Jobs at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

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

Job Description

• Investigations: Investigate all theft, fraud and corruption cases allocated, end to end by ensuring that all investigative/operative methodologies and standards (e.g. planning, reporting) are adhered to within prescribed time limits Compile a comprehensive case report containing the factual findings of the investigation, recommendations addressing people, processes, procedures and system failures or internal and external threats and forward the final report to Stakeholders.
• Provide relevant findings and evidence for the use in disciplinary purposes and CCMA matters to Line Management and Employee Relations to ensure that appropriate and successful sanctions are handed down. Attend disciplinary / CCMA hearings when required. Attend criminal / civil court proceedings when summons to do so, to provide expert evidence in Court, relating to Absa's products, processes and flow of transactions to obtain successful prosecutions. |
• Risk Identification and Fraud Prevention: Identify fraud risks or emerging risks during the course of an investigation or interactions with internal and external stakeholders, escalated upon discovery, to the relevant business unit and the Fraud Defence/Strategy Recoveries and Remediation Department for assessment and closing of gaps related to processes, policies and systems.
• Conduct a proper risk assessment with each investigation, which includes quantification of the loss, insurance claims, media impact / exposure, blocking accounts, claims, provisions, risk mitigation and compliance reporting, Ombudsman queries and engaging with Group Legal Services etc. Identify high-risk Business areas, through feedback received from parties attending risk forums / investigations outcomes and perform specific fraud awareness presentations at the respective
• Business Units to the identified staff. Inform Heads of Business via e-mail of new trends / scams identified with further escalation to Stakeholders and Business Units for further actions. |
• Operational Requirements and Compliance: Identify areas of improvement, make suggestions/recommendations on ways of working, concerning the investigative and operating methodologies, to line management, for further consideration, to improve standards and workflow.
• Adhere and comply with the Group policies and procedures as set out on the Absa Intranet i.e. attestations, compulsory compliance training, via the Absa Learning system. Work co-operatively with colleagues, contributing positively and constructively to the achievement of the organizations’ objectives. |
• Stakeholder Management: Develop and maintain relationships (establish relevant networks) with all internal and external stakeholders such as however not limited to (Absa Business Units, SAPS, other Banks, SARS etc..) to ensure that their co-operation can be obtained when required for key operations (e.g. recovery actions, data mining). Interact with counterparts in the industry to share information, gain an understanding of the threats and risks and to ultimately keep abreast of changes in the field and in the industry. Actively participate in regular meetings with stakeholder / business, providing meaningful input and sharing information on best practices / investigation findings /risk identifications etc. | : | : | : | :

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Law, Military Science and Security (Required)

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Job Summary

• Lead the design and implementation of the strategic digital enablement roadmap.  Focusing on the AI solution roadmap to solve business problems and improve operational efficiencies.

Job Description

• Lead the design and implementation of the strategic digital enablement roadmap.  Focusing on the AI solution roadmap to solve business problems and improve operational efficiencies. This business product manager works closely with data scientists and engineers to leveraging machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, other AI techniques.  Integrating AI models into existing systems and driving innovation.

Qualification:

• Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering or a related field.
• NQF Level 7 - 8

Minimum experience:

• 3 - 4 years, experience in machine learning or deep learning or natural language processing or other AI techniques. Product Management and Project Management beneficial.
• Machine Learning: In-depth knowledge of various ML algorithms (e.g., regression, decision trees, neural networks, NLP techniques) and MLOps best practices
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Python or R, experience with ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-Learn), and knowledge of big data platforms (Hadoop, Spark).
• Analytical Skills: Ability to conduct exploratory data analysis and communicate findings effectively.
• Quantitative Analysis and Systems thinking
• Data Skills: Strong grasp of data preprocessing, data visualization (e.g., Matplotlib, Seaborn), and SQL for data extraction.
• Project Management: lead cross-functional team to complete deliverables within a set timeframe.

