Job Vacancies at Absa

Job Summary

• The CIB Trade team is looking for a Specialist QA Engineer (Automation Tester) to design 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. Contract - 12 months

Job Description

Technical skills required:

• Min 3 - 5 years experience in automation testing
• Java 8+
• Selenium
• TestNG
• git

Beneficial

• Jenkins
• Postman

Methodologies required:

• Agile (Scrum, Kanban or XP)

Beneficial

• DDT (Data-Driven Testing)

Responsibilities

• Review and analyzing user stories and use cases/requirements for validity and feasibility
• Execute all levels of testing (System, Integration and Regression).
• Design and develop automation scripts when needed
• Execute test cases manual or automated and analyze the results
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the development lifecycle
• Detect and track software defects and inconsistency
• Apply quality engineering principals throughout the agile product lifecycle
• Report bugs and errors to the development team
• Provide estimates for proposed changes.
• Attend daily standups.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

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

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

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Job Summary

• The CIB Trade team is looking for a Specialist Front End 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. Contract - 12 months

Job Description

Technical skills required:

• Min 5 years development experience
• Java 8+
• Angular 2+
• Spring Framework 4.0+
• REST (REpresentative State Transfer)
• git
• ​Beneficial
• Spring Boot 1+
• Axon Framework
• MSSQL
• CSS
• Jenkins
• Docker
• Kubernetes-based orchestration (e.g. Openshift, Rancher)

Methodologies required:

• Agile (Scrum, Kanban or XP)

​Beneficial

• DDD (Domain-Driven Design)
• CQRS (Command-Query Responsibility Segregation)

Responsibilities

• Provide third-level production support (DevOps environment).
• Develop and unit test functionality as required by business.
• Mentor intermediate and junior team members.
• Peer-review code changes.
• Assist product owners and business analysts with the technical aspects of proposed changes and requirements.
• Provide estimates for proposed changes.
• Follow the bank’s governance processes in order to deploy changes to production.
• Attend daily standups.
• Address any non-functional requirements
• Initial 12 month contract

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

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

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

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Job Description

• Reporting into the Head of Equity Finance and Linear Derivatives this incumbent will be responsible for effecting moderately complex equity transactions related to listed stock/equity instruments. Will keeps abreast of developments in stock market, legislation and statutory requirements ensuring that financial transactions, policies and procedures meet corporate objectives and regulatory requirements inclusive of related risk and exposure. Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance or Quantitative field with at least  3+ years’ experience in trading of equity derivatives. Knowledge of funding stock borrow loan and inventory management  with respect to balance sheet optimization, corporate actions and capital management preferred. JSE and SAFEX trader exams and  RPE qualification

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

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Job Summary

• To provide advice & support in the development and implementation of governance planning and associated service delivery processes, methods and techniques.

Job Description

Consultant Governance and Control

Business Risk

• Embedment of the Enterprise Risk Management framework throughout the Business Unit through training and awareness.   
• Ensures effective risk management by understanding of the Business Unit risk profile and proactively put measures in place in order to mitigate and manage risk
• Facilitate the Risk & Control Self-Assessments (RCSA) with Business Area Heads to assess the adequacy, effectiveness and efficiency of the control environment to manage the key risks as and when required.
• Design Key Indicators to monitor the key risks and analyse trends.
• Conduct monitoring assessment or deep dives to test the adequacy, efficiency and effectiveness of the processes and/or control environment and report to Key Stakeholders.
• Provides monitoring and assurance for the overall state of Risk within the Business Unit.
• Prepares reports relevant to the Business Unit risk status / profile.
• Coaches and guides key stakeholders on risk related matters.
• Identify process inefficiencies and make appropriate recommendations for the improvement of process efficiencies in consultation with business partners and owners.
• Ensures that agreed actions to address assurance and audit findings raised by Assurance Providers are remediated and implemented within committed timeframes.
• Provide risk input in various project related sessions
• Ensures that effective risk monitoring processes are in place that monitor activities across the relevant business value.
• Ensures that risk trends and deviations are corrected in conjunction with relevant teams.
• Effective Risk event management process. Conduct root cause analysis and recommend remedial action to prevent reoccurrence of the loss or risk event.
• Monthly and quarterly risk reporting into the various Governance committees.

Stakeholder engagement

• Establish and maintain good relationships with subject matter experts (SME’s) and business partners so as to achieve and sustain acceptable levels of risk management.
• Raises awareness on new and emerging risks within Business Units to ensure the pro-active management thereof.

