Absa Group Limited (Absa) has forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise the possibilities on our continent and beyond.
Job Summary
- To follow the six steps of financial planning in executing the role of a FAIS licensed financial adviser. A professional introduction must be made to introduce the adviser and the services offered by the adviser. Upon client approval the adviser may conduct a Financial Needs Analysis (FNA) in the disciplines of Investment, Life Insurance and Estate planning. Based on the concluded FNA to make recommendations
- To address single or multiple needs identified on behalf of the client. Advice recommendations will must be presented under the license categories for which the adviser is accredited Absa approved product(s) that are deemed will meet the needs of the client. On client acceptance of all or part of the advice, the adviser is required to implement the accepted advice through Absa’s new business processes.
- The adviser must conduct regularly review of the client needs to assess continued suitability of implemented solutions. In these reviews, new needs may be addressed and changes to existing plans be proposed to ensure continued solutioning of client needs.
- Adviser must continue to ensure ongoing Fit and Proper status to enable them to offer services under an Absa advice license.
Job Description
Key Accountabilities:
- Accountability: To establish and maintain a professional relationship with all stakeholders (Client, Bank personnel, product providers and Adviser Support staff)
- Participate in reciprocal leads activities and sales/pipeline meetings to identify opportunities for new or repeat business, and fully utilising Absa’s bancassurance structure.
- Assess client’s needs through use of recommended needs analysis tools, ensuring that the client is aware of the full value proposition offered by AIFA.
- Prepare recommendation and quote for appropriate risk and investment solutions based on the client’s individual needs and profile.
- Present recommendation to clients, ensuring that all FAIS regulations are followed regarding advice given.
- Follow all the steps in the designated client engagement process as specified by Absa Advisers.
- Provide regular feedback to the Regional Manager on actions taken to progress the lead to business.
- Network, on an ongoing basis, with all stakeholders in Everyday Banking (PGM’s and Regional Managers) and elsewhere by attending their meetings and social gatherings to position the Absa Advisers' value proposition to the Bank and to the clients
Accountability: Meet sales and/or growth targets
- Do activity planning by identifying the clients to be approached/contacted during a particular period in conjunction with Everyday Advice Executive.
- Using the leads information provided by the source and or Regional Manager listings, as well as leads sourced through own prospecting activities and determine the client's financial needs.
- Make exclusive use of Absa’s Financial Needs Analysis tool (Avalon from Aug 2024 onwards) to conduct a comprehensive Financial Needs Analysis for the client.
- Obtain the client's consent to access his/her existing policy information by getting him/her to sign the relevant documents to
- get a comprehensive view of the client's financial needs.
- Discuss various possible solutions and options available with the client and thereafter recommend the most appropriate products and or solution(s) to address financial needs.
- Generate and discuss a formal recommendation including product quote(s) for the client.
- On acceptance of part or all the advice recommendations, complete the necessary product application forms and ensure that the client signs the forms to indicate his/her consent to engage in a transaction(s).
- Gather, generate, and complete all the necessary compliance documentation (e.g., Client Advice Record, copy of ID, Financial Needs Analysis, FICA).
- Submit the proposal forms to the relevant product providers for processing.
- Ensure that the issued policy aligns to the recommended product.
- Review the client's portfolio at a minimum of once a year and contact the client based on the adviser and client agreed contact strategy to maintain a healthy client relationship.
- Provide a report back to the Regional Manager and Everyday Banking stakeholders on the strike rate (i.e., the number of leads provided that were converted to business) where applicable.
- Seek business opportunities from external sources as necessary to grow the book of business and reciprocate leads to Regional Managers and PGM’s.
Accountability: Manage own commission earnings
- Capture the correct Policy Relevant Information (PRI) number on the Commission system.
- On a monthly basis, check the accuracy of the commission statements received from the Broker Commissions department.
- Verify that all the PRI numbers reconcile to the commission paid and reflected on the statements Keep the client database up to date by ensuring that new clients are added to the database.
- Follow up on unpaid premiums and lapses by contacting the clients to establish the reasons for the problems Manage the suspense account timeously by clearing it on the system at month end.
Accountability: Practice Management
- Ensure that staff members (Adviser Assistants) have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities within the adviser practice.
- Arrange for staff members to receive the relevant training (Absa programs for the Interns) e.g., systems training, product training and operational training.
- Provide coaching and mentoring to assistant(s) with regards to facilitate knowledge and skills development.
- Participate performance development (PD) discussions as required by the Absa performance management standards.
