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Description of the role
- As a Finance Business Partner, you will play a crucial role in building strong relationships across the leadership within Central Services. You will have responsibility for all aspects of accounting and the provision of management information. Your role will involve providing financial insights, analysis, and support to drive business performance and decision-making.
Description of the skill and experience required
Main responsibilities
Reporting, Budgeting & Forecasting:
- Forecast cost centre spend and allocate costs to the respective businesses
- Collaborate with cost centre managers to understand cost base and headcount for accurate actuals, forecasts, and budgets
- Provide clear reporting and insightful commentary on direct costs and allocations, including variance analysis
- Assist leadership with budget and other presentations
Financial Control:
- Perform month-end processes, including checking accuracy of entries and posting of accruals, prepayments, and cost allocation journals
- Manage cost-related balance sheet accounts and perform reconciliations
- Review allocations, understand and ensure accurate monthly allocations
- Complete month-end tasks, including GL reconciliations, journals, and accruals, following group policies and IFRS principles
Other Responsibilities might include:
- Code and control invoices, manage IT procurement
- Prepare other reports on direct costs, allocations, and headcount across the organisation
- Handle ad-hoc cost accounting tasks as required, such as transaction reporting of vendor invoices and expense claims
Experience, skill and capability
Education | Knowledge
- Cost Accounting/Management Accounting experience (essential)
- Cost Allocation experience (essential)
- Fully qualified accountant CIMA, ACCA or ACA Accountant (or qualified by extensive experience/part qualified) (essential)
- Preferably 5+ years' experience in Management reporting
- Intermediate /Advanced MS Excel skills (essential)
- Knowledge of JDE and Essbase (highly desirable)
Personal attributes
- Excellent attention to detail
- Proactive with a strong work ethic
- Ability to manage detailed processes while keeping sight of the big picture
- Strong relationship management skills and ability to influence and build rapport
- Ability to work in a dynamic, complex, and changing environment
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team across the entire financial and accounting spectrum
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage conflicting priorities
- Ability to analyse, interpret, and assimilate information
- Good presentation skills
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Description
- Investec Sandton is seeking a Full Stack Developer within the Intermediary Business of the ICIB Tech Division. This role will support both backend service layer and frontend client-side application development for IFI APIs and related platform capabilities. The developer will be expected to build end-to-end digital journeys for intermediaries and their clients, with an emphasis on reusability, scalability, and high performance.
- You will be part of a collaborative team working in a fast-paced environment that demands strong delivery, ownership, and strategic input. Engagement with stakeholders, BA teams, testers, and operational support will be required from ideation to production deployment.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain secure and scalable full-stack applications (frontend and backend).
- Implement responsive user interfaces using modern frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, or Vue).
- Develop backend APIs and microservices using Node.js, .NET, Java, or Python.
- Integrate with third-party systems (REST APIs, databases, messaging queues, etc.).
- Write clean, testable, and well-documented code adhering to internal coding standards.
DevOps Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployments using tools like Terraform, Ansible, Helm.
- Manage containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, AKS/EKS/GKE).
- Ensure system reliability, uptime, and performance through monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK).
- Implement security best practices in deployment, logging, access management, and secrets handling.
- Participate in incident response and root cause analysis of production issues.
Required Skills and Experience
- Proficient in frontend technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, TypeScript, React/Angular.
- Strong backend development skills in Node.js, .NET Core, Java, or Python.
- Solid experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
- Expertise in CI/CD automation and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., GitOps, Terraform, Helm).
- Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with security principles and compliance in financial services is a plus.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Effective communication and collaboration in cross-functional teams.
- Ability to work independently and handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Passion for continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 3+ years of full-stack development experience.
- 2+ years in DevOps or cloud engineering roles.
- Experience working in agile/Scrum delivery teams.
- Financial services or fintech experience is highly advantageous.
- Certifications: Azure DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Kubernetes Administrator, or similar would be advantagous
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Description
- The BCP, Operational Resilience & IT Service Management Manager is accountable for ensuring that Investec's technology and business services are stable, resilient, and able to withstand, respond to, and recover from disruptive events.
