The group’s corporate centre includes many of the critical functions required by a large and complex financial services business. It represents custodianship and has ultimate accountability to external stakeholders such as shareholders and regulators.
These functions may sound boring at first glance – treasury, risk, compliance, governance, audit, fin...
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To assist the Head of Governance, Ethics and Legal to manage bank compliance with the relevant statutory and regulatory requirements and best practice corporate governance frameworks
Identify potential financial risk that the annual business plan might bring about and ensure measures are taken to manage that risk against the financial expenditure budget
Create, analyse and interpret budget Variance Reports to ensure financial planning and accruals are adjusted to accommodate changes in business operations
Increase operational efficiency and suggest solutions to enhance cost effectiveness control costs for business area
Build relationships that allow for the managing of expectations; the sharing of knowledge and diverse insights; and the creation of buy-in
Engage in cross-functional relationships to obtain and to provide work support
Contribute to sustaining a competitive edge through external networking, benchmarking and representation on related forums
Provide input into, and implement, corporate governance, compliance, integrity and ethics policies in are of accountability to identify and manage risk exposure
Stays abreast of relevant industry risk management best practices and legislative amendments and suggests ways to leverage these to ensure continuous improvement
Creates risk awareness and manages audit findings
Participate in Group risk forums where required and cascades relevant information through team
Maintain expert knowledge on relevant legislative amendments, industry best practices and provide of advice to relevant stakeholders
Maintain up to date knowledge of local and global trends
Provide thought leadership and expertise
Ensure integrated view and reporting of relevant business information
Analyse information to identify trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies for decision making purposes
Ensure reporting of identified inconsistencies or opportunism
Use the insights gained through integrated business reports to measure success and realign tactical strategy implementation objectives appropriately
Understand the competency and skills sets to be mastered to ensure personal and employee development and performance
Identify development needs and select effective solutions to address own and employee development needs to facilitate improvement of self and team
Ensure that each employee prepares a personal development plan that is implemented and reviewed as required
Create an environment conducive to cross-functional skills transfer
Keep abreast of learning opportunities, changing products and trends
Provide guidance, share knowledge and expertise and guide employees to find their own solutions
Share constructive feedback that motivates others to grow
To provide strategic guidance in developing and enhancing technical practices, ensuring alignment with industry best standards and driving continuous improvement. This job leads, mentors, and develops a team of technical specialists to deliver high-quality operational, project, and technical support that fosters business efficiency, innovation, and sustainable growth.
Deliver a service which builds rewarding relationships, proposes innovations and allows others to provide exceptional client service.
Maintain close working relationships with key stakeholders ensuring appropriate IT solutions are developed.
Implement processes, which build customer service delivery excellence and encourage others to provide exceptional service.
Create and maintain working relationships with a variety of stakeholders for purposes of expectation management, knowledge sharing and integration.
Translate business IT requirements into implementable solutions and continuously monitor to ensure operational continuity and effectiveness.
Oversee and manage all technical support request escalated and ensure effective resolution within the Service Level Agreement.
Ensure adequate unit, system integration and post implementation unit tests are performed for all configuration and development tasks.
Ensure testing yields an acceptable level of performance for the changes being delivered.
Analyse and/or identify problems/requirements to determine impact, patterns and trends, best fit alternatives, and best practice solutions.
Determine the estimated resources and timelines required to deliver the required functionality.
Assess, identify, and mitigate potential risks within the IT function by complying with technology business policy and process requirements (SDLC and change / release management process definition) to ensure operational performance.
Design relevant IT Solution and produce specification and architecture in accordance with agreed standards against the requirements and approved by the appropriate governance forums.
Participate in specialist communities of practice and contribute positively to own and organisational knowledge improvement.
Support effective teamwork within the function.
Participate and collaborate across teams.
Plan and manage performance, skills development, employment equity, talent, and culture of team in order to improve innovation and achieve efficiencies.
Deadline:10th April,2026
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