- Take the necessary corrective actions in cases of underperformance in consultation with the Regional Manager. Implement controls with regards to compliant record keeping in accordance with minimum Absa business standards (i.e. FAIS, FICA, FSB and)
- Liaise with Provincial Operations Office) with regards to maintenance of systems and equipment and provision of other services
- Complete all the required compliance exams in the specified timeframes (e.g. Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions, BCM, Basic Financial Crime Concepts).
- Remain fit and proper as required for FAIS flagged roles.
- Provide monthly feedback to the branch, and Business Bank, regarding non-interest income (seat costs) and cross-selling opportunities
- Segment the client base according to profile, income potential and commission income.
- Engage with business development strategies with the support of the Regional Manager and our practice management subject matter experts to maximise the sustainability of the adviser practice.
Accountability: Personal Development
- Attend all the required training to attain accreditation to market Absa approved products.
- Attend all the requisite internal training (i.e FAIS-related programs/courses).
- Attain the required FAIS credits in order to attain Fit and Proper status
- Ensure that Fit and Proper status is maintained (honesty, integrity, financial solvency)
End Date: October 3, 2026
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Job Summary
- Provide independent assurance over how the Group identifies and manages strategic risk, translates strategy into executable priorities, and delivers intended strategic and transaction outcomes.
- The role covers strategic risk management, strategy execution and material M&A activity, with emphasis on early visibility of execution risk, effective management response and value realisation.
Job Description
ERM and strategic risk alignment
- ERM alignment. The role applies the Group Enterprise Risk Management Framework’s Evaluate–Respond–Monitor process to strategic objectives: identify and assess risks, evaluate management’s response, and monitor response effectiveness and changes in the risk profile.
- Strategic risk definition. Strategic risks arise from the Group’s strategic choices and execution activities, including the supporting systems and the Group’s agility in responding to changing business trends, technology evolution and customer needs.
- Role implication. Assurance therefore covers both the quality of strategic choices and whether execution is managed within risk appetite and delivers the intended outcomes.
Key accountabilities:
Strategic risk assurance
- Strategic risks are identified, assessed, managed and reported in line with the ERMF and approved risk appetite.
- Assess the strategic risk framework, governance, risk appetite, policies and accountability.
- Evaluate strategic assumptions, scenarios, internal and external risk drivers, and the quality of the strategic risk profile.
- Assess management responses, monitoring, reporting and escalation across the three lines of defence.
Strategy translation and execution
- Approved strategy is translated into aligned priorities and delivers measurable outcomes.
- Assess translation of strategy into objectives, measures, targets, initiatives, enablers and accountable owners.
- Evaluate alignment of capital, investment, people and technology decisions to strategic priorities.
- Assess execution governance, performance information, dependencies, benefits tracking and timely course correction.
- Identify execution gaps and value leakage, focusing on outcomes rather than completion of activity.
M&A and strategic transactions
- Transactions are supported by sound decisions and disciplined delivery of deal value.
- Assess strategic rationale, transaction governance, valuation assumptions, due diligence and approval information.
- Evaluate integration or separation planning, risks, dependencies and operational readiness.
- Assess synergy tracking, post-deal performance, benefits realisation and management action where value is at risk.
Audit delivery and executive insight
- Internal Audit provides timely, credible and forward-looking assurance.
- Lead risk-based reviews, oversee testing and communicate clear findings and thematic insights.
- Engage senior stakeholders across Strategy, Risk, Finance, Corporate Development and business units.
- Coordinate with business-unit audit teams and other assurance providers to avoid duplication and close coverage gaps.
Methodology and people leadership
- Internal Audit has the capability to assure strategic risk, execution and M&A effectively.
- Develop practical assurance methods, risk libraries and outcome-focused testing approaches.
- Build capability through coaching, research, training and knowledge sharing.
- Lead and develop a high-performing specialist team.
Experience and knowledge:
- Substantial experience in internal audit, strategy, strategic risk, corporate finance, M&A, transaction advisory or business performance.
- Strong understanding of the ERMF, risk appetite, scenario analysis, strategic planning, performance management and benefits realisation.
- Practical understanding of the M&A lifecycle, including valuation, due diligence, integration and post-deal value realisation.
- Strong financial and commercial analysis, executive stakeholder engagement and concise report writing.
- Financial services experience is preferred.
Qualifications and competencies:
- Relevant degree or postgraduate qualification in accounting, finance, economics, business, strategy or risk.
- CA(SA), CIA, CFA or an equivalent professional qualification is advantageous.
- Strategic and systems thinking; commercial judgement; professional scepticism; analytical ability; executive influence; delivery and people leadership.
Education
- Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
End Date: October 7, 2026
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Job Summary
- Lead the agile solution design, deployment & ongoing optimization & evolution of less complex enterprise wide technology platforms & delivery systems
Job Description
Role Purpose
- Own the strategy, engineering, resilience and operational excellence of enterprise virtualization platforms across on-premises, hybrid-cloud and modern infrastructure environments.
About the Role
- We are seeking an exceptional Lead Platforms professional specialising in Virtualization to shape the design, evolution and operational excellence of our enterprise virtualization estate.
- This senior leadership role sets platform strategy and technical direction while ensuring virtualization services remain modern, resilient, secure, cost-effective and aligned to business needs across the organisation.
- As a key technology leader, you will own the end-to-end lifecycle of the virtualization platform, from architecture and engineering through service operations, optimisation and modernisation.
- You will enable infrastructure agility, workload mobility, engineering excellence and dependable customer outcomes while actively managing technology concentration, lifecycle and vendor risks.
What You Will Lead & Deliver
Platform Strategy, Direction Setting & Architecture
- Define and articulate a clear virtualization platform vision, strategy and multi-year roadmap aligned to business strategy and Group Technology architecture standards.
- Set the target architecture for enterprise virtualization across compute, network, storage, security, automation, disaster recovery and cloud integration.
- Partner with CIOs, CTO, Architecture, Engineering, Security, Cloud and Product teams to translate business and workload requirements into platform capabilities.
- Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and modernise the virtual estate, including workload placement, private cloud, container integration and exit or diversification strategies where appropriate.
Platform Engineering, Design & Delivery
- Lead the design, deployment and evolution of enterprise virtualization platforms, including VMware vSphere / VMware Cloud Foundation, Microsoft Hyper-V, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization or equivalent technologies relevant to the target architecture.
- Drive automation-first engineering using infrastructure-as-code, APIs, configuration management, policy-as-code and self-service provisioning.
- Engineer scalable and repeatable platform patterns for clusters, hosts, virtual machines, templates, images, networking, storage, backup and recovery.
- Ensure platform solutions are secure by design, highly available, testable, observable and supported through clear engineering standards and lifecycle controls.
Platform Performance, Quality & Optimisation
- Own platform health, capacity, availability, performance, demand, cost-to-serve and customer-experience measures.
- Use telemetry and analytics to improve resource utilisation, right-size workloads, reduce capacity waste and prevent performance saturation.
- Establish standards, service guardrails, reference patterns, runbooks and technical debt remediation plans.
- Drive platform hygiene across firmware, hypervisors, management components, tools, hardware compatibility, certificates and end-of-support exposure.
Resilience, Incident, Change & Risk Management
- Act as the senior escalation point for major virtualization incidents, systemic service degradation and complex platform defects.
- Lead rapid restoration, technical problem management and root-cause elimination with minimal business impact.
- Own resilience engineering across high availability, fault domains, backup integration, disaster recovery, recovery testing and capacity headroom.
- Ensure compliance with security, vulnerability, patching, change, audit, SLA/OLA, licensing and technology-risk requirements.
People Leadership & Capability Development
- Build, lead and coach high-performing virtualization and platform engineering squads, fostering agile delivery, accountability, continuous learning and engineering mastery.
- Develop a centre of enablement that partners across infrastructure, cloud, application and business technology teams.
- Recruit, retain and grow engineering talent through succession planning, skills development and forward-looking capability planning.
- Create a strong operational culture focused on automation, service ownership, measurable outcomes and continuous improvement.
Financial, Commercial & Vendor Management
- Lead platform financial planning, unit-cost modelling, capacity investment, licence optimisation and cost reduction initiatives.
- Manage strategic technology partners, contracts, support models, renewals and vendor performance across the virtualization ecosystem.
- Mitigate vendor concentration and lock-in risk through commercial insight, architecture optionality, portability and disciplined technology lifecycle decisions.
- Build evidence-based investment cases for platform modernisation, estate optimisation and technology transitions.
Experience Required
- 8-10 years of experience in enterprise infrastructure or platform engineering, including leadership accountability for large-scale virtualization services.
- Proven leadership across virtualization architecture, engineering, operations, modernisation, resilience and service management in complex regulated environments.
- Deep knowledge of hypervisor and virtual infrastructure concepts, including clustering, high availability, live migration, resource scheduling, virtual networking, software-defined storage and workload lifecycle management.
- Practical experience with enterprise virtualization technologies such as VMware vSphere / VMware Cloud Foundation, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM and/or Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.
- Understanding of automation and orchestration technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, APIs and CI/CD toolchains.
- Experience integrating virtualization with storage, backup, disaster recovery, observability, identity, security, CMDB and IT service management capabilities.
- Strong knowledge of hybrid-cloud operating models, workload placement, private cloud, containers and migration or modernisation patterns.
