Job Openings at Investec

Description

• Investec is seeking a SailPoint IdentityNow/Security Cloud Engineer to join the Access Management Platform Team, a group of dynamic and forward-thinking professionals responsible for advancing our identity and access management capabilities.  In this role, you will be a key contributor to the development, enhancement, and continuous improvement of Investec's SailPoint IdentityNow/Security Cloud (IDN/ISC) platform. 
• Your primary focus will be on application onboarding, automated provisioning, and lifecycle management – ensuring that access governance processes are secure, efficient, and aligned with organisational objectives.  You will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to design, implement, and optimise solutions that drive automation and scalability within our identity ecosystem. Working alongside the Platform Lead, you will contribute to both the technical delivery and operational excellence of Investec's access management services.

Experience, skill and capability

• Experience in the following technologies are key to this role: 
• Experience with Enterprise Identity Management solutions (RSA IGL, SailPoint IIQ, SailPoint Identity NOW/Security Cloud, Savvyint)
• Knowledge and experience with SailPoint Workflows
• Good Understanding of SailPoint Certification Campaigns and Certification Filters
• Good knowledge of IDP's and related services (Active Directory/Azure Active Directory/Ldap/MFA/SSO/Federated Access)
• Oracle HRMS, Workday
• Strong data analytics and database management skills
• Strong understanding of API/Web services integrations and JSON
• Knowledge and experience on SQL querying
• Knowledge and experience of PowerShell scripting and API rest calls
• Good understanding of Privilege Access Management and platform security principles
• Ability to understand application access provisioning and lifecycles
• Excellent communication and relational skills
• SailPoint IdentityNow/Security Cloud Certifications (Engineer, Architect) would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of the technical roadmap for Investec's AM solutions
• Contribute to the design, development, and support of Investec's Access Management platform, providing technical input and expertise where required.
• Manage relationships with key business stakeholders, access management teams and technical vendors for Investec's AM capabilities and services
• Work closely with the platform owner on delivering the AM tech strategy and platform enablement, providing support to other members of the team and mentoring members of the wider Access Management department
• Partnering with application teams to enable them via the AM platform
• Provide reporting on roadmap progression and strategic decisions based on overall group technology strategy

What We Value

• At Investec we seek creative, talented people with passion, energy and stamina, who collaborate unselfishly

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Key Responsibilities

• Gather, write, and maintain business and functional specifications aligned to strategic and operational needs.
• Create and maintain process flows, data flow diagrams, and configuration documentation, including best practice operational controls.
• Facilitate and participate in technical design sessions with architects to ensure business requirements are accurately translated.
• Develop and document test scenarios and contribute to quality assurance processes.
• Own the end-to-end delivery lifecycle, from requirements gathering through to deployment, testing, and post-implementation review.
• Engage with stakeholders to manage expectations, priorities, and communications throughout the delivery cycle.
• Ensure alignment with Agile methodology, contributing to backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with business and IT teams to track and manage change control, ensuring traceability and audit readiness.
• Drive consistent documentation practices and maintain clear, user-focused communication artifacts.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

• Minimum 8 years' experience as a Business or Systems Analyst, ideally within the banking or financial services industry.
• Strong ability to write SQL queries for data validation and insights.
• Proficient in documenting complex systems and processes, including both functional and technical detail.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery and experience working in iterative environments.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with both technical teams and business stakeholders, translating needs into clear solutions.
• Able to prioritise tasks, manage multiple streams of work, and deliver against timelines.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proactive mindset with the ability to identify risks, resolve issues, and drive alignment across teams.
• Experience with tools like Azure DevOps, Miro, and Confluence for collaboration and documentation.
• Exposure to cloud environments (Azure), Power BI, or Scrum Master/project coordination responsibilities would be advantageous.

