Fresh Opportunities at RMB - Rand Merchant Bank

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To interpret the business requirements specifications and translate them into a detailed system design specification to enable the development of innovative, flexible and efficient solutions to business problems.

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To provide guidance on appropriate architecture to assist Hyphen to achieve its business and IT strategies and reduce cost and complexity through the implementation of common standards and principles.

• Increase operational efficiency and suggest solutions to enhance cost effectiveness. 
• Drive business profitability in the context of cost management through Information technology solutions 
• Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including end-users, SME's, project managers and senior staff members by providing input to business requirements. 
• Liaise and communicate the system requirements to the necessary audiences e.g. testers, developers, business analysts.
• Comply, understand and implement all steps within IT development and meet governance in terms of legislative and audit requirements.
• Define and document each function that the system is required to perform and the functional boundary of the system by defining and analyzing the required. 
• interactions between the system and its environment in terms of interface constraints to ensure that business needs/requirements are satisfied by the system requirements. 
• Analyse the integrity of the system requirements and perform a risk assessment on each requirement and document and maintain the set of system requirements together with the associated rationale, decisions and assumptions. 
• Manage traceability between the system requirements and derived artefacts. 
• Explore ways to constantly improve quality of existing services, processes and systems in order to be more efficient. 
• Proactively engage with business units and colleagues to understand underlying needs and opportunities and identify Information Technology (IT) innovative solutions in a timely manner. 
• Manage own development to increase own competencies.

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The Data Scientist initiates and delivers concise and actionable insights and recommendations by conducting in-depth quantitative analysis to support strategic business decisions A primary focus of this role will be on analyzing customer behaviours across all sales and marketing channels.  The incumbent will lead and coach a small team of specialistsEmploys business analytics to identify revenue generating opportunities across the business streams Manages people performance in the area of responsibility Oversees related projects Ensures continuous process improvement to enable effective operational processes Creates solutions to meet customer demands

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To grow and optimise desk performance and profitability across allocated product type and geography

• Consider fixed income, commodity, or currency pricing requests from clients and construct a price which is suitable to buy and sell while strictly adhering to limits and monitoring market exposures on a daily basis
• Revert to broker market and clear risk at the same price or better if no interest is expressed in advertised positions
• Illustrate to clients levels available to buy or sell
• Manage client maturity profile on bond futures by assisting with funding positions to the latest most liquid expiry month
• Manage the desks funding requirements in line with limits provided by risk department and group treasury
• Quote active two-way prices on Nutron to help improve futures market liquidity between expiry dates
• Approve daily profit and loss from accounts department resolve any outstanding issues speedily
• Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue listen advise influence and negotiate to achieve win win outcomes
• Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress manage expectations and ensure stakeholders requirements are delivered
• Preserve relationships despite airing conflicting views and seeks mutual gains when addressing conflicts
• Anticipate consequences and adapts problem solving based on continual feedback
• Act speedily to resolve problems queries and complaints
• Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences
• Demonstrate pride in the organisations brand services and products by consistently delivering on the brands promise
• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
• Stay relevant and up to date with legislations and new developments
• Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
• Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others
• Plan and manage own workflow anticipating obstacles juggling priorities and following through on objectives within agreed time frames and according to quality standards
• Take ownership of personal career development leveraging formal and informal opportunities
• Read situations and organisational realities
• Set aside personal agenda for the greater good
• Act in an ethical transparent and morally defensible manner including highlighting unethical practices
• Share debate and communicate learnings
• Flag and debate issues constructively
• Promote a friendly cooperative climate

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To develop client relations through originating, structuring and execution of deals, compiling proposals as well as overseeing the transaction implementation process on behalf of the client in order to drive the deal to closure via an understanding of the current market environment and clients needs

• Understand key competitors, global trends, sector dynamics and key macro environmental forces to analyse and identify Bank-wide opportunities and challenges
• This includes participation and involvement with industry/regulatory forums (where relevant)
• Understand the critical micro-environmental impacts and relationships i.e. client performance trends, financial data, debt profile, gearing, projected cash flows, operations to identify and persuade stakeholders to adopt differentiated funding solutions eg. off-shore opportunities, acquisition and empowerment financing
• Understand and stay close to the needs, demands, perceptions and lending behaviours of allocated client portfolio to ensure successful deal origination
• Manage the development of client relationships by implementing and enhancing solutions that recognise client life-cycle, satisfaction and retention
• This includes directing the research and development of targeted origination

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We have recently moved over to our new HC Platform and during the cutover period we were not able to onboard all successful candidates. In order to do so, we now need to open our platform for the sole purpose of onboarding the successful candidates. You are therefore seeing this advertisement as part of an onboarding process. This position is not vacant, the position has already been filled. Please do not apply for this position. All applications to this role will be automatically declined. Thank you for your understanding but please browse our career site for exciting opportunities available to you

• Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue listen advise influence and negotiate to achieve win-win outcomes
• Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress manage expectations and ensure stakeholders requirements are delivered
• Preserve relationships despite airing conflicting views and seeks mutual gains when addressing conflicts
• Anticipate consequences and adapts problem solving based on continual feedback
• Act speedily to resolve problems queries and complaints
• Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences
• Facilitate one-on-one or group workshops to elicit analyse communicate and validate requirements for changes to business processes and policies and where relevant IT systems
• Analyse dashboard statistics daily, weekly and monthly to improve productivity
• Collate data and submit reports as required
• Follow up to ensure flagged issues are resolved and closed-out
• Utilise data to improve efficiency and reduce errors
• Continually identify opportunities to enhance reporting efficiencies
• Demonstrate urgency and initiative in handling and resolving queries
• Follow correct escalation processes in handling client complaints
• Follow through to ensure queries are promptly and efficiently resolved
• Inspire a culture of pride in the RMB brand services and products always act to preserve and enhance brand value behaving in a way that delivers on the brand promise
• Drive best in class solutions and practices
• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
• Make an effort to stay relevant and up to date with relevant knowledge
• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities
• Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
• Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others
• Continually share debate and communicate learnings
• Be proactive in anticipating potential problems and continually monitor progress to ensure small details are not missed
• Take ownership of personal career development leveraging formal and informal opportunities
• Flag and debate issues constructively i.e. be solution focused
• Promote a friendly cooperative climate, understand group dynamics and apply appropriate facilitation techniques in working with others to achieve collective goals
• Be sensitive to others feelings needs values views and attitudes and be courteous and diplomatic when dealing with difficulties and problems others may be experiencing
• Act in an ethical transparent and morally defensible manner including highlighting unethical practices

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Job Description

We have recently moved over to our new HC Platform and during the cutover period we were not able to onboard all successful candidates. In order to do so, we now need to open our platform for the sole purpose of onboarding the successful candidates. You are therefore seeing this advertisement as part of an onboarding process. This position is not vacant, the position has already been filled. Please do not apply for this position. All applications to this role will be automatically declined. Thank you for your understanding but please browse our career site for exciting opportunities available to you

• Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue listen advise influence and negotiate to achieve win win outcomes
• Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress manage expectations and ensure stakeholders requirements are delivered
• Preserve relationships despite airing conflicting views and seeks mutual gains when addressing conflicts
• Anticipate consequences and adapts problem solving based on continual feedback
• Act speedily to resolve problems queries and complaints
• Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences
• Research and identify ongoing issues and trends
• Propose solutions to stakeholders
• Co-ordinate, implement and monitor agreed solutions
• Work with relevant parties to provide oversight and support regarding changes to an application, on request from any stakeholder, and once the change has been finalised, deploy it into the testing environment
• Support and oversee the testing of the change, and once signed off, deploy into the live environment and provide ongoing monitoring and support
• Resolve, communicate and as required escalate any issues or bottlenecks that arise during the process
• Ensure that changes are deployed in a controlled manner in accordance with relevant regulations policies and procedures
• Monitor the application to ensure it performs optimally within acceptable parameters
• Investigate diagnose resolve and or appropriately escalate problems
• Provide clients with second-level support
• Ensure applications are maintained according to FRG and RMBs governance risk and security protocols and procedures
• Demonstrate pride in the organisations brand services and products by consistently delivering on the brands promise
• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
• Stay relevant and up to date with legislations and new developments
• Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
• Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others
• Plan and manage own workflow anticipating obstacles juggling priorities and following through on objectives within agreed time frames and according to quality standards
• Take ownership of personal career development leveraging formal and informal opportunities
• Read situations and organisational realities
• Set aside personal agenda for the greater good
• Act in an ethical transparent and morally defensible manner including highlighting unethical practices
• Share debate and communicate learnings
• Flag and debate issues constructively
• Promote a friendly cooperative climate

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To create and maintain architecture solutions to enable and guide the design and development of integrated solutions that meet current and future business needs

• Engage with the macro-environment to look for new opportunities, capabilities and trends that would add value to the required architectural work
• Suggest changes in executing work processes to better drive value and benefits for the business
• Prepare and share recommendations for process and systems improvements in relevant area of accountability. This includes the requirement to decommission legacy technologies
• Actively participate in team, cross-discipline and vendor-driven collaboration sessions or forums to increase understanding of the working environment (current and planned
• Partner with BT and Business stakeholders to create integrated roadmaps  to enable business requirements delivery
• Partner with Company and other BU architects to contribute to the creation and review of a architecture capability strategy which meets the strategic requirements of the business
• Estimate potential changes to business requirements and processes, due to changes/ improvements made in information systems, data management practices, information management procedures, and/ employed software/hardware
• Use appropriate tools and methods to contribute to the development of systems architectures in specific business / functional areas to improve the efficiency of system and business performance
• Produce systems and component specifications and translate these into detailed designs for implementation using selected products in support of business or systems changes. This includes the alignment of required documentation
• Provide learning and make suggestions on technical aspects of system development and integration
• Monitor adherence to processes which support the prescribed architectural frameworks  and ensure delivery teams align to the required standards and methodologies
• Recommend appropriate interventions in own area of ways to improve architectural compliance. This includes BU/FA representation at relevant forums eg. Architecture Board, Cloud Steerco