- The role combines Business Continuity Management, Operational Resilience, and full IT Service Management ownership to ensure resilience is embedded into day-to-day operations.
Key Responsibilities
Business Continuity & Operational Resilience
- Own and maintain the Business Continuity Management framework across the organisation.
- Identify Important Business Services and define impact tolerances.
- Map end-to-end service dependencies including people, processes, technology, data, premises, and third parties.
- Design and execute resilience testing against severe but plausible scenarios.
- Ensure alignment between Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and IT resilience capabilities.
IT Service Management
- Own and operate the IT Service Management framework aligned to ITIL best practice.
- Own Incident, Major Incident, Problem, and Change Enablement processes.
- Chair Major Incident calls and ensure effective communication to stakeholders.
- Drive root cause analysis and ensure lessons learned are embedded into service improvements.
- Own service performance management including SLAs, OLAs, and service health metrics.
Governance, Risk & Regulatory
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and industry standards including FCA/PRA Operational Resilience, DORA, and ISO 22301.
- Provide regular reporting to senior management on service stability and resilience posture.
- Support internal and external audits and regulatory reviews.
Stakeholder Management
- Partner closely with Technology, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Third-Party Management teams.
- Provide guidance, training, and awareness to embed resilience and ITSM best practices.
Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in Business Continuity, Operational Resilience, and IT Service Management.
- Strong experience running Major Incidents in complex environments.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
Qualifications (Desirable)
- ITIL certification.
- AZ900.
- Experience in a regulated financial services environment.
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Description
- The Team Lead for UK Fraud Operations will lead a motivated team dedicated to delivering a high-quality service that ensures an out of the ordinary client experience. The role emphasizes the automation of processes to minimize manual errors and rapidly address any identified gaps to mitigate risks effectively. This position requires an experienced fraud individual, with a robust background in banking fraud, particularly in card and non-card fraud risk within the UK.
- The incumbent will oversee functions including fraud detection, investigations, recoveries, and card disputes, ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, and internal policies. The leader will participate in the Performance Development Review (PDR) processes and actively motivate staff to maintain a positive working environment and high morale aligned with the Investec culture.
- As part of a highly talented global fraud team, this individual will engage regularly with UK counterparts and UK private banking operations, providing insights and reports on fraud risks, attempts, recoveries, and net losses at Investec Bank forums.
- This role offers a unique opportunity for a fraud and risk expert to broaden their expertise across the diverse businesses within the UK Bank.
Key Responsibilities
Manage team and individual performance
- Development of talent and management of performance
- Maintain and conduct regular performance reviews with team
- Conduct regular 1-1s with team to include discussions on personal development
- Manage headcount to within agreed budget
Strategy and Planning
- Understand and ensure team objectives are aligned to the UK Specialist Bank strategy.
- Develop and own the strategy for the team as part of the Wider UK Services team
- Build strong working relationships with key stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain knowledge of relevant industry and regulatory matters
- Detailed knowledge of team's processes and procedures
- Maintain a strong understanding of the team's processes and procedures to assist team with complex queries and represent the team in forums.
- Act of the point of reference for all matters relating to the team, owning, and driving resolution while keeping appropriate stakeholders informed
- Drive continuous process improvement
Risk management and Control
- Collaborate with Operational Risk to ensure all processes have appropriate controls and minimize risk with the team's processes
- Report breaches and process failures managing remediation to ensure gaps are effectively closed and controls implemented
- Reporting & MI
- Develop and maintain reporting that is clear and concise
- Ensure all risk events are recorded and reported within agreed timelines
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
- Relevant bachelor's degree.
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in Fraud or operations within banking or financial services.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent networking abilities and stakeholder management skills in a matrix environment.
- Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.
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Description
- We are seeking a highly skilled experienced Software Engineer with expertise in Azure technologies and extensive knowledge of the payment's domain. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining innovative payment solutions within our organization. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet business requirements while adhering to industry best practices.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and secure payment solutions using Azure technologies.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
- Implement and enhance payment systems, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.
