Jobs at NedBank

To oversee and manage a portfolio of equity type transactions from implementation through to termination and to ensure that the defined transactional requirements reflected in the relevant approvals, transaction documentation and legal agreements are implemented and adhered to. This includes management of the vehicles and structures in which the transactions are housed.

Job Responsibilities

• Proactively manage all internal and external stakeholder relationships, making sure that the relevant client service levels are adhered to uphold and meet Nedbank’s strategic objectives.
• Adhere to internal controls and procedures to alleviate risk and prevent losses by following internal procedures and agreed processes to ensure effective management of transactions. Identify control gaps and introduce adequate processes to ensure such gaps are mitigated.
• Guide and advise on the preparation of various financial reports required to analyse and track investment data including monthly Investment Committee lead schedules and six-monthly Investment Committee Valuation and Monitoring lead schedules.
• Build trusting relationships with stakeholders, including Frontline Equity teams, through consistent and timeous communication.
• Guide and manage transactions by complying with internal procedures and agreed processes to effect execution and management of equity transactions from implementation to termination (read and understand legal agreements, load transactions on product systems, collect cashflows, ensure desired accounting, regulatory and tax outcomes are achieved, arrange and structure funding for such transactions, apply knowledge of Companies Act, Excon, FICA, Tax, Accounting to transaction where applicable).
• Assistance with ensuring that Middle Office equity team understands and adhere to the terms and conditions of transaction documents, relevant legislation and operational requirements.
• Manage the entities and structures in which the transactions are housed (including funding agreements, accounting, tax return submissions, Companies Act requirements, Carry Schemes, Regulatory applications and conditions, etc).
• Demonstrate leadership traits that will create a culture that drives the vision and values.



 

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree
   

Preferred Qualification

CA (SA)

Minimum Experience Level

• 7 – 10 years Financial experience in the management of Equity transactions (middle office) and/or relevant frontline deal and transaction experience.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Business writing
• Accounting skills
• Data analysis
• Financial management
• Legal knowledge
• Microsoft Office
• Principles of financial management
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Relevant legislative & regulatory knowledge
• Stakeholder management

Behavioural Competencies

• Aligning Performance for Success
• Decision Making
• Building Partnerships
• Communication
• Customer Focus
• Execution
• Initiating Action

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To envision, lead and develop fit for purpose, integrated end- to end technical solutions across multiple technologies for the organisation, through inspirational technical leadership and visionary long-term thinking. Provide leadership across multiple initiatives guiding engineering lead practitioners to achieve product / programme alignment.

Job Responsibilities

• Analyse problems and formulate solution based on organisations boundaries, architectures and constraints: Needs to be achievable and operational, must push boundaries when required and continuously push for improvements.
• Take proposed solutions through relevant governance forums and obtain acceptance for solutions from relevant specialists (domain or technology).
• Collaborate and communicate and obtain buy-in from key stakeholders.
• Decomposition of the solution and assisting with the scheduling/sequencing work and identification of resourcing needs.
• Flesh out designs and contribute to functional and non-functional requirements.
• Assist software designers with lower level designs.
• Troubleshoot issues relating to technical delivery.
• Design with a holistic, robust and sustainable mindset.
• Apply a product management mindset (long term thinking).
• Mentor and coach software engineering practitioners.
• Keep abreast of the technical landscape on how it fits together.
• Understand constraints and risk and make the necessary trade-offs.
• Influence and negotiate with key stakeholders.
• Craft the end to end solution taking into consideration: people, technology, systems and data.
• Future proof end to end solutions as far as possible within the organisation constraints.
• Continuously build and enhance the technical assets that are touched by the solution to ensure long term sustainability.
• Grow the engineering lead practice through contributing to the engineering lead chapter.
• Drive organisational alignment across areas of accountability
• Provide coaching, mentoring and upskilling of others within area of expertise
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities
• Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking

Essential Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience in development and design (Application, Infrastructure, etc.).
• Bachelor Degree in either Information Systems, Informatics or Computer Science or Engineering (or equivalent work experience).

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To prepare data products and advance technical thought leadership for the Enterprise, to deliver fit for purpose data products for consumption by advanced analytics. Provide clean, usable data to whomever may require it.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, construct, install, test and maintain highly scalable data management systems.
• Ensure systems meet business requirements and industry practices.
• Build high-performance prototypes, and proof of concepts.
• Research opportunities for data acquisition and new uses for existing data.
• Develop data set processes for data modelling, mining and production.
• Integrate new data management technologies and software engineering tools into existing structures.
• Create custom software components (e.g. specialized UDFs) and analytics applications.
• Employ a variety of languages and tools (e.g. scripting languages) to marry systems together.
• Install and update disaster recovery procedures.
• Recommend ways to improve data reliability, efficiency and quality.
• Collaborate with data architects, modellers and IT team members on project goals.
• Determine in conjunction with the Data Architect what data management systems are appropriate.
• Obtain information from the data Scientist to determine which data is needed for analysis to determine and provide data which is needed .
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values.
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise .
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities .
• Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy.
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking.

Essential Qualification

• BSc Computer Science or Bcom Informatics

Type of Exposure

• Working with different databases
• Conducting root cause analysis.
• Experience in an agile development environment using Scrum and/or Extreme Programming

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To actively manage and control the New To Bank portfolio for CIB in line with the Bank’s risk management and compliance programme taking due cognisance of client effort and experience considerations.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure achievement of SLA agreed with front-line on new to bank client onboarding and ensure sound relationships with external stakeholders by managing client and stakeholder expectations through appropriate communication and forums.
• Ensure effectiveness of processes by tracking, measuring and analysing data relating to work processes and improve efficiency by looking at ways of re-engineering processes.
• Check and ensure capacity meets business requirements by effectively planning for demand.
• Manage performance of staff by implementing performance agreements, ensuring a clear vision, agreeing on goals and objectives, providing regular feedback on performance, recognising and rewarding achievement and take appropriate corrective action where required and implement appropriate development plans for staff and self.
• Maintain a capable high performing team and ensure an environment for optimal performance is created by identifying talent pool through conducting career conversations, utilising the talent grid principles and developing talent retention programmes.
• Maintain a high level of excellence and efficiency.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree