Current Openings at RMB - Rand Merchant Bank

Job Description

• Hello Future Project Manager (TTS)!
• RMB is a place where exceptional people create their own opportunities by challenging the conventional and driving sustainable impact. 
• United by our proud heritage, strong ethics and philosophy of Traditional values. Innovative ideas, it’s the magic of our people and culture that sets us apart.
• Now, is the time to imagine your next move with South Africa’s number one employer in Financial Services for 2023, where you can embrace the power of collective thinking to unlock unique opportunities for our clients and society.
• We are hiring for 4 Project Managers for the Treasury and Trade Solutions Business Unit.

Are you someone who can: 

• Lead and manage complex projects from initiation to completion, ensuring successful delivery in line with organisational goals.
• Engage in long-term planning, resource management, risk assessment, and stakeholder communication to drive project success.
• Oversee the project team(s), manage budgets, and ensure that all project deliverables meet quality standards.
• Develop, present, and implement detailed project plans, including definitions of project scope, objectives, timelines and resource requirements.
• Manage the project planning and prioritisation process by communicating the project planning process and requirements to relevant stakeholders and reviewing high-level project proposal business case to ensure fitness for the prioritisation process.
• Identify project risks and develop comprehensive risk management plans to mitigate potential issues.
• Coordinate cross-functional project teams, ensuring effective collaboration and communication among team members.
• Monitor and control project progress, making adjustments as necessary to ensure successful project completion.
• Facilitate regular project status meetings and provide updates to senior management and stakeholders.
• Ensure that project deliverables meet quality standards and are delivered on time and within scope.
• Facilitate benefits realisation process, ensuring all parties are aware of their areas of responsibility and that benefits delivered by projects are accurately measured and tracked on an ongoing basis.
• Oversee project documentation, including project charters, plans, schedules, and reports.
• Manage stakeholder relationships, addressing concerns and ensuring their needs are met throughout the project lifecycle.
• Implement project management best practices and continuously seek opportunities for process improvement.
• Track and report on project portfolio performance and provide a real time comprehensive and prioritised view of all projects.
• Conduct post-project evaluations and lessons learned sessions to identify areas for future improvement.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to other project team members.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory organisational policies and standards.
• Utilise project management software and tools to enhance project tracking and reporting.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with vendors, contractors, and other external partners.

You will be an ideal candidate if you: 

• Have a relevant Degree
• Have previous experience as a Project Manager; Experience within Investment Banking would be preferred
• Have strong Excel and Power BI experience and have worked with large data sets
• Are able to demonstrate knowledge of project management principles and methodologies

You will have access to: 

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
• Opportunities to innovate

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
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it
   

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Job Description

• To monitor and manage the risk in relevant area for the Markets Division by identifying, quantifying, analysing and troubleshooting market risk issues on a daily basis
• RMB is a place where exceptional people create their own opportunities by challenging the conventional and driving sustainable impact.
• United by our proud heritage, strong ethics and philosophy of Traditional values. Innovative ideas, it’s the magic of our people and culture that sets us apart.
• Now, is the time to imagine your next move with South Africa’s number one employer in Financial Services for 2023, where you can embrace the power of collective thinking to unlock unique opportunities for our clients and society.

Are you someone who can: 

• Demonstrate cost consciousness and awareness of personal contribution to costs and productivity Identify and escalates potential risks that may lead to increased costs
• Prevent wastage and identify process improvements to contain and reduce costs
• Establish relationships with relevant individuals and departments to deliver on work expectations
• Adhere to relevant service level agreements to build trust in the relationship
• Adhere to Organisational values and service standards and interact with and communicate with customers accordingly
• Ensure first time resolution of customer queries or complaints and take ownership of any requirements and follow up on queries handed over to other parties or areas to ensure delivery on agreed time lines and Service Level Agreements
• Meet set turnaround times while ensuring own availability, reliability and accuracy
• Propose improvements on internal processes that impacts service levels and customer satisfaction within area of accountability
• Ensure own product knowledge and guidance provided is technically accurate and collects feedback to help improve customer service
• Execute own work in accordance with the organisational values and code of ethics
• Comply with and adhere to identified governance and compliance standards and escalate problems for investigation and resolution
• Identify and escalate risk as normal part of work
• Provide timeous reports on operations, performance and audit findings
• Report on transactional activity progression within set guidelines to provide timely information for decision making in area of accountability Investigate new ways to optimise processes
• Flag opportunities to migrate to platform and supports the use of technology in process and system improvements
• Draw on knowledge and experience to identify and develop solutions that lead to improved service delivery and quality
• Contribute to teamwork and inclusivity by working together to achieve team goals Value individual contributions and respects diversity in the team
• Share information and knowledge that benefits the team
• Seek out regular performance feedback and put actions in place to improve and enhance performance Identify activities to address own development gaps
• Create own personal development plan and review plan with team leader or manager
• Understand which competencies and skills are required to be mastered to ensure personal development and performance
• Keep abreast of learning opportunities, changing products and trends

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
• Field of Study: Mathematical Science, Mathematics of Finance, Actuarial Science, Financial Risk Management, Mathematical Statistics, Quantitative Finance or Risk Management, and Econometrics
• Advantageous: FRM, PRM, CQF or CFA
• 2-3 years' experience and exposure to Market Risk, Global Markets or related Financial Risk functions would be beneficial. 
• Good understanding of Market Risk as a control function including proficiency in market risk identification, measurement, analysis and reporting. 
• Knowledge of Global Markets products, their valuations and the use of associated risk sensitivity measurements to inform risk-based decisions. 
• Intermediate coding, modelling and report building skills would be beneficial. Exposure to Market Risk regulations, including FRTB, would be advantageous. 

