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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

• Absa Home loans is dedicated towards offering a learnership opportunity to young individuals that are talented, enthusiastic, and have a deep passion for utilizing technology to empower customers. This one-year Absa Home Loans Learnership program incorporates classroom training and on the job exposure in all aspects of contact with the Bank’s customers.  As a Milpark learner, you will be required to demonstrate:
• Strong customer service skills and excellent problem-solving ability
• Organization skills; pay attention to detail and place emphasis on follow-up.
• Furthermore, must be able to demonstrate ability to work well in a team and both listen and communicate effectively.
• Show a high level of professionalism and courteousness. These individuals should work well under pressure
• A Self-starter with hands-on mentality

Education

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

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

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

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Job Summary

• Responsible for overseeing the delivery of data analytics, insights and business intelligence to our transactional banking business counterparts – product, sales and service. This requires a broad understanding of all data disciplines such as data infrastructure, data sourcing and data science, but a more in-depth understanding of disciplines pertaining to Analytics Delivery and Solutioning.
• A basic understanding of Data Governance principles is required and strong relationship skills will assist in forging quality engagements with role-players such as Sales, Product, Service, Information Technology, Digital and Data, to name a few. Another prime focus for this role is the development and delivery of sustainable data analytics solutions to provide insights to assist in the improvement of Client Engagement and Experience, Sales leads, Risk Management, Product insights and Customer Retention. This role has to complement the Bank’s existing data and analytics functions while striving to generate value from data analytics and insights.

Job Description

In this role you will be accountable for:

• Assess and formulate the most appropriate operating model and data monetization approach for the business
• Define and drive the business-wide analytics vision across business colleagues, digital and technology
• Be heavily involved in the business transformation, change and education needed to embed analytics into the culture to become insight-driven
• Play a strategic role in providing direction to generating business value from advanced analytics.
• Working with the digital and IT team to define the strategy for evolving the Big Data capability to serve the analytics use cases for the business unit.
• Identify key business priorities and agree priority areas with all relevant stakeholders.
• Manage the delivery of analytics initiatives against the strategy, ensuring the publishing of the project pipeline and dynamic alignment with business leads.
• Leverage fit for purpose statistical and analytical tools and techniques in deriving relevant insights
• Work in collaboration with the business to test the insights and engage in continuous improvement of insights
• Set a vision and strategy that is focused on customer value, owning the overall analytics outputs  to business areas, leveraging the digital and data science teams.
• Act as part research leader and part analytics leader to drive execution and generate value
• Integrate deeply with business leadership as a trusted and influential contributor to data- driven decision making, ensuring maximum impact of Data Science outputs
• Ensure highest level of professionalism in data risk management
• Design and implement relevant guidelines for teams working with sensitive client data
• Adhere to the data risk management framework to manage key risks and issues relating to the entire data life cycle, when required in terms of data quality, data standards, data analytics, data security, data privacy and data recovery measures.
• Deliver in-depth insights into the end-to–end journeys of customers, sales leads generation, fraud risk management, product measurement metrics and service process enhancements.
• Have a strong understanding of how to navigate traditional processes and systems to cater for usage of  non-traditional data and new applications
• Send in your application if you have a Post Graduate degree and over 5 years experience in  demonstrating clear understanding of statistical methodology in data science

Education

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

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

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

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Job Summary

• Apply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.

Job Description

• The Treasury team within CTO RTF (Risk, Treasury & Finance) is looking for Specialist C# Developers. RTF provides IT expertise to our customers. We enhance and support the Group’s Regulatory Reporting framework providing tool sets for data, reporting and front-end portal capabilities to enhance Business Intelligence across the RTF businesses.  We provision unique solutions to meet business & regulatory challenges.
• We are the technology partner supporting Credit Risk, Treasury, Finance, Regulatory Reporting, Data and Business Intelligence.
• We handle the consumption of the Bank’s data for the calculation of risk metrics and making the outputs available to business and regulators.
• Our task is the successful delivery of innovative solutions that enable business efficiency.

