Job Openings at Absa

Job Summary

Work embedded as a member of squad OR; across multiple squads to produce, test, document and review algorithms & data specific source code that supports the deployment & optimisation of data retrieval, processing, storage and distribution for a business area.
Job Description

Data Architecture & Data Engineering

•  Understand the technical landscape and bank wide architecture that is connected to or dependent on the business area supported in order to effectively design & deliver data solutions (architecture, pipeline etc.)
•  Translate / interpret the data architecture direction and associated business requirements & leverage expertise in analytical & creative problem solving to synthesise data solution designs (build a solution from its components) beyond the analysis of the problem
•  Participate in design thinking processes to successfully deliver data solution blueprints
•  Leverage state of the art relational and No-SQL databases as well integration and streaming platforms do deliver sustainable business specific data solutions.
•  Design data retrieval, storage & distribution solutions (and OR components thereof) including contributing to all phases of the development lifecycle e.g. design process
•  Develop high quality data processing, retrieval, storage & distribution design in a test driven & domain driven / cross domain environment
•  Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline by quickly producing well-organised, optimized, and documented source code & algorithms to deliver technical data solutions
•  Create & Maintain Sophisticated CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins or similar tools and deploy to multi-site environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production)
•  Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting technologies e.g. Ansible, Chef
•  Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
•  Assemble large, complex data sets that meet business requirements & manage the data pipeline
•  Build infrastructure to automate extremely high volumes of data delivery
•  Create data tools for analytics and data science teams that assist them in building and optimizing data sets for the benefit of the business
•  Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
•  Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
•  Inform & support the infrastructure build required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources
•  Support the continuous optimisation, improvement & automation of data processing, retrieval, storage & distribution processes
•  Ensure the quality assurance and testing of all data solutions aligned to the QA Engineering & broader architectural guidelines and standards of the organisation
•  Implement & align to the Group Security standards and practices to ensure the undisputable separation, security & quality of the organisation’s data
•  Meaningfully contribute to & ensure solutions align to the design & direction of the Group Architecture & in particular data standards, principles, preferences & practices. Short term deployment must align to strategic long term delivery.
•  Meaningfully contribute to & ensure solutions align to the design and direction of the Group Infrastructure standards and practices e.g. OLA’s, IAAS, PAAS, SAAS, Containerisation etc.
•  Monitor the performance of data solutions designs & ensure ongoing optimization of data solutions
•  Stay ahead of the curve on data processing, retrieval, storage & distribution technologies & processes (global best practices & trends) to ensure best practice

People

•  Coach & mentor other engineers
•  Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
•  Build data science team capability in the use of data solutions

Risk & Governance

•  Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post deployment)
•  Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks
•  Create business cases & solution specifications for various governance processes (e.g. CTO approvals)
•  Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents
•  Deliver on time & on budget (always)

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

• Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
• Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Summary

Provide specialist advice and support in the implementation/development of operational planning and associated service delivery processes, methods and techniques.

Job Description

• Relationship Management: Own the primary relationship with the client by being the client’s main contact point for all corporate and investment banking needs. | Client Solutioning: Take overall accountability for service delivery by setting the rules of engagement for the cross functional team, which includes Transactional Banker, Credit Analyst,
• Segment Support Client Control Team, Client Service Consultant & Product & Sector teams. | Manager Risk Assessment: Take ownership of the portfolio's risk management by ensuring a good understanding of both the Bank's and the clients regulatory and compliance environments | : | : | : | : | :

Education

Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

• Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
• Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Description

Key Accountabilities:

Accountability:  Management and oversight of immediate team performing P&L production and BS substantiation

• Expert knowledge of products traded on the desks and their impact across the finance sector

• Thorough understanding of the risk and P&L drivers for the products coupled with an understanding of external markets and changes in market parameters

• Needs to maintain an excellent understanding of processes and procedures to be able to pick up production where necessary.

• The capacity to work, manage and deliver under pressure.

• Presentation of consolidated financial information for FO and Finance Management

• Interact with other infrastructure areas, specifically Operations and Financial Control, for issue resolutions

• Ultimate escalation point, including the facilitation of issue resolution.

• Ambassador of immediate team to rest of the organisation

• Involvement in any Product Control specific initiatives

Accountability:  Interaction with key stakeholders

Interaction with various areas across the Absa Group in order to obtain and understanding of the impact these areas have on Product Control as well as providing both formal reporting as well as ad hoc query resolution to these areas. Areas include:

• Absa CIB Finance, including Financial Control, Balance Sheet Control and Financial Decision Support.