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

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Job Summary

• To support the Senior Integrated reporting Specialist to perform the activities required to produce the Group’s annual integrated report () for presentation to external stakeholders of the Group to ensure that integrated report is prepared accurately and timeously and complies with International Integrated Reporting Council’s Framework, while considering other relevant / influencing frameworks such as King IV, the JSE Limited listing requirements and the Companies Act as well as specific requirements as communicated by external stakeholders (primarily investors), internal stakeholders, the Group Disclosure Committee (a sub-committee of the Group Audit and Compliance Committee) and the Board of Directors for Absa Group Limited.

Job Description

• Integrated Reporting Specialist (supporting role to Senior Integrated Reporting Specialist)

Key Accountabilities 

Accountability: Stakeholder management

• Support key relationships in the development of the and related disclosures.
• Support relationships across the Group to balance dependencies and align outcomes in accordance with the Group’s reporting ambition.
• Support communication channels to key internal stakeholders and subject matter experts etc. so to provide relevant information on integrated report matters (including voluntary codes, changes in regulatory requirements and best practice).
• Keep key stakeholders abreast with any relevant information deemed important.
• Assist in preparing submissions to the ExCo and Board Disclosure Committee.
• Keep up to date with changes in integrated reporting disclosures, including assurance practices.

Accountability:  External reporting – Group integrated report and supplementary documents

• Support in the preparation of the overall project plan to produce the Group’s annual report suite in consultation with other report owners and the regulatory timeframes as governed by the Companies Act and JSE Listings Requirements. 
• Deliver against a detailed project plan including deliverables, timelines, meeting management, minutes, action log and escalation log.
• Work closely with colleagues responsible for the Group’s Environmental, Social and Governance; B-BBEE; remuneration; shareholder and risk disclosures to support the delivery of the broader annual report requirements.
• Prepare the required reporting templates to ensure that all the relevant disclosure requirements are included and ensure that all structure changes and other conceptual changes are incorporated timeously.
• Assist in the conceptualisation and execution of the Group’s annual report design in collaboration with both external (agencies including those responsible for the external financial reports) and internal designers (through Group Markets – Brand).
• Assist in the consolidation of information (quantitative and qualitative) to meet the Framework requirements, where deemed appropriate.
• Research, collect information and interview subject matter experts as part of content development.
• Assist in the development of narratives/content based on information gathered in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
• Work with external design and visualisation experts to develop innovative ways to present information.
• Review all components of and supplementary external reports to ensure reasonability, validity, accuracy and consistency across all.
• Agree prior year figures to reported figures. Follow up and resolve any discrepancies, considering re‐statements where applicable. Ensure that financial information in the integrated report agrees to financial information as reported in other external reports.
• Provide support to the Reward (Remuneration) team in respect of the remuneration disclosure in financial statement and the full Remuneration Report design, typesetting and finalisation of queries received from external audit or sponsors.
• Provide support in resolving any external audit queries after review of the integrated report.
• Assist in the conceptualisation and implementation of potential technologies or process automations to enhance and streamline the reporting process.

Accountability:  Web presence 

• Assist in the development and execution of the web-based presentation of the integrated annual report.

Accountability: Process 

• Assist in the ongoing review of the documented processes to improve processes to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the delivery in support of desired outcomes and deadlines.
• Working with internal stakeholders, enhance data management through the course of the year for effective reporting delivery.
• Assist in developing a process of assurance over the integrated report and related internal controls, including determining assurance scope and boundary
• Assist in managing the integrated assurance process
• Assist with compilation of evidence to support independent assurance of the integrated report

Accountability:  Supplier management

• Assist in the contracting, and management of, the external suppliers within the project including the report design/typesetting/printing, advisory and assurance providers.
• Assist in tracking of supplier cost, project progress and issue logging. Escalation of issues proactively to ensure timeous resolution.
• Prepare close out (debrief) reports with each supplier including substantiation of fee overruns (where applicable).

Accountability:  Other external and internal reporting

• Assist with the compilation of various internal reports to the Audit Committee
• Provide adhoc support throughout the year on peer team deliverables e.g. accuracy checks of profit and dividend to booklet, compilation of content for external benchmarking activities and so on.
• Provide adhoc support throughout the year to various internal teams leveraging the final publish content for inclusion in group-wide deliverables including, but not limited to, regulatory submissions, customer presentation, due diligence processes and so on.

Education and experience required:

• NQF Level 6: B Degree + minimum of 5 years related experience
• Experience in project management (preferred)
• Experience in integrated reporting (preferred)
• Experience in communications and writing (advantageous)
• Experience in working in cross functional teams
• Project experience involving several stakeholders at various levels of the organisation

Knowledge and skills: 

• Project management
• Analytical skills
• Communication (verbal and written)
• Report writing
• Specialist knowledge and skills
• Facilitation
• Negotiation
• Microsoft Office ‐ Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• InDesign knowledge advantageous
• Supplier management
• External and internal reporting requirements

Competencies: 

• Relating and networking
• Creating and innovating
• Persuading and influencing
• Deciding and initiating action
• Learning and researching
• Commercial thinking
• Adapting and responding to change
• Goal orientated

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

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Job Summary

To provide advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics; enabling the provision of specialist recruitment expertise.
Job Description

• Talent Acquisition and Selection: Define and ensure implementation of innovative sourcing strategies that will enable the establishment of a diverse pool of talent geared to meet the evolving needs of the Cluster Workforce Plan. Proactively explore all available channels and processes to build diverse pools of talent Develop and drive a cost saving resourcing strategy for the Cluster and proactively explore solutions which will decrease the dependency on external resourcing partners by implementing creative direct to market talent capturing solutions; i.e. Headhunting, Talent Mapping, establishing candidate data base, advertising on web based job search sites, researching competitors, building industry networks, attending industry Specific events and fairs, partnering with Government Labour Agencies, tapping into Global networks etc. Manage the delivery of search strategies designed to recruit senior and niche candidates. Partner with Group Talent to deliver an increased capability for internal mobility by ensuring that internal Candidates are considered before moving to external sourcing solutions. Engage in recruitment for senior level positions for the relevant Cluster’s Participate in interviews on request for key roles. Ensure that the recruitment and selection of senior leaders takes place according to policy and governance. Assess candidates to ensure cultural fit for the Group, values alignment, long term potential, and technical fit for roles, setting realistic role expectations before presenting candidates to Business. Advise hiring managers on which candidates to progress to the next stage, ensuring the right recruitment decisions are made, challenging the business’ recommendations as required Work with Cluster head to compile high Remuneration package offers and buy-outs. Assisting in the negotiation of release dates and backfill requirements where applicable. Ensure timely on-boarding of senior hires and adherence to on boarding policies and procedures. Identification of critical senior vacancies – build proactive pipelines Agree transformation plans with the Cluster seniors including targets and timelines. Drive the Group’s transformation agenda. Together with HR Head, identify key senior roles for succession planning in the portfolios | Stakeholder Management: Liaise with BU Stakeholders in order to gain a comprehensive view of their Core Business, Strategic Objectives Employee Value Proposition and Culture. This understanding and interaction will drive the Placement of the right candidate, with the right skill and the ability to thrive in the relevant environment. Provide regular feedback to Cluster Resourcing Head, Cluster Head and BU Leaders on Resourcing Strategy deliverables and status (Scorecard). Define, socialise and agree SLAs with BU's and HR Head’s against which all parties’ performance will be driven. Build a Resourcing scorecard for the Business Unit by which these metrics can be presented and managed through discussions at the BUs Management Forums. Ensure effective interaction with, and responses to candidates, building sustainable relationships, setting and managing expectations clearly, identifying and resolving the root cause of any issues and escalating as required. Drive level of excellence within the Resourcing Team. | People Management: Oversee the activities of the Cluster Resourcing Team to ensure effective delivery of the agreed Workforce Plan, Talent Acquisition Strategies and Recruitment Governance and process Develop a high performing team by embedding formal performance development and informal coaching. Encourage frequent knowledge sharing between team members. Determine and analyse development needs for the team and ensure that identified training requirements are budgeted for and executed. Establish and maintain a succession plan for the team. Interview and recruit new members of the team, including determining appropriate compensation levels with input from HR for HR. Create effective Workforce Plans and Recruitment demand plans for the Cluster Resourcing team to ensure that current and future business requirements can be met. Plans should be revised at least twice a year. Review and update the Cluster Resourcing department’s organisation structure and role profiles on at least an annual basis to ensure that they are fit for purpose and contain all the accountabilities of each team member. Motivate to and obtain approval from the Resourcing Head for any additional headcount for the team. Approve leave requests for team members and create leave plans to ensure adequate coverage. When required, initiate disciplinary processes for team members calling on support from Human Resources when required. Resolve grievances raised by team members and escalate only if required Address poor performance of any team member through the formal Performance Accelerator programme and ensure that continued poor performance is appropriately dealt with. Lead and development of a people management strategy for Resourcing Ensure processes, control requirements and risk management frameworks that impact the area are documented and understood by all members of the Resourcing team. Motivate team members and ensure that their efforts are recognised | Business Management: Drive Strategic Resourcing Agenda through managing relationships with stakeholders, extended HR Community and Resourcing teams. Allocate duties to team members in order to achieve operational targets including prioritisation and work Schedules. Based on gaps identified, motivate requests to the manager for additional resources including people, budget and equipment. Obtain a thorough understanding of the Cluster’s strategy and explain it to team members in such a way that they understand the contribution they have to make. Explain targets and take accountability for the monitoring and achievement of performance objectives in the department in terms of employee satisfaction, customer experience, cost performance, return on investments, risk, compliance and governance requirements. Create quarterly and monthly plans to ensure delivery for the year. Manage departmental budgets including signing off of invoices and quotes within mandate. Escalate out of budgets or items higher than approved mandate to the next level manager. Rigorously monitor expenditure against approve budgets and put measures in place to address variances. Continuously identify areas for improved efficiency and reduced cost. Conduct basic statistical analysis to track performance variances and determine the root causes of errors. Make recommendations for productivity or process enhancements to process owners. Implement productivity improvement measures by coaching staff on any new processes or on their areas for improvement. Populate balanced scorecards for the specific department on a monthly basis. Work with the team to address shortcomings during the next month. Escalate any major issues identified to the next level manager. Participate in the measurement and reporting of internal and external Service Level Agreements on a monthly basis. Address any process failures specific to the department under management | : | : | : | :