Key critical requirements:

• Min 5 years' C# experience
• Ability to transition into Cloud and Devops
• C# Integration is critical (using API wrappers etc) key focus on integration, automation and optimization within Treasury

Advantageous:

• Cloud experience – AWS or Azure (Cloud Principals)
• Python , Hadoop , CI/CD pipelines experience
• Treasury domain knowledge

Accountability: 

DevOps

• Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve technical problems (Front End, Back End OR Middleware) with high quality solutions 
• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle including 
• Evaluate analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development & provide recommendations to enable the operational feasibility of solutions
• 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
• Support the development of CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins / similar tools and deploying to multi-site Kubernetes environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production)
• Use & configure modern observability techniques leveraging e.g. aggregated logging via ELK stack, metrics via Prometheus / Grafana / NewRElic and tracing using Zipkin/Jaeger
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes
• Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
• Work with integrated teams and other developers to improve and evolve technical products and services 
• Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture & Infrastructure guidelines
• Provide input into 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 and continuously evolve existing knowledge & skill in preparation for cross domain and other experiences e.g. Secure Side, Testing, Infrastructure solutions etc. 

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

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

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

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Job Summary

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

Job Description

• The main purpose of the role is to conduct an in-depth, specialised and quality credit assessment and risk analysis on potential and existing Growth portfolio, to enhance the decision making process involved in determining the Bank's appetite to extend credit to these clients. Financial analysis, interpretation and capturing of client information (company financial statements) and qualitative data.

Key Accountabilities:

Risk Management

• Monitor client’s performance on a continuous basis for risk indicators and perform formal reviews at specified time intervals to identify any changes in the client's business or operating environment.
• Monitor adherence of covenants and conditions on a continuous basis and discuss any deviations and possible concerns with Sales team and escalate to Line Management and Credit if necessary.
• Create and maintain a detailed due diligence record of the client portfolio's, detailing what facilities they have, so that information is readily available for reporting purposes.
• Adhere to ARMS credit requirements as stipulated in the Absa credit policy
• Monitor and report boundary events in terms of the Operational Risk Boundary.
• Obtain input from Product Industry Specialist, where appropriate to assist in client solutioning and credit application process.
• Identify the need for a meeting between high risk clients, Credit and Business Support.
• Request updated valuations on properties which serve as security for facilities in line with Absa Credit policies.
• Manage and communicate the risks associated with outstanding securities.
• Pro-actively identify problematic /high risk clients and advise Credit accordingly, manage them with a view to provide special input and implement loss preventative measures i.e. EWL Reports and DI500.
• Request and manage outstanding Financial Statements as stipulated in the Absa Credit policy.
• Action and manage daily Odex, Referrals, REPL and REPC. Contact clients that are on the referral listing for rectification.

Credit Management

• Explore new, improved and alternative ways of solutioning client credit requirements.
• Adhere to Bank’s credit policies and procedures and ensure that they are fully complied with and that any policy breaches have been suitably addressed and mitigated.
• Adhere to Absa Credit Policy when clearing cheques on client's accounts as requested.
• Provide bank codes and reports on clients, to other financial institutions.
• Pro-actively manage credit risks associated with the portfolio of clients and their related products.
• Manage and drive the deal forum process to ensure quality applications are submitted to the sanctioners with sustainable credit solutions.
• Portfolio Financial and Operational Management
• In the event of a client visitation prepare a focused call report
• Compile reviews, amendments and new applications to the appropriate lending authorities.
• Issue facility letters to clients after reviews have been compiled and new facilities granted.
• Draft and issue letters of reminder when facilities expire according to policy requirements, for example 30, 60 and 90 day letters.
• Maintain thorough, accurate and up to date credit files, which include a set of financials, valuations, credit decisions and all client related communication.
• Contribute to the Non-Interest Income by ensuring recovery of manual fees (e.g. Reviews, Excesses, late submissions of debtors, valuations) to avoid revenue leakages.
• Spread client's financials on the various Credit Risk Grading models i.e. Agri Model, Public Sector Model, Risk Calc Model and Triad.
• Provide the Default Grading (DG) output from the Credit Risk models within 24 hours of receiving the request.
• Capture all information on the various risk grading models 100% accurately by checking that all the models balance.
• Respond to queries relating to the DG output by explaining the process followed and the model used to generate the DG output. Escalate all technical queries relating to the various risk grading models to the relevant system owners.
• Communicate incorrect and insufficient financial information received to relevant parties to ensure that the spreading is expedited within time frames.
• Ascertain that all models balance and all unexplained adjustments are escalated to management for checking.

