Current Vacancies at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

As our Manager of Credit Evaluation, you will:

• Manage a diverse portfolio of counterparty credit risks within acceptable parameters
• Lead and develop a team of credit analysts, ensuring high-quality risk assessments
• Analyse and interpret complex financial data, providing clear insights for decision-making
• Ensure compliance with credit procedures, policies, and regulatory requirements, including Basel standards
• Evaluate vanilla lending and derivative products, assessing associated risks
• Present credit applications to the Credit Committee and manage commercial property finance mandates as required
• Join us to make a significant impact in the dynamic world of credit evaluation and risk management.

Mandatory Qualifications:

Academic Requirements:

• First Degree in Business Commerce or a closely related field

Professional Experience:

Credit Risk Management (minimum 3-4 years):

• Comprehensive knowledge of financial markets, global economy, and relevant regional geographies pertaining to the portfolio
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex credit risks within stringent parameters

Financial Products Expertise (minimum 3-4 years):

• In-depth understanding of vanilla lending and derivative products
• Proven proficiency in assessing facilities that generate counterparty credit risks
• Expertise in evaluating and managing documentation required to mitigate associated risks

Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management (minimum 3-4 years):

• Thorough conceptual and practical knowledge of credit procedures, policies, and standards
• Comprehensive understanding of products and facilities that give rise to counterparty credit risk
• Extensive knowledge of Basel standards and broader regulatory and compliance requirements in the banking sector

The successful candidate must demonstrate:

• A proven track record in credit risk management
• Exceptional analytical skills
• Unwavering commitment to maintaining the highest standards of financial integrity and regulatory compliance

Additional Requirements:

• Commercial property finance mandate experience. Candidates must specify their mandate limit, if applicable.
• Demonstrated experience in presenting Credit Applications to respective Credit Committees

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Job Description

• We are seeking a talented and innovative Salesforce Technical Lead to join our team in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• As the Salesforce Technical Lead, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality Salesforce Solutions against required standards and timelines, that meet our clients' needs and drive our organisation's success, through the team of Salesforce Software Engineers / Developers that you will be responsible for.
• Be responsible for the end-to-end technical delivery of the solution.
• Be responsible for the technical design of the solution.
• Be responsible for attaining support and approval of the solution through the bank’s governance process.
• Ensure configurations and code follow our approved standards.
• Drive standardisation and reuse of solutions.
• Ensure necessary refactoring of solutions to ensure they remain performant, secure, reusable, maintainable and in line with our architectures.
• Be responsible for the overall quality of the solution.
• Interpret business requirements.
• Define technical tasks.
• Perform end to end testing.
• Supporting and troubleshooting technical questions, software and database issues
• Lead, manage and mentor Salesforce software and quality engineers across your delivery teams to build and improve the engineering capability.
• The Salesforce Technical Lead will be accountable for end-to-end delivery of all technical solution delivery (engineering aspects) in the identified delivery teams, adhering to set standards, practices and quality expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Salesforce Certifications: Platform Developer I & II, Platform App Builder, Experience Cloud Consultant, Copado Fundamentals 1 and 2

Experience: 

• 8-10 years' broad experience in software development, including 3-4 years in Salesforce development (Experience Cloud and Service Cloud)
• 1-2 years' experience managing a team of 10+ technical experts
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications
• Experience in Salesforce solution design, DevOps tools (e.g., Copado), and best practices for Salesforce coding
• Strong leadership skills with a track record in capability building and coaching technical staff
• Proficiency in end-to-end technical delivery, quality assurance, and fostering a learning environment within the team

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Job Description

• Lead and manage the end to end solution capability for a Transaction Banking solution portfolio (within a solution set), develop and implement strategic plans and set effective targets to achieve portfolio P&L, meet client expectations and grow market share.

