Jobs at Absa Group

Our Converged Security Office prides itself in its unique structure that sees an integration and collaboration model between our Information Risk, Cyber, Business Continuity, Physical Security & Forensics teams to ensure effective risk management across all disciplines. It also carries the responsibility of owning, operationally supporting and maintaining specialist security services to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity and availability of infrastructure and information to our customers in order to meet industry and regulatory requirements and good practice.
You will be responsible for providing Security Risk Management for Absa Group Ltd premises (e.g. Branches, Corporate Buildings, ATMs etc.) in a defined region (e.g. Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo etc.) in accordance with Absa Group Physical Security and Violent Crimes (GPS) policies, standards and procedures.

Job Description

What you’ll get to do:

The role is within the Chief Security Office and your responsibilities will include the following:

• Conduct and report Security Risk Assessments (SRA) against agreed schedule, standards and guidelines and monitor the implementation of SRA recommendations
• Present security awareness training to staff
• Liaise with business units and provide expert opinion on new developments, products and solutions regarding physical security risk factors relating to the assigned portfolio, within the designated region
• Attend SA Police and industry forums to establish and maintain networks, identify common risks and solutions
• Liaise with and report on Group Physical Security and Violent Crimes (GPS) deliverables to internal clients, as well as the performance of internal and external service partners, according to mutually agreed SLAs and OLAs
• Ensure implementation of the security strategy and serve as an advisor related to Physical Security measures, for the specific area of responsibility, within the region
• Minimise Absa's non-trading losses related to physical security breaches by providing statistics on incident losses and predictions of future possible incident rate, discuss and determine the risk appetite per business unit or individual client/s
• Escalate crime predictions to the business for pro-active risk management in line with budget
• Report writing

What do you need to get in?

• Three [3] year Security Risk Management Diploma or equivalent NQF level 5 qualification
• Five [5] years’ experience in a in a Security Risk Management or related discipline.
• Two [2] years management experience in a in a Security Risk Management or related discipline
• No criminal or adverse credit record
• General experience of the Banking environment
• Application of Project Management methodology
• Knowledge of Cash Chain Security
• Knowledge of Premises security
• Knowledge of Retail Branch security
• Knowledge of security technology, alarm systems, CCTV, etc.

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To ensure the smooth running and effective operational management of the Operations environment within the Business Unit (BU).
Key Accountabilities:

• Manage customer satisfaction, client interface and retention of client by adhering to highest standards.
• Stake holder management
• Participate in the measurement and reporting of internal and external SLAs on a monthly basis.
• Address any process failures specific to the business unit. Of service deliver

Education and Experience required Minimum Requirements:

• Four (4) years’ experience as a Financial Manager or Operations Manager responsible for systems, process implementation,
• Budgeting and risk management
• B Degree in Business Administration or Management

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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• We are looking for a Stock Controller to manage our inventory and merchandise based on our company’s needs.
• Stock Controller responsibilities include tracking shipments, overseeing inventory audits and maintaining reports of assets including increased efficiencies and effectiveness by maintaining optimal stock levels at all times .
• To be successful in this role, you should be familiar with supply chain procedures and have good communication skills to interact with vendors, clients and internal teams.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Forecast supply and demand to prevent overstocking and running out-of-stock (OOS)
• Enter purchase details (vendors information, invoices and pricing) into internal databases
• Track shipments and address any delays
• Oversee storage of products, particularly of fragile items
• Coordinate regular inventory audits
• Liaise with warehouse staff and other internal teams to test products’ quality (status upon delivery and storage conditions)
• Keep updated inventory records (including daily shipments)
• Ensure purchases do not exceed budget

Education

• National Diplomas and Advanced Certificates: Supply Chain Management

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Receipt of goods in the warehouse, updating of relevant systems, assigning to relevant areas, allocation to bins, packing and dispatching, interaction with couriers. Regular stock taking.

Job Description

Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Receive shipments, check for damages and sort stock for distribution in the store
• Keep record of invoices sent and received
• Fill orders by taking items from the warehouse and prepare them for delivery
• Monitor shelves and fill them in when needed
• Keep up with the movement of IT Equipment in the store and warehouse
• Read planograms and set up store displays or rearrange merchandise accordingly
• Notify procurement teams when inventory is low including packing and shipping supplies when needed
• Contact supplier and resolve any shipping issues
• Delivers items to End users by verifying orders.
• Inventories stock.
• Arranges transportation.
• Arranges shipments by checking stock to determine inventory levels, anticipating delivery requirements, and placing/expediting orders.
• Ships items by examining items, destination, route, rate, and delivery time; ordering carriers.
• Verifies items shipped by matching bills of lading, reconciling quantities, and noting discrepancies.
• Keeps users informed by forwarding notice of item availability, shipment date and method, and current status; answering questions.