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Description

• The Change Workstream Lead is responsible for leading, managing, and facilitating organisational change initiatives related to the People & Organisation and Finance transformation programmes. This role acts as the central point for change management activities, collaborating with stakeholders across business units, project teams, and external partners. The Change Workstream Lead develops and implements change management strategies alongside our business transformation lead and implementation partner, owns and ensure delivery of all programme related communication and training plans, and monitors readiness and adoption metrics to ensure successful adoption of new processes, systems, and ways of working. The role requires strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Create strategies to implement change effectively, within the context and culture of Investec
• Execution of planned strategies at an enterprise-wide scale
• Work alongside implementation partner to develop and maintain change management plans, including communication and learning strategies
• Coordinate and facilitate leadership alignment and stakeholder engagement sessions, including supporting project managers and business leaders to manage change 
• Manage ongoing communication activities 
• Support the setup of change networks
• Support the development of personas and adoption playbooks
• Support learning needs analysis, learning delivery for all impacted audiences (in partnership with implementation partner and Investec's Learning function)
• Monitor change impact assessments and readiness evaluations ensuring all impacted audiences are ready for change
• Work alongside teams to make sure all risk management policies and strategies are in place for the change
• Monitor adoption metrics and report on KPIs and success criteria, creating various performance metrics and analyses to see the progress of changes made
• Continuously improving upon existing strategies and processes to gain the maximum benefit from the implementation of change
• Ensure continuous management and facilitation of change activities throughout the project lifecycle
• Oversee the facilitation of change management activities, ensuring coordination between implementation partner and Investec teams.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

• Strong understanding of change management principles, methodologies and best practices (associated certifications/accreditations beneficial)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work collaboratively across teams
• Accurate analytical and problem-solving skills to find the root causes of problems and their solutions
• Experience in developing and executing communication and training plans
• Analytical skills to assess change impacts and measure adoption metrics
• Knowledge of organisational readiness and leadership alignment practices
• Familiarity with project management principles and experience working with cross-functional teams
• Proficiency in tools for documentation and reporting (e.g., MS Office Suite)
• Knowledge of organisational development, stakeholder analysis, and business process improvement
• Experience in ERP/HCM and Oracle change beneficial.

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Description

• Investec Sandton is looking for a Business Analyst for the LCIB Business within ICIB tech, who would be fully responsible for supporting and maintaining our LCIB Business operations and tech platforms. You are responsible for your area of
• specialization, as well as for all aspects of analysis from interacting with stakeholders and users, to design, document and root cause unpacking, through to production monitoring and support.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for support and incident handling within the operational and procedural functions and all surrounding interfaces of the IFI tech space. The candidate will be expected to work in a fast paced, high energy environment where collaboration and interaction across teams and with stakeholders is required. Independent and original thinking will be required to meet expectations and solve complex challenges.

Experience, skill and capability:

• Databases and Query Languages: Experience working with relational databases and understanding of SQL query languages,
• Testing and Debugging: Ability to perform integration testing, and debug applications to
• identify and fix issues, and improve overall reliability pre- and post-deployment.
• Problem Solving and Troubleshooting: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to
• identify, debug, and resolve issues in both front-end and back-end components of applications.
• ability to balance multiple tasks with high attention to detail.
• Collaboration and Communication: Effective communication and collaboration skills to
• work in cross-functional teams, and communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Planning and monitoring incidents, enhancements, technical fixes with documentation of requirements and regular reporting.
• Continuous Learning and Adaptability: Willingness to learn new technologies, keep up
• with industry trends, and adapt to evolving development practices and tools. Ability to use own judgement to make quick decisions.
• Identify potential solutions and assessing them for both technical and business sustainability.
• Working Closely with Colleagues, developers, testers and variety of end users to
• ensure technical compatibility and user satisfaction.
• Continuous improvement within the business-as-usual processes by keeping up to
• date with technical and industry developments. Documentation of existing functionality should be maintained and updated accordingly to the improvements made.
• Analyze complex technical problems to identify trends, patterns, and insights that drive strategic decision-making and improve stabilization of the platform.
• Complete ownership and responsibility of our platform that services our clients,
• facilitating smooth communication and problem resolution.
• Understand SDLC, agile methodology, design and process mapping tools. 5 Years Business Analysis experience in a cross section of Application
• environments, preferably in Banking (CIB Businesses)
• Strong SQL skills are required
• Experience in working with Cloud solutions (Azure services) will be beneficial
• Power BI / Business Intelligence skills will be
• beneficial.

