Jobs at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

To proactively direct the Service Lifecyle management of large and complex customer facing business IT services, comprising relevant business services, applications, systems, vendors, and dependencies, by leading teams across multiple portfolios and geographies. Provide strategic and operational holistic service insights, management information and recommendations, as input into CIO decisions and actively driving service improvement initiatives.

• Manage and optimise Service costs relating to HAM, SAM, people other operational expenses. Support the CIO and Finance teams to ensure completeness of service budgets by reviewing costs against capacity plans for SAM, HAM and 3rd party contracts.
• Develop and implement according to the IT Strategy that aligns with the intricacy of the service, carefully considering the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) budget, to ensure the optimal allocation of resources and maximise return on investment, while mitigating risks and minimising costs, thereby creating a scalable, flexible and sustainable IT ecosystem that drive business value and operational excellence.
• Facilitate a collaborative innovation and integrated delivery, spanning the entire value chain, to provide clients with comprehensive, end-to-end solutions that meet their complex needs, by harnessing the power of collective intelligence, encouraging open communication, and promoting a culture of trust, transparency and continuous improvement.
• Identify benefits realisation (value) of Business Services against Business/BU Goals. Collaborate with Product Owners to develop comprehensive service plans, defining the strategic service roadmaps, outlining the sequence of activities, timelines, and resources required to deliver and enhance the service support. Ensuring alignment with business objectives, client needs, market and technology trends, enabling the effective delivery of high-quality services, driving business success & growth.
• Active participation in Group ceremonies, PI planning, PMR’s, CAB. Develop and mature complex, cross functional relationships in the CTO, IPS, ITSM and IT Finance domains, to facilitate the exchange of expertise, resources and knowledge, and ensure the alignment of goals, strategies and business outcomes, ultimately leading to enhanced IT service delivery business outcomes and organisational agility, to support the creation & support of large, complex, high focus services.

Qualifications

• Degree: Information Technology

Additional Information

Experience Required: Delivery Enablement

• 8-10 years: Experience in leading service management processes for large and diverse portfolio's. Proven knowledge and application of ITSM practice
• 8-10 years: Have good knowledge of domain appropriate technology strategies. Proven application of service management processes and framework
• 8-10 years: Have knowledge of domain operations, understanding of ecosystems, suppliers and broad technical knowledge of the technology, solutions and service catalogue consumed by countries

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Developing Expertise
• Developing Strategies
• Establishing Rapport

Technical Competencies:

• Financial Management (Financial)
• Information Security Management
• IT Risk Management
• Service Level Management
• Vendor Evaluation and Management

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Job Description

To design, code, test, debug and correct programs in software engineering environments within the continuous delivery pipe line as well as provide support and maintenance of systems. In addition, produce software specifications in accordance with the technical requirements, within the framework of the software quality assurance standards.

• Adopt and adhere to suitable and agreed development methodologies and principles through work outputs and behaviours that enables continuous delivery and development across the engineering environment as well as ensuring effective collaboration with all colleagues and stakeholders to meet required targets and therefore deliver value to the clients.
• Construct, interpret and execute end to end system and program tests to verify correct operation of completed systems to enable delivery of quality code.
• Develop, complete and update all required documentation as per the scope, including guidelines and checklists for development and testing purposes to enhance the technical engineering function.
• Participate in the evaluation of and impact analysis of major design options, new system and databases to enable sound, objective decisions by ensuring and validity and reliability of data to support data driven decision making,
• Engage with leads to receive feedback on work completed and communicate any concerns, issues, risks and progress regarding work output to enable a culture of continuous development and learning to create awareness of available solutions and contribute to the engineering objective of the bank.

Qualifications

• Degree: Information Studies / Information Technology

Additional Information

Experience Required: Software Engineering

• 5-7 years: Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Embracing Change

Technical Competencies:

• Agile Engineering
• API Engineering
• Automation
• Cloud Computing
• Continuous Delivery (CD)

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Learner Stipend: R15 000 per month plus Student Medical Aid

Job Description

• Standard Bank is the largest bank in Africa and our highly visible brand, award-winning service, and strong global presence helps us maintain our market-leading position. We place huge value on the talent of our people to drive our continued success, and to support our plans for growth.
• Standard Bank’s Learnership Programmes are designed to address youth unemployment in South Africa by providing young people with structured, practical work experience alongside formal training, while also building a strong and sustainable talent pipeline of future-ready employees aligned to the bank’s values and business needs.
• As part of this development pathway, the Occupational Certificate: Internal Auditor qualification serves as the foundational entry-level certification for aspiring internal auditors, combining focused training modules with structured workplace experience to equip candidates with the essential knowledge and practical skills needed to start or enhance their careers in internal auditing.