Education

• Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Supply Chain Management (Required)

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Member of the legal team responsible for identifying, mitigating and managing legal risk across the Trade and Working Capital (TWC) business. This will also include support to our Africa Regional Offices. This position will be expected to provide specialised legal advice on structuring transactions in line with the relevant TWC and general banking practices, procedures and regulations. The role will be a key point of contact on a day-to-day basis for the TWC team, and responsible for providing pro-active legal advice, support and risk management.

Job Description

In this role some of your key accountabilities will include:

• To identify opportunities to develop new processes to strengthen the legal risk control framework.
• Effective management of legal risk and continuously improve controls and efficiency of processes (consistent and proactive approach).
• Manage, evaluate and prioritise tasks in accordance with business needs
• To communicate and distil legal concepts to TWC, ensuring that lessons learned are communicated both within and outside the TWC Legal function.
• Ensure effective and appropriate verbal and written communication of the legal policies to TWC business.
• Proactive monitoring of compliance of the legal risk control framework.
• Immediately report any breach of the legal risk control framework to the head of his/her department.
• Immediately record legal risks on the legal risk reporting forms in an accurate manner and provide it to the head of the department.
• Act on legal risks notified in the legal risk reports, by raising it with TWC stakeholders and addressing it as required to sufficiently remediate and mitigate future risk.
• Ensure technical correctness of documents drafted by ensuring that the latest legal precedents have been included in the documents.

Send in your application if you have:

• B Degree in law: LLB, B Juris or B Proc
• Admitted attorney or Advocate of the High Court of South Africa
• 5 years plus post admission experience as in-house legal counsel in a financial institution, other corporate, reputable lawfirm or at the Bar.

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Job Summary

• Participate in learning programme/s in order to maximise individual and organisational development benefit/s through the execution of predefined training objectives.

Job Description

• Workplace experiences: Attend and participate in all workplace experiences against agreed development objectives
• Learning: Attend and participate in all training and development interventions against agreed development objectives
• Ad Hoc duties: Provide support to customers and team as required to ensure team performance on an ongoing basis
• Administration: Effectively fulfil all required administrative duties, including tracking and reporting

Education

• GET Certificate: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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• Senior project finance dealmaker responsible for pitching project finance solutions to clients and structuring and executing these in line with bank processes

Job Description

• Senior Project Finance dealmaker responsible for pitching solutions to clients and structuring and executing these is line with the Bank’s processes. The successful incumbent must be able to hit the ground running, working both independently as well as assisting team. CA/Engineer MBA/similar with 5-7 years track record in renewable energy finance. Strong stakeholder management skills required

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Holds overall accountability for the operation of the designated store, ensuring procedures are followed.

Job Description

• We are looking for an organized Warehouse Manager to supervise the receipt, dispatching and storage of merchandise in our warehouse. The Warehouse Manager will oversee picking, storage, receiving, dispatching, security, maintenance, sanitation and administrative functions. You will oversee, train, evaluate, manage staff and ensure the maintenance of company assets.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing receiving, warehousing and distribution operations.
• Implementing operational policies and procedures.
• Implementing and overseeing security operations.
• Ensuring effective and safe use of warehouse equipment.
• Ensuring safety of staff.
• Motivating and disciplining staff.
• Maintaining documentation and keeping accurate records of warehouse activities.
• Assisting with deliveries where required.
• Maintenance of company assets.

Education

• National Diplomas and Advanced Certificates: Supply Chain Management

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To develop tactical strategy and delivery plans, formulate associated practice/s and to ensure operational implementation and adaption i.t.o. project management methodology, governance and delivery objectives.

Job Description

• The role holder will be responsible to manage the successful end-to-end delivery, coordination and implementation of a portfolio of projects and activities that together achieve the outcome and realized benefits that are of strategic importance.

