Jobs at Absa Group

Role Purpose

We are looking for an Internal Audit Manager to support our Retail Banking Business, The ideal candidate will have auditing experience across digital channels, branches and retail banking products. Plan, execute and manage audit assignments in accordance with the Group Audit Plan and relevant policies, procedures and quality standards. The Audit Manager is responsible for the quality of the audit work performed and the efficiency and effectiveness of the audit team. Experience managing teams in critical to the role

Other responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Plan the delivery of assigned audits to a high quality across our retail & business banking division in line with Key Performance Indicators as per the methodology. This will include adequate resourcing scheduling, meeting key deliverables in terms of audit timelines and review of audit work to confirm that the minimum requirements as per methodology are met.
• Act as a mentor for auditors across the team and peers to provide guidance to ensure that their work exceeds quality standards.
• Manage the teams that assigned to the audit effectively by delegating audit work to empower each individual team member.
• Contribute to the annual planning process as requested by the Head of Audit by providing feedback and knowledge in terms of business. This will include identifying auditable entities, assessing the audit needs assessment and preparing all Management Information reports required.
• Engage with Centres of Excellences at each stage in the audit process and give oversight to CoE colleagues working on the audit assignment.
• Based on the reviews performed, provide effective feedback to audit staff during the audit assignment to confirm that working papers are completed in line with the AIA methodology.

Education and Experience:

• B Degree (Commercial, Informatics, Statistics)
• CA (SA), CIA, CISA or international equivalents
• 3-5 years’ experience in Internal/External audit or commensurate experience in a major financial institution or consulting
• 2 years’ experience in risk based auditing or risk/control activities

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Senior Product Designer (VP) – Bison Product Designer

Are you ready to make a difference?

The Absa Chief Technology Office (CTO) Platform Engineering team is a cross-functional tech team of Engineers, Designers, Business Analysts and Testers who have a passion for building innovative software solutions that have the potential to disrupt traditional business models.

You’ll be joining the Product Design space and collaborating closely with the BAs, Product Designers, UIs & UXers...part of a well-oiled Analysis & Design team. Our pace is rapid, our design process is Lean, and our primary focus is on achieving successful outcomes, rather than just producing outputs. We follow Agile principles regarding people management and leadership - our focus is on quality, technical excellence, as well as frequent and fast delivery of value to our end-users.

We’re looking for an independent thinker and problem solver interested in working on complex products that solve real problems for real users, from concept all the way to a successful go live and beyond.

Also...We don’t design and build useful wrong things! 

Experience Required: 

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas (Required)
• Approximately 4 - 8 years’ overall work experience within Design, Software Development and/or related field.
• Experience with Lean Design & Development Principles
• The ability to Ideate and to diverge (explore options) before you converge to being pragmatic and focussed
• Comfortable working in an Agile environment, specifically in a Kanban methodology
• Efficient time and task management
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• A Start-up mentality and the desire to see the team succeed
• Proactive
• Fast learner
• Resilient and adaptable
• Ability to take ownership
• Attention to detail
• Advantageous
• Previous experience working on a financial product
• Experience in user research and usability testing
• Understanding of Design Thinking and Human-Centred Design Practices
• Tool/Tech Proficiency
• Atlassian Stack (Jira, Trello)
• Miro
• Design Programs (Sketch, Adobe, Abstract...)
• A good working knowledge of JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Job Functions
• Design
• Analysis
• Information Technology
• Product Management