- Commercial acumen across licensing, vendor management, capacity economics, asset lifecycle and total cost of ownership.
- Strong stakeholder management, executive communication and cross-functional leadership skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field. Relevant industry certifications are advantageous.
Leadership Outcomes
- Resilient services - Stable, recoverable virtualization services with measurable reduction in repeat incidents, technical debt and unsupported components.
- Modern engineering - Automated, policy-driven and repeatable platform delivery with reduced manual effort and faster fulfilment.
- Efficient estate - Transparent capacity, utilisation, licence and unit-cost outcomes supported by active optimisation and decommissioning.
- Controlled risk - Clear ownership and remediation of security, lifecycle, audit, vendor and concentration risks.
- Customer value - Reliable platform capabilities that improve workload onboarding, engineering productivity and service experience.
Why Join Us?
- Lead one of the bank’s most critical infrastructure platform domains with direct influence on technology strategy, resilience and transformation.
- Work within an engineering culture focused on automation, modernisation, operational excellence and measurable customer value.
- Help shape Platforms as a Service and the evolution of hybrid infrastructure across the organisation.
- Build future-ready virtualization capabilities at enterprise scale.
Apply Today
- If you are a visionary virtualization platform leader who thrives in complex environments and enjoys shaping resilient, automated and future-ready engineering ecosystems, we would love to meet you.
Education
- Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
End Date: October 7, 2026
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Job Summary
- To build and maintain professional business relationships across a portfolio of Private Wealth clients, by achieving financial targets, proactively acquiring new clients, and improving customer experience within the scope of the Bank’s regulatory and compliance frameworks.
Job Description
- New Business Origination Manage and grow existing client relationships Involvement in credit related tasks Involvement in Assets under Management and Investments Stakeholder Management Query resolution Risk Management
Education
- Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
End Date: November 29, 2026
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Job Summary
- To build and maintain professional business relationships across a portfolio of Private Wealth clients, by achieving financial targets, proactively acquiring new clients, and improving customer experience within the scope of the Bank’s regulatory and compliance frameworks.
Job Description
- New Business Origination Manage and grow existing client relationships Involvement in credit related tasks Involvement in Assets under Management and Investments Stakeholder Management Query resolution Risk Management
Education
- Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
End Date: November 29, 2026
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Job Summary
- To build and maintain professional business relationships across a portfolio of Private Wealth clients, by achieving financial targets, proactively acquiring new clients, and improving customer experience within the scope of the Bank’s regulatory and compliance frameworks.
Job Description
- New Business Origination Manage and grow existing client relationships Involvement in credit related tasks Involvement in Assets under Management and Investments Stakeholder Management Query resolution Risk Management
Education
- Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
End Date: November 29, 2026
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Job Summary
- To build and maintain professional business relationships across a portfolio of Private Wealth clients, by achieving financial targets, proactively acquiring new clients, and improving customer experience within the scope of the Bank’s regulatory and compliance frameworks.
Job Description
- New Business Origination Manage and grow existing client relationships Involvement in credit related tasks Involvement in Assets under Management and Investments Stakeholder Management Query resolution Risk Management
Education
- Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
End Date: November 29, 2026
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Job Summary
- To build and maintain professional business relationships across a portfolio of Private Wealth clients, by achieving financial targets, proactively acquiring new clients, and improving customer experience within the scope of the Bank’s regulatory and compliance frameworks.
Job Description
- New Business Origination Manage and grow existing client relationships Involvement in credit related tasks Involvement in Assets under Management and Investments Stakeholder Management Query resolution Risk Management
Education
- Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
End Date: November 29, 2026
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Job Summary
- Apply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Architecture & Engineering
- Design, deploy, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure using best practices and well-architected principles.
- Build scalable and highly available environments using services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, and CloudFront.
- Implement networking architectures including VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, NACLs, VPNs, and Direct Connect.
- Support hybrid and multi-account AWS environments.
Coding & Automation Responsibilities
- The AWS Cloud Engineer is expected to perform engineering-focused coding in support of cloud infrastructure, automation, and platform reliability. This role does not involve application feature development.
Scope of Coding
Write and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using:
- AWS CloudFormation
- Terraform
- AWS CDK (TypeScript or Python)
- Develop automation scripts (Python, Bash, PowerShell) to:
- Provision and configure AWS resources
- Automate operational tasks and housekeeping
- Support account baselining and governance controls
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for:
- Infrastructure deployment
- Configuration management
- Controlled environment promotion
- Create reusable modules, templates, and libraries to standardise cloud environments.
Coding Standards & Practices
- Follow version control best practices (Git-based workflows).
- Write clean, reusable, and well-documented code.
- Implement peer reviews and testing for infrastructure code.
