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Absa Bank Limited (Absa) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays Africa Group Limited. Absa offers personal and business banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management as well as bancassurance. Barclays Africa Group Limited is 62.3% owned by Barclays Bank PLC and is listed on the JSE Limited. The Group is one of A...
Job Summary
To deliver and ensure statutory tax reporting and compliance for a specific portfolio of companies or specific tax discipline within the Group Tax: Functions and Reporting and provide tax advice where appropriate.
Job Description
Key Accountabilities
Accountability: Financial and management reporting
Accountability: tax advice
Accountability: tax compliance and administration
Accountability: Networking
Accountability: Training
Role / Person Specification
Education and Experience Required
Knowledge & Skills:
Competencies:
Education
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Financial Sciences (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
Job Summary
Leads and is accountable for the business analysis chapter. As the leader of this chapter will serve as the subject matter expert and develop the strategic roadmap for the development of this capability. Is responsible to define standards, ways or work and create appropriate systems to ensure adherence to these standards. Is a taught leader and provides business analysis insights into opportunities. Must be able identify core business problems and translate these strategic opportunities into work items for execution
Job Description
Education
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)
Job Summary
We are looking for a skilled Hadoop Developer to help build Big Data infrastructure and storage software. You will be part of a team that is migrating an existing application from MS SQL Server to Hadoop. You will also need to assist in the upskilling of the existing team as they migrate their skillset from MS SQL Server to Hadoop.
Job Description
Absa Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB, is a leading South African investment bank with global reach, offering clients financing, risk management and advisory solutions in a wide range of currencies and structures. The firm has a global reach and distribution power to meet the needs of issuers and investors worldwide.
Responsibilities
Migrate existing application from MS SQL Server to Hadoop
Design, develop and maintain application in Hadoop infrastructure
Develop new enhancements and exports
Assist in upskilling the team in the Hadoop ecosystem
Evaluate toolsets
Competencies
Ability to research and grasp new concepts at a fast pace
Good at troubleshooting issues
Planning and organizing
Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
Knowledge and skills
Scala/Spark e.g. to be able to call web API from Scala code
Hadoop Architecture and Operating System
Hadoop SQL (Hive)
ETL Development skills e.g. SSIS
Expert working knowledge of SQL
Understanding and architecting data structures e.g. json, xml
Sound and diligent approach to BI/ETL development and testing
Experience
8 years relevant experience
Working experience and knowledge of the Hadoop ecosystem (Hive, HDFS, Spark)
Expert knowledge of SQL
Development of ETL
Strong coding background
Java coding skills advantageous
Business Knowledge in the Risk and Finance domain will be advantageous
Education
University degree or equivalent
Proven technical skills
Beneficial skills
Working understanding of Business Intelligence methodologies and BI software implementations e.g. Qlikview or Power BI.
Financial Services / Banking experience
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
Job Summary
The Manager: Transformation, Diversity and Inclusion (TDI) will execute and deliver the integrated Transformation, Diversity and Inclusion strategy across the CIB Cluster in conjunction with the TDI pillars and Management. Their mandate is primarily to ensure relevant processes and procedures are in place, and have influence to relevant parts of the business whose output directly and indirectly impacts the CIB BBBEE Scorecard. They will align TDI initiatives to support the needs of business. The Manager: TDI will also nurture and advancing diverse representation and increasing an inclusive culture as well as advising and guiding the Employment Equity committee to help them grow into strategic business advisors for the organization.
Job Description
Accountability: Drive absa TDI strategy in the CIB cluster
Partner, influence and develop the TDI Strategy for CIB and Transformation objectives.
Facilitate open and honest discussions about transformation issues to advance TDI objectives
Responsible for managing the CIB BBBEE scorecard
Accountability: Effectively manage Business Interfaces & People & Culture Interfaces
Build and maintain strong relationships with the business and develop an understanding of business strategy and objectives, identifying the implications for transformation within the Cluster.
Collaborate with the People Leads and/or Partners and COE Specialists to define comprehensive solutions.
Provide pro-active advisory support to the CIB Cluster. Act as SME and trusted advisor to BU / CS / ExCo and People & Culture Team.
Accountability: Effectively manage B-BBEE, Employment Equity and Skills Development Compliance
Responsible for designing and project managing all aspects relating to B-BBEE, Employment Equity (EE) and Skills Development (SD) compliance. This includes ensuring the business is aligned with the relevant Youth Employment Services (YES) initiatives, primarily through CIB Learnerships and Internship
Improving the B-BBEE scoring achieved, assigning transformation targets to business units, monitoring performance against set targets and managing the annual B-BBEE verification process
Support recruitment strategic efforts in sourcing and attracting talent from underrepresented groups in line with the company's diversity targets and local employment equity plan.
Influence and be accountable for alignment between the Employment Equity Plan and the Company's Workplace Skills Plan (including BU Transformation Plans) and annual submission.
Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders e.g. procurement, finance etc. to ensure that their co-operation can be obtained when required on Transformation matters and interventions
On Pan African measures, ensure alignment with country strategies, specifically where these go hand in hand with our selected UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that impact this agenda
Establish a good relationship with the Group’s BBBEE Verification Agency, and ensure relevant recommendations and proposals are attended to that are relevant to the CIB Cluster
Working with the CIB Exco, represent business and provide inputs into engagement with pro-transformation associations, including BMF, ABSIP, ABASA and other bodies relevant to the financial sector in this regard
Accountability: Execution of Employment Equity statutory duties
Consultation with employees on Employment Equity Plans
The conduct of the workforce analysis referred to in section 19 The preparation and implementation of the EE plan referred to in section 20 and A report referred to in section 21 Analysis
Collect information and conduct an analysis, as prescribed, of its employment policies, practices, procedures and the working environment, in order to identify employment barriers which adversely affect people from designated groups, and profile the workforce within each occupational category and level in order to determine the degree of under representation of people from designated groups in various occupational categories and levels.
Prepare and implement an EE plan which will achieve reasonable progress towards EE in that employer’s workforce. Determine the numerical goals to achieve the equitable representation of suitably qualified people from designated groups within which this is to be achieved, and the strategies intended to achieve those goals. Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the plan and whether reasonable progress is being made towards implementing EE.
The internal procedures to resolve any dispute about the interpretation or implementation of the plan.
Collaborate with and co-ordinate the activities of all persons in the workforce, including senior managers, responsible for all monitoring and implementing the plan.
Assist in the appointment of employees from designated groups
The first report will refer to the initial development of and consultation around an EE plan. The subsequent reports will detail the progress made in implementing the EE plan.
Compile reports which must be submitted to the Director-General containing the prescribed information.
Relevant reporting and publication of report (provide relevant input to Absa Group)
Publish a summary of the report required by section 21 in that employer’s annual financial report
Preparation of successive EE Plans
Before the end of the term of its current EE plan, prepare a subsequent EE plan.
Display in every workplace any Regulation, containing a standard notice, in all official languages, summarizing the provisions of the Act.
In each of its workplaces, place in prominent places that are accessible to all employees- The most recent report submitted by that employer to the Director-General; Any compliance order, arbitration award or order of the Labour Court Concerning the provisions of this Act in relation to that employer; and Any other document concerning this Act as may be prescribed. Make a copy of the plan available to its employees for copying and consultation.
Accountabilities - Duty to keep records
Establish and, for the prescribed period, maintain records in respect of its workforce, its EE plan and any other records relevant to its compliance with this Act.
Partner with the CIB Analytics Enablement team to improve data inputs and reporting of relevant BBBEE elements for the business, ensuring alignment with business owners and partners
Income differentials
Submit a statement, on behalf of cluster to Group, as prescribed, to the EE Conditions Commission, on the remuneration and benefits received in each occupational category and level of that employers workforce.
Take measures to progressively reduce disproportionate income differentials subject to such guidance as may be given by the Minister.
Education and experience required
B-degree (NQF level no. 6 )
Five (5) years broad BEE experience
Experience as a technical auditor for a verification agency or B-BBEE MDP and /or professional certification (advantageous)
BBBEE scorecard experience
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and /or Business Partnering experience
Knowledge and skills: (Maximum of 6)
Stakeholder management
Financial management
Performance management
Resource management
Influencing
Problem solving
Data & analytics (advantageous)
Competencies: (Maximum of 8 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
Public relations & crisis management (advantageous)
Education
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: 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
Job Summary
To deliver Personal Assistant duties and administrative support services to Managing Executive of the Investment Cluster through the execution of predefined objectives as per agreed standard operating procedures,
Job Description
Accountability: Diary, Meetings, Events and Travel Management
Manage the diary of the Managing Executive, in an efficient manner by using Outlook, to set up meetings requested by the Managing Executive or to accept meetings requested by others where the managers presence is needed.
Track and monitor the acceptances and declines obtained from the relevant parties that have been invited to the meeting. Where possible, resolve issues independently but where needed escalate any concerns and issues to the manager
Liaise with relevant parties to re-schedule any meetings, based on a request from either the manager or the original meeting organiser.
