Career Opportunities at WesBank

Job Description

To partner with the business in the provision of financial expertise and advice and develop supporting processes that continuously enhance the delivery of financial services.

• Partner with stakeholders in the provision of financial insights and guidance into the operational and general decision making and debates.
• Monitor and coach behaviours that ensure a service culture which builds rewarding relationships, proposes innovations and allows others to provide exceptional client service.
• Manage and monitor the applications and effectiveness of the business's financial information systems.
• Coordinate the budget preparation and manage the process throughout the budget period in accordance with guidelines and assumptions. Monitor and report variance analysis to support decision making and guide management in taking corrective action on budget variances.
• Record, interrogate and manage costs with associated drivers in the production, analysis and use of information for decision-making in the business.
• Plan and apply relevant principles to accurately record, adjust and reconcile financial transactions and events.
• Maintain appropriate supporting documentation according to professional financial accounting and reporting standards.
• Prepare and report on the business's operations and financial conditions. Manage the business unit reporting systems for management, project or performance reporting and implement optimal processes to deliver management information according to the reporting cycle.
• Maximise productivity through efficient planning of people and processes to drive optimal utilisation of available resources; identify and implement improvements to accounting and reporting processes.
• Manage the interrelationships between various systems, data and other resources to ensure effective project planning and delivery.
• Review and prepare tax returns to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable tax legislation and regulation; provide advice and solutions to business tax matters.
• Participate and contribute to a development culture where information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared.
• Plan and manage performance, skills development, succession and talent management and culture of team in order to improve performance and competence.
• Continuously assess own performance, seek timely and clear feedback and request training where appropriate.

Application Closing Date

• 11/05/24

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Role Purpose

This role is within WesBank Retail and supports the purpose by measuring expected and unexpected risk inherent in the portfolio and building trust with stakeholders and regulators by ensuring that capital and provisions are correctly determined and set.  The role also supports the business to identify the risk return drivers and influencing the setting of the budget and risk appetite.

Are you someone who:

• Has model development experience as well as, monitoring and optimisation of existing models.
• Has a strong knowledge of IFRS 9 and experience in Impairment modelling or validation.
• Understands how to work with big data and transform data to be suited for analytical insights.
• Interested in the relation between capital & provisions and financial reporting.
• Has strong technical skills with strong coding proficiency (preferably in SAS).
• Hard-working individual that can work well under pressure.
• Able to translate business requirements into tangible, creative solutions with guidance.

We can be a match if you are:

• Curious & courageous – you’re driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you’re brave enough to take action.
• Obsessed with mastery – you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to achieve this.
• A team player – you believe in the power of teams, building and leveraging your networks.
• Emotionally intelligent – you are able to connect with people to build trust.

As a #Changeable you will have access to:

• Opportunities to network and collaborate.
• Opportunities to innovate.
• Flexible working environment
• Focus on health and wellbeing.
• Coaches and mentors to help with your professional development.
• A very generous leave policy to cater for your individual needs.
• Preferential employee banking rates that include Vehicle and Home loans

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum Qualification: B Degree in Mathematical Sciences, Statistics, Actuarial Science
• Preferred Qualification: Honours Degree
• Experience: A minimum of 3 years' relevant experience in a credit risk analytics environment.
• Deep domain knowledge and experience of IFRS 9 within credit risk analytics.

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Job Description

Responsible for relationship management and strategic planning, implementation and monitoring/controlling of national sales strategies and financial targets to service existing clients and generate new business

• Marketer/Hunter role, selling our finance options and/or services and develops new account relationships.
• Solicits and maintains network of prospects.
• Initiates contact with prospective customers to sell targeted FML products and/or services.
• Works as a member of a sales team
• Demonstrates product knowledge including various solutions, markets and competitive intelligence.
• Prepares and presents proposals to clients.
• Negotiates, structures and closes “deals” that meet customer expectations.
• Meets sales goals and objectives.
• Other related duties assigned as needed.
• Able to analyze fleet reports and present to customers A valid business contact network to build a sales pipeline in the First 90 days.
• Strong track record as highly performing sales individual and managing a senior sales team in our specific industry.
• Generally motivated for Sales (Hunting and New Business development) and highly energetic with a good sense of time management
• What You Bring
• Good understanding of fleet management and leasing
• General knowledge of financial and leasing including systems, applications, and banking practices
• · Requires expert negotiation and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Requires solid problem-solving skills.
• Analytical skills are required to determine client business needs and requirements.
• Ability to remain calm under various levels of pressure.
• Ability to show established track record. Requires the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of management (internally/externally)
• Travel is required (within the KZN region)

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Job Description

To provide expertise, advice and support on analytical and quantitative insights, management information system improvements and the development of standardised procedures to ensure actionable information is readily available for business decisions and solutions

• Analyse and define business requirements to provide information that informs decision making and adds business value for solution generation
• Assess own performance through seeking timely and clear feedback and request training where appropriate
• Report on transactional and process activities within set guidelines to provide timely information for decision making
• Act responsibly with work related resources in order to contribute to cost containment
• Produce high quality work by adhering to predefined standards and procedures and in accordance with compliance and governance standards
• Address customer needs in order to meet or exceed customer expectations
• Build and maintain stakeholder relationships
• Analyse end-to-end processes to identify opportunities to improve business processes
• Support the planning, implementation, and design of projects across relevant business units to improve the process flow and minimise risks throughout the entire project life-cycle

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Role Purpos

To maximize new and existing business opportunities with commercial customers, through securing financing of assets, referring of value-added products and relationship building to grow profitability and market share for the Product House with focus on FNB Banked clients and Non-FNB Banked clients.

Responsibilities

• Achieve sales and new client acquisition targets to contribute to profit and growth of business.
• Contribute to teamwork and inclusivity within own team.
• Identify and utilize opportunities to assess and improve own performance.
• Report on transactional and process activities within set guidelines to provide timely information for decision making.
• Optimize work through the application of learning experiences.
• Comply with relevant statutory, legislative, policy and governance requirements and adhere to processes and procedures related to area of specialization.
• Build and maintain stakeholder relationships.
• Deliver customer service through adherence to quality service standards.
• Achieve expected financial targets and uphold associated service levels.
• Contribute to cost efficiencies through responsible utilization of work-related resources.
• Update all systems and administration as per standard policies, procedures, and legislative requirements.

Additional Requirements

• In accordance with National Credit Act (NCA) candidates applying for this role will require a credit record check.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum Qualification - Diploma in Commerce, Marketing or Finance
• Preferred Qualification - Degree in Commerce, Marketing or Finance
• Experience - 3 to 5 years’ experience in Marketing, Banking or Finance
• Financial Statements – An understanding of and ability to assess Financial Statements