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Human and Social Studies (Required)

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

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

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Job Summary

• To provide specialist advice and support in the development and implementation of quantitative analytics, planning and associated service delivery processes, methods and techniques; enabling the provision of sound product development expertise.

Job Description

• People Management: Coach, mentor and manage team members toward driving business objectives and ensuring colleague development
• Stakeholder Management: Actively engage internal and external stakeholders to ensure customer satisfaction
• Business Performance: Ensure own and team performance against business, efficiency and continuous improvement targets, as well as customer outcomes
• Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure that all team activities are in adherence to relevant control and compliance requirements, and quality standards Administration: Effectively fulfil all required administrative duties, including tracking and reporting
• Risk analysis of Insurance products: Manage and oversee exercises into risk modelling; assuming responsibility for accuracy, relevance and practical requirements.
• Price implementation and maintenance: Coordinate the implementation of agreed price structures on mainframe and various quote packages. This involves external and internal quote and admin systems.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life 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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Job Description

Responsibility for managing a discrete portfolio of clients spanning the full range of corporate, leveraged, structured asset, preference shares and project finance transactions. The key responsibilities are as follows:

• Transaction Manager to ensure that they possess & maintain a solid understanding of the loan agreements and deal structure
• Ensure client requests are clearly understood and impact thereto as part of request assessment
• Provide thorough summaries and motivations to credit when seeking credit approvals
• Proactive engagement with credit, legal, product and coverage teams in resolving clients requests as appropriate
• Coordination of all life cycle events (not limited to draw, breakage, rate notification, cash breaks, etc)
• Assist internal teams with adhoc requests pertaining to portfolio
• Preferred candidate will have:
• Post graduate degree in Finance or Law or similar with minimum of 3 years of experience in Investment Banking ideally from Legal/Finance/Credit or Coverage Banking. A solid understanding of credit and loan documents is preferred. Sound analytical and Organisational skills essential

Education

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

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

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

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Job Summary

Work in high complexity environments, fully embedded in a DevOps team, leveraging specialist analysis tools, frameworks, techniques and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements, across multiple stakeholder groups. Translate & document these 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 to ensure the business requirements are met through DevOps design & delivery activity & lead the application of testing processes & frameworks ensuring all products & services are effectively tested.  Business complexity is determined by:  

1. Customer Impact

2. Number of integration points:

•  Data • Teams to talk to  
•  Systems • Enabling function
•  3rd party vs. internal  

3. Complexity of business rules & Processes

4. Level of operational readiness

5. Introduction of new or changing old Tech (e.g. redo platforms)
Job Description

• International Payments for PAN Africa is looking for a passionate, motivated and engaged Lead Solutions Analyst.
• Our area provides systems and capabilities to process both Incoming, Outgoing and Off-Absa cross border payments via SWIFT.
• Our aim is to provide a consistent experience to our customers across Africa and uplift our environment.
• As a team we continuously strive to streamline our processes and ways of working, and creating room for innovation.

Critical skills / responsibilities:

• 8+ years’ experience in software and business analysis & tools.
• Ability to translate & document business requirements into user stories & specifications (Full stack, Cross System), detailing integration points, business & associated risk/opportunities to be realized.
• Work collaboratively within squads during design, build and testing activities including assuming responsibilities for application testing processes, frameworks, delivery management and outcomes.
• Define and monitor overall backlog planning for effective solutions and delivery.  
• Critical thinking on requirements, demand and solutions are required and deliverables will be DevOps focused.
• Knowledge of the National Payment System and background in Payments specifically SWIFT/International settlements will be an advantage.
• Technical leadership will be an advantage.
• Knowledge of MS SQL & Data analytics tools.
• Experience in Agile Methodology & working embedded within an Agile team / team
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills.

Accountabilities:

• Analysis (including Business Case)
• Solution Design (within DevOps Context)
• Solution Delivery & Testing (manual)
• Process Design & Modelling

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