- Ensure security, compliance, and least-privilege principles are embedded in code
Security & Governance
- Implement AWS security best practices including IAM roles and policies, least-privilege access, encryption, and key management.
- Enforce governance controls using AWS Organizations, Control Tower, SCPs, and account baselining.
- Support compliance requirements (e.g. audit readiness, logging, monitoring, and access controls).
- Work closely with security teams to remediate vulnerabilities and risks.
Operations & Reliability
- Monitor system performance, availability, and cost using CloudWatch, AWS Config, and third-party monitoring tools.
- Troubleshoot incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
- Implement backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies.
- Participate in on-call or operational support rotations where required.
Cost Management & Optimization
- Monitor and optimize AWS usage and costs using cost allocation tags, budgets, and cost-explorer tools.
- Recommend right-sizing, reserved instances, savings plans, and architectural improvements to reduce spend.
- Provide cost transparency and reporting to stakeholders.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
- Work closely with application teams, DevOps, security, and architecture teams.
- Provide cloud engineering support to developers and solution architects.
- Contribute to cloud standards, patterns, and reference architectures.
- Produce clear documentation and knowledge-sharing material.
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Solid understanding of:
- Compute (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda)
- Networking (VPC, routing, load balancers, DNS)
- Storage (S3, EBS, EFS)
- Databases (RDS, DynamoDB)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform, or CDK).
- Familiarity with Linux/Unix systems.
- Scripting experience (e.g. Python, Bash, PowerShell).
- Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, CodePipeline).
- Cloud & Engineering Concepts
- Strong understanding of cloud security principles.
- Knowledge of high-availability, scalability, and fault-tolerant design.
- Experience supporting production environments.
- Understanding of DevOps and SRE practices.
Education
- Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
End Date: October 3, 2026
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Job Summary
- To plan, manage and monitor the implementation of banking operations related activities and processes in order to deliver on approved operational plans in an effective and efficient manner.
Job Description
- Ensure Wholesale Finance is profitable (STP MTD targets are reached
- Actively engage and cooperate with internal stakeholders to maximize financial benefit for the floorplans department
- Experience with OEM systems integration and knowledge of SAP are required prerequisites for this role.
- Rebalance resources between different areas e.g. reallocating headcount or budgets, but within overall approved resources for the year.
- Ensure cost efficient utilisation of existing resources and facility (e.g. Remote Access, printers and etc
- People Management: Coach, mentor and manage team members toward driving business objectives and ensuring colleague development
- Stakeholder Management: Actively engage internal and external stakeholders to ensure customer satisfaction
- Business Performance: Ensure own and team performance against business, efficiency and continuous improvement targets, as well as customer outcomes
- Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure that all team activities are in adherence to relevant control and compliance requirements, and quality standards
- Administration: Effectively fulfil all required administrative duties, including tracking and reporting
Education
- Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
End Date: October 6, 2026
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Job Summary
- This position requires an understanding of system configuration and foundational experience working on cloud-based platforms. The incumbent will work alongside a Strategic Lead and Specialist Configurators to ensure the optimal operation, maintenance, and enhancement of the overall platform.
- The role includes complex testing, business process design, process implementation, analysis, reporting, system support, and ongoing maintenance aligned to best practice recommendations.
- Exposure to Human Capital technology platforms such as Workday, SAP, Sage, and other HR-related systems will be highly advantageous. Knowledge of HR processes, system integrations, and cloud-based application support is desirable. Experience with Workday and HR technology ecosystems is relevant to the role.
Job Description
- Support Tier 1 case management and customer support teams with technical queries.
- Coordinate with team members to analyse and troubleshoot complex system issues, supporting configuration and implementation changes to the application and participating in testing and validation activities.
- Analyse business problems and processes to identify functional and non-functional solutions that meet business requirements.
- Ensure the design, development, configuration, testing, and deployment of platform features are completed successfully, considering out-of-the-box capabilities and platform best practices.
- Ensure all dependent integrations, reports, and business requirements are maintained and supported as ongoing system changes are introduced.
- Work collaboratively as part of a broader functional team responsible for the overall platform and provide cross-functional support where required.
- Perform application maintenance and manage support for platform-related incidents.
- Take ownership of business requirements for small enhancements and drive them through to implementation.
- Maintain platform stability, usability, and performance across production and non-production environments.
- Monitor application performance and identify, investigate, and remediate system errors.
- Provide configuration support across the platform ecosystem.
- Assist with estimating effort and resource requirements for releases and enhancements.
- Participate in testing cycles, ensuring test evidence is maintained according to governance standards and that identified issues are resolved through retesting and validation with business stakeholders.
