

Experience required:

• >3 years’ Demonstrable ability to develop statistical models from data and/or analytical models to estimate capital (unexpected losses), expected losses.
• > 3 years’ Experience with using tools such as Python, SAS, Power BI or R to develop and execute models.
• Seasoned professional with sound knowledge on regulations affecting banking especially internal model approaches for risk capital.
• > 3 years’ experience in model risk management practices in banking spanning data preparation, development, documentation, validation, approval, usage and monitoring.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Checking Things
• Examining Information
• Exploring Possibilities
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Producing Output
• Providing Insights
• Taking Action
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Data Analysis
• Data Integrity
• Documenting
• Knowledge Classification
• Statistical & Mathematical Analysis

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Job Description

• To enable the execution of Compliance Risk Management processes and activities within a specific business/functional area, to ensure that the area is undertaken in a compliant manner to avoid operational losses, fines, penalties or reputational damage to the organisation and enable the competitive advantage of the organisation.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Audit
• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Business Commerce
• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Legal

Experience Required

• Business Enablement
• Compliance
• 5-7 years
• The role requires an expert in Compliance with a sound knowledge of the relevant regulatory requirements and upcoming developments applicable to a specific business area as well as a solid understading of banking products and activities.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Convincing People
• Documenting Facts
• Empowering Individuals
• Establishing Rapport
• Exploring Possibilities
• Following Procedures
• Generating Ideas
• Interacting with People
• Making Decisions
• Providing Insights
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Evaluation of Internal Controls
• Financial Acumen
• Financial Industry Regulatory Framework
• Legal Compliance
• Process Governance
• Risk Awareness

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Job Description

• For us, data is not just an asset; it’s the heartbeat of innovation and progress, fuelling our ability to drive growth on the continent we proudly call home.
• In an era where our world is shaped by data-led solutions, we’re at the forefront of building this critical function in our business. Our Data Science Graduate Programme puts you right at the centre of this fast-moving area, with a focus on structured training and development and a commitment to technical, personal, and professional excellence.
• So, who are we looking for? You’ll be hugely talented, with a strong quantitative background. You’ll also be obsessed with solving real client problems by analysing data, identifying insights, and building bespoke solutions.
• Bring these skills to our graduate programme, and discover how - through learning, support, and unrivalled exposure - you’ll transform your potential into impact.
• Here, your ambition and skill will find its match in our dedication to excellence.

Key Responsibilities: 

Client

• Supports business integration through integrating model outputs into end-point production systems, incorporating business requirements and knowledge of best practices.

Data

• Assist the gathering of data for use in Data Science models, ensuring that chosen datasets best reflect the organisations goals.
• Performs data pre-processing including data manipulation, transformation, normalisation, standardisation, visualisation, and derivation of new variables/features.
• Utilises advanced data analytics and mining techniques to analyse data, assessing data validity and usability; reviews data results to ensure accuracy; and communicates results and insights to stakeholders.
• Assists various mathematical, statistical, and simulation techniques to typically large and unstructured data sets in order to answer critical business questions and create predictive solutions which drive improvement in business outcomes. Assists analytics and insights across the organisation by developing advanced statistical models and computational algorithms based on business initiatives.
• Codes, tests, and maintains scientific models and algorithms and identifies trends, patterns, and discrepancies in data and determines additional data needed to support insight. Processes, cleanses, and verifies the integrity of data used for analysis.
• Use data profiling and visualisation techniques using tools to understand and explain data characteristics that will inform modelling approaches. Communicate data information to business with respective stakeholders, presenting trends, correlations and patterns found in complicated datasets in a manner that clearly and concisely conveys meaningful insights and defend recommendations under the supervision of data scientists.
• Utilises the appropriate data storage and data mining tools to ensure value can be extracted from the sourced data. Mines data using state-of-the-art methods and enhances data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building models.

People

• Liaise and collaborate with the Data Science Guild providing support to stakeholders in the department for its data centric needs. Collaborate with subject matter experts to select the relevant sources of information and translates the business requirements into data mining/science outcomes. Presents findings and observations to team for development of recommendations.

Product

• Supports various mathematical, statistical, and simulation techniques to answer business questions within specific areas of focus. Develops modelling solutions that enable the forecast of quality data outcomes. Ensures that volumetric predictions are modelled so that resource requirements are optimally considered. Supporting reporting production ensuring sustainable and effective modelling solutions.
• Supports and implements operational IA plan, rules, methodologies, and coding initiatives in order to ensure IA for remediation efforts. Support and implements the strategy for productionalising automation software so that it is accurate and well maintained.

Technology & Architecture

• Assists in building machine learning models from and utilises distributed data processing and analysis methodologies.
• Competent in Machine Learning programming in R or Python, with supplementary still in Matlab, Java, etc.
• Familiar with the Hadoop distributed computational platform, including broader ecosystem of tools such as HDFS / Spark / Kafka.

Ready? Apply for the Standard Bank Data Science Graduate Programme below.

Application closing date: 31 May 2026

Qualifications

Completed or currently enrolled in an Honours or Master’s degree in the following fields:

• Data Science / Analytics
• Statistics
• Computer Science
• Applied Mathematics
• Quantitative Risk Management
• Engineering (Computer, Industrial, Electronic, Electrical, Mechatronic, Mechanical, Chemical)
• Honours (or an equivalent 4-year degree), to be completed by 31 December 2026.

Additional Information

Minimum requirements:

• Must be a South African citizen.
• Should you have work experience, it should not exceed 24 months 
• Minimum academic average of 70% for the 3rd year of undergraduate studies.
• Minimum academic average of 65% for Honours (or the 4th year of an equivalent 4‑year degree) or Master’s studies.
• Matric certificate to be submitted with application.
• Full academic transcripts to be submitted with application for undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
• NB: To ensure efficient processing of your application, please submit original electronic PDF (non‑scanned) versions of your documents.