Careers at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

• Provide strategic leadership in financial resource management by integrating capital, liquidity, and balance sheet insights into decision-making frameworks.
• Shape the cluster’s return architecture by defining hurdle rates, challenging pricing methodologies, and ensuring strategic alignment with bank-wide capital efficiency goals.
• Drive optimisation through oversight of profitability, pricing performance, and resource consumption, translating financial strategy into actionable targets. Act as a key advisor to senior stakeholders, ensuring that product-level decisions reflect strategic value, risk appetite, and sustainable return delivery.

Job Description

Strategic Analytics & Resource Optimisation

• Shape and influence capital and balance sheet strategies to support business growth and financial resilience.
• Evaluate resource allocation proposals and contribute to enterprise-level prioritisation aligned with return objectives.
• Use advanced analytics to identify portfolio tilts and strategic investment areas across customer segments and sectors.
• Assess trade-offs between risk, return, and growth to inform high-impact business decisions.
• Translate financial insights into actionable recommendations on resource deployment and performance improvement.

Financial management and Business Partnering

• Collaborate with business unit or function heads to determine their performance reporting needs (both financial and non-financial) and agree on deliverables annually.
• Guide the setting and translation of performance targets to business units and products.
• Monitor return delivery and provide insights to optimise portfolio and pricing outcomes.
• Support robust governance across financial resource decisions, pricing practices, and performance monitoring.
• Ensure consistent application of frameworks that support disciplined financial management.
• Provide thought leadership through financial insight and external benchmarking.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across business, finance, risk and treasury to embed FRM principles into core decision-making.

Strategic Analytics and Resource Optimisation

People Management

• Develop internal capability by recruiting and developing a capable team to ensure the necessary resources are in place to achieve business strategy and objectives.
• Implement the people management strategy for the area, in collaboration with the HRBP for the business unit, focusing on talent management, development, resourcing, and retention.
• Embed formal Performance Development and informal coaching within the team.
• Motivate the team and implement measures to recognize and reward direct reports.
• Inspire team members through coaching and mentoring, helping them to perform optimally in alignment with the vision and values, and create a sense of urgency and excitement around the business.

Education and Experience Required

• Minimum B-degree (NQF level no.7) Desired Post Graduate Degree (NQF level no.8+), CA (SA) or CIMA or MBA  or Actuarial Science or Engineering
• 5+ years professional financial management experience
• 5+ years Banking Experience at a management level
• Preferred team lead in Finance Function teams or in professional environments
• Experience in business transformation contexts related to exponential business growth
• Experience in commercial innovation environments
• Broad Finance including strategic, commercial, legal, risk and operational aspects
• Ability to build, develop & lead professional level teams
• Understanding of the financial services sector within a professional business environment
• Knowledge of people change management

Knowledge & Skills:

• Proficiency in data analysis tools (Excel, SQL, Power BI, or Python)
• Banking regulation (Expert)
• Writing & reporting (Advanced)
• Presentation skills (Advanced)
• Understanding of systems used (Advanced)
• Understanding of relevant legislation (Advanced)
• Understanding of corporate controls and checks (Advanced)
• Knowledge of business continuity and contingency (Advanced)
• Computer literacy (Advanced)
• Excellent organisational skills (Advanced)
• Excellent communication skills (Advanced)
• Relationship management and networking (Advanced)
• Strong performance management and coaching skills (Advanced)
• Ability to think creatively (Advanced)
• Ability to react positively under pressure (Advanced)
• Good understanding of the policies and strategies (Advanced)
• Understanding of Banking operating structures (Advanced)
• Change management (Advanced)

Competencies:

• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Deciding and initiating action
• Adapting and responding to change Planning
• Learning and researching
• Analysing
• Planning and organising
• Relating and networking, Leading and supervising

Education

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

End Date: October 3, 2025 

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Job Summary

• We are seeking a motivated and experienced Coverage Banker to focus on the Money Remitter sector within the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Coverage team at Absa Corporate and Investment Bank.
• The Corporate Banker will play a crucial role in building and managing relationships with Money Remitter clients, driving sales growth, and promoting our financial products and services tailored to their unique needs both in SA.
• The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the MSB industry, exceptional sales and relationship-building skills, and a proven track record in achieving sales targets.
• Knowledge of the payments framework and compliance requirements for the sector would be beneficial.
• The role will entail developing and nurturing strong relationships with MSB clients, understanding their business models, financial needs, and compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for MSB clients, identify sales opportunities within the MSB sector and develop effective strategies to achieve sales targets and revenue growth, including partnership opportunities.
• The banker will be responsible for understanding, managing, and mitigating the risks within the MSB sector.
• The banker must maintain a deep understanding of the MSB industry landscape, regulatory changes, and market trends that impact the financial needs of MSB and provide strategic insights and guidance to both clients and internal teams on industry developments.