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Description

• The Data Analyst will be responsible for taking a proactive approach in developing the CDM's (Client Data Management) Client Data Product; modelling the data to create reusable assets for stakeholders across multiple product groups. Where possible they will prioritize long-term solutions over PowerBI reports and taking ownership of the CDM Client Data Product. The Data Analyst will also play a key role in creating and maintaining PowerBI reports to ensure stakeholders have data to inform and make effective decisions. Additionally, the Data Analyst will provide thought leadership in the Domain Council championing the usage of the data product.
• The CDM platform comprises multiple workstreams aligned to strategic programmes and domain-specific tech stacks. The successful candidate will contribute to the platform's long-term evolution, delivering real impact across the UK business. This is a collaborative, hands-on engineering role, requiring close interaction with stakeholders across the business and technology, while aligning to UK Banking Business hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the CDM Client Data technology team to understand the data sets, adding value to in flight initiatives.
• Ownership of the Client Data Product ensuring the data is modelled accurately in a consumable manner.
• Manage stakeholder expectations by maintaining clear and frequent lines of communication.
• Adhere to the team's change control process to deploy and update outputs in production.
• Document all processes and outputs created.
• Actively monitor failed reports and investigate and apply appropriate fixes if they do not run successfully.
• Monitor the usage of created outputs and engage with stakeholders who are not utilizing them. Identify and address any offline outputs that are not being used.
• Regularly engage with stakeholders to ensure that the outputs meet their intended purpose.
• Migrate existing analytics processes to Power BI and/or Synapse Analytics whenever possible.
• Collaborate closely with data engineering to source all data from the "One Data Platform" (ODP). Identify any sources not currently integrated into ODP and work with engineering to include them.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

• Minimum 8 years' experience as Data Analyst.
• Strong formal modelling skills.
• Proficiency in SQL, Power BI, and/or Synapse Analytics.
• Experience in Microsoft Cloud-based tools for Analytics E.g. Data bricks, Data factory, Synapse analytics, and Analysis services etc.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to understand and translate business requirements into actionable outputs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• BCom Information Systems, BSc in Computer Science, or other relevant qualification

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Description of the role 

• We are looking for an experienced Deal Manager who will fulfil the role as a primary contact and relationship manager for all Global Lending Operations activities, while being responsible for facilitating ICIB Specialised Lending Business areas and wider group stakeholders, to ensure transactions are managed efficiently and effectively as possible, with risk mitigation and data quality at the forefront of the service provided. 
• Deal Managers are required to service a portfolio of clients and own all elements related to that portfolio from an operational perspective. Self-governance and learning are key to being successful in the role and a strong focus on planning, maintaining an ordered environment and an eye for detail are fundamental attributes. 
• Description of the skill and experience required 
• Loan management 
• Coordination of deal handover meetings with frontline consultants 
• Deal execution and oversight of initial pay-away conditions in line with new deal facility checklists 
• Oversight and implementation of all subsequent payaway processes 
• Coordinate with the onboarding team to have relevant parties loaded on LoanIQ 
• Booking new deals in LoanIQ or other appropriate source systems 
• Ongoing management of active deals; invoicing and receipting, repricing, loan balance and funding management, allocation of repayments, amending and updating amortization tables where required, oversight of ongoing fees etc. – all of which need to be implemented and governed by the applicable legal conditions pursuant to the deal 
• Manage the inwards process relating to foreign currency deals and liaise with relevant teams to apply funds in accordance with the SARB regulations 
• Provide settlement quotes by interpreting legal agreements and deal profiles 
• Coordinate and liaise with facility agents on syndicated deals where Investec is a Lender 
• Maintain ordered records of all appropriate documents to ensure the seamless continuation of deals, easy access for auditors and reference points for query resolutions 
• Maintain workflow systems to keep record of the team activities 
• Reconciliations 
• Daily reconciling of relevant accounts related to loans and funding 
• Identify and allocate foreign currency repayments on the Nostro accounts 
• Weekly review of funding profiles to ensure the correct costs are being allocated to Frontline teams and investigating any discrepancies that may have occurred due to repricing or other events 
• Periodic review of interest rate margins across multiple systems to ensure consistency and accuracy in funding costs 
• Monthly review of all balance sheet and income statement accounts in partnership with the accountants to balance the general ledger for monthly financial reporting 
• Deal support 
• Attending weekly frontline meetings to understand the imminent and ongoing requirements of the teams from on operational perspective 
• Collation of data to support the frontline consultants in understanding the trends, current positions and key metrics, relevant to their book 
• Oversight of arrears positions; communicate with Business units, Credit and Credit support teams 
• Log risk events via the appropriate channels to help identify learning gaps and potential business risks 
• Provide audit requests as required 
• Participate in initiatives and projects both within the GLO environment and the wider bank community when needed 
• Operate a close relationship with the accountants to provide appropriate information on a regular basis 
• Solve queries on behalf of the frontline consultants, credit ops, IT support areas, settlements, and other support areas 
• Experience, skill and capability 

