Careers at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

• To provide a sales support function for all Commercial Asset Finance (CAF) by integrating sales (non-scored), deal making, operations, compliance and credit risk functions while ensuring adherence to Standard Bank's policies, procedures and all the applicable regulatory requirements. To manage a team of Sales Support consultants within the agreed financial budgets.

Qualifications

• Matric, Diploma/ Degree Business Commerce

Experience Required

• 3 to 7 years Business & Commercial Banking Experience in a sales support function (e.g., portfolio management, disbursements, contracts, etc.) within Commercial Asset Finance.
• Understands the VAF value chain.
• Experience with Merchant sales acquiring
• Knowledge of Diners Corporate & Consumer Sales

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Embracing Change
• Exploring Possibilities
• Following Procedures
• Interacting with People
• Meeting Timescales
• Producing Output
• Team Working
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Account Opening & Maintenance
• Customer Understanding (Business Banking)
• Product Knowledge (Business Banking)
• Product Related Systems (Business Banking)
• Risk Awareness
• Risk Identification
• Risk Response Strategy

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Job Description

• We are seeking an experienced and visionary Head of Finance to lead our financial transformation journey in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• This is a pivotal leadership role where you will drive the modernisation of our finance function, positioning the organisation for future growth through strategic digital transformation, process optimisation, and innovative financial practices.
• The successful candidate will combine strong financial acumen with transformational leadership capabilities, championing change whilst maintaining rigorous financial governance and control.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive financial transformation strategy aligned with organisational objectives, ensuring the finance function evolves to meet future business demands
• Lead the digital modernisation of financial processes, including the implementation and optimisation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and automation technologies
• Oversee financial planning, analysis, and forecasting activities, providing strategic insights to support executive decision-making and business planning
• Manage the full P&L responsibility, driving cost optimisation initiatives and identifying opportunities for improved financial efficiency without compromising quality or compliance
• Champion change management across the finance function, engaging stakeholders at all levels and building capability to embrace new systems, processes, and ways of working
• Establish and maintain robust risk management frameworks, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and governance standards applicable in South Africa
• Build and develop a high-performing finance team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, analytical excellence, and professional development
• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to embed financial discipline and commercial awareness throughout the organisation
• Implement advanced financial modelling and data analytics capabilities to enhance decision-making and business intelligence
• Monitor emerging fintech solutions and industry best practices, evaluating opportunities for adoption and competitive advantage

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 -15 years' experience in senior finance leadership roles, with proven track record in financial transformation or organisational change initiatives
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic financial planning, analysis, and P&L management
• Strong experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementation and digital finance transformation
• Proficiency in financial modelling, data analytics, and business intelligence tools
• Comprehensive knowledge of financial compliance, risk management, and governance frameworks, particularly within the South African regulatory environment
• Proven change management capabilities with ability to lead and motivate teams through transformation programmes
• Excellent people skills, with demonstrated ability to build, develop, and inspire high-performing teams
• Strong commercial acumen and strategic business thinking
• Advanced proficiency in financial systems and software; familiarity with emerging fintech and automation technologies is desirable
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with ability to articulate complex financial concepts to non-financial audiences
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical mindset and ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Decisive leadership style with ability to make sound judgements in ambiguous situations

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Convincing People
• Developing Expertise
• Developing Strategies
• Directing People
• Embracing Change
• Empowering Individuals
• Establishing Rapport
• Generating Ideas
• Interacting with People
• Managing Tasks

Technical Competencies:

• Financial Management (Financial)
• Organization Change Management
• Project Management (Project Mgmt)
• Strategic Planning and Reporting

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Job Description

• To provide subject matter expertise, lead and drive the design, implementation, and maintenance of endpoint solutions and integrated communication systems within a dedicated infrastructure applications portfolio (SBSA) to ensure a secure and efficient work environment as well as seamless communication and collaboration across various platforms. To protect the organisation's computer systems and networks from cyber threats, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data.

Qualifications

• Must have a degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent work experience with over 7+ years of relevant work experience.
• Having certifications on M365 such as MD-102 MS-102, SC-200, MS-700, MS-721, AZ-104, Enterprise architecture methodology, IT Service management.

Experience:

• Significant experience leading technical projects
• Experience working in a large multi-tenant organization in a consulting or operations capacity is strongly preferred.
• Experience in developing and executing cloud strategies and roadmaps and awareness of latest trends in cloud computing.
• Deep level of knowledge in the Modern Work Solution area as well as three products areas within Modern Work (Microsoft 365).
• Proven ability in designing and deploying solutions, particularly in areas of Modern work (Microsoft 365) and Migration.