Print all documentation relevant to the meetings and prepare daily meeting packs and give them to the manager for their reference.
Liaise with the in-house travel agency to make the travel bookings for any domestic and international trips the manager is required to make and in so doing ensure adherence to the required travel approval process.
When requested to by the Managing Executive, attend in meetings in order to take the minutes of the meetings. Ensure that the minutes are typed, approved by the meeting chair and distributed to the relevant parties within the agreed time.
Arrange any venues and catering for any meeting, as requested by the Managing Executive, and obtain the managers approval on any orders prior to placing them with the suppliers.
Accountability: Inbox and Email Management
Assist manager by being aware of the content for their emails by screen incoming emails and where possible redirecting the email to the relevant direct reports to assist with the query. Follow up for feedback with these individuals, where necessary.
Create an online filling system to assist the manager with work prioritisation. File all emails which have already been dealt with, into the correct online folder, and bring the pending emails to his/her attention.
Accountability: General Administrative Support
Acts as the first point of contact for the Managing Executive by answering/screening and/or redirecting the telephone calls received in a professional and efficient manner.
Assist visitors by directing them to the correct venue or person that they are looking for or by singing for the package/documentation that is being delivered.
Assist with any typing and preparation of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documentation needed by line manager.
Set up and maintain a well-ordered filing/retrieval system to store all printed documents away in a secure place e.g., a locked cabinet/office.
Take charge of general office administration including ordering of stationery and groceries, restocking printers etc. Ensure that adequate reserve stock is ordered.
Enforce company policy in terms of procedures including travel, cell phone, expense claims etc. (i.e. responsible for controlling signatures, taking policy into account, urgency and effecting timeout forwarding of documents).
Retrieve bank property e.g. Cellphones, 3G cards, laptops, access cards etc., from the direct reports, of the manager, who leave the bank and return to the relevant parties.
Assist with any general administration e.g. photocopying, scanning, document binding
etc. that line manager requires.
Accountability: Account and cost maintenance
Based on requests from the Managing Executive, request quotes from approved suppliers and generate purchase orders
Follow up with vendors for the delivery of items. Check the invoices against items received from vendors.
Obtain sign off on invoices from the cost centre owner and submit to accounts payable for payment. Follow up with accounts payable when vendors advise that they have not been paid.
On a monthly basis, review entries passed against the department's cost centre.
Investigate and resolve any unknown entries with the Accounts Payable department.
On a monthly basis, request team members to submit supporting invoices for
corporate credit card expenses. Complete the reconciliations obtain the individuals signoff and submit for processing.
On a monthly basis request cost centre reports from Finance. Check the budget run rate and highlight all over and under-spent items to the cost centre manager.
Education
Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Office Administration (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
Job Summary
To develop tactical strategy and delivery plans, formulate associated practice/s and to ensure operational implementation and adaption i.t.o. project management methodology, governance and delivery objectives.
Job Description
Programme Management: Managing projects with the intention of improving an organisations strategic performance.
Quality Assurance: Maintain a desired level of quality in a service or product, especially by means of attention to every stage of the process of delivery or production.
Ensure that timelines are met: Manage team in such a way that deadlines are met
Managing Others: Take responsibility for the effective management of others.
Knowledge and skills required
Practical Programme management skills including:
Establishing and running effective governance frameworks
Ability to setup underlying projects and execution structures
Managing across multiple projects and project managers
Overall solution and interdependency management
Risk management and reporting
Solution orientated and willing to get close to the detail when required
Knowledge of financial markets and banking products
Ability to manage a diverse group of senior stakeholders
Experience level
5 – 10 years of relevant Programme or business transformation experience
Must have experience in driving cross business unit or enterprise level programmes
Must have experience in mobilising and managing large and complex pieces of work that often incorporate multiple underlying projects
Experience in resolving major delivery blockers that are impacting progress, including obtaining the necessary senior support
Educational preferences
Bachelor Degree preferable
Programme/Project management qualifications preferable but not essential
High level description of the area and/or project
Role reports into the Programme Execution Office that forms part of the Retail and Business Banking Change organization
Role would be accountable for programme managing large scale and cross business unit programmes, with a specific emphasis on modernizing legacy Banking and Credit Card platforms
Education
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: 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
Job Description
Seasoned professional to join IBD team as a Manager Risk and Governance. Will focus on operational risk for Investment Banking transactions. Duties will include:
RISK IDENTIFICATION: Guide IBD front office and support functions in identifying current and emerging material inherent operational risk exposures.