• Absa CIB Front Office, including head of Markets;

• Absa CIB Capital Management

• Absa Product Control

Accountability: People Management

• Management of a medium sized team (5-10 people – direct & indirect)

• Ownership of all the people related issues (development, performance management, recruitment, compensation)

• Team Management – recruiting, succession planning, ensuring staff are skilled up via training, performance review, career development, secondments, re-structures.

Accountability: Projects/Change

• Efficiency – looking for continuous improvement in the efficiency by which the desk carries out its work.

• Reporting – looking for continuous improvement in the reporting ability and performance of the desk

• Control - looking for continuous improvement in the ability of the desk to control the business

Education and Experience Required

• B degree/similar qualification in a financial/related discipline with 7-10  years relevant experience or CA(SA) with 5-8 years PQE experience

• Extensive management experience (3-5 years)

• Investment banking or Product Control experience preferred

• Fixed Income Product Specific knowledge preferable

• Experience in creating and maintaining an effective control environment

Knowledge & Skills:

• Strong technical accounting skills

• Exceptional academic track record

• Good interpersonal and team-working skills and the ability to communicate at all levels

• The ability to work in a pressured and unstructured environment and to cope with the demands of working to tight deadlines

• Maturity – able to deal with managers

• Business acumen

• An understanding of financial mathematics

• Performance orientated and client service driven

• Report writing and presentation skills

• Understanding of Economics

• Knowledge of financial markets

• Excellent numeric ability

• Bank Valuations skills

• Investment banking product knowledge

• Ability to manage and develop a medium sized team

Competencies:

• Deciding and initiating action

• Learning and researching

• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking

• Relating and networking

• Adapting and responding to change

• Persuading and influencing

• Creating and innovating

Education

Postgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Summary

Design, develop and oversee the deployment of new IT processes and any changes to the existing IT processes. Define and maintain the IT reference process framework and ensure it is leveraged across IT. Create and maintain a centralised repository of process and related artefacts (e.g., procedures, templates, forms). Identify and implement initiatives to improve efficiency and effectiveness of IT Processes.

Job Description

Process Engineering
• Communicating the reference processes and driving the adoption of processes across the IT organization
• Designing and developing / updating the IT processes, and overseeing deployment of the processes in the organization
• Monitoring and assessing existing processes to identify improvement opportunities
• Driving continuous process improvement initiatives and obtaining results thereof
• Ensuring completeness and currency of IT process repository
• Ensuring that standards are followed in process modelling

Accountability: Plan & Organise
• Review industry standard frameworks for IT processes and adapt relevant processes for the organization.
• Define the standards and methodologies for process modelling.
• Facilitate training and support required for maintaining processes and methodologies.
• Compile and implement (as applicable) standard process improvement and reengineering methodologies.
• For new process / process change initiatives, conduct feasibility and readiness assessments with regard to capabilities and resources, and define corresponding action plans to support the initiatives.

Accountability: Acquire & Implement
• Design and develop / update the processes based on organization requirements and industry standard processes.
• Coordinate and facilitate analysis, assessment and design workshops and initiatives to identify improvement opportunities.
• Undertake process improvement initiatives aimed at improving efficiency and effectiveness of operations (e.g., initiatives for process cycle time optimization, improved documentation and data collection, enhanced customer satisfaction).
• Manage and coordinate implementation efforts of enhancements and change initiatives.

Accountability: Deliver & Support
• Create and maintain a centralised process and knowledge management repository and provide access as required to stakeholders in the organization.
• Update processes, communicate changes and ensure that reference processes are leveraged across IT through deployment and usage of processes and related documents in the organization.
• Analyse project successes and root causes of failures to streamline processes in all phases of project management.
• Monitor process performance based on defined parameters / conduct process performance diagnostics to identify improvement opportunities.
• Work towards continuous process improvement and the enhancement of quality and consistency of IT processes and methods across the organisation.
• Identify, evaluate, select and implement tools for process modelling, analysis and improvement.
• Coordinate with respective stakeholders / teams to plan deployment of new processes / process changes.
• Provide / coordinate training and knowledge transfer for the deployment of new processes / process changes to the respective stakeholders / teams.
• Oversee integration and adoption of new processes / process changes.

Monitor & Evaluate
• Define process performance criteria and requirements in terms of time, cost, resources (people, systems, and financials).
• Benchmark processes to identify shortfalls and improvement areas in process definition /deployment

Education

Master's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised