Job Openings at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

• To develop, implement, and manage sustainability and wellness programmes across Standard Bank Group's real estate portfolio, aligning with the Group's ESG objectives, Net-Zero commitments, and best practices in creating healthy and productive workplaces. This role will provide specialist advisory support, drive engagement, and ensure that building performance and wellness initiatives contribute to the Group's sustainability disclosures and overall employee well-being.

Qualifications

• A Degree or a Post Graduate Degree in Environmental Sciences, Architecture, Engineering Sciences.

Experience Required:

• 8-10 years of progressive experience in sustainability and/or wellness-related roles. Minimum 5 years of experience specifically within the real estate, property management, or construction industry. Experience working with commercial properties is highly preferred. Proven track record (minimum 3 years) of developing and implementing sustainability and wellness programmes for real estate assets. Demonstrated experience managing building certification projects (e.g., GBCSA’s Greenstar, LEED, WELL or BREEAM).
• 5-7 years experience in strong understanding of building systems (HVAC, lighting, water, etc.) and their impact on sustainability and indoor environmental quality. Experience with data collection, analysis, and reporting related to sustainability and wellness metrics. Familiarity with relevant environmental regulations and building codes. Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (e.g., property management, facilities, construction, procurement). Experience managing consultants and vendors.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and integration of a real estate-specific sustainability strategy aligned with the broader Standard Bank financial services organisational ESG goals to guide sustainable property management practices.
• Lead the certification process for buildings aligning to various standards (e.g., GBCSA’s Greenstar, IWBI’s WELL) for properties to ensure high performance and recognition for sustainability and wellness efforts in the real estate portfolio.
• Develop and promote real estate-specific wellness guidelines and standards to ensure healthy and productive workspaces across the portfolio.
• Champion the adoption of innovative and sustainable real estate practices to minimise environmental impact and enhance the value of the real estate portfolio.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) for real estate sustainability and wellness initiatives to track and measure progress effectively. Stay informed on the latest trends and technologies in sustainable building design and operations to ensure the real estate portfolio remains modern and efficient.
• Advise senior real estate management and executives on sustainability and wellness considerations to support informed decision-making for property investments and management. Integrate with energy efficiency programmes across the real estate portfolio to ensure optimisation of energy consumption and wellness objectives.
• Implement water quality strategies for buildings to minimise water usage and support sustainable and wellness objectives in real estate operations.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Establishing Rapport
• Following Procedures
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks
• Producing Output
• Providing Insights
• Showing Composure
• Taking Action
• Upholding Standards
• Technical Competencies:
• Building Engineering
• Data Analysis
• Project Management (Project Mgmt)
• Quality Management
• Real Estate Management
• Vendor Relationship Management

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Job Description

• To provide full financial management services to VAF as a business stakeholder, through engagement and leading of a specialist team. Develop and implement processes, systems and controls and ensure end-to-end finance is managed in the credit risk finance area.

Qualifications

• Qualification: CA(SA) or CIMA ideal, BCom Honours

Experience Required

• 5-7 years experience in a financial or management accounting role.
• 5-7 years experience in IFRS, reporting and audit

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Convincing People
• Establishing Rapport
• Interacting with People
• Producing Output

Technical Competencies:

• Financial Accounting
• Financial Analysis
• Financial and Accounting Control
• Financial Management (Financial)
• Interpreting Financial Statements
• Management Accounting
• Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting
• Preparing Financial Statements

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Job Description

• This role provides comprehensive financial support and strategic advice to the Secured Lending Product Credit Portfolio (Home Loans, VAF), focusing on financial management, accounting, and reporting for operational and impairment activities. It involves monthly IFRS9 impairment calculations and analysis, close collaboration with senior finance and credit leaders, and detailed regional reporting. The position also contributes to budgeting and forecasting at the product level, ensuring alignment between capital credit risk and financial reporting. Working collaboratively within a team, the role promotes sound provisioning practices and fosters talent development through training and career growth initiatives.