CONTROL EVALUATION: Facilitate the rigorous assessment of the effectiveness of process checks and system controls in place to mitigate the material inherent risks identified.
CONTROL ENVIRONMENT REMEDIATION: Advise on the augmentation of existing controls as well as the design and implementation of new controls required to sufficiently mitigate material gaps.
RISK PROFILE REPORTING: Lead in the compilation of the IBD Risk Profile by partnering with risk teams from other control areas that impact IBD as well as with 2nd-line Operational Risk. Escalate above-appetite risk exposure to senior management.
This role is suited to an individual with exposure to strong controls testing, process design and project change management skills. A tertiary degree in Business (or related studies) with post-graduate qualification in Accounting or Risk Management coupled with min 4 years Investment Banking operational risk or audit or experience. In depth understanding of Investment Banking processes essential.
Education
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: 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
Job Summary
To provide and interpret financial information to all stakeholders of the business for informed decision making.The Financial Decision Support function covers the reporting of all financial and management information within CVM Finance – FDS.It involves the analysis and interpretation of this reporting and providing business with meaningful insights to enable decision making. The team provides continuous decision support for Manco and Exco and senior management within CVM as well as the wider RBB Finance and ABSA group function.
Job Description
Key Accountabilities
Financial Reporting and Month End Planning
Prepare monthly deck detailing financial and business unit performance against prior month and PY performance benchmarks such as Budget and RAF.
Adhering to the Planning cycle deadlines (MTP / STP / RAF) and timeous reporting thereof.
Consult cluster heads to discuss monthly performance and provide analysis on portfolio performance
Submission of Ad hoc requests on performance management within BU’s and interpretation of financial results.
Preparation and analysis of slide submissions into various internal documents, policy translations and governance.
Projects
Participate in projects that are focussed on further enhancement of reporting tools i.e. Compass / SAP.
Collaborate with IT / Tech / Design teams on delivery of project cost requests and projections.
Ad hoc decision support projects as tabled in Exco / Manco / Book of work initiatives.
Automate existing process, candidate should have a keen interest and background in enabling technological improvements and build future fit efficiencies around cost optimization.
Analysis of data
Pro-actively track and analyse revenue from new initiatives and products
Provide analysis on Business performance
Financial Planning and Budgeting
Provide analysis and input to various businesses on financial planning and budgeting within the FDS function / Business Partnering.
Forecasting RAF, STP and MTP results across the business units timeously and proving financial measures to track performance against initiatives.
Role / Person Specification
Education and Experience Required
CA(SA) / CIMA, beneficial
B.Com Honours (Accounting)
3 – 5 years banking experience
Knowledge & Skills:
Strong financial reporting skills
Problem solving and efficiency improvement
Client service drive / Business Partnering
Strong product knowledge
Strong communication skills
Analytical and detailed focussed
Competencies:
Personal & Interpersonal Skills
Business Skills
Technical Knowledge
Commercial Effectiveness
Control Environment
Education
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Financial Sciences (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
Job Summary
The Sanction Screening team within CIB Payments is looking for a Full-stack Java Developer to 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
Java Developer - Swift and Sanctions
Technical skills required
5 - 8 years software development experience
Min 4 years Angular 4 - 7 experience
Min 5 years JAVA 8 or 11 Programming (JAVA SE 8 /11) experience
JAVA Spring and Hibernate Integration 5.0
NODE.JS
Web Services
Micro-Services Architecture
Activity
Camel
Microsoft SQL/PostgreSQL
Swift and Sanction knowledge is advantageous
Competencies required:
High learning agility
Independent self starter that is curious and with the aptitude to solve, find solutions, learn and upskill
Key accountability: DevOps
Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve technical problems (Front End, Back End OR Middleware) with high quality solutions
Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle including
Evaluate analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development & provide recommendations to enable the operational feasibility of solutions
Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions
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
Support the development of CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins / similar tools and deploying to multi-site Kubernetes environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production)
Use & configure modern observability techniques leveraging e.g. aggregated logging via ELK stack, metrics via Prometheus / Grafana / NewRElic and tracing using Zipkin/Jaeger
Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes
Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
Work with integrated teams and other developers to improve and evolve technical products and services
Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture & Infrastructure guidelines
Provide input into project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.
Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications
Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices and continuously evolve existing knowledge & skill in preparation for cross domain and other experiences e.g. Secure Side, Testing, Infrastructure solutions etc.