 The following are compatible attributes that assist in being successful in the role but highly competent, disciplined individuals, who are able to upskill and apply themselves should be able to learn the role 

• Finance or relevant Commerce background covering Accounting modules as a preference 
• 3 years+ experience in a similar role or environment
• Aspirations to be in an operations role 
• Knowledge of lending products 
• Regulatory and lending risk knowledge as applicable to the role 
• Ability to interpret and operationalize complex deal, credit and legal documentation  
• Understanding of downstream implications, including finance, funding, risk reporting (market, operational and credit); 
• System knowledge and flexibility, ability to navigate and adapt to changes through a constantly changing technical environment 
• A strong grasp of Microsoft Excel is advantageous 

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Description

• Lead the Client Technology Data & Analytics function to turn client data into scalable, trusted data products and actionable insight across the bank.
• The role owns the strategy, architecture and operation of data platforms aligned to the Client Technology domains:
• Client Relationship Management
• Client Onboarding (corporates and individuals)
• Client Content & Communications (statements, SMS, email, etc.)
• Client Data Management (core client data storage and management)
• Client Technology is a central division, so these platforms supply data products and insights to multiple business units and functions across the bank.

The Head of Data & Analytics is accountable for:

• Defining and executing the data strategy for Client Technology
• Building and scaling an internal Data & Analytics capability (Data Engineers and Data Analysts)
• Ensuring client data is well-governed, high quality and reusable
• Delivering data products and insights that enable better client experiences, better onboarding and servicing, and profitable growth, while managing risk and complying with governance and regulatory standards.

Key outcomes

• A clear, prioritised Client Data & Analytics roadmap for data domain platforms, aligned with the Client Technology strategies.
• High-quality, well-governed client data products that are widely reused across the bank (single sources of truth for client, onboarding and communication data).
• Robust Azure-based data platforms for ingestion, transformation and curation, with clear SLAs for availability, performance and data freshness.
• Embedded analytics and reporting that help business and product teams improve client acquisition, onboarding, engagement, retention and risk decisions.
• A small but high-performing Data & Analytics team (Data Engineers and Data Analysts) with a clear growth path and operating model as demand scales.
• Strong adoption of standard patterns and reusable components, reducing duplication and one-off builds across the client domains.

Key responsibilities

Strategy & governance

• Act as data owner/steward for client, onboarding, communications and related client data domains within Client Technology.
• Define and enforce data standards, reusable patterns and best practices across the four domain data platforms.
• Partner with group Data Governance, Risk, Compliance and Information Security to ensure client data solutions meet governance, privacy, security and regulatory requirements.
• Define and track data quality and governance metrics (e.g. completeness, accuracy, timeliness, lineage) for client data.
• Architecture, platforms & data products
• Own the end-to-end architecture of the four client data platforms on Microsoft Azure, from ingestion through to curated data products and interfaces.
• Ensure scalable, secure and well-designed data ingestion, transformation and curation pipelines that support both operational and analytical use cases.
• Translate business problems from Client Technology domains (CRM, onboarding, communications, client data management) into data product and data platform requirements.
• Define and oversee data models and domain boundaries across the four platforms to support a consistent, reusable client data foundation.
• Provide technical leadership and design authority: review solution designs, sign off patterns, and step in hands-on where needed to unblock complex delivery.
• Analytics, reporting & insight
• Lead the analytics and reporting agenda for Client Technology, ensuring that data products surface clear, actionable insight for business and product stakeholders.
• Work with Data Analysts and Product/Business teams to define key metrics and dashboards across client lifecycle, onboarding journeys, communications performance and data quality.
• Enable and support the use of predictive modelling, NLP and ML on client data where appropriate (e.g. segmentation, propensity, communications optimisation), in collaboration with other Data teams where relevant.
• Leadership, team & operating model
• Lead a growing Data & Analytics team (Data Engineers, Data Analysts and Data Scientist), setting the technical direction, ways of working and priorities.
• Define the operating model for the team: engagement model with the four Technical Domains and across the Organization, allocation of capacity, backlog management and standards for delivery.
• Coach and mentor team members, drive skills development (particularly on Azure data services and modern data engineering practices) and build a pipeline of talent as the function grows.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, autonomy and inclusion, with high standards for delivery and engineering quality.
• Stakeholder management & collaboration
• Build strong partnerships with Domain Leads in Client Technology (CRM, Onboarding, Content & Comms, Client Data Management) and with Product Owners, Business, Risk and Operations.
• Communicate complex data concepts and trade-offs in simple, business-relevant language to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Coordinate with the broader Cloud & Engineering practice to share patterns, leverage common tooling and avoid duplication.
• As a member of the Client Technology Manco, contribute to strategic decisions, planning and prioritisation from a data perspective.