Education

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

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Job Summary

• Unemployed Learnership Face to Face Financial Advisor opportunity, incumbent must have completed a Diploma in finance, advantage and preference if any Financial planning qualifications or even RE5 certification is obtained. Learnership will start 1 April 2025 for 12 months

Job Description

• Sales and Service Delivery Focus (Supervision and support)
• Facilitate seamless sales activation, conversion, and fulfilment for new to bank and current customers. Deepen Customer Relationships
• Provide a high level of individualized service to customers utilizing consultative relationships with customers to increase loyalty and business referrals.
• Sales conclusion and sales activation
• Apply knowledge to drive seamless fulfilment of sales and timeous reporting on customer sales related queries
• Ensuring that all credit- and fraud referrals are investigated and resolved or escalated and resolved Customer Experience Management
• Interact with customer segments in a manner which enhances the brand experience Manage transactional activities
• Perform work as per the pre-set daily workforce plans and schedules necessary adjustments. Record and report on to provide timely and accurate information and provide monthly reports that reflect insight into tendencies and patterns.
• Risk and governance Comply and adhere to all internal and external risk and governance policies, standards and procedures and escalate associated risks.
• Adhere to NCA, FICA and FAIS legislation.

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Job Summary

• Resource and Project Finance (RPF) sits within Absa’s Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) division and reports into the Head of CIB. The team is responsible for identifying, structuring, and executing RPF banking opportunities across Africa.  The Vice President (VP) role will report directly into the Head of RPF SA and be responsible for leading the structuring and execution of project finance transactions. The candidate will hold a minimum 5-7 years’ experience in an Investment Banking Project Finance role.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Lead role in the origination and execution of resource and project finance transactions.
• Undertake detailed transaction due diligence, including the review and analysis of financial, legal, commercial, and technical reports.
• Lead client / bank / advisor interaction and ensure the smooth running of transactions.
• Support all areas of execution from origination to financial close in compliance with the Bank’s risk appetite.
• Preparation of term sheets and negotiation of loan documentation.
• Preparation of the credit analysis and relevant documentation for review and approval by credit committees.
• Preparation and presentation of marketing materials and pitching to target clients.
• Cross-sell products from other areas of the Bank.
• Assist with the portfolio management of existing transactions including credit reviews, redeterminations, waivers and amendments.
• Assist in delivering the strategy and promoting the profile of the Bank.
• Manage, mentor, and develop more junior members of the team!

Qualifications:

• University Degree or equivalent with professional qualifications
• 5-7+ years of experience in project finance.
• Demonstrable understanding of typical structures used in project finance, structured trade and commodity finance, reserve based lending and corporate facilities.
• In-depth knowledge of natural resources and energy, power, and renewable energy sectors. 
• Strong credit and financial analysis / financial modelling skills.
• Good team player with an ability to work independently when required.
• Strong communication skills - oral, written and presentation.
• Strong track record in delivering initiatives and solutions in a high-pressure environment.
• Leadership experience in delivering timely, high-quality outcomes both independently and collaboratively in a small-team environment

Education

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

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Job Summary

• To prepare financial information for all stakeholders of the business for informed decision making and to support the business. To take accountability for financial reconciliations between sub-systems and the general ledger, and for ensuring the validity, accuracy, and completeness of financials.

Job Description

• This role is primarily responsible for Absa Fleet Card and is tasked with ensuring the validity, accuracy, and completeness of the financial reporting systems

The key responsibility of this role is for reconciliations such as the following:

• Reconciliations between the product systems and the sub-systems
• Reconciliations between sub-systems and the financial reporting systems
• Reconciliations between office accounts/AVAF and Absa Fleet Card
• Reconciliations between source data and upload files, and to payments to vendors
• Reconciliations between inter-divisional and inter-group settlements
• Preparing journal entries for uncleared transactions as well as other financial reporting journals required to ensure the validity, accuracy, and completeness of the trial balance
• Prepare correction journals as and when queries are raised on misallocation of costs, overcharge, or no charges
• Responsible for providing accurate financial data timeously from the source systems to influence decision making
• Deep dives on monthly/yearly variances and on movements questioned by management
• Responsible for monthly flash reporting and month end deliverables such as reporting packs and commentary on variances
• Analyzing management information and reporting on trends and variances monthly
• Responsible for loading financial data into financial systems (monthly and ad-hoc such as budgeting, outlooks, and revised annual forecasts)
• Prepare and capture the accruals and provisions for the month to give the business area an indication of the Liabilities which still need to be settled by the business area
• Finance Related Queries: Follow up and provide feedback on queries related to income statement expenses as and when required
• Respond to income and expenditure queries from the business and finance stakeholders timeously

Accounting and Reconciliation Management:

• Perform accounting-related tasks and reporting, ensure reconciliations are completed

Financial Governance, Reporting and Control: 

• Present monthly management accounts reports such as Budget vs actual, Operational Budget Report on a monthly basis

Audit Support:

• Provide support to auditing activities

Educational Requirements

• A financial diploma or degree
• At least 3 years of experiences in a reconciliations/financial management role.

Education

• Higher Diplomas: Financial Sciences (Required)

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Job Summary

• To support the credit risk collections processes for Absa Mortgage Loan business through carrying out comprehensive and quality credit risk analysis, development of data driven strategies, produce and analyse management information and insights. across the credit lifecycle, enabling and supporting recovery and rehabilitation of delinquent accounts in the portfolio.

Job Description

• Collections Strategy management:
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of the portfolio
• Clear understanding of collections and impairments, and the drivers thereof
• Clear understanding of the documented strategy and policy within portfolio
• Conduct quality credit risk assessments and reviews for all BAU processes and strategy
• Proactively manage credit risks associated with clients
• Design and develop data driven collections strategies by identifying gaps, providing solutions, and aligning to overall portfolio strategy,.
• Embed enhancements to collections strategies through rigorous research and interrogation of data

Data and Systems Management:

• Drive ownership of BAU, Ad-Hoc, and automated processes
• To produce and analyze relevant management information and insights 
• Perform quality data analysis and data processing techniques (i.e., sourcing, cleaning, analyzing, validation and consolidating large data sets utilizing strong SAS skills and identifying anomalies/trends)

Governance:

• Adhere to the bank's credit risk policies and all relevant legislation
• Support end-to-end audit and governance processes
• Keep abreast with regulatory changes as it relates to collections
• Align to BU and industry best practices
• Understand, investigate, and provide thorough feedback on exceptions
• Customer and stakeholder management:.
• Presentation of analytical results and proposals to both technical and non-technical audiences. 

Education and Technical Skills

• Computer Literacy with experience with SAS/R/Python/other analytical programming language suites.
• Bachelor's degree :BMI, Mathematical ,Statistical or Related.

Soft skills

• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders
• Conduct oneself professionally
• Manage time and workload

Education

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

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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:

• AVP (Assistant Vice President) role in the CIB (Corporate and Investment Bank) and Treasury Product Control 1st line of defense (1LOD) Governance team.
• At a high level, the role’s mandate entails risk management in full compliance with regulatory requirements, enterprise risk management framework and Internal ABSA Policies and Standards.
• The team is also tasked with a business advisory role where they guide senior leadership and the extended leadership team on risk and control matters. 
• The role also encompasses performing assurance activities as a 1st line of defense colleague, to enable and ensure the establishment and maintenance of a robust control environment.
• A key aspect of this role is that it falls within the Finance Management team's ambit, specifically in Product Control.
• The incumbent role will also be tasked with being the Go-To lead for the team for the areas they are allocated to execute Product Control 1LOD mandate. 

Critical to your responsibilities: 

• Control Design and Testing
• Member of Assurance forums
• Audit Interaction
• Risk Management Coordination
• Strategic Business Activities
• CIBT Training

Preferred education, qualification & skills:

• B degree/similar qualification in a financial/related discipline with 5 years relevant experience or CA(SA)
• Investment banking or Product Control experience
• Product specific knowledge
• Experience in creating and maintaining an effective control environment

Education

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

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Job Summary

• Monitoring and mitigation of credit risk faced by the Bank through the daily monitoring of credit exposures.
• Maintenance of a control framework that enhances and improves the excess management reporting process.