Qualifications

• Qualification:
• CA(SA) or CIMA
• IFRS9 (reporting and modelling) and Audit standards

Experience Required

• More than 10 years financial controls and practices in a large corporate, ideally in credit risk
• Experience heading up a finance team and delivering key MIS/insights to BU.
• Management Accounting reporting experience with understanding of finance regulatory frameworks. Knowledge of financial analysis techniques.
• Construct and interpret financial statements and regulatory standards.
• Experience in managing a finance function across multiple geographies, provincially.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Developing Strategies
• Providing Insights
• Seizing Opportunities
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Financial and Accounting Control
• Interpreting Financial Statements
• Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting
• Project Accounting
• Strategic Planning and Reporting
• Understanding of Financial Services
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Job Description

• Structure, influence and drive senior executives to deliver on agreed strategic imperatives within a financial services context; often operating across multiple business units and jurisdictions.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Business Commerce Degree or BSc Degree or B.Eng is essential.
• Honours Business Commerce or Project Management Degree preferable
• Experience and knowledge & Skills required:
• 10 years cumulative experience, with key skills below:
• Strategic execution experience – this could be in a senior programme or portfolio management capacity or in an execution consulting capacity
• Management Consulting
• Financial Services experience

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Bringing order out of chaos
• Articulating information
• Challenging ideas
• Convincing people
• Embracing change
• Empowering individuals
• Establishing rapport
• Developing expertise & documenting facts

Technical Competencies:

• Strategic alignment & execution
• Strategic planning & reporting
• Strategy definition
• Programme management
• Agile methodologies
• Commercial / strategic acumen
• Stakeholder management
• Facilitation skills
• Financial services acumen

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Job Description

• To design, code, test, debug, and maintain programs in development environments. Apply agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineers result. Work within a strict framework of programming standards under supervision of senior technical resources.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Information Technology

Experience Required:

• Adhere to application lifecycle management accountabilities, architectural platforms and guardrails and ensure that all activity is digitally recorded and tracked to enable continuous delivery and development in the engineering environment, by effectively collaborating with stakeholders to deliver on required target to add value to the clients.
• Adopt and adhere to suitable and agreed development methodologies and principles through work outputs and behaviours that enables continuous delivery and development across the production environment as well as ensuring effective collaboration with all colleagues and stakeholders in order to meet required targets and therefore deliver value to the customer.
• Develop code, build, assemble, implement, test and perform data conversion for applications and ensure that processes are accurately documented.
• Perform system enhancements for the applications as required to ensure the delivery of the engineering function.

Skills Required:

• IntelliMatch Expertise - Deep, hands-on experience with IntelliMatch system administration, configuration, and support
• Proficiency in SQL/PLSQL, scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Unix scripting), and data integration tools
• Strong understanding of financial reconciliations (e.g., cash, securities, trade lifecycle) and investment banking operations.
• Software Engineering
• Technology
• 5-7 years
• Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Embracing Change
• Examining Information
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks
• Producing Output
• Taking Action
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Agile Engineering
• API Engineering
• Automation
• Cloud Computing
• Continuous Delivery (CD)
• Continuous Deployment
• Continuous Integration (CI)
• Core Systems
• Data Engineering
• Design Thinking
• Error Budgets
• Incident Response
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Knowledge Management
• Microservices
• Non-abstract Large System Design (NALSD)
• Observability (Application and Web Analytics)
• Platform Engineering
• Policy as Code
• Post-incidence Analysis
• Reliability and Resilience
• Security Engineering
• Service Level Management
• Software Engineering Methods
• Software Engineering Service Level Management
• Software Engineering Tools
• Software Foundations
• System Integration
• Test-driven Design (TDD)
• Threat Modelling

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Job Description

• To promote Standard Trust Limited fiduciary offerings, design, develop and drive holistic sales campaigns aimed at improving client acquisition, entrenchment, experience and retention of Personal Private Banking SA portfolios. To co-ordinate client acquisition, retention and optimize the delivery of strategies and client value propositions across eco-systems and recommend actions to achieve the planned outcomes.

Qualifications

• Completed Matric
• Business Commerce Degree
• Legal Degree

Experience

• 8 - 10 years Experience in implementing major legislative processes across the value chain, in Fiduciary Leadership roles and relevant sales environment and analysing market conditions and identifying opportunities for business and ‘navigating’ an organisation. Experience in developing and executing campaign solutions and experience in the use of analytical skills when detecting patterns, brainstorming, observing, interpreting data, and making decisions based on the multiple factors and options available.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Convincing People
• Developing Strategies
• Directing People

Technical Competencies

• Compliance
• Conducting Research
• Financial Acumen
• Financial Management (Financial)
• Legal Advisory & Interpretation

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Job Description

• Drive strategic oversight and performance of Standard Bank Group’s Global Equity Investments portfolio. This high-impact role spans the full equity lifecycle, from valuation and structuring to return and portfolio optimisation. Partnering closely with dealmakers and cross-functional teams, you will lead the risk-managed deployment of equity capital and enable sustainable portfolio growth across all segments of the Group and the broader Equity business.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
• Field of Study: Finance and Accounting, Risk Management
• Licenses & Certifications: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Chartered Accountant CA (SA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Professional Risk Manager (PRM), Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM)

Experience Required

• More than 10 years experience in Credit / Equity or other relevant experience. Preference for highly structured, complex credit transactions or equity investments experience. Preference for P&I Sector relevant experience. Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, Equity or similar experience.
• Track record of operating with a personal delegated authority at a minimum of DA5.
• People management experience.
• Experience in coaching, managing, leading and coordinating teams.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Developing Strategies
• Directing People
• Embracing Change
• Empowering Individuals
• Making Decisions

Technical Competencies:

• Capital Markets and Company Valuations
• Economic and Market Analysis
• Economic Capital Management
• Investment Analysis and Business Insights
• Financial Modelling and Quantitative Analysis

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Job Description

• We are seeking a strategic and results-driven Marketing Manager to lead and execute integrated marketing campaigns that drive brand growth, customer engagement, and business performance. This role is ideal for a seasoned marketer with a strong track record in campaign management, stakeholder management, and strategic planning.

Qualifications

• Degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field.

Experience Required

• Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in marketing, with at least 3 years in a middle management role· Proven experience in developing and executing successful marketing campaigns.· Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning: Develop and implement marketing strategies aligned with business objectives and customer insights.
• Campaign Management: Lead end to end execution of multi channel campaigns, ensuring timely delivery and measurable impact.
• Project Team Leadership: Manage cross functional and project teams, fostering a culture of creativity, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure alignment and execution excellence.
• Budget Oversight: Manage marketing budgets, ensuring optimal allocation of resources and ROI tracking.
• Performance Analysis: Monitor campaign performance, generate and share insights, and refine strategies accordingly.
• Brand Stewardship: Uphold brand standards and ensure consistent messaging across all touchpoints.

Additional Information

Behavioral Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Checking Details
• Convincing People
• Technical Competencies:
• Brand Communications
• Direct Marketing
• Project Management
• Quality Control
• Stakeholder Management

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Job Description

• To support the Business Head to implement a broad range of programmes, projects and initiatives to achieve its strategic objectives and address delivery gaps, implement and maintain governance standards, manage business performance and financial measures and continuously improve operational efficiency of the team. Responsibilities are directed by critical business priorities of the Business Head/Chief Executive.