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To contribute to the development and execution of the Performance Enablement strategy and framework, designing and implementing performance enablement processes, policies, and tools, as well as driving a culture of continuous feedback and development.

To partner closely with the relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment with the organization's overall business strategy. Responsible for implementing Talent Management policies, procedures, standards and frameworks within the context of the FirstRand HC Operating Model and to support and partner the Talent Management Segment/Practice Lead on key projects and deliverables

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: 

• Prepares/compiles/extracts talent information and produces reports where relevant. Improve business decisions by providing insights and guidance from analysis of relevant business intelligence.
• Consult and support the business with the implementation of Succession and Career Management practices with contextual business solutions.
• Provide input into Succession and Career Management practices, policies and technology enablement.
• Support business, HC and other practices on Competency and Capability modelling, evaluation and integration of competencies.
• Identify, manage, and implement opportunities for improvement and enhancement in line with principles of innovation and customer feedback regarding area of practice.
• Ensures appropriate implementation and application of practice-related policies and processes across the business.
• Enable the HC community to identify organization-wide talent aligned to the transformation strategy, identify traditional/non-traditional methods to solving for critical capability needs.

You will be an ideal candidate if you: 

•  Bachelors Degree in Human Resources Management 
• 5 to 8 years experience in a similar environment

You will have access to: 

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

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The role of a Financial Accountant in the company is characterized by the need for analysis and assessment of a number of different solutions, as well as finding the most suitable solution for the situation at hand

The role is required to constantly look for ways to prevent the re-occurrence of problems The incumbent will prepare financial reports, analyze business performance, contribute to the preparation of financial statements and Board Packs, whilst ensuring the successful implementation of new technologies and ways of work as the Company grows and expands

The incumbent must be willing to act as a coach to others with regards to changes in processes and systems pertaining to capturing business performance information and reporting on it to improve business decision-making

• Manages and reports on cost usage that reflects delivery of planned work within agreed parameters
• Ensures continuous process improvement to enable effective operational processes
• Management Accounting to provide line managers with information to improve decision-making Identifies risks and proposes solutions to management
• Generates Board Compliance and Manpower
• Reports against rules in the system
• Analyses opportunities for continuous improvement in operational processes
• Participates in planned activities that are appropriate for own development

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To analyse individual business' financial results by ensuring adherence to financial controls.
To perform financial partnering activities with including financial planning and reporting, data analysis, and assisting leadership with overall strategy.
Perform daily reconciliations and reconcile discrepancies to minimize losses. Monitors accounts payable to ensure that all payments are up to date. Produce accurate and complete business reports on a monthly basis.

• Initiate dialogue to build professional working relationships with all stakeholders displaying excellent abilities to listen advise influence to negotiate and present at all levels.
• Integrate opinions and information provided by various sources to make strategic decisions.
• Provide input for reporting of financial information.
• Obtain data for stakeholders on status of projects.
• Compile reports for submission to various boards
• Analyse month-on-month movements of the data and interpret and provide reasons for the movements.
• Provide commentary on income statement and balance sheet items.
• Explain deviations from forecast and targeted income, all once-offs (unexpected income) and losses.
• Analyse and break down GL entries by preparing additional schedules.
• Identify ways to enhance reporting and, as the business changes, adapt reporting accordingly.
• Prepare budget information in conjunction with relevant stakeholders.
• Interact with Business and Finance to obtain anticipated budgets, and consolidate information received in prescribed format.
• Interact with Finance to merge all financial performance and position components and have a complete view within deadline.
• Assist with budget presentation for various stakeholders for approval.
• Perform relevant analysis and advise to stakeholders.
• Ensure that all reports and presentations are taken through the appropriate review mechanisms and are submitted timeously.
• Mitigate and manage audit findings and operational risk events and provide input into the scope of individual audits.
• Continuously identify gaps and enhance the overall control environment.
• Ensure the team is abreast of any changes to regulations and deadlines and manage and monitor compliance to regulations.
• Track any audit findings until they are resolved and report the status of audit findings to various committees.
• Take full responsibility for performance management of all direct reports managing their performance in relation to quality standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives focusing on all aspects of sound people management.
• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained.