Career Opportunities at South African Reserve Bank

Brief Description        

• The main purpose of this position is to administer, maintain and monitor integration systems and configurations within the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), ensuring a stable integration platform.

Detailed Description        
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Support, maintain, enhance and administer the integration applications within the SARB.
• Take responsibility for the testing and deployment of integration changes in the production and disaster recovery (DR) landscape.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders, displaying a service orientation in own work.
• Develop and maintain business continuity procedures, integration support guides and deployment guides to ensure business continuity and the maintenance of service standards.
• Perform an impact analysis based on the business requirements to identify and mitigate operational and business risks.
• Proactively broaden knowledge of functional area, displaying a willingness to make improvements in own work (including methods and practices).
• Provide regular status updates on system performance and availability to the team leader and team members.
• Evaluate own performance against given criteria, and identify and address task-specific learning needs.

        
Job requirements
To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of: 

• a National Diploma in Information Technology (IT) or an equivalent NQF 6 qualification; and
• at least two to five years of job-related experience within an integration administration environment.

The following would be an added advantage: 

• working experience (development and/or administration) in IBM integration technologies such as API Connect, Cloud Pak 4 Integration, Datapower, IIB/ACE, MQ and Redhat Open Shift;
• working experience (development and/or administration) in Oracle integration technologies such as Oracle SOA;
• working experience (development and/or administration) in Globalscape;
• extensive working experience in Linux and Unix; and
• extensive working experience in Bitbucket, Confluence and JIRA.

Additional requirements include knowledge and skill in:

• industry, organisational and business awareness;
• quality assurance;       
• continuous improvement;      
• continued learning and/or professional development;      
• IT transformation and innovation;
• infrastructure design and development;
• infrastructure support;
• systems integration;
• collaboration; and
• operations.

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Job Requirements        
To be considered for this position, candidates must have:

• a Bachelors’ degree/Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Financial Accounting or an equivalent qualification; and
• two years’ experience in a financial services environment, specifically in the area of accounting.

Additional requirements include:

• financial analysis and reporting knowledge;
• financial forecasting and budgeting knowledge and skills;
• payment settlement accounting knowledge and skills;
• good verbal and written communication skills; and
• analysis and problem-solving skills.

Brief Description        

• The purpose of this position is to perform a variety of general accounting support tasks within the Prudential Authority (PA).

Detailed Description        

• The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:
• Engage in short-term planning and perform tasks against work plans as defined.
• Perform work independently within established practices, given processes, rules and regulations, ensuring compliance with standards, policies and other guidelines.
• Identify, evaluate and solve defined, routine and new problems within a familiar context.
• Perform general accounting duties and reconciliations in accordance the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) policies, relevant accounting standards and legislation.
• Prepare and provide information related to transactions within a defined context to relevant stakeholders.
• Perform general administration, including preparation of payment instructions, data capturing and record keeping to ensure smooth running of the section’s operations.
• Create and maintain consistent Metadata in a manner that allows for clear and unambiguous data element definition and meets legislative, quality and security requirements as well as test system changes.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders/clients, within the SARB and external parties, displaying a service orientation in own work and the ability to handle basic queries and explain information fluently.
• Proactively broaden knowledge of functional area, including technological advancement and display willingness to make improvements in own work (including methods and practices).
• Evaluate own performance against given criteria and identify and address task-specific learning needs.

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Job Requirements        
To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• a Grade 12 certificate and a Diploma in Office Administration; and 
• two to five years’ experience in a corporate personal assistant role or an equivalent role.

Additional requirements include:

• proficiency in English (both verbal and written skills); 
• proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Power Point and Excel) and Outlook; 
• ability to work independently and outside of normal working hours, when required;
• excellent typing skills and telephone etiquette; 
• good communication and interpersonal skills; 
• time and quality management skills; 
• organisational awareness; 
• ability to take initiative; 
• stakeholder management;
• attention to detail and dedication to tasks; 
• knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures; 
• ability to plan and organise events; 
• problem-solving skills; and 
• professionalism.    

Brief Description        

• The main purpose of this position is to provide administrative support and assistance to the Head of Department (HoD) and managers of Risk Management and Compliance Department (RMCD).

Detailed Description        
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Manage and maintain the diaries of the HoD and managers, including making logistical 
•     arrangements for appointments, conferences, meetings, teambuilding, strategic sessions, social functions and travel, in liaison with relevant personnel.
• Ensure that all submissions are edited, formatted and submitted to various committees before the deadlines.
• Receive, screen and respond to incoming calls using own initiative and, where appropriate, deal with queries and/or route calls to appropriate persons and/or departments.
• Prepare and edit correspondence, communication, presentations and other documents, and conduct minute-taking, basic investigations and analysis, where necessary.
• Ensure that all incoming and outgoing correspondence is registered and filed in accordance with the file plan of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB).
• Perform the web author function for the department’s intranet site (SARBhub).
• Establish and maintain the departmental records centre; physical and virtual.
• Process invoices for payments.
• Collate and coordinate project based and other information on behalf of RMCD.
• Review operating practices in own area and implement improvements where necessary. 
• Maintain positive internal and external relationships, engaging with members and stakeholders at all levels of seniority. 
• Create and maintain a contact database for RMCD. 
• Perform day-to-day duties, including general office administration, in an ethical manner that involves maintaining absolute confidentiality in all matters related to RMCD. 
• Distribute correspondence, circulars and memorandums to staff in the department or the SARB on issues emanating from RMCD.
• Execute any other tasks, as instructed by the HOD and managers, as and when required.