Qualifications

• Completed Matric
• Business Commerce Degree
• Finance and Accounting Degree
• Project Management Post Graduate Degree

Experience

• 5-7 years Able to demonstrate experience managing broad range of projects to completion to achieve defined business objectives or metrics.
• 8-10 years Significant experience in influencing stakeholders at different levels across a multiple of disciplines to achieve shared outcomes, specifically within a financial services environment.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Convincing People
• Developing Strategies
• Embracing Change

Technical Competencies

• Business Acumen (P&C)
• Industry Knowledge
• Project Management (Project Mgmt)
• Risk/ Reward Thinking
• Strategic Planning and Reporting
• Written Communication

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Job Description

• To lead the Professional and Technical Services (PTS) Financial Support Team within Group Real Estate Services Commercial in order to optimise Engineering Services support.
• Qualifications
• A degree or diploma in Finance and Accounting or Project Management.

Experience Required:

• 3-4 years experience with regards to Budget Analysis and Reporting would be critical.

Additional Information

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and control Project Budgets for all PTS projects in order to ensure sound financial discipline as per the agreed project scope and realise the seamless client workplace experience strategic objectives of the GRES Commercial Function.
• Provide reporting on spend against budget, year-on-year performance, month-on-month
• performance and rolling forecast to the PTS Management Team to enable effective
• decision-making.
• Monitor and control the spend against planned budget to identify deviations and correct
• behaviour to ensure delivery on financial promise and cost optimisation.
• Analyse and control the Operations and Capital Budget Expenditure for the GRES PTS Team
• in order to ensure efficient budget management.
• Collaborate with relevant key stakeholders to resolve Vendor billing queries and escalations.
• Scrutinise and approve the PTS Vendor payments to ensure accurate payments for services
• provided and penalties imposed for non-compliance to Vendor Service Level Agreements.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Directing People
• Empowering Individuals
• Establishing Rapport
• Examining Information
• Making Decisions
• Producing Output
• Showing Composure
• Taking Action
• Team Working
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Coaching and Mentoring
• Financial Acumen
• Financial Analysis
• Performance Management
• Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting
• Risk Management

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Job Description

• To grow and retain a portfolio of high-value Growth Segment relationships through partnering for growth by proactively providing a high-end differentiated service and value-adding solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field (FAIS aligned)
• A master’s degree (MBA) or postgraduate diploma in Business Administration, Finance, or Banking may be advantageous
• Professional certifications such as Certified Banker (CB), Certified Financial Planner (CFP), or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) can be a plus

Experience

• 3–7 years of experience in business banking, commercial banking, or corporate banking
• Proven experience in relationship management, financial advisory, or credit analysis for business clients
• Experience in lending, credit risk assessment, and structuring financial solutions for business clients
• Knowledge of SME banking, mid-market banking, or high-net-worth business clients is often required
• Strong Agric knowledge

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Directing People
• Embracing Change
• Empowering Individuals
• Exploring Possibilities
• Following Procedures

Technical Competencies:

• Account Opening & Maintenance
• Application & Submission Verification (Business Banking)
• Customer Understanding (Business Banking)
• Product Knowledge (Business Banking)
• Risk Identification

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Job Description

• To provide appropriate financial and estate planning advice to Private and Business Banking Clients (i.e., Private Banking Signature, Premium, Growth and Commercial Banking) in order to solve for their complex financial needs.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: Diploma

Minimum Qualification

• NQF level 6-7 Qualification (Advanced Diploma OR Degree)
• 120 credits or Qualification aligned with FAIS and FSCA requirements
• RE 5: Representatives

Experience

• 3-5 years' experience in a sales environment, specifically intermediary services for banking and insurance categories.
• Understand Long Term insurance products
• Understand the banks products, processes and systems
• No Supervision required

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Convincing People
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Establishing Rapport
• Examining Information
• Exploring Possibilities
• Following Procedures
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Making Decisions
• Managing Tasks
• Producing Output
• Providing Insights
• Seizing Opportunities
• Showing Composure
• Taking Action
• Thinking Positively
• Understanding People
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Financial Acumen
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Industry Regulatory Framework
• Financial Planning
• Interpreting Financial Statements
• Legal Compliance