By the end of the programme, you will have gained exposure to and developed skills in:

• Planning under supervision, single audit steps to test aspects of the areas being audited
• Analysing and evaluating the operations in all departments according to the audit subject for conformance to good business practice
• Making recommendations where control deficiencies, system effectiveness, profit improvement or cost reduction opportunities are noted to improve any out of line situations found during audits and investigations
• Preparing and saving working papers and supporting documents to secure evidence supporting the findings reported
• Ensuring adherence to all group standards / policies.
• Prioritise and planning own workload and time management

Qualifications

An undergraduate qualification in one of the following (or a related discipline):

• Information Technology or Computer Science
• Business Management Sciences
• Auditing | Finance | Economics
• Engineering
• ESG and Environmental Studies
• Insurance and Risk Management
• Risk and Compliance Management

Additional Information

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Must be a South African citizen.
• Must be under 30 years of age.
• Must be able to speak, read and write English
• Not be registered on any other learnership or internship programme
• Not be studying at any other institution

KEY SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving ability
• Interest in technology, data and financial decision-making
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross functional teams
• Curiosity and willingness to learn new concepts and tools
• Good attention to detail and structured, logical thinking
• Resilience and adaptability in a fast-changing environment
• Professional confidence, accountability and a proactive mindset
• Foundational business and commercial awareness

Additional Notes

Start Date:1 October 2026
Duration:24 Months

Type of Employment: Contract

Qualification at end of programme: Occupational Certificate: Internal Auditor

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Learner Stipend: R15 000 per month plus Student Medical Aid

Job Description

• Standard Bank is the largest bank in Africa and our highly visible brand, award-winning service, and strong global presence helps us maintain our market-leading position. We place huge value on the talent of our people to drive our continued success, and to support our plans for growth.
• Standard Bank’s Learnership Programmes are designed to address youth unemployment in South Africa by providing young people with structured, practical work experience alongside formal training, while also building a strong and sustainable talent pipeline of future-ready employees aligned to the bank’s values and business needs.
• As part of this development pathway, the Occupational Certificate: Data Science Practitioner qualification serves as the foundational entry-level certification for aspiring internal auditors, combining focused training modules with structured workplace experience to equip candidates with the essential knowledge and practical skills needed to start or enhance their careers in internal auditing.

By the end of the programme, you will have gained exposure to and developed skills in:

• Supporting senior team members in defining small, well-scoped data analysis tasks aligned to audit objectives
• Executing predefined analytical procedures to test specific aspects of audit areas using data (e.g., identifying anomalies and validating controls through datasets)
• Identifying and highlighting key findings, including control gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for cost reduction or improved performance
• Developing and communicating simple, evidence-based recommendations grounded in data analysis
• Organising and maintaining datasets, code, and visual outputs in a structured and reproducible manner to support audit findings
• Ensuring adherence to all group standards, policies, and data governance requirements
• Effectively prioritising tasks and managing time to meet deliverables and deadlines

Qualifications

An undergraduate qualification in one of the following (or a related discipline):

• Information Technology or Computer Science
• Data Science
• Statistics or Mathematics
• Econometrics / Quantitative Analysis
• Engineering

Additional Information

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Must be a South African citizen.
• Must be under 30 years of age.
• Must be able to speak, read and write English
• Not be registered on any other learnership or internship programme
• Not be studying at any other institution

KEY SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving ability
• Interest in technology, data and financial decision-making
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross functional teams
• Curiosity and willingness to learn new concepts and tools
• Good attention to detail and structured, logical thinking
• Resilience and adaptability in a fast-changing environment
• Professional confidence, accountability and a proactive mindset
• Foundational business and commercial awareness

Additional Notes

Start Date:1 October 2026
Duration:24 Months

Type of Employment: Contract
Qualification at end of programme: Occupational Certificate: Data Science Practitioner

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Job Description

• Lead the development and execution of a compelling internal marketing and communications strategy for Personal and Private Banking South Africa, ensuring clear, consistent and impactful engagement across the organisation.
• The role partners closely with an allocated business portfolio to plan, scope and deliver high‑impact internal marketing and communications initiatives across multiple channels and geographies. The objective is to translate business strategy into meaningful narratives and campaigns that drive alignment, engagement and performance, while supporting the achievement of business priorities and outcomes.