Job Description

Accountability: Management of exposures across the full suite of Absa product

• Daily monitoring of credit exposures and investigation of excesses prior to escalation.
• Initiating of excess reports as required by Policies.
• Compiling and checking reports for distribution
• Reduce the number of excesses on all reports for Absa Wholesale through discussion with Traders, Credit, Relationship Managers and other Infrastructure areas of the Bank
• Draft and implementing credit policies to improve exposure management. Ensure they are kept relevant and up to date
• Draft reporting packs and interpret data trends to identify potential flaws in the business
• Drive culture and system changes necessary to reduce number of excesses
• Identifying of new potential credit risks and the mitigation thereof through understanding of new products introduced and the new products approval process
• Assist IT in credit related system developments, when required and the auditing of those systems to ensure efficient running of the EM and credit process. User Acceptance Testing of the recommendations to be undertaken
• Initiate, implement and manage a project to conclusion with little or no oversight from management. Ability to drive other teams where collaboration is required and ability to escalate as necessary
• Generate and interpret monthly MI identifying trends and prioritizing potential risks Compliance with Audit recommendations and managing audit (internal and audit).

Accountability: Relationship and stakeholder management

• Build relationships and regularly engage with stakeholders with a view to meeting their requirements and anticipating their needs for the business
• Ensuring access to all Credit systems for FO and all Infrastructure areas and annual attestation of those areas
• Initial point of contact for dealers for urgent over-limit transactions, and to initiate appropriate actions/recommendations.
• Working with all stakeholders to resolve and solution impediments to business

Accountability: Personal Development

• Proactively identify personal training needs to continuously perform according to the required standards of the role
• Adherence to the Absa Values

Education and Skills

• Exposure to Derivatives, spots, Debt Finance and Markets insight.

Education

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

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Job Summary

• To provide banking services accurately and timeously through the execution of predefined objectives as per agreed standard operating procedures (SOPs). Selecting this role has a compensation & benefit impact in TZ (NBC), Botswana, Kenya. Please contact Reward for details.

Job Description

• Customer service: Deliver customer service at first point of contact | Capturing financial transactions: Capture all financial transactions on the Bank system and ensure that all transactions are properly authorised by a mandated official before finalising the processing | Fraud prevention: Identify potential fraudulent transactions and report these and other suspicious transactions as per the Money Laundering control framework to management | Capture customer data: Update demographics such as address changes, name changes and standing order instructions based on information supplied by customer. | : | : | : | :

Education

• Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Job Summary

• To deliver customer support services to enhance the customer experience through the execution of predefined objectives as per agreed standard operating procedures (SOPs). Selecting this role has a compensation & benefit impact in Botswana, Kenya. Please contact Reward for details.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Client Interaction & Support

• Serve as the first point of contact for clients, addressing inquiries via phone, email, or in-person promptly and professionally.
• Resolve client queries related to account management, trade execution, settlement processes, corporate actions, and other stockbroking-related services.
• End-to-End Query Resolution
• Take full ownership of client issues, ensuring they are resolved efficiently and accurately.
• Coordinate with internal departments (e.g., trading, operations, compliance) to address client needs.

Account Management

• Assist clients with onboarding, account opening, and documentation requirements.
• Provide guidance on platform navigation and ensure clients are fully equipped to trade effectively.

Client Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong client relationships to enhance client retention and satisfaction.
• Identify opportunities to upsell additional services or products that benefit clients.

Compliance & Risk Awareness

• Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and company policies in all client interactions.
• Keep abreast of stockbroking industry developments, products, and regulations.

Reporting & Feedback

• Maintain detailed records of client interactions in the CRM system.
• Provide feedback to management on recurring client concerns or suggestions to improve service delivery.

Qualifications & Skills

Educational Background:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum of 2-3 years in a client service or support role within the stockbroking or financial services industry.
• Experience with stock trading platforms and market knowledge is advantageous.

Skills:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Problem-solving abilities with a proactive mindset.
• Ability to handle pressure and multitask in a dynamic environment.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and CRM systems.

Education

• Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Job Summary

• To deliver customer support services to enhance the customer experience through the execution of predefined objectives as per agreed standard operating procedures (SOPs). Selecting this role has a compensation & benefit impact in Seychelles. Please contact Reward for details.

Job Description

• Customer Service: Respond efficiently, accurately and courteously to all customer service matters, complaints, requests | Support the development and maintenance of processes in Customer Services Centre: Adhere to all processes in the CMP Customer Services centre and identify opportunities to improve Client Servicing processes | Monitor and control risk associated with the Customer: Ensure that all activities performed in providing Customer Services comply in all respects with Absa's risk and compliance policies and procedures as well as legal and regulatory requirements | Stakeholder Management: Establish and maintain good professional relationships with relevant stakeholders so as to remain abreast of their needs and issues and respond rapidly and effectively | Self-development: Owning and being proactive about own training and development | : | : | :

Education

• Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Job Summary

• Provides financial services to meet client specific needs to promote, market and sell Financial Solutions in accordance with relevant legislation, to meet sales targets and achieve strategic business objectives.

Job Description

• Sales Target : Proactively make self-initiated contact with customers in order to deliver against the required sales targets | Collaboration : Constantly seek to improve ways of working by challenging the status quo and supporting an
• empowering climate within the team, sharing knowledge, experience, best practice and
• providing constructive feedback as required. | Compliance and Risk Management: Fulfil all activities in adherence to relevant control and compliance requirements, and quality standards | Customer Experience: To provide service excellence and achieve customer satisfaction | : | : | : | :

Education

• Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Business, Commerce and Management Studies

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Job Summary

• The purpose of the role is the implementation, monitoring and review of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) systems within the Absa Group with regards to Contractor OHS Management – Special projects as well as events, marketing and sponsorships.

Job Description

Accountability: Risk management - Ensure compliance with the implemented OHS systems

• Monitor the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) standards and management
• Monitor and manage compliance to the information system (MIS) used by contractors for submission of relevant information pertaining to OHS
• Provide inputs into the design and structure of information systems used for Contractor OHS Compliance.
• Conduct reviews on OHS documentation submitted by contractors and compile reports accordingly as and when required.
• Liaise with Business Units and contractors by providing expert opinions, advice and recommendations pertaining to relevant legislation with regards to OHS impacts.
• Liaise with Absa Procurement in terms of providing SME advice on risks and segmentation of suppliers in terms of OHS for input in terms of applicable Supplier Control Obligations around OHS controls.
• Engage with various internal Business Units such as CRES, Regional Operations, Retail and Business Banking, Procurement, etc. to ensure participation and elimination of risks.
• Address any concerns raised by Business Units and contractors/suppliers with regards to feedback from or interaction with the Contractor OHS Management team from Group OHS.
• Compile training material and present courses if necessary for contractors OHS.
• Provide facilitators with information when facilitators are not able to respond to a learner’s question if making use of external service providers.
• Attend inspection/inquiries held by the Department of Labour as and when required. 
• Attend to Business specific meetings and ensure OHS requirements are highlighted and addressed.
• Arrange for participation and adequate representation of the Contractor OHS team for meetings, site visits and other engagements necessary for collaboration and project purposes.
• Develop and revise policies, procedures, standards and forms/templates related to OHS and specifically Contractor OHS Management.
• Maintain the relevant information systems used to create continual OHS awareness amongst contractors and internal stakeholders.
• Equip and train new and existing Contractor OHS team members to enable the team to execute their duties.
• Provide strategic solutions in terms of Contractor OHS management for the bank.
• Develop systems for reaching out to new contractors across the Absa portfolio.
• Enable the onboarding of new contractors in terms of OHS procedures and ensure quality engagements with contractors by the Contractor OHS team in this regard.
• Provide assistance in terms of Contractor OHS management to ARO counterparts.
• Accountability: Providing Solutions to ensure OHS compliance
• Work with various internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance to eliminate or mitigate risks within the Absa Group by providing statistics and reports pertaining to reviews conducted, site visits conducted, non-compliances and incidents.
• Consolidate statistics for the Contractor OHS Management team and report to relevant management structures as required.
• Contribute to align policies, procedure and standards to support the prevalent risk per workplace in accordance with the risk identified.
• Provide guidance and assistance to eliminate or mitigate risks by making use of internal resources, external experts, Local Authorities and Department of Labour approved service providers.
• Be "au-fait" (familiar) with new technology, trends and changes pertaining to OHS matters, to be able to provide internal clients and external contractors with solutions.
• Provide support to Contractor OHS team members as and when required for issues noted during site visits, reviews conducted or any other matters pertaining to interactions with internal or external stakeholders.
• Provide leadership to the Contractor OHS team in terms of engagements with contractors and internal stakeholders.