Key Accountabilities
Accountability: Programme Delivery

• Drive end to end delivery of the assigned programmes and portfolio of projects through a robust project planning and reporting to ensure that overdue items are brought back in line or with renegotiated delivery timelines.
• Coordinate a number of projects and their interdependencies in pursuit of the desired goals by providing leadership, influencing and directing the transition.
• Ensure that required steering committee reporting is done.
• Provide high level conceptual input into the business design of the area where the initiatives under management will impact business design.
• Ensure smooth transition of the programme to business as usual with a focus on continued delivery after closure.
• Achieve the programme objectives within the given cost and schedule constraints and with the allocated resources.
• Liaise with sponsor and major stakeholders.
• Define and manage Programme Governance
• Make the required decisions or facilitate decision making to ensure that the agreed objectives will be achieved.
• Manage impact on the programme objectives, when scope changes and project changes that have time, quality or cost implications occur.
• Perform effective programme planning and estimating, as well as co-ordination of requirements with other support groups.
• Ensure effective staff allocation and optimum utilization of these resources.
• Establish effective communication network.
• Manage team dynamics including resolution of conflicts.
• Ensure successful integration of the solution into the business through appropriate organisational change management interventions.
• Report programme status to senior management and sponsor
• Contingency planning and exception handling.
• Management of user involvement with the Programme /Project teams, e.g. ensuring availability.
• Produce and maintain all Programme Control Documents as required by the Programme Management Processes.
• Quality assurance of all programme work products.
• Configuration Management of all relevant programme work products.
• Ensure that benefits defined in business cases are realised and that potential shortfalls or changes in the environment are highlighted to steering committees. Make recommendations to realign programmes or stop them if it becomes apparent that intended benefits will not be realised.
• Participate in the funding negotiations for each of the initiatives under management. Ensure that separate cost centres and systems reference numbers are allocated and that all costs for the programmes are accounted for.
• Recommend project expenses for approval within budget and up to the assigned limit. Escalate other items through to the project sponsors.
• Coach project team members on the technical aspects of their delivery including business analysis and design, project management discipline, development of business cases and change management skills.
• Review the performance of project team members against project timelines, agreed outputs and defined quality standards. Ensure that proper consequence management is put in place for poor delivery.
• Ensure that the defined engagement model and business rules are implemented and adhered to in the area of responsibility and create corrective actions where required.
• Drive a culture of proactive compliance in the function.
• Complete attestations to testify to the adequacy of controls on request review audit logs to ensure adequate attention.

Accountability: Programme Governance

• Ensure that all programmes and initiatives undertaken by the area conform to the Group's change methodology and review programme documentation/evidence for each component prior to requesting quality assurance reviews on the work completed. Ensure that findings raised on quality assurance are addressed.
• Action and drive a culture of proactive compliance in the function.
• Conduct root cause analysis, design and implement mitigation plans to ensure Group is prepared for future disruption in production.
• Ensure the development of programme update reports according to the frequencies determined by the key stakeholders for each programme. Review reports prepared for key initiatives and write the executive summaries for those programmes based on the key risks, issues and milestones. Present the reports to the programme steering committees.
• Ensure that all risks and issues are properly logged, classified and escalated as required.
• Review project risk logs to identify high impact high probability items and work with team leaders to ensure that adequate risk mitigation and risk acceptance takes place.
• Ensure that the team maintains an adequate log of programme activities and report items to group change where required.
• Review the work prepared or executed by members of the project teams to ensure adequate quality and completeness.

Accountability: Risk Management

• Identify and take accountability for the assigned principal risks relevant to the area in terms of the Absa Operating Model and ensure that adequate controls are in place within the role’s area of responsibility.
• Monitor all business risk activities (including business assurance and operational risk management) within the operating environment through obtaining feedback and providing guidance for tactical plans to ensure compliance to Group standards.
• Drive a culture of proactive compliance and risk management within the executive team and the function as a whole.
• Implement risk and conformance management structures and reporting frameworks to proactively manage business risks and provide an early warning system on an EXCO level.
• Review the risk management and compliance practices of the function as a whole and highlight areas that require improvement to leaders in the team. Ensure that they understand their responsibility for risk ownership.
• On a quarterly basis, evaluate of the status of Operational and Principle Risks within the function and complete the required attestations to confirm control status.
• Present the function’s requirements in Group meetings such as the EXCO level Operational Risk Committee, Group Change Council and others.

Accountability: Relationship and Stakeholder Management

• Liaise and engage with various internal Stakeholders to secure their respective support in the implementation of transformation strategies and also ensuring capacity exists to implement the change. Review and report transformation performance and trends to the respective exco as well as other stakeholders.
• Manage and influence wider team individuals to deliver transformation programme and keep to the agreed timelines and commitments.
• Maintain and develop awareness of remediation management requirements, issues and changes across South Africa and Africa.
• Interact with executive management to appraise them of developments and progress in implementing transformation frameworks, processes and standards.
• Manage key stakeholders across the business by ensuring their issues, objectives and priorities are reflected in the agreed solutions, both individually and through delegation and management of subordinates.
• Support business in the conversion of data extracts into relevant reports and data sets as required (which includes compiling Management Information and ad-hoc queries) by converting underlying raw data into useful information according to business requirements while adhering to agreed deadlines.

Minimum Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Project Management or equivalent NQF level 7 or higher qualification
• At least 10 years’ experience in project management in a Financial institution
• Experience in the application and execution of PM methodologies inclusive of Agile and Waterfall
• Experience in leading, guiding and developing a team of Project Managers and Business Analysts

Preferred Requirements

• Post Graduate Degree or equivalent NQF level 8 or higher qualification

Knowledge & Skills:

• Understanding of business process (Expert)
• Extensive Project Management Skills - PMBOK (Expert)
• Networking and relationship management (Expert)
• Influencing senior stakeholders (Expert)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (Expert)
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills (Expert)
• Relationship management at executive level (Advanced)
• Deep understanding of Absa processes and systems (Advanced)
• Commercial awareness (Advanced)
• Manage a varied portfolio of activities (Expert)