Qualifications

Qualification: 

• Degree in Communication, Public Relations, Marketing, or a related discipline

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years’ proven experience in internal communications, brand and/or marketing roles within a complex organisational environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing and delivering internal communication strategies, translating business and change initiatives into clear, compelling employee narratives.
• Strong writing and editing capability, with the ability to tailor messaging for diverse audiences and channels.
• Extensive experience managing employee engagement platforms and communication channels, including digital, leadership communications and campaign‑based initiatives.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Developing Expertise
• Interacting with People
• Meeting Timescales
• Showing Composure
• Taking Action
• Team Working
• Thinking Positively

Technical Competencies:

• Agency Strategy & Content Management
• Analysing and Interpreting Information
• Brand and Product Activations
• Campaign Planning & Execution
• Conducting Research
• Creative Content Development
• Creativity
• Developing an Effective Media Mix
• Digital Media and Advertising
• Earned Media & PR
• Integrated Marketing
• Leveraging Sponsorships
• Managerial Budgeting
• Measuring Marketing and Communication
• Omnichannel Coordination
• Operational Planning
• Owned Media Management
• Paid Media Management
• Project Management (Project Mgmt)
• Resource and Creative Asset Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Target Audience Engagement
• Understanding of Financial Services

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Job Description

• This is a branch-based leadership role responsible for overseeing the effective functioning of a Point of Representation (POR) within Personal and Private Banking. The role focuses on driving sales and service performance, ensuring operational excellence, maintaining strong risk and compliance standards, and leading a high-performing frontline team to deliver a consistent and client-centric banking experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team to deliver sales, service and client experience objectives while building a high-performance culture
• Drive branch financial performance by identifying opportunities to grow revenue, deepen client relationships and increase product uptake
• Oversee daily branch operations, including cash handling, security, transactions and process adherence, to ensure efficiency and control
• Monitor, manage and mitigate risk by ensuring compliance with regulatory, audit and internal policy requirements
• Analyse branch performance data, identify gaps and implement improvements across people, processes and systems to meet customer demand

Qualifications

• Diploma or Advanced Certificate (NQF6 FAIS recognised qualification) in Banking, Finance, Business Management or a related field
• FAIS Representative status

Minimum Experience:

• 3 to 4 years’ experience in a frontline banking environment, with strong exposure to sales, service delivery and client engagement
• Proven experience leading or coordinating a frontline team to deliver on sales, service, operational and client experience objectives
• Experience managing team performance, coaching and development, while supporting people processes in partnership with Human Capital
• Strong working knowledge of branch operations, risk controls, compliance requirements, cash handling and banking processes

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches, Following Procedures and Producing Output
• Articulating Information, Convincing People and Understanding People
• Challenging Ideas, Exploring Possibilities and Generating Ideas
• Directing People and Making Decisions
• Providing Insights

Technical Competencies:

• Application and Submission Verification,
• Customer Acceptance and Review
• Banking Process and Procedures
• Customer Understanding
• Product Knowledge

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Job Description

• To apply quantitative expertise to support in the design, development, and maintenance of the integrated suite of TCM models.
• Responsible to provide support in the execution of model builds and data analytics, ensuring all deliverables meet the rigorous standards of the Group Model Risk Framework. This role focuses on the practical implementation of modelling solutions across Economic and Regulatory capital, liquidity, and interest rate risk to enable data-driven financial management.

Qualifications

Type of Qualification: First Degree
Field of Study: Finance and Accounting, Information Studies, Information Technology, Mathematical Sciences, Quantitative Studies

Experience Required
Treasury Capital Management
Finance & Value Management
3-4 years

• Experience in a financial services environment, specifically within a quantitative risk, treasury, or balance sheet management function to understand the practical application of financial metrics. Practical experience in statistical programming and data science using Python, R, or SQL to develop, test, and execute quantitative models.