- Support and maintain Workday, SAP, Sage, and other HR technology platforms, including configurations, integrations, reporting, troubleshooting, and process optimisation.
- Assist with HR system enhancement projects, upgrades, releases, and business process improvements.
Experience:
- Minimum 2 years' experience supporting, configuring, testing, and maintaining cloud-based applications or enterprise platforms.
- Experience working with Workday, SAP, Sage, or other Human Capital Management (HCM) / HR Information Systems (HRIS).
- Experience in system configuration, business process analysis, testing, reporting, and troubleshooting.
- Exposure to system integrations, release management, and application support.
- Experience supporting business users and resolving platform-related incidents.
- Knowledge of HR, Payroll, Talent Management, Recruitment, Learning, or Workforce Management processes would be advantageous.
Education
- National Diplomas and Advanced Certificates: Information Technology (Required)
End Date: October 9, 2026
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Job Summary
- To lead the end-to-end ownership, growth and operational oversight of Independent Contractor and Introducer relationships across the full relationship lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding through to business development, performance management, ongoing monitoring and exit.
- The role is accountable for building a sustainable and productive IC adviser network by driving adviser acquisition, practice growth, lead generation, sales productivity, retention and commercial performance while ensuring adherence to contractual, conduct, regulatory, risk and governance requirements.
- The Head: Independent Contractor Relationships serves as the designated owner of Independent Contractor and Introducer relationships and is responsible for maintaining strong adviser engagement, supporting business development initiatives, enhancing adviser productivity, and enabling the growth of assets, revenue and client acquisition opportunities across the adviser channel.
- The role is accountable for ensuring that all required governance and monitoring activities are completed, evidence is maintained, commercial and conduct risks are identified and escalated timeously, and relationship outcomes align with the organisation's strategic and commercial objectives.
Job Description
Relationship Ownership and Lifecycle Management
- Act as the named owner of the Introducer relationship throughout its lifecycle, from onboarding to exit.
- Provide day-to-day oversight of the Introducer relationship to ensure agreed expectations, services and obligations are clearly understood and managed.
- Maintain regular engagement with relevant internal stakeholders to support effective relationship governance and operational delivery.
- Ensure that the relationship remains aligned to business, risk, conduct and governance expectations.
Introducer Management Workbook and Documentation
- Ensure the Introducer Management Workbook is completed, maintained and periodically refreshed.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records relating to the Introducer relationship, including monitoring evidence, risk updates, contractual information and governance submissions.
- Ensure all required documentation is available to support reviews, audits, governance forums and management reporting.
Ongoing Monitoring and Risk Oversight
- Monitor the Introducer relationship on an ongoing basis, including services performed, adherence to contractual terms, and consistency of remuneration with agreed pricing arrangements.
- Ensure mandatory monitoring activities are performed and documented, including Introducer performance, changes in risk profile and conflict-of-interest attestations where applicable.
- Identify emerging risks, control gaps, conduct concerns or performance issues relating to the Introducer relationship.
- Escalate concerns appropriately and ensure agreed mitigation actions are tracked to resolution.
Governance, Escalation and Risk Mitigation
- Initiate risk mitigation actions where required, including escalation of concerns and lock-up or suspension of the Introducer pending committee approval, where applicable.
- Prepare or support submissions to relevant governance forums where decisions or approvals are required.
- Ensure that relationship decisions are supported by appropriate evidence, documented rationale and alignment to internal governance requirements.
- Work closely with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Sales, Operations and business stakeholders to ensure effective control and oversight.
Exit Management
- Manage approved exit actions end-to-end once approved by the relevant governance forums.
- Ensure exit activities are documented, coordinated and completed in line with agreed governance and operational requirements.
- Support business continuity and risk mitigation during the exit process.
Business Development Accountability
Recruitment and Network Growth: The Head Independent Contractor Relationships is accountable for building and maintaining a productive adviser network by:
- Recruiting quality IC advisers.
- Onboarding advisers into the Absa IC model.
- Growing adviser footprint in targeted regions and market segments.
- Identifying succession and replacement opportunities where advisers exit.
Lead Generation and Pipeline Management
Working with IC’s on activity planning and leads. The Head Independent Contractor Relationships therefore has accountability to:
- Generate and distribute qualified leads.
- Develop referral and introducer channels.
- Create prospecting opportunities for advisers.
- Monitor conversion of leads into business.
Revenue and Sales Growth
While IC’s write the business, the Head Independent Contractor Relationships is accountable for creating an environment that drives:
- New business sales.
- Increased assets under management.
- Insurance premium growth.
- Cross-selling opportunities.
- Improved adviser productivity
IC Practice Development
Facilitate business development strategies and practice management support by:
- Coaching IC on business planning.