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Job Description

• To strategically lead and shape the Group Anti-Financial Crime strategy for Africa Regions and Offshore, proactively addressing the unique risk landscape and enabling sustainable business growth. Provides strategic oversight and governance, aligning the GAFC framework with country and business unit strategies to ensure effective implementation, consistent risk mitigation, and adaptation to local regulations while fostering a culture of compliance and ethical conduct across all AR countries.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
• Field of Study: Legal, Risk Management

Experience Required

• Group Anti Financial Crime
• Compliance
• More than 10 years
• Experience in conducting risk assessments and developing mitigation strategies. Experience in managing and developing teams of compliance professionals. Experience in working with technology solutions for AFC compliance. Experience in financial services, preferably in a large, complex organisation. Experience in providing expert guidance and support to senior management on AFC matters.
• More than 10 years
• Minimum of 13 years of experience in financial crime compliance, with a focus on AML/KYC, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, and fraud prevention. Significant experience (5+ years) in a leadership role with responsibility for overseeing AFC implementation across multiple countries or regions, preferably in Africa. Proven experience in developing and implementing AFC strategies, frameworks, and policies. Demonstrated experience in working with regulatory bodies.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Challenging Ideas
• Convincing People
• Developing Expertise
• Developing Strategies
• Directing People
• Embracing Change
• Empowering Individuals
• Exploring Possibilities
• Making Decisions
• Providing Insights
• Upholding Standards
• Valuing Individuals

Technical Competencies:

• Compliance
• Financial Industry Regulatory Framework
• Promote Good Governance, Risk & Control
• Risk Management
• Strategic Planning and Reporting
• Strategy Definition

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Job Description

• As a Group Anti-Financial Crime Exco member, the Head of Sanctions provides strategic leadership in shaping and executing a comprehensive, globally consistent sanctions program, enabling Standard Bank to operate safely and strategically in the international market. This role will proactively manage emerging sanctions risks. provides expert advice for strategic decisions and fosters a strong compliance culture to protect Standard Bank's reputation and competitive advantage.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
• Field of Study: Risk Management

Experience Required

• Group Anti Financial Crime
• Compliance
• More than 10 years
• The role requires a leader seasoned and expert in Compliance with profound knowledge of the full dimensions of the field, but with deep expertise in FS and CFT. Regulatory environment savvy, a proven track record in large scale and high-level leadership and capable of influencing seasoned leaders in their own right as well as employees. As an influential leader has the capacity to manoeuvre through the landscape of relevant decision makers in industry.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Convincing People
• Developing Expertise
• Developing Strategies
• Directing People
• Embracing Change
• Empowering Individuals
• Exploring Possibilities
• Making Decisions
• Providing Insights
• Valuing Individuals

Technical Competencies:

• Compliance
• Financial Industry Regulatory Framework
• Promote Good Governance, Risk & Control
• Risk Management
• Strategic Planning and Reporting
• Strategy Definition

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Job Description

• To translate and implement the finance strategy into the supported business area. Provide leadership, vision, direction to the financial management team and ensure the implementation of holistic value manager support into the business that enables the execution of the business strategy.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
• Field of Study: Finance and Accounting
• Experience Required
• Finance Business Partnering
• Finance & Value Management
• More than 10 years
• Significant experience in leading finance teams in executing financial management activities and processes that cut across multiple finance capabilities (tax, reporting, forecasting etc.) and jurisdictions. Experience in interpreting and communicating financial data to senior stakeholders.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Challenging Ideas
• Convincing People
• Directing People
• Embracing Change
• Empowering Individuals
• Establishing Rapport
• Exploring Possibilities
• Generating Ideas
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Making Decisions
• Providing Insights

Technical Competencies:

• Continuous Process Improvement
• Financial Acumen
• Financial and Accounting Control
• Financial Management (Financial)
• Financial Planning
• Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting
• Process Governance
• Quality Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Statistical & Mathematical Analysis
• Transfer Pricing