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
Job Summary
Work as part of the CIB Absa Access and API Gateway team, leverage specialist analysis & testing tools, frameworks, techniques and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements. Translate & document business requirements into user stories & specifications (Full Stack, Cross System) detailing integration points, business & associated risk / opportunities to be realised. And following this analysis, work collaboratively within squads during design & delivery activity including assuming responsibility for manual application testing processes, frameworks & outcomes
Job Description
Key Requirements:
6 - 8 years business & systems analysis experience
Experience in working with multidisciplinary teams
Experience in Agile Methodology & working embedded within an Agile team / teams
Relevant Degree or Diploma / Information Systems Analyst certification
Banking domain experience
Expertise in Systems Design & Integration
Experience in development / coding to be able to read code to assist in the analysis of APIs or root cause issues, as well as coding queries in SQL or the relevant language (such as Javascript and C#)
Expertise in Business Continuity Management & Disaster Recovery
Deep understanding of the technical architecture of each of the APIs and applications and how they interact in the CIB Transactional Banking ecosystem.
Understand data structures of the repositories of the various APIs and how to query the data, including aggregating data across the APIs
Key accountabilities:
Provide gap analysis for new features from a system implementation point of view
Provide reports and insights into the data contained in the APIs
Proactively surface issues relating to data inconsistencies arising from bugs or legacy data, and a way to resolve the data issues
Work closely with Developers and Product Owners to provide insights for systems requirements for upcoming features
Understand current technical debt and inefficiencies and provide a roadmap and implementation plan to mitigate
Analysis (including Business Case)
Solution Design (within DevOps Context)
Solution Delivery & Testing (manual)
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
Job Summary
The CIB Payments team is looking for Automation Engineers on a contract basis to assist with designing automation testing plans and develop automation test scripts for multiple technical products / services (pre, during & post deployment) in both ‘Run & Change’ contexts and align to chosen application testing frameworks & guidelines. Testing may apply to all or a combination of the following front-end, back-end, integration, performance, scalability and regression testing of solutions. This entails full responsibility for ensuring products are protected through quantifiable test coverage & metrics. 6 - 12 month contract
Job Description
Technical skills required:
Java 8+
Selenium
TestNG
git
cucumber
karate framework
jenkins
Beneficial :
XML/JSON
Webservices
SQL
IBM MQ
Key accountabilities:
QA Engineering
Proactively contribute & participate in the full solution development lifecycle as a member of a squad / multiple squads as an QA automation specialist engineer
Actively participate in daily Scrum and project planning meetings.
Participate and analyze test automation requirements during the requirements analysis phase of technical product & service development, maintenance & optimization (across tribes & squads) – using design specifications and technical documentation (e.g. Business Briefs, User Stories, Architecture & Integration documentation)
Prepare QA & Automation testing documentation (planning, design, execution and sustainability)
Develop automation test plans
Develop and execute automated test scripts using various technologies (automated scripts, test harnesses, SQL scripts etc.)
Perform various types of automation testing (regression, integration, black box, scalability)
Evaluate automated test cases and analyse & report results
Facilitate test plan / case reviews within squads
Work with product engineers to evaluate software / solution quality & provide recommendations for improvement / enhancement
Contribute to the design and selection of testing frameworks for business applications
Deliver all automation & technical testing deliverables on time (always)
Provide the required project / scrum related information / feedback on deliverables (e.g. progress, tracking, quality etc.)
Conduct performance monitoring on applications / components of applications for which you’ve designed and executed test scripts / plans
Produce quality and testing outcome metrics and reports
DevOps
Follow engineering best practices and continuously improve on engineering knowledge to successfully shift our QA capability forward
Leverage coding language understanding & expertise to deploy testing requirements for specific products / services
Understand the full technical solution that is being tested – show interest and capability to run the technical solution & the ability to test the viability of the code being developed
Shift from testing features to supporting & being accountable for full product delivery
*Contract opportunity
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
Job Summary
We are pipelining for a Senior specialist role in the Regulatory Reporting team.
This role is being advertised under an Evergreen requisition which we are using to build our talent pipeline.
This team is responsible for the production of the BA900 series, the BA610, BA600 and BA 700 series on a monthly and/or quarterly basis. The team also needs to ensure the consistency and overall accuracy of all other financial returns produce by Financial Control, queries, commentary, and supplementary data, submitted to the Prudential Authority (PA).
Production and presentation of analytics packs, which are presented at the Regulatory Review Committee (RRC) for discussion.