- Improving prospecting disciplines.
- Supporting client segmentation strategies.
- Building sustainable books of business.
- Helping IC’s increase income and productivity.
Relationship and Stakeholder Management
The Head Independent Contractor Relationships acts as the primary interface between the business and advisers by:
- Managing IC relationships.
- Resolving issues and escalations.
- Coordinating support across Operations, Risk, Compliance and Product teams.
- Ensuring advisers can focus on sales and client acquisition.
Commercial Governance
Balance commercial objectives with governance and risk oversight and accountable for:
- Monitoring adviser conduct.
- Ensuring FAIS compliance.
- Managing introducer and adviser risks.
- Escalating issues early.
Protecting the sustainability of revenue streams.
Preferred Education:
- Relevant Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Business Management, Finance, Risk Management, Law, Compliance, Economics, Financial Planning, or a related field.
- Fais Representative – RE5 qualification
- Postgraduate qualification or professional certification advantageous (e.g. CFP, CFA, PMP, CISA, ACCA).
Preferred Experience:
- 15 years’ experience within financial services, banking, insurance, or wealth management, preferably in a sales, relationship management, governance, risk, compliance, business development and IC relationship management.
- Proven experience in managing third-party, intermediary, introducer, broker, adviser, partner or external business relationships.
- Strong understanding of sales environments within regulated financial services, including the need to balance commercial outcomes, conduct risk, governance and client protection.
- Experience in relationship lifecycle management, including onboarding, monitoring, performance review, risk escalation and exit management.
- Exposure to governance forums, risk committees, compliance reviews, audit requirements or control frameworks.
- Experience working with senior stakeholders across Sales, Legal, Risk, Compliance, Operations and business leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to manage sensitive relationships, identify risks early and drive timely escalation and resolution.
- Experience in maintaining governance documentation, monitoring frameworks, registers, workbooks or similar control tools.
Industry-Based Experience.
The ideal candidate should have experience in one or more of the following environments:
- Financial advisory distribution/ Wealth management
- Banking sales or relationship management
- Insurance distribution
- Broker or intermediary managementIndependent financial adviser environments
- Third-party relationship management
- Risk, governance or conduct oversight in financial services
- Client-facing or sales-led financial services businesses
- The candidate must understand the regulatory and conduct expectations that apply in a financial services sales’ environment, including the importance of appropriate oversight, documented monitoring, clear accountability and timely escalation of risk.
Education
- Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
End Date: October 1, 2026
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Job Summary
- The overall purpose of the role is to be actively involved in the end-to-end life cycle of modelling data and implementation processes, performing designing and testing tasks, while also be closely involved in the analyses, construction, enhancement and documentation of modelling data and implementation processes.
- During the implementation phase, the role will be tasked to facilitate correct model use embedment within credit.
Job Description
Accountability: Modelling data and implementation processes/solutions (65%)
- Research and adhere to model implementation standards as well as other relevant policies and standards.
- Perform and lead certain, predefined tasks to give effect to the controls within the modelling data and implementation environment.
- Perform investigative and analyses tasks identifying modelling data in the warehouse and authoritative sources.
- Design, manage and perform modelling data preparation processes.
- Investigate and influence different methods and approaches to use during modelling data preparation.
- Analyse model build documentation and other modelling artefacts to understand, investigate and analyse modelling data requirements.
- Assist model owners and credit model stakeholders to use the models correctly by providing model use guidance and training.
- Escalate delays to line manager and/or initiative lead.
- Present findings, designs documentation and other modelling data implementation documentation to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Facilitate model embedment into credit operational processes ensuring correct model usage.
- Review & understand credit policies and model usage.
- Communicate clearly with other support teams to ensure timely delivery of projects
- Conduct modelling data testing and data quality assessment within the modelling context to provide assurance that the modelling data is fit for purpose.
- Create model implementation and control documentation (specifically implementation sign-off document and post implementation review document)
- Develop and test model implementation code and artefacts.
- Manage time across multiple initiatives.
Accountability: Stakeholder management (15%)
- Clearly communicate progress, results of investigations and other tasks to line manager and/or initiative lead.
- Escalate delays to line manager and/or initiative lead.
- Present findings, designs documentation and other modelling data implementation documentation to line manager and/or internal stakeholders.
Accountability: Governance and Adherence (10%)
- Ensure model compliance with Absa Group Policies and Standards by staying updated with changes and ensuring that new model developments always adhere to the Policies and Standards.
- Notify management in case any non-adherence to Policies and Standards are identified. Participate in discussions aimed to resolve these gaps.
Accountability: People Management (10%)
- Contribute to the development of a high-performance culture within the team, while maintaining integrity.