Knowledge, skills & experience
Technical & platform skills

• Deep experience with Microsoft Azure data services (e.g. data storage, data processing and orchestration services used in your stack) for ingestion, transformation and curation.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub or similar CI/CD and source control platforms.
• Proficiency in C#, Python and T-SQL.
• Experience with Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as Code, scripting and automation in Azure.
• Strong data modelling and design skills (e.g. dimensional models, data vault, domain-driven models) for operational and analytical needs.
• Familiarity with data virtualisation, data warehousing/lakehouse concepts and common reporting/BI tools.
• Leadership & communication
• Demonstrable technical leadership: setting standards, reviewing designs, guiding engineers and analysts.
• Strong stakeholder management across multiple domains and business areas.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to Manco/Exco-level as well as deep-dive technical sessions.
• Experience & qualifications
• 10+ years overall experience in data / analytics / software engineering, with at least 5 years in data leadership roles (to be tuned as required).
• Experience delivering data platforms and data products at scale, ideally in financial services / banking.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Information Systems or related field; postgraduate degree advantageous.
• Relevant Azure certifications and/or data management certifications beneficial.

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Description

• We are seeking an Intermediate Backend Software Engineer with solid experience in C#/.NET and a strong grasp of Azure Cloud Services and Azure DevOps. You'll play a key role in building scalable, secure, and maintainable backend services that power business-critical applications.
• This role is ideal for an engineer who's eager to deepen their cloud and DevOps expertise, contribute to architectural discussions, and collaborate closely within a modern, agile delivery environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize backend systems using C# (.NET 6/7/8) and related frameworks.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and backend services aligned with domain-driven design (DDD) and clean architecture principles.
• Deploy, monitor, and manage applications on Microsoft Azure, leveraging services such as
•  Azure App Service / Azure Functions
•  Azure SQL / Cosmos DB
•  Azure Storage, Key Vault, and Application Insights
•  Azure Service Bus or Event Grid for messaging
• Automate CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, including build, test, and release workflows.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with frontend engineers, QA, and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor application performance and reliability, implementing proactive improvements and observability practices.
• Stay current with .NET ecosystem and Azure innovations, applying best practices to improve system scalability and maintainability.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3–5 years of professional experience in backend software engineering.
• Strong proficiency in C#, .NET Core / .NET 6+, and object-oriented design principles.
• Experience with Azure Cloud Services (e.g., App Services, Functions, Azure SQL).
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps for version control, pipelines, and deployments.
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, microservices, and asynchronous programming.
• Working knowledge of SQL 
• Familiarity with CI/CD, Docker containers, and modern deployment strategies.
• Understanding of secure coding practices and API authentication (OAuth2 / OpenID Connect).

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Exposure to Terraform, Bicep, or other infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Experience with event-driven architecture or message-based systems.
• Familiarity with Unit Testing and Test Automation frameworks (xUnit, NUnit, Moq, etc.).
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Application Insights, Log Analytics).
• Background in financial services, legal tech, or enterprise systems is advantageous.