Accountability:  Communication and Client Service

• Be available by means of e-mail, cell phone and Microsoft Teams to assist internal clients and external contractors with OHS related matters. 
• Do inspections on request of internal clients to solve problems as identified by the client, as may be required from time to time.
• Attend meetings to ensure that OHS receive the required attention to be compliant as well as industry related workshops and seminars to become aware of latest trends and changes.
• Engage in knowledge sharing with OHS colleagues and peers in this sector which will increase productivity as less time will be spent on research and the OHS team will be on the same page.
• Assist and guide workplaces to become compliant by attending OHS committee meetings as and when required and conduct regular follow ups of non – compliant workplaces to ensure that workplace is up to standard.
• Ensure all Contractor OHS team members are familiar with Absa processes and offer the necessary assistance and guidance where required in this regard.
• Communicate any performance deficiencies to Contractor OHS team members and offer assistance if so required to correct any identified.
• Escalate and take the necessary action if such deficiencies cannot be resolved.

Compliance verification (Site inspections) and Incident investigations

• Conduct scheduled or unscheduled site inspections to verify OHS compliance and implementation of OHS management systems by contractors and compile the required reports on such inspections.
• Conduct incident investigations as and when required and report on findings accordingly.
• Ensure that any investigations conducted by the Contractor OHS team is done properly with the necessary resources made available to the team in this regard.
• Provide feedback to and liaise with relevant internal and external stakeholders with regards to the outcomes of such inspections or investigations conducted.
• Monitor the closure of actions raised by such inspections and investigations and conduct follow-up with contractors or internal stakeholders, as may be applicable, on items not closed.
• Escalate issues in this regard as may be necessary to Group OHS Management and other Department Heads as may be required to ensure compliance by contractors or internal stakeholders concerned.
• Staff in own area (Manager, Group OHS and Capital projects, Real Estate, Engineering, Facilities Management)
• Staff outside own area (ARO CRES and OHS colleagues)
• External customers (Procurement, Group Wellness, Group Learning, Group Legal, People Function, Sourcing, ITO, Group events and marketing and other Business Units)
• Regulators / Government local authorities
• Vendors / suppliers
• Other (Industry forums / associations)

Skills & Experience

Education and Experience Required

• NQF Level 7 OHS / construction / contractor management qualification
• SACPCMP registration of at least CHSO (Construction Health and Safety Officer) level
• Experience in events health and safety management
• Competency in incident investigation techniques.
• Risk Assessment experience and OHS experience up to Implementation and Auditing level.
• At least 5 years’ experience in the OHS environment in a major institution, preferably in banking industry or construction industry with experience related to contractor OHS management.
• Risk management experience and specific training in conducting risk assessment.
• Application of Project management methodology.
• Effective communication skills, written and oral. 
• Computer literacy in Office Applications with strong MS Excel capabilities
• Liaison with external OHS stakeholders

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical Planning and Construction (Required)

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Job Summary

• Build high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications & build capability in others to do the same. This includes but is not limited to applying critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions & leading all phases of the development lifecycle to deliver.