- Conduct thorough testing, debugging, and troubleshooting to ensure the reliability and performance of payment solutions.
- Provide technical guidance and support to junior developers, fostering knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and advancements in Azure technologies and the payments domain.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product owners, architects, and testers, to deliver high-quality software solutions.
- Participate in code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.
- Proactively identify and address potential risks and issues related to payment systems.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of secure and scalable cloud infrastructure.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience as a Senior Developer, with expertise in Azure technologies.
- Must have hands-on experience with Azure services such as Azure Functions, Azure Container Apps, Event Grid, Event Hub, Azure , Service Bus, and Cosmos DB.
- Proficient in C#. Java experience beneficial.
- Strong knowledge of the payment's domain, including payment processing, security, and regulatory compliance.
- Familiarity with payment protocols and standards, including ISO 20022, SWIFT, and PCI DSS.
- Experience with DevOps practices and tools, such as Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization.
- Solid understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile and Scrum.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality software solutions within tight deadlines.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Microsoft Azure certifications, such as Azure Developer Associate or Azure Solutions Architect.
- Experience with microservices architecture and event-driven design patterns.
- Knowledge of cloud security best practices and experience implementing security controls in Azure
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Description
- This role offers an opportunity to build a financial advisory career dealing with our current or newly acquired private clients as part of a broader offering across our leading Private Bank and Wealth and Investment businesses.
- The purpose of this role is to deliver tailored professional financial advice, planning, and products that align with the unique needs of both new and existing clients, reflecting Investec's commitment to personalisation and excellence. You will be responsible for cultivating sustainable, high-quality business in line with our strategic objectives. The aim is to build and maintain long-term relationships with clients, as this entrenches the Investec value proposition and offers ongoing opportunities for advice and sales. Your efforts will contribute to clients receiving advice throughout their financial journey including estate planning, retirement and investment planning.
- You will be enabled by our culture, strong brand, value proposition and product offerings.
Key Responsibilities
- The role is responsible for providing financial advice to private clients in accordance with FAIS legislation and according to Investec's professional financial advice guidelines. The overarching objective is to offer holistic financial planning, which includes analysis of the client's financial affairs (including a risk analysis, pre and post-retirement planning and intergenerational wealth planning); development of a financial plan for the client; solutioning for the client using Investec's life insurance and investment products; and ensuring that proper record keeping of advice is maintained.
Useful detail
Build and manage your financial advisory practice:
- Regularly engage with your clients as they build their wealth and as their needs change
- Showcase the Investec investment and life insurance offering to new and existing clients as part of the holistic Investec private client value proposition
- Build and maintain close relationships with Private Bankers, to provide a consistent and coordinated client experience
- Perform annual financial reviews with clients
- Play a strategic role in the development and delivery of our private client initiatives across the various regions in which Investec operates
- Support the development of junior advisors working directly with you, as well as part of the broader advisory team
- Ensure credibility, within Investec and with clients, through professionalism and demonstration of expertise
- Always operate within the Private Bank business strategies and Investec's brand guidelines
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
- Relevant tertiary qualification and CFP would be preferred
- Five to seven years experience in financial services, preferably in financial advice or legal advice positions
- Understanding of long-term insurance business and markets
- Knowledge and understanding of the relevant income tax and estate duty legislation
- Sound experience with financial planning processes
- Ensure that the core financial planning competencies are maintained through continuous training and development
- Client service orientated
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Relationship building and networking
- Ability to organise, prioritise and work under pressure
- Team player
- Self-starter
- Ability to close a deal
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Description
- This role offers an opportunity to build a financial advisory career dealing with our current or newly acquired private clients as part of a broader offering across our leading Private Bank and Wealth and Investment businesses.
- The purpose of this role is to deliver tailored professional financial advice, planning, and products that align with the unique needs of both new and existing clients, reflecting Investec's commitment to personalisation and excellence. You will be responsible for cultivating sustainable, high-quality business in line with our strategic objectives. The aim is to build and maintain long-term relationships with clients, as this entrenches the Investec value proposition and offers ongoing opportunities for advice and sales. Your efforts will contribute to clients receiving advice throughout their financial journey including estate planning, retirement and investment planning.