3-4 years

• Exposure to Treasury-specific domains such as Economic Capital, Liquidity Risk (LCR/NSFR), Capital Management (ICAAP), or Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book (IRRBB) to ensure familiarity with regulatory modelling requirements. Experience in data engineering and ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, including the ability to handle and cleanse large, unstructured datasets to ensure data integrity for modelling.

Technical Competencies:

• Banking Process & Procedures
• Data Analytics
• Data Compliance
• Data Quality
• Financial Acumen
• Financial Analysis
• Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting
• Quantitative Analysis
• Statistical & Mathematical Analysis
• Understanding GAAP

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Examining Information
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks
• Meeting Timescales
• Producing Output
• Taking Action
• Team Working
• Upholding Standards

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Job Description

• We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Project Admin or Junior Project Manager to support the successful delivery of projects across the business. The successful candidate will assist with planning, coordination, reporting, stakeholder communication, and project administration to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget. This role is ideal for an individual looking to grow their project management career in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Matric, Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.

Experience Required

• 3-10  years Experience in end-to-end administrative duties across a programme or project environment., this includes documentation management, diary management and budget administration.
• Assist in planning, coordinating, and executing projects from initiation to completion.
• Support senior project managers in managing project schedules, budgets, and resources.
• Track project progress and ensure milestones and deadlines are met.
• Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, and document meeting minutes and action items.
• Communicate project updates to stakeholders, team members, and management.
• Monitor project risks and issues, escalating concerns when necessary.
• Maintain project documentation, reports, and records.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure project objectives are achieved.
• Assist with resource allocation and workload planning.
• Support change management processes and project governance requirements.
• Prepare status reports, presentations, and performance metrics.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and quality standards.
• Follow up on outstanding tasks and drive accountability across project teams.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and project management best practices.

Desired Skills & Qualifications

• 3-10 years of project coordination or project management experience.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• CAPM, PRINCE2 Foundation, or equivalent certification is advantageous.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Documenting Facts
• Embracing Change
• Following Procedures
• Inviting Feedback
• Managing Tasks
• Meeting Timescales
• Producing Output
• Team Working
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Business Administration Skills
• Diary Management
• Meeting Logistics
• Project Administration Skills
• Travel Arrangements
• Written Communication

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Job Description

• To lead and drive the Placement and Premises Functions for the Real Estate Services Function within South Africa to ensure alignment and realisation of the Client Segments and Solutions strategies, ensuring that the footprint across all provinces within SA provides the organisation with a competitive advantage against which the strategies can be executed.
• Provide expert advice and influence provinces on distribution decisions. Establish key relationships with Provincial stakeholders across SA.

Qualifications

• A Degree in Business Commerce or Civil Engineering or Construction and Physical Planning

Experience Required:

• 8-10 years experience is required with a specialist experience in placement and distribution within a Retail context.
• Experience in determining and implementing locations within retail. Experience in specific placement models.
• Experience in preparing business cases taking into account the organisation’s broader strategies and placement and distribution strategies and action plans. Experience in Retail and Business Banking, including the interfaces between Relationship and Non-Relationship banking.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Conveying Self-Confidence
• Convincing People
• Documenting Facts
• Establishing Rapport
• Examining Information
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Meeting Timescales
• Resolving Conflict
• Showing Composure
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Deal Negotiation
• Occupant Services
• Project Management (Project Mgmt)
• Real Estate Management
• Rental Calculations
• Risk Awareness

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Job Description

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

• Adhere to application lifecycle management accountabilities, architectural platforms and guardrails and ensure that all activity is digitally recorded and tracked to enable continuous delivery and development in the engineering environment, by effectively collaborating with stakeholders to deliver on required target to add value to the clients.
• Adopt and adhere to suitable and agreed development methodologies and principles through work outputs and behaviours that enables continuous delivery and development across the production environment as well as ensuring effective collaboration with all colleagues and stakeholders in order to meet required targets and therefore deliver value to the customer.
• Develop code, build, assemble, implement, test and perform data conversion for applications and ensure that processes are accurately documented. Perform system enhancements for the applications as required to ensure the delivery of the engineering function.
• Construct, interpret and execute moderate to complex end to end system and program tests to verify correct operation of completed systems, to ensure that technical requirements are adhered to and test execution activities to ensure seamlessly and effective implementation engineering systems.
• Contribute to programmes and platforms for the processing, analysis and visual display of data, integrating new and existing data sources and ensuring the validity and reliability of data to support data driven decision making as required. Ensuring continuous deployment and operation to deliver the engineering objectives