Additional Information:

• Excellent understanding of Cloud Technologies (Gen AI, SAAS, PAAS & IAAS).
• Excellent understanding on Subscription model & Services offered in M365 Tech Stack.
• Deep level of knowledge in the Modern Work Solution area as well as three products areas within Modern Work (Microsoft 365).
• Lead technical engagements, including Briefings, Proof of Concepts, Architectural Design Sessions.
• Drive innovation and productivity by designing, deploying, and scaling generative AI solutions.
• Follow digital workplace principals(API First, Discoverable Automations, Business-context aware).
• Lead and/or contribute to the delivery of workshops, bootcamps, and trainings necessary to build partners’ technical skills.
• Understanding of Client Connectivity, Authentication & Authorization, Entra ID Framework , Copilot, Copilot Agents.
• Deep knowledge of subscriptions to build Enterprise scale end-to-end solutions on Microsoft 365 (E5).
• Office 365 Tenant to Tenant Migration.
• Automation of day to day administrative and configuration tasks.

Additional Information

Key Responsibilities:

• Participates and leads the gathering of client requirements and constraints.
• Developing and executing cloud strategies and roadmaps. Awareness of industry best practices and the latest trends in cloud computing. 
• Drafting of comprehensive business cases for enterprise architecture approvals
• Develop and maintain depth and breadth of technical and professional skills, along with business acumen and industry knowledge.
• Exhibit a deep level of knowledge in the Modern Work platform area as well as three products areas within Modern Work (Microsoft 365)
• Ensuring Security is at the center of the discussion addressing complex business cases.
• You will learn about the products, services, and value propositions of Microsoft's Cloud and support IT and share learnings with others
• Identify issues and advises specialists teams to operate and optimize performance in accordance with Microsoft best practices and apply methodology and governance, as directed, to minimize business and technical risks and adhere to quality assurance while ensuring excellence in contributions to design and/or delivery of solutions.​
• Engage and drive solution adoption and implementations within complex deployments.
• Drive Microsoft technology adaptation and collaborate with different entities within Microsoft for successful product fitment.
• Participates in project planning and contributes to risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Embracing Change
• Following Procedures
• Interpreting Data
• Showing Composure
• Taking Action
• Team Working
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Agile Development
• API Design, Development and Frameworks
• API Engineering
• Application Support
• Availability Management
• Change Control and Management (IT)
• Cloud Platform Engineering
• Cloud Services
• Continuous Process Improvement
• Information Technology Architecture
• Process Analysis and Redesign
• Process Governance
• Project Management (Project Mgmt)
• Project Reporting
• Promote Good Governance, Risk & Control
• Quality Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Stakeholder Management

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Job Description

• We are looking for a Software Quality Engineer to join our Payments Engineering team responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and resilience of the bank’s card and payment processing platforms. This role reflects the modern Quality Engineering model, where engineers embed quality throughout the delivery lifecycle through continuous testing, observability, automation, and measurable delivery outcomes.

Qualifications

Type of Qualification: Degree
Field of Study: Information Technology
Experience Required
Software Engineering
Technology
5-7 years
Proven working experience in software development Life Cycle

Experience in implementing automation-first testing practices across UI, APIs, and messaging layers, integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and using monitoring and production telemetry to continuously improve system quality.

• Understanding of secure testing practices, including:
  • Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
  • Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
  • Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
• Ability to derive test scenarios from frameworks such as OWASP ASVS.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise

Technical Competencies:

• Test Automation
• API & Integration Testing
• Payments Domain Expertise
• CI/CD & DevOps
• Zabbix

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Job Description

• To design, code, test, debug and correct programs in software engineering environments within the continuous delivery pipe line as well as provide support and maintenance of systems. In addition, produce software specifications in accordance with the technical requirements, within the framework of the software quality assurance standards.

Qualifications

Type of Qualification: Degree
Field of Study: Information Technology
Experience Required
Software Engineering
Technology
5-7 years

• Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions.
• 5 years of hands‑on experience developing native iOS applications using Swift
• Experience with modern iOS frameworks (e.g., SwiftUI or UIKit), Xcode, and consuming REST APIs

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts

Technical Competencies:

• Agile Engineering
• API Engineering
• Automation
• Cloud Computing
• Continuous Delivery (CD)

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Job Description

• To design, code, test, debug, and maintain programs in development environments. Apply agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result. Work within a strict framework of programming standards under supervision of senior technical resources.

Qualifications

Type of Qualification: Degree
Field of Study: Information Technology

Experience Required
Software Engineering
Technology
5-7 years
Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions.
8-10 years
Proven experience in modern engineering practices i.e. dev ops, agile etc., Proven experience across multiple, broad IT Engineering disciplines, with demonstrated specialisation in at least one. Experience within the required scope of expertise.

• 5 years’ experience developing backend applications using Java (Java 8 or higher) and Spring/Spring Boot.
• CLOUD (AWS) experience
• Experience building and consuming REST APIs and working within a microservices architecture

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts

Technical Competencies:

• Java
• API Engineering
• Automation
• Cloud Computing
• Continuous Delivery (CD)

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Job Description

• To design, code, test, debug and correct programs in software engineering environments within the continuous delivery pipe line as well as provide support and maintenance of systems. In addition, produce software specifications in accordance with the technical requirements, within the framework of the software quality assurance standards.