Essential Functions

• Own, set and drive delivery against strategic plans and set effective targets to achieve the portfolio P&L, meet client expectations and grow market share.
• Provide relevant market insight and input towards the regulatory & compliance payments solutioning strategy.
• Supports high complexity execution at country level
• Define and maintain a competitive portfolio value proposition, identify new trends, and proactively build relationships to influence and lobby through thought leadership and market advocacy.
• Define, communicate and engage, monitor, review, approve and manage deviations, NPC for new and change the bank solutions
• Set the standards for regulatory and compliance solution design and development, vetting country solution design and testing outcomes in line with delegation of authority.   
• Act as a solutioning expert, bringing deep technical understanding and support across the entire solution footprint.
• Oversee solutions enablement and manage escalations

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Business Commerce

Experience Required

• Extensive experience in compliance and regularly for payment and collections.

Solutioning

• Transaction Banking

More than 10 years

• Predicts the trends impacting the local and broader contexts. Interprets trends to show impact on client planning and revenues (3 years plus).

More than 10 years

• Formulates a compelling vision and clearly articulates the benefits and future applications of any solutions, trends, client impacts across the Transaction Banking solution landscape.

More than 10 years

• Leads a client-centric culture. Demonstrates a track record of steering client –centric solutioning across the transactional banking industry.

More than 10 years

• Leads the simplification of solutioning ways of working/processes/measures to enable transparency, better controls and speed to market (speaks to influencing internal relationships across Ops, Tech etc.)

More than 10 years

• Demonstrate a track record of identifying opportunities to expand and shift the market with new and alternative solutions aligned to current and future clients' needs and strategic objectives.

More than 10 years

• Authoritative knowledge and deep understanding of the overall firm and the competitive environment and broad knowledge across functions and business lines

More than 10 years

• Identifies opportunities across Transaction Banking to expand and influence the market/ client/ industry through the application of digital and data disruptors. Partners with solutioning thought leaders to ensure that clients future needs are included in medium term planning and prioritization, taking the strategic objectives in context.  

More than 10 years

• Drive and manage the display and understanding of the relevant legislation, regulations and solution requirements within relevant geographies

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Job Description

• To grow and retain a portfolio of high-value Growth Segment relationships through partnering for growth by proactively providing a high-end differentiated service and value-adding solutions.
• Develop and execute strategic plans to grow and retain a portfolio of high-value Growth Segment clients, ensuring long-term profitability and client satisfaction.
• Conduct thorough financial analyses and risk assessments to identify opportunities for business growth and mitigate potential risks within the entrepreneurial environment.
• Provide expert advice and tailored financial solutions to meet the complex needs of high-value clients, demonstrating a deep understanding of their business operations and industry-specific challenges.
• Proactively manage client relationships through regular engagement, anticipating needs, and delivering high-end, differentiated services that exceed expectations.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop and implement value-adding solutions that address clients' evolving financial requirements and support their business growth objectives.
• Prepare and present comprehensive credit applications, ensuring all necessary documentation is accurate, complete, and compliant with organisational and regulatory standards.
• Monitor and analyse portfolio performance, identifying trends and opportunities for improvement, and implementing corrective actions when necessary.
• Stay abreast of industry developments, market trends, and regulatory changes that may impact clients' businesses, providing timely and relevant insights to support informed decision-making.
• Cultivate and maintain a network of professional contacts within the business community to facilitate client introductions and identify new growth opportunities.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of departmental strategies, policies, and best practices to enhance overall portfolio performance and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications:

• Minimum NQF7 qualification in Business Commerce
• FAIS competency certification

Professional Experience:

• Minimum 5 years in a client-facing sales role, preferably within the banking sector
• Demonstrated expertise in managing portfolios within the entrepreneurial environment
• Proven track record in understanding business operations, risk assessment, and financial requirements pertaining to the entrepreneur market
• Prior experience as an Account Analyst or in a Relationship Management role, with responsibility for servicing business customers and preparing credit applications

Preferred Experience:

• Background in agricultural finance and operations

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Job Description

• Lead and manage the end to end solution capability for the most complex Transaction Banking solution portfolio / market, develop and implement strategic plans and set effective targets to achieve portfolio P&L, meet client expectations and grow market share.