Qualifications

•  Degree: Information Technology (required)

Additional Information

Experience Required: Software Engineering

• 5-7 years: Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions.
• 8-10 years: Proven experience in modern engineering practices i.e. dev ops, agile etc., Proven experience across multiple, broad IT Engineering disciplines, with demonstrated specialisation in at least one. Experience within the required scope of expertise.

Murex Module: Workflow (Required)

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts

Technical Competencies:

• Agile Engineering
• API Engineering
• Automation
• Cloud Computing
• Continuous Delivery (CD)

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Job Description

• Drive and manage the Management Information (MI) and Business Intelligence (BI) across the business, taking the overall strategic objectives, high nett worth clients' perspectives, regulative requirements, global trends and data into account, analysing data, creating high validity databases and making formulated strategic insights, guiding and influencing executive and business decisions, thus influencing product development and the growth of the business.

Qualifications

Type of Qualification: First Degree
Field of Study: Business Commerce, Finance and Accounting, Analytics

Experience Required
Asset & Portfolio Management
Investment & Asset Management
8-10 years

• Strong Asset, Wealth Management Industry On and Off-shore experience, related to product development, data analysis, business analysis, system Implementation regarding diverse business requirements specification with in a financial and investment management environment, on a strategic contributive level, influencing business decisions and direction on a global and national level, with Data Management and Project management experience a plus.

Behavioral Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Checking Things
• Convincing People
• Developing Expertise
• Developing Strategies
• Embracing Change
• Empowering Individuals
• Establishing Rapport
• Exploring Possibilities
• Generating Ideas
• Interpreting Data

Technical Competencies:

• Analysing Insurable Risk
• Business Development
• Business Intelligence
• Client Relationship Management
• Collaboration
• Compliance
• Continuous Improvement
• Creative Problem Solving
• Data Analytics & Visualization
• Data Compliance
• Data Measurement
• Data Quality

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Job Description

• To design, code, test, debug, and maintain programs in development environments. Apply agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineers result. Work within a strict framework of programming standards under supervision of senior technical resources.
• Murex is a global fintech leader in trading, risk management and processing solutions for Capital Markets. Standard Bank has partnered with Murex in delivering this solution across its Capital Markets franchise to make it our strategic Markets Platform application of choice.

The purpose of the job is to perform the role of a Risk Business Support and Development Engineer for the Murex Risk BSD team, servicing the Market Risk and Collateral businesses’ regulatory & risk management requirements.

• Provide technical delivery, support, and advisory aligned to business stakeholder demand and Murex programme initiatives
• Apply expertise across asset classes and the full end-to-end solution lifecycle (scope, analyse, plan, design, develop, test, operate)
• Own hands-on delivery while developing standards and best practices for the Murex Risk platform
• Ensure optimal technical performance and platform stability
• Upskill and coach team members to strengthen overall Murex expertise
• Operate as a generalist within the Murex Centre of Excellence, supporting a broad range of initiatives
• Build, demonstrate, and apply strong service assurance management practices (business, audit, delivery, etc.) over time

The opportunity allows you the chance to work on solutions that impact our clients directly, shape the industry, allows you to thrive in a people-centric environment and most importantly contribute towards driving growth in Africa.

Qualifications

• Degree: Information Technology (required)

Additional Information

Experience Required: Software Engineering

• 5-7 years: Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions.
• 8-10 years: Proven experience in modern engineering practices i.e. dev ops, agile etc., Proven experience across multiple, broad IT Engineering disciplines, with demonstrated specialisation in at least one. Experience within the required scope of expertise.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Developing Expertise
• Interpreting Data
• Producing Output

Technical Competencies:

• Agile Engineering
• API Engineering
• Automation
• Cloud Computing
• Continuous Delivery (CD)