- You will be enabled by our culture, strong brand, value proposition and product offerings.
Key Responsibilities
- The role is responsible for providing financial advice to private clients in accordance with FAIS legislation and according to Investec's professional financial advice guidelines. The overarching objective is to offer holistic financial planning, which includes analysis of the client's financial affairs (including a risk analysis, pre and post-retirement planning and intergenerational wealth planning); development of a financial plan for the client; solutioning for the client using Investec's life insurance and investment products; and ensuring that proper record keeping of advice is maintained.
Useful detail
Build and manage your financial advisory practice:
- Regularly engage with your clients as they build their wealth and as their needs change
- Showcase the Investec investment and life insurance offering to new and existing clients as part of the holistic Investec private client value proposition
- Build and maintain close relationships with Private Bankers, to provide a consistent and coordinated client experience
- Perform annual financial reviews with clients
- Play a strategic role in the development and delivery of our private client initiatives across the various regions in which Investec operates
- Support the development of junior advisors working directly with you, as well as part of the broader advisory team
- Ensure credibility, within Investec and with clients, through professionalism and demonstration of expertise
- Always operate within the Private Bank business strategies and Investec's brand guidelines
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
- Relevant tertiary qualification and CFP would be preferred
- Five to seven years experience in financial services, preferably in financial advice or legal advice positions
- Understanding of long-term insurance business and markets
- Knowledge and understanding of the relevant income tax and estate duty legislation
- Sound experience with financial planning processes
- Ensure that the core financial planning competencies are maintained through continuous training and development
- Client service orientated
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Relationship building and networking
- Ability to organise, prioritise and work under pressure
- Team player
- Self-starter
- Ability to close a deal
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Description
- This role offers an opportunity to build a financial advisory career dealing with our current or newly acquired private clients as part of a broader offering across our leading Private Bank and Wealth and Investment businesses.
- The purpose of this role is to deliver tailored professional financial advice, planning, and products that align with the unique needs of both new and existing clients, reflecting Investec's commitment to personalisation and excellence. You will be responsible for cultivating sustainable, high-quality business in line with our strategic objectives. The aim is to build and maintain long-term relationships with clients, as this entrenches the Investec value proposition and offers ongoing opportunities for advice and sales. Your efforts will contribute to clients receiving advice throughout their financial journey including estate planning, retirement and investment planning.
- You will be enabled by our culture, strong brand, value proposition and product offerings.
Key Responsibilities
- The role is responsible for providing financial advice to private clients in accordance with FAIS legislation and according to Investec's professional financial advice guidelines. The overarching objective is to offer holistic financial planning, which includes analysis of the client's financial affairs (including a risk analysis, pre and post-retirement planning and intergenerational wealth planning); development of a financial plan for the client; solutioning for the client using Investec's life insurance and investment products; and ensuring that proper record keeping of advice is maintained.
Useful detail
Build and manage your financial advisory practice:
- Regularly engage with your clients as they build their wealth and as their needs change
- Showcase the Investec investment and life insurance offering to new and existing clients as part of the holistic Investec private client value proposition
- Build and maintain close relationships with Private Bankers, to provide a consistent and coordinated client experience
- Perform annual financial reviews with clients
- Play a strategic role in the development and delivery of our private client initiatives across the various regions in which Investec operates
- Support the development of junior advisors working directly with you, as well as part of the broader advisory team
- Ensure credibility, within Investec and with clients, through professionalism and demonstration of expertise
- Always operate within the Private Bank business strategies and Investec's brand guidelines
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
- Relevant tertiary qualification and CFP would be preferred
- Five to seven years experience in financial services, preferably in financial advice or legal advice positions
- Understanding of long-term insurance business and markets
- Knowledge and understanding of the relevant income tax and estate duty legislation
- Sound experience with financial planning processes
- Ensure that the core financial planning competencies are maintained through continuous training and development
- Client service orientated
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Relationship building and networking
- Ability to organise, prioritise and work under pressure
- Team player
- Self-starter
- Ability to close a deal
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