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Job Description

• To take responsibility for creating and contextualizing operational strategies for that aligns strategic goals and objectives with decisions regarding products and services; partners and suppliers; organization; capabilities; and digitization. The role acts as a business architect bridging the gap between business and technology, will lead a team and work with business leaders to craft solutions that are fit for purpose.

Are you someone who can:  ​

• Developing and executing strategic plans of the Business Unit/Segment to achieve the organization's goals and objectives. This involves conducting market research, analyzing industry trends, and identifying growth opportunities.
• Planning and executing innovation and emerging business projects to take new ideas/opportunities from the ideation phase to the incubation phase of the R&D process.
• Works with business leaders to facilitate real understanding of the direction chosen.
• Facilitates acceptance of commitment to strategic goals and business plans.
• Ensures continuous communication of the strategic direction to the business.
• Drives the strategy process into the business by working with the business leaders to facilitate understanding of the direction chosen.
• Supports the development of business plan and actions.
• Evaluating the competitive landscape and assessing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT analysis) of the organization. This helps in identifying areas where the company can gain a competitive advantage and mitigate potential risks.
• Analyzes the industry and market trends and determine new and potential business capabilities.
• Collaborating across business segments to both find opportunities for and showcase ideas in the Innovation and emerging business pipeline.
• Assessing the economic impact of various business decisions and evaluating the financial feasibility of new projects or initiatives. This may include conducting cost-benefit analyses, evaluating investment opportunities, and assessing the potential risks and rewards.
• Accountable for expense analysis and controls.
• Accountable for building the business plan bottom-up with the business leaders.
• Tracking and evaluating key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of implemented strategies and initiatives. This involves analyzing data, preparing reports, and providing recommendations for improvement.
• Maintains work plans, incident tracking, error tracking, and documentation required to effectively manage deliverables and expectations consistent with business requirements.
• Creating business architecture models demonstrating how products, operations and systems inter-operate within the organization.
• Reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating ideas, projects, and opportunities to develop new products, new technologies, and business models for the business segment.
• Ensure solutions developed across organization are aligned to business architecture standards and FM principles, leverage common solutions and services, and meet financial targets (cost and benefits).
• Provide architectural oversight of projects; ensure requirements are in alignment with business strategies and business architecture roadmap/framework.
• Take ownership and a ‘hands on’ approach to define and deliver a program of work to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of a core business process.
• Prioritize change and how to manage multiple related change programs.
• Assimilate and correlate disconnected documentation and drawings and articulate their collective relevance to the organization and to high-priority business issues.
• Collaborating with various departments within the organization, such as human resources finance, marketing, operations and strategy to align strategies and ensure their successful implementation.
• Working with technical and business teams to evaluate new and emerging technologies, vendors, and business models.
• Partners with the IT architecture team in developing an IT framework that aligns with the business plan.
• Functions as a liaison to Business and IT partners in order to gain a broad understanding of industry trends and innovations, and their impact on technology.
• In conjunction with business partners, initiate IT project requests, perform/lead initial analysis of the request, and provide initial assessment and estimation of the effort.
• Presenting findings, recommendations, and strategic plans to senior management or clients. This requires excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively convey complex information in a clear and concise manner.
• Leads Senior Management through the development of a business architecture plan for the line of business. Evaluate and present information that will facilitate effective and timely decision-making through written and oral communication materials that effectively summarize findings with recommendations.
• Leads the effort to work with business leaders to identify business capability needs and prioritization.
• Leads the effort to identify and document capability and initiative needs and strategic prioritization into business architecture deliverables (roadmaps etc.)

You will be an ideal candidate if you have the following:

Qualifications

• Minimum qualification: a post-graduate or honours degree in a relevant field such as Finance, BS Computer Science, or a related discipline
• Preferred qualification: a master’s degree  in a relevant field such as Finance, BS Computer Science, or a related discipline or an MBA

Experience and Skills

•  5 - 7 years experience in multi-disciplinary application of wide knowledge spanning business and technology.
• Experience in planning, analysis, design, and implementation of business & IT initiatives
• Experience using model-based representations that can be adjusted as required to collect, aggregate, or disaggregate complex and conflicting information about the business.
• Experience modeling business processes using a variety of tools and techniques. appropriately at all levels of the organization; this includes written and verbal communications as well as visualisations.

You will have access to: 

• Opportunities to network and collaborate 
• Challenging Working 
• Opportunities to innovate 

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 
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it