Job Description

Education

• Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

End Date: October 7, 2025

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Job Summary

• To deliver dynamic customer service by answering incoming calls timeously, resolving customer queries and upselling other idirect Insurance products on offer. Offer financial advice to the customer and handle retentions.

Job Description

• Customer satisfaction, call resolution, quality assurance of service and calls, and compliance. FAIS Fit and Proper Requirements Applicable to this Role (Advice and Intermediary Service): FSCA-Approved Qualification Regulatory Exam for Representatives (RE5) Experience As Per the FAIS Act Product Specific Training once Onboarded Class Of Business Training Continuous Professional Development Attest To Honesty, Integrity, and Good Standing

Education

• Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC)

End Date: October 1, 2025

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Job Summary

• The Absa Corporate Development team is looking for a specialist to assist in the management and execution of our strategic Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) agenda and to ensure correct governance and control thereof.

Job Description

• You will be expected to be experienced in respect of M&A origination and execution and to be able to become familiar with Absa’s governance requirements

Key Accountabilities

Accountability: Origination

• Develop and manage the groups strategic M&A agenda in conjunction with senior management
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Provide ongoing market coverage by business segment and by geography
• Evaluate draft acquisition / disposal / JV Business cases
• Prepare valuations

Accountability: Execution

• Oversee the due diligence process to ensure smooth execution of delivery
• Develop final acquisition/disposal/JV business cases
• Lead deal structuring from start to finish to ensure success of the deal
• Negotiate key terms and legal documentation which will be submitted to the client
• Manage the offer/bidding process
• Oversee the preparation of announcements
• Manage the resolution of Conditions Precedent
• Oversee the completion process

Accountability: Governance

• Establish and manage deal teams
• Manage insider lists
• Select, engage and manage advisors
• Implement Confidentiality Agreements
• Manage internal approval processes for acquisitions / disposals / JV’s
• Perform the M&A evaluation support function for Absa's Group Investment Committee

Accountability: Stakeholder Management

• Effectively communicate developments within areas of activity to all relevant internal and external stakeholders
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external business partners, including but not limited to all delivery channels used, group marketing, group communications. Other prospective providers etc.
• Liaise with all business partners to ensure all management information they require is provided to them timeously
• Perform all other duties as reasonably assigned

Role/Person Specification

Education and Experience

• CA (SA) or equivalent preferred.  Alternatives considered based on relevant knowledge, skills and experience.
• Essential: minimum 2 years post-qualifying experience in investment banking, corporate finance, transaction services or private equity
• Desirable: 5 years post-qualifying experience in investment banking, corporate finance, transaction services or private equity

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent analytical and technical skill set (financial analysis, valuation, due diligence, modelling and commercial documentation)
• Experience in a global investment banking environment with exposure to M&A international best practice
• Banking and insurance sector M&A experience, including African M&A experience
• Tactful and persuasive with the ability to convince minds at various levels of the organisation
• Strategic and commercial mindset
• Problem-solving / solutions oriented
• Strong attention to detail and an analytical approach
• Persistent in nature and a data-driven working style
• Ability to work in a team environment and foster knowledge sharing and mentoring of other team members
• Strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills at various levels

Competencies

• Technical Knowledge
• Business Skills
• Control Environment
• Personal & Interpersonal Skills
• Commercial Effectiveness

Education

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

End Date: October 3, 2025 

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Job Summary

• Responsible for identifying and managing legal risk for the South African business. Key point of contact on a day-to-day basis for the business team, and responsible for providing pro-active legal advice, support and risk management. Key focus area within our payments, acquiring, issuing and cash management business.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

Negotiate, Draft and Review Agreements:

• Ensure agreements are drafted as quickly and efficiently as possible while protecting the Bank and mitigating risks.
• Attend to queries as quickly as possible.
• Successful conclusion of agreements, taken into account how certain clauses would impact the Business Unit and Bank' strategy.
• Consider, comment, negotiate and give advice on commercial agreements and schedules.
• Assist in structuring, negotiating and drafting commercial agreements and schedules relating to standard agreements, technology agreements and related transactions.
• Address all probable risks by seeing to it that they are sufficiently mitigated in the agreements drafted.
• Conduct legal due diligences on transactions.