- Lead by example, driving excellence.
- Participate in planning, resource allocation, training, and team-building functions.
Education
- Bachelor's Degree: BMI - Business Management and Informatics, Bachelor Honours Degree: Computer and Information Science
End Date: October 6, 2026
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Job Summary
- Optimise the profit and economic value of a portfolio of Small Business key account clients — with a particular focus on clients within the Agricultural sector — who require low to medium complexity commercial banking solutions.
The role focuses on:
- origination efforts to acquire new clients;
- cross-selling and deepening relationships within the existing client base; and
- providing dedicated relationship coverage and tailored financial solutions in line with the Small Business segment’s Customer Value Proposition (CVP).
- While the primary focus will be on clients in the Agri market, the portfolio may include clients from other sectors as required.
Job Description
Relationship Management
- Act as the primary relationship owner for clients, serving as their central point of contact for all commercial and investment banking needs.
- Build strong, long-term relationships with clients in the Agricultural sector, understanding their unique business cycles, financing needs, and market dynamics.
- Engage regularly with clients to identify opportunities to support business growth and sustainability through the bank’s products and services.
Client Solutioning
- Take overall accountability for service delivery by coordinating across the cross-functional team — including Transactional Banking, Credit, Client Control, Client Service, and Product/Sector specialists.
- Develop bespoke financial solutions suited to the agricultural value chain (e.g., working capital, asset finance, seasonal facilities, and risk management products).
- Ensure all solutions align with both client requirements and the bank’s risk appetite and profitability goals.
Portfolio & Risk Management
- Manage the risk profile of the client portfolio through regular assessments, monitoring, and proactive engagement.
- Maintain a sound understanding of the bank’s regulatory and compliance frameworks as well as industry-specific legislation affecting the agricultural sector.
- Ensure timely credit reviews, compliance checks, and risk mitigation strategies are implemented.
Business Development & Growth
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities within the agricultural value chain (e.g., primary producers, processors, agri-input suppliers, and agri-related SMEs).
- Leverage internal and external networks to grow the portfolio and enhance the bank’s footprint in the Agri market.
- Drive client acquisition and retention by delivering on the segment’s CVP and maintaining high client satisfaction levels.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Collaborate with internal partners and external stakeholders to strengthen the bank’s position in the market.
- Provide insights on market trends, sector performance, and policy changes impacting the agricultural sector.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Finance, Agriculture, or related field (preferred).
- 3–5 years’ experience in relationship management or business banking, with exposure to agricultural or commercial client portfolios.
- Strong understanding of credit principles, financial analysis, and risk management.
- Proven track record in client acquisition, cross-selling, and portfolio growth.
Competencies
- Deep understanding of the agricultural sector, including value chains and seasonal business cycles.
- Strong client relationship and stakeholder management skills.
- Sound commercial acumen with the ability to identify growth opportunities.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Proactive, solution-oriented mindset with attention to detail.
Education
- Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
End Date: October 5, 2026
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Job Summary
- The Structuring Analyst forms part of the Active Portfolio Management team within PPB and supports the execution of portfolio optimisation initiatives, including portfolio sales, securitisations and other structured finance transactions.
- The role combines quantitative analysis, financial modelling and transaction execution support. It requires a strong understanding of portfolio risk and return dynamics, with the ability to translate complex analytical findings into practical recommendations that support strategic decision-making.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain and enhance financial, transaction and portfolio models.
- Perform quantitative analysis to support the evaluation, structuring and execution of transactions.
- Assist with transaction structuring, monitoring and post-execution reporting.
- Support capital, funding and portfolio optimisation initiatives across the PPB balance sheet.
- Analyse portfolio risk, return, capital and funding performance to identify optimisation opportunities.
- Develop quantitative insights into portfolio behaviour, credit performance and transaction outcomes.
- Support stress testing, scenario analysis and portfolio forecasting activities.
- Prepare analytical outputs, recommendations and management information for internal stakeholders.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of structuring capabilities, methodologies and analytical tools within the team.
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in Actuarial Science, Engineering, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or a related quantitative discipline.
- Experience in financial modelling, pricing, analytics, structuring, risk management or related quantitative fields would be advantageous.
- Must have a minimum of 5 years financial services experience
What We're Looking For
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent financial modelling and quantitative capability.
- Strong understanding of portfolio analytics, credit risk and financial modelling principles.
- Ability to communicate complex quantitative concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality output.
- Commercial mindset with the ability to convert analysis into actionable recommendations.
- Curiosity, adaptability and a willingness to learn.
- Ability to work collaboratively across multiple stakeholders and functions
Education
- Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
End Date: October 8, 2026
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