Job Description

DevOps

• Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions
• Contribute to and in some cases lead all phases of the development lifecycle including e.g. design process
• Determine operational feasibility of solutions by evaluating analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development and proposed solutions
• Develop high quality software / application design and architecture in a test driven & domain driven / cross domain environment
• Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions
• Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
• Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
• Create & Maintain Sophisticated CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins / Azure Devops or similar tools and deploy to multi-site environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production)
• Use & configure modern observability techniques to provide a deeper understanding of the application. To do this, leverage e.g. aggregated logging via ELK stack, metrics via Prometheus / Grafana / NewRelic and distributed tracing like Zipkin/Jaeger etc.
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes
• Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
• Work with guilds and other technical SME’s to improve and evolve technical products and services
• Apply unit testing frameworks and perform integration, validation and verification testing (apply knowledge of stubbing tools e.g. wiremock, hoverfly etc.)
• Apply version control and related concepts and techniques
• Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture, Security & Infrastructure guidelines
• Work with project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.
• Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices e.g. scripting languages, containerization etc.
• Contribute to the design & evolution of Group Architecture, Infrastructure & associated technical standards for the organization
• People
• Coach & mentor other engineers
• Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
• Provide technical subject matter expertise and support in the attraction and recruitment of Product Engineers for the organization
• Participate as a subject matter expert in the development & development planning of the broader product engineering team
• Support the people change teams in the design of adoption processes (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption)
• Risk & Governance
• Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post deployment)
• Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks
• Create business cases & solution specifications for various governance processes (e.g. CTO approvals)
• Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents
• Deliver on time & on budget (always)

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required :

• Required Computer Science Degree or relevant IT Diploma
• 10+ years of experience in the Java SDLC
• Must have worked on the following tech stack: Java, Angular, Microservices, CI/CD, Kubernetes, OpenShift/Rancher, API integration
• Preference: Experience on AWS or cloud technologies
• Extensive integration experience 

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

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Job Summary

• The purpose of the role is implementation, monitoring and auditing of Environment, Health and Safety policy, standards and controls within the Absa Group.

Job Description

Accountability: Risk management:

• Ensure compliance with OHS standards and legislation.
• Monitor the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) standards and management information system (MIS) by obtaining quarterly reports from all Absa workplaces. Assist workplaces to become compliant by sending reminders of information that is still outstanding and escalate non-compliance to Regional Managers.
• Liaise with Business Units by providing expert opinions, advice and recommendations pertaining to the OHS Act and COID (Compensation of Injuries and Diseases on duty).
• Engage with various internal Business Units as CRES, Regional Operations, Group Wellness, People Function and Group Learning to ensure participation and elimination of risks e.g. noise levels, facility related hazards etc.
• Provide input for training material and present training courses if necessary. Provide facilitators with information when facilitators are not able to respond to a learner’s question. Assist in-country consultants to engage training vendors for courses required for upskilling purposes.
• Conduct site inspections and investigations (e.g. injury on duty investigations) to identify OHS risk related shortcomings and to ensure procedural compliance by staff and contractors. Submit a report on findings. Analyse investigation reports issued by in-country authorities.
• Conduct OHS audits and proactive inspections and report on findings with appropriate recommendations to enhance OHS compliance, which could include, technology, procedural, training or even disciplinary action. Submit a report to the workplace and other interested parties.
• Attend to business unit specific meetings and ensure OHS requirements are highlighted and addressed. Attend country legislated OHS Committee Meetings and provide feedback on OHS Compliance from a Centre perspective.
• Assist with development and revision of policies, procedures and standards.
• Assist with implementation of annual OHS Plans stating objectives to be strategically met in accordance with country legislation, Absa OHS policies and supporting documents.
• Assist and advise business on area specific OHS solutions which include; research and development which include the services of technical experts as SABS and occupational hygienists.
• Maintain the OHS Sharepoint site to create continual OHS awareness.
• Ensure that all contractors and service providers comply with country legislation by auditing their system to ensure that they take responsibility for staff working for them and that they have valid certification or registration and work procedures in place.
• Monitor OHS implementation at building sites by obtaining and providing information as prescribed by the country (or South African) Construction Regulations which includes the Principal Contractors OHS plan, responsibilities of the Principal contractor, appointments, training, agendas of OHS meeting held, facilities regulations, personal protective equipment etc. Conduct audits of their OHS procedures, do site inspections and attend site safety meetings if required.