Advisory and Opinions:

• Delivering excellent and effective legal advice and service to stakeholders, applying strategic thinking with advice given.
• Ensure technical correctness of agreements drafted by ensuring that the latest legal requirements have been included in the agreement.
• Staying up to date with all relevant laws, case law and regulatory directives and guidance, this is done by doing regular research on legal developments and attending training interventions.
• Ensure that all risks are sufficiently addressed in agreements entered by the Bank, understanding the requirements of business, legal issues and possible business risks and incorporating clauses in the agreements to address such risks and requirements.
• At all times ensure that sufficient legal knowledge has been obtained and updated with latest legal developments to ensure that they are correctly reflected in the agreements drafted.

Management of Legal Risks:

• Proactive updating of templates and identification of clauses for continuous improvement. 
• Ensure effective and appropriate verbal and written communication of the legal policies to internal clients.
• Proactive monitoring of compliance of the legal risk control framework.
• Adhere to Absa frameworks, policies and procedures applicable to the role, demonstrating sound judgement and responsible risk management and when required highlight breaches and request dispensations & waivers on a timely basis.
• Report all risk events/incidents/issues immediately upon discovery and escalate significant events/incidents/issues using the defined process for the business area.
• Understand why risk events/incidents/issues happened and identify how to prevent them in future - focusing on fixing root causes and taking ownership of identified actions.
• Actively raise the profile of the legal function and improve on Legal Key Risks
• Manage and create awareness by embedding legal policies and control requirements in all areas of the business
• Provide appropriate challenge and equally be robust in the face of challenges
• Build strong risk partnerships with colleagues in other functions (especially key control areas)
• Fully understand the role of legal in AGL and how it interacts with other functions and the business.
• Identify and escalate non legal and legal risk issues
• Contribute to the creation of policies and controls

Stakeholder Management:

• Build relationships with key senior stakeholders within the legal and business functions across the Bank and become a trusted advisor.
• Timeous, appropriate and collegiate engagement and collaboration with Legal colleagues from other teams, particularly where matters are business facing or are related to another area of expertise (e.g. employment law).
• Timeous and proactive escalation of issues to manager (technical, stakeholder related and where matters have been open for more than 3 months), blocking out contract review time with manager sufficiently in advance so as to avoid urgency and delays.
• Timeous and accurate matters reporting, providing adequate detail and drafted in a manner that can be easily copied into a General Counsel report.
•  Explain legal concepts, clauses in agreements and risks to internal clients.
• Provide training that is beneficial / informative to internal clients by way of presentations, such as training on new legislation or recent legal precedents.
• Manage external counsel were applicable.
• Familiarization with the Bank’s internal governance.
• Contribute to industry wide initiative and develop a good network amongst peer group externally.
• Proactively collaborate across different teams and geographies within Legal to break down silos.

General:

• Leading and managing the payments team
• Proactive stakeholder management and raising the profile of the team.
• Identify instances where contract automation can be implemented to ensure efficiency.
• Deal leadership – ability and experience in leading large and complex deals.
• Develop and maintain a network with senior stakeholders by encouraging informal interactions and catch-up sessions to achieve good visibility and raise the profile of the team.
• Perform duties in line with the Absa values and uphold Absa’ values in transacting with stakeholders, customers and colleagues.
• Provide more than is required from stakeholders to ensure efficiency and excellence.
• Be an active and accountable member of the team by participating in initiatives and workstreams across the Legal function.
• Timeous conclusion of all mandatory training.
• Coach and mentor junior team members.
• Provide objective and constructive feedback and openly share knowledge and expertise.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the team objectives and strategy.
• Make recommendations for and implement change.
• Works independently with minimal supervision and demonstrates the ability to supervise where appropriate.
• Ability to plan and manage projects and matters through to completion including around resourcing.
• Anticipates Market and Legal Developments and impact on Business.