Essential Functions

• Own, set and drive delivery against strategic plans and set effective targets to achieve the portfolio P&L, meet client expectations and grow market share.
• Provide relevant market insight and input towards the global solution set strategy.
• Supports high complexity execution at country level
• Define and maintain a competitive portfolio value proposition, identify new opportunities, and proactively build relationships to influence and lobby through thought leadership and market advocacy.
• Define, communicate and engage, monitor, review, approve and manage deviations, NPC for new and change the bank solutions
• Build and lead the solution delivery framework and operating model, driving strategic plans and measuring results, consolidating and aggregating financial performance and profitability across the solution portfolio.  Own the validation of investment business cases, priorities, and decision making for the function.
• Lead best in class solution design and development from origination to implementation.
• Set the standards for solution design and development, vetting country solution design and testing outcomes in line with delegation of authority.   
• Act as a solutioning expert, bringing deep technical understanding and support across the entire solution footprint.
• Oversee solutions enablement and manage escalations

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Business Commerce

Experience Required

• Ability to engage at a senior level with corporate clients on the solutioning requirements
• Strong subject matter expertise in payments and collections
• Exposure and also well networked in South Africa and Africa Regions

Solutioning

• Transaction Banking

More than 10 years

• Predicts the trends impacting the local and broader contexts. Interprets trends to show impact on client planning and revenues (3 years plus).

More than 10 years

• Formulates a compelling vision and clearly articulates the benefits and future applications of any solutions, trends, client impacts across the Transaction Banking solution landscape.

More than 10 years

• Leads a client-centric culture. Demonstrates a track record of steering client –centric solutioning across the transactional banking industry

More than 10 years

• Integrates CIB ESG priorities and strategic imperatives to embed an authentic approach that fosters sustainable profitability across the Transaction Banking landscape.

More than 10 years

• Leads the simplification of solutioning ways of working/processes/measures to enable transparency, better controls and speed to market (speaks to influencing internal relationships across Ops, Tech etc.)

More than 10 years

• Integrates CIB ESG priorities and strategic imperatives to embed an authentic approach that fosters sustainable profitability across the Transaction Banking landscape.

More than 10 years

• Demonstrate a track record of identifying opportunities to expand and shift the market with new and alternative solutions aligned to current and future clients' needs and strategic objectives.

More than 10 years

• Authoritative knowledge and deep understanding of the overall firm and the competitive environment and broad knowledge across functions and business lines

More than 10 years

• Identifies opportunities across Transaction Banking to expand and influence the market/ client/ industry through the application of digital and data disruptors. Partners with solutioning thought leaders to ensure that clients future needs are included in medium term planning and prioritization, taking the strategic objectives in context.  

More than 10 years

• Drive and manage the display and understanding of the relevant legislation, regulations and solution requirements within relevant geographies

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Job Description

• To support the Relationship Manager with the day-to-day administrative (portfolio management), sales, operational functions for an allocated Growth portfolio. To ensure that all compliance requirements within the portfolio are met and act as a central office-bound contact point for the client, providing sales and service fulfilment aligned to segment targets.

Qualifications

• Experience Required- 5-7 years' Experience in a similar Credit role with proven ability to undertake financial and credit analysis. A proven track record of operating with a personal delegated authority. Business development experience is an advantage.
• Qualifications- First Degree Business Commerce (FAIS required)

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Job Description

• To define, develop and maintain the domain architectures and designs for specific business functional/technical areas and provide high-level roadmaps for the implementation of the solutions, aligning to a common technical direction ensuring accomplishment of the roadmaps.
• To guide architects delivering on projects/initiatives within focus area (domain) and provide thought leadership throughout the programme

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
• Field of Study: Information Technology

Experience Required

Enterprise Technology & Solutions Architecture

• Technology

5-7 years

• Good understanding of Agile working practices and LEAN and SCRUM proficiency and working collaboratively across teams. Experience gained in the management of platforms and operating systems

8-10 years

• In-depth experience in designing innovative solutions within technology businesses such as Authentication Systems, System, Platform, and Account Migrations, Enterprise Solution Architecture (ESA), Business Architecture, Information Architecture, Application Architecture or Technology Architecture with a balanced mix of skills covering technologies and industry knowledge.

8-10 years

• Work experience in one or more Technology areas including but not limited to: IT architecture, infrastructure, and cloud developmentEngineering and software architecture design, Business analysis, DevOps, Project and product management