Qualifications

Type of Qualification: Degree
Field of Study: Information Technology

Experience Required

Software Engineering
Technology
5-7 years
Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions.

• 5 years’ experience developing backend applications using Java (Java 8 or higher) and Spring/Spring Boot.
• CLOUD (AWS) experience
• Experience building and consuming REST APIs and working within a microservices architecture

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts

Technical Competencies:

• Agile Engineering
• API Engineering
• Automation
• Cloud Computing
• Continuous Delivery (CD)

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Job Description

The role is responsible for driving and supporting the bank's Information Security initiatives through the implementation, monitoring, and optimization of data protection and threat prevention controls. The incumbent will manage and enhance security platforms that protect sensitive data and systems from infiltration, misuse, and data leakage. This includes operational ownership of Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Email Security, Web Security, and Secure Service Edge (SSE) technologies whilst collaborating with risk, legal, compliance, and infrastructure teams to ensure alignment with regulatory and internal security requirements.

• Experience coordinating delivery across multiple technology or business domains where work spans platforms, infrastructure, or shared services (advantageous).
• Ability to manage cross‑team dependencies and ensure clear ownership and alignment across diverse technical streams.
• Familiarity with governance, risk, and compliance processes and integrating related commitments (e.g., audit, risk remediation) into programme delivery plans.
• Ability to consolidate multiple sources of work intake (strategic initiatives, operational requests, audit actions, BAU activities) into a unified delivery backlog.
• General understanding of enterprise technology environments (cloud, identity, networking, platforms, or security controls) to support effective dependency management.
• Experience coordinating delivery with third‑party service providers or vendors, ensuring aligned deliverables and timelines.
• Proven capability in identifying and resolving complex blockers involving multiple teams, vendors, or operational units.
• Experience supporting delivery hygiene and alignment to organisational standards (e.g., operational readiness, platform compliance, or control maturity baselines).
• Strong cross‑functional stakeholder engagement skills with ability to work across business, technology, and operational teams.
• Experience delivering in high‑assurance or regulated environments (financial services, telecoms, large enterprise IT) is advantageous.
• Exposure to technology‑control domains (identity, data protection, infrastructure hardening, network governance, etc.) is beneficial but not required.

Qualifications

Type of Qualification: First Degree
Field of Study: Information Technology

Experience Required

Cyber Security / Technology

• Minimum 10 years in information security or cyber risk, with deep experience in data‑security engineering or security operations.
• Proven leadership experience in managing complex control environments (email, DLP, SWG, APIs, cloud security).
• Strong understanding of POPIA, global data‑protection regulations, cyber frameworks and cloud-native security models.
• Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing teams in fast‑paced, 24/7 operational environments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, influencing and communication capabilities.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM or cloud security certifications are advantageous.
• Manage and optimize data protection and security controls across endpoints, cloud platforms, and collaboration tools, ensuring minimal false positives and regulatory compliance.
• Administer and enhance email and web security solutions to protect against phishing, malware, and spoofing threats.
• Configure and monitor secure access technologies, including SSE and Zero Trust policies, to safeguard remote and cloud environments.
• Investigate security alerts, support incident response, and provide reporting while collaborating with cross-functional teams to strengthen overall security posture.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Challenging Ideas
• Convincing People
• Developing Strategies
• Directing People
• Embracing Change
• Empowering Individuals
• Making Decisions
• Providing Insights
• Resolving Conflict
• Showing Composure
• Taking Action
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Data Analysis
• Documenting
• Internal & External IT Environment
• IT Business Analysis/ Feature Analysis
• IT Programme Management
• Research & Information Gathering
• Service Management Processes
• Vendor Evaluation and Management

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Job Description

• To provide appropriate financial and estate planning advice to Private and Business Banking Clients (i.e., Private Banking Signature, Premium, Growth and Commercial Banking) in order to solve for their complex financial needs.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification

• NQF level 6-7 Qualification (Advanced Diploma OR Degree)
• 120 credits or Qualification aligned with FAIS and FSCA requirements
• RE 5: Representatives

Experience

• 3-5 years' experience in a sales environment, specifically intermediary services for banking and insurance categories.
• Understand Long Term insurance products
• Understand the banks products, processes and systems
• No Supervision required

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Convincing People
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Establishing Rapport
• Examining Information
• Exploring Possibilities
• Following Procedures
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Making Decisions
• Managing Tasks
• Producing Output
• Providing Insights
• Seizing Opportunities
• Showing Composure
• Taking Action
• Thinking Positively
• Understanding People
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Financial Acumen
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Industry Regulatory Framework
• Financial Planning
• Interpreting Financial Statements
• Legal Compliance