Role/Person Specification

Professional/Technical Experience:

• At least 4years’ PQE in the field of commercial legal
• Ability to advise at a senior business level and establish credibility with senior stakeholders
• Experience in drafting and negotiating agreements is preferred

Academic and Professional Qualifications:

• Appropriate Law degree
• Admitted attorney in RSA
• Strong Commercial Law experience
• Degree from a leading educational institution with good academic results

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Very strong interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Well organized and efficient
• Excellent negotiating and influencing skills
• Integrity and reliability
• Excellent attention to detail
• Commercial acumen
• Business awareness, prioritization of risk and strong commercial focus
• Ability to manage a large (and often fluid) workload with effective prioritization as well as deliver under pressure and at speed

Education

• Bachelor Honours Degree: Law, Military Science and Security (Required)

End Date: October 2, 2025

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Job Summary

• Dynamic and results-driven Investment Banker to join Investment Banking Special Asset Management team to provide strategic financial advisory and transaction execution services to clients navigating distressed and special situations for the Corporate & Investment Bank.
• The successful candidate be able to build and maintain strong relationships with clients, conduct in-depth financial analysis and modeling to assess market conditions and risks whilst collaborating with senior bankers to develop innovative solutions for clients. Experience in restructuring, distressed lending and asset management strategies will be advantageous. Candidates with experience in corporate finance, M&A, leverage finance and or debt advisory experience, holding a CA/LLB or similar with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.

Job Description

Education

• Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

End Date: October 2, 2025

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Job Summary

• To plan, execute and manage audit assignments in accordance with the PAN African Group Audit plan and relevant policies, procedures and quality standards. The Audit Manager is responsible for the quality of the technology audit work performed and the efficiency and effectiveness of the technology audit team.

Job Description

Audit Planning

• Participate in the 6+6 audit planning cycle; provide input by taking into account the risk and control profile, business strategy and material risks affecting the business.

Assurance

• Plan the delivery of assigned audits to a high quality and in line with Key Performance Indicators as per the methodology. This will include adequate resourcing scheduling, meeting key deliverables in terms of audit timelines and review of audit work to confirm that the minimum requirements as per methodology are met.
• Manage the execution of Design Effectiveness Testing (DEA) and Operational Effectiveness Testing (OET) of the audit team in line with methodology requirements and as per the requirements of the QA scorecard.
• Ensure audits and issues assurance within Key Performance timelines and resource budget

Leadership and Management

• Mentor and coach less experienced team members by providing guidance around the methodology and audit process, and manage the teams that assigned to the audit effectively by delegating audit work to empower each individual team member
• Develop a high performing team by embedding formal performance development and informal coaching. Encourage frequent knowledge sharing between team members

Teamwork

• Support IA management team to identify, attract, develop and retain talent on an ongoing basis.
• Engage proactively with Internal Audit colleagues during assignments and request technical assistance where required and based on knowledge of business areas, provide guidance to other auditors and peers by sharing best practice so that their work meets and sometimes exceeds quality standards

Relationship Management

• Present effectively at stakeholder meetings and forums (e.g.: Risk and Governance Forums etc.) by sharing knowledge and information, including methodology, standards, changes and new developments, with business stakeholders on an ongoing basis, and develop and maintain relationships with accountable stakeholder management on each audit.
• Build effective relationships with CoE counterparts and fully engage them during audit reporting

Reporting

• Use business knowledge to assess evolving risks, write high quality reports with observations which are insightful, address the root cause, have agreed actions that fully mitigate the risk, support the Issues Assurance process and require no further audit work to support them

Knowledge Management

• Continuous upskilling on both technical and other core competencies.
• Keeping up to date with industry trends, regulatory changes and professional standards
• Develop an in-depth knowledge of the methodology, by attending training sessions and using knowledge gained during audits, use this proactively in executing audit activities.
• Based on knowledge of business areas, provide guidance to other auditors and peers by sharing best practice so that their work meets and sometimes exceeds quality standards

Minimum Requirements:

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• A minimum of 2 - 3 years management experience
• Experience within the Financials Services environment (preferred)
• Experience in a Big 4 External Audit experience (preferred)

Education

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

End Date: October 3, 2025