Design, develop and implement robust review methodologies, analytical tools, and processes to ensure appropriate, consistent, and accurate information is provided in a timely manner.
Job Description
Key Accountabilities:
Reporting
Production of monthly and/or quarterly returns and analytical packs to the Prudential Authority
Designing, developing and implementing processes and systems which will enable the reporting of data to the Prudential Authority as well as to the Regulatory Review Committee (RRC) and Regulatory Reporting Change Control Committee (RRCCC).
Implement controls to provide comfort that reporting is accurate.
Responsible for ensuring that all reporting is delivered on time and is accurate Reviewing of reporting and commentary received from Risk and Production areas to ensure that reporting is accurate.
Accountability: Analytics
The role will support senior internal stakeholders in the business and provide analytic insight based on business understanding to senior stakeholders.
Specific accountabilities include:
Designing, developing, and implementing analytical tools which will provide comfort that internal and external reporting is accurate (including scenario analyses to anticipate and challenge reporting results);
Ensuring that team members have a detailed understanding of products and businesses to enable relevant design and interpretation of analytics to enable accurate timeous commentary on reporting
Provide input into regulatory reporting deliverables using business knowledge obtained through analytical processes
Provide commentary; and continuously evaluate the control framework and enhance it as appropriate.
Accountability: Technical Authority
Maintain a high level of knowledge of the technical subject matter. Specifically, a good knowledge of the following is required:
Regulatory Reporting including new developments and impact analysis
Banking (Retail, Wealth, Investment Banking, Wholesale Banking, Treasury);
Provide review and sign-off of team deliverables;
Perform and present financial analysis; prepare and present commentary;
Design, develop and maintain analytical processes and tools to ensure that it delivers accurate information;
Interact with senior leaders in the firm and the Prudential Authority;
Engage with outside key partners (e.g. auditors) where required; and
Identifying and/or implementing projects by the teams necessary in improving wider risk and return production environment.
Project & Staff Management:
Providing leadership to junior team members in implementing and improving reporting processes;
Ensure that assigned projects are planned, staffed accordingly and successfully implemented within greed timelines. Communicate if risks arise to successful implementation of assigned projects, and finalise and propose alternatives;
Assist in embedding informal coaching in the team.
Role / Person Specification:
Education and Experience Required
B degree/similar qualification in a financial/related discipline or CA(SA)
Non-CA with 8 to 10 plus years relevant experience or CA with 6 to 8 plus years PQE
Regulatory Reporting experience essential
Management experience preferable
Business experience in a Banking environment gained from a Finance or Product
No criminal record
Knowledge & Skills: (Maximum of 6):
Knowledge / awareness of Basel and new regulatory developments and Banks Act and Regulations, Absa policies and standard requirements regarding regulatory reporting.
Strong problem solving and analytics skills
Banking Product Knowledge.
Strong reporting writing and presentation skills.
Exceptional 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.
Competencies: (Maximum of 8 competencies):
The position requires a technically minded accountant with a passion for investment banking.
Analysis skills & technical ability;
Judgment / decision making – demonstrates logic, rationality and objectivity in decision making whilst balancing speed vs. thorough approach;
Integrity – consistent, earns trust, fights fair, uses the facts;
Team player – approachable, establishes collaborative relationships;
Oral and Written Communications - fluency, clarity, precise, well organised communications;
Resourcefulness – action oriented, goes “beyond the call of duty” to solve problems;
Adaptability – adapts quickly to change and copes well with complexity;
Experience – Designing and implementing project or system solutions
Mental & Environmental Demands
Special work requirements:
Deal with uncertainty and high pressure.
Network effectively
Obtain co-operation
Able to interact with all levels of staff.
Most complex decision that can be taken without referral to the manager:
Authorities for this role will be established in line with existing FC decision making mandates
Business change accountability:
A high degree of business change implementation will be expected from the successful candidate.
Responsible to analyse problems, design the solution and implement changes. Ensure that staff impacted on and stakeholders are informed, considered and motivated to embrace the changes.
Finance/Resource accountability:
Manage status of projects deliverables & reporting deliverables according to set date schedule.
Manage the effort and deliverables of project resources and ensure deliveries are tracked and reported.
Communication and Interaction required:
Staff in own area (manager, subordinates, colleagues) 50%
Staff outside own area 30%
External Customers 5%
Regulators/Government Agencies 10%Other (e.g. Industry Forums/Associations) 5%
Please apply to this role should you fit the above requirements
Education
Postgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications: Financial Sciences (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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