Accountability: Process and Procedure Management for OHS

• Manage the Occupational Health & Safety system by sending a notification to Managers and OHS Representatives via the OHS system to submit quarterly reports.
• Monitor, manage and provide guidance to all Absa workplaces pertaining to this process. Send out a final reminder to workplaces that failed to submit quarterly reports. Obtain final statistics, compile a quarterly report and escalate non-compliance to various stakeholders.
• Assist in-country consultants to drive compliance by performing audits, inspections and by providing guidance pertaining to appointment of Managers, OHS Representatives, First Aiders, Fire Wardens and Evacuation Leaders.
• Liaise with Group Learning, Line Managers and Regional or relevant in-country Managers to ensure that OHS teams receive the required training and that all workplaces conduct physical emergency evacuations at minimum once per annum as prescribed by their legislation.
• Monitor changes in country legislation by receiving changes in legislation from in-country OHS consultants and Legal teams. Assist in-country consultants to compile a legal register for their region and facilitate approval from the in-country legal team, as relevant.
• Assist with the annual review of Group OHS policies and supporting documents.
• Manage business unit queries and specific requirements by assessing the risk and providing guidelines for managing the applicable risk within workplaces, projects and events.

Accountability: Reports

• Compile monthly and quarterly risk management reports and submit to Line Manager. Review the in-country OHS Consultant compliance reports prior their presentation in the quarterly OHS committee meetings, as relevant.
• Escalate non-compliances for OHS System quarterly reports not received, appointments not made and outstanding training requirements to People Managers where required.
• Compile adhoc reports as requested by management.
• Compile executive-level reports after visiting countries/conducting site visits to provide feedback as to the visit and achievements or issues.

Accountability: Providing Solutions to ensure OHS compliance

• Work with various internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance to eliminate or mitigate risks within the Absa Group. By providing statistics and reports pertaining to non-compliances and incidents.
• Contribute to align policies, supporting procedures and forms to support the prevalent risk reduction and mitigation per workplace.
• Provide guidance and assistance to eliminate or mitigate risks by making use of internal resources, external experts, and in-country authority or Department of Labour approved service providers.
• Be conversant with new technology, training requirements, trends and changes pertaining to OHS matters, to be able to provide clients with solutions.

Accountability: Communication and Client Service

• Be available by means of e-mail and cell phone to assist internal and external clients with OHS related matters.
• Provide communication to our audience on Workplace and on the OHS SharePoint site.
• Travel to conduct training, premises conformance tests and workplace inspections on request of management or the client to assess current and emerging OHS issues, and facilitate the upskilling and education of OHS consultants.
• Attend meetings to represent Group OHS as a supporting function, as well as attend industry related workshops, conferences, seminars and training sessions to become aware of latest trends and changes.
• Engage in knowledge sharing and collaborative efforts with OHS colleagues and stakeholders.
• Drive viewer engagement and participation for Group-wide physical and virtual OHS campaigns, to promote OHS content. Assist to collaboratively create and develop content for the OHS campaigns.

People Investment

• Staff in own area (Manager, Group OHS and in-country OHS consultants)
• Staff outside own area (other Centre and ARO CRES colleagues)
• Internal customers (OHS Team Members)
• External customers (Group Wellness, Group Learning, Group Legal, People Function)
• Regulators / Government local authorities
• Vendors / suppliers
• Other (Industry forums / associations)

Role / Person Specification

Experience and Education:

• NQF Level 6: minimum Diploma in OHS or equivalent
• Risk assessment, risk management experience and OHS experience up to auditing level
• Incident Investigation certificate or diploma
• SAMTRAC / Nebosh certificate or diploma or equivalent
• 3-5 years’ experience in the OHS environment in a major institution, preferably in banking industry or construction industry
• Experience with supervisory and reporting functions
• Effective communication, written and oral skills
• Computer literacy in MS Office applications
• Experience in liaising with external OHS stakeholders
• SACPCMP CHSO (as a minimum) registration or at least proof of application to the SACPCMP

Knowledge and skills:

• Networking with local authorities
• Strong stakeholder management
• Good knowledge of the Occupational Health & Safety legislation
• Audit skills, application of project management methodology and risk management principles
• Must be proficient in analytical risk identification and measurement, as well as risk response strategies
• Self-motivated and take ownership
• Good planning and travel management skills.
• Ability to implement compliance frameworks

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical Planning and Construction (Required)