Client Solutioning and Customer Service

• Identify cross sell opportunities from analysis of Client's financials, account conduct and industry change and pass on to Transactional Banker as a lead.
• Act as a contact for the credit related queries and resolve them timeously to ensure exceptional customer service.
• Be part of the solution by attending sales best practice sessions with relevant stakeholders, give credit input to mitigate risk on the identified product offering or new acquisition, and monitor progress on the sales funnel, until the lead is converted into a deal.
• Conduct research on the industry in which the portfolio clients operate, to understand the industries overall profitability, industry trends and clients market standing relative to their competitors.

Team Work and Self Development

• Attend team meetings and contribute fully, including suggestions for ways of improving customer service and meeting targets.
• Develop supportive relationships with colleagues and create a sense of team spirit.
• Communicate concerns or challenges that derive from team interactions in a constructive and positive manner.
• Develop and maintain contacts with Specialists in other areas of RB and the Group.
• Keep abreast of regulatory changes through regular training.
• Monitor available L&D courses to develop your own training whilst helping others in the team to develop theirs.
• Demonstrate the willingness and ability to perform to the very best levels to ensure personal alignment to ABSA's values and vision.

Competencies:

• Values Driven
• Digitally Empowered
• Customer Obsessed
• Exceptional Team Player
• Creative Problem Solving
• Drives Results
• Pan African Citizen

Minimum requirements:

• B Degree in Commerce/Finance or an NQF Level 7 Equivalent
• Minimum of 2-5 years within a credit environment
• At least two (2) years’ experience in reading and interpreting company financials and other industry trends.
• Understanding of credit solutioning – internal networking/credibility
• At least two (2) years’ experience structuring credit solutions and guide the credit process with the relevant parties.
• Preference will be given to South African Citizens and Permanent residents of South Africa in possession of proof of permanent resident status

General

• The appointment will be made in line with the Divisional Employment Equity strategy
• There will be no referral payment plan with this requisition

Education

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

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

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

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Job Summary

• The CIB Corporate Tech team based in Cape Town is looking for a Lead .Net Engineer to 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

Key critical requirements:

• 8+ years development experience
• Tertiary education in Computer Science or related field
• Cross domain knowledge
• Must have worked on the MS stack in the last 2 years
• .Net Core experience (Linux)
• Beneficial technical skills - .Net core, Rancher, Kubernetes, Docker
• Ways of Working - experience with actively working in an agile manner i.e. Kanban, Scrum etc
• Good understanding of scrum and agile practices
• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail
• Flexible about working with new methodologies and technologies
• A solid understanding of OOP principles
• SOLID design principles
• Design patterns experience
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools
• Good understanding of C# technology
• Experience using ORM’s such as Entity Framework or NHibernate
• Experience of WCF technology (advantageous)
• Domain Driven Design (DDD) and Test Driven Development (TDD) (advantageous)

Outputs – What are the key performance areas and daily responsibilities?

• Build reusable software components and libraries for future use across multiple projects
• Design, code, test, debug and document software according to the functional requirements
• Analyse, diagnose and resolve errors related to their applications
• Keep abreast of technical and industry developments
• Work closely with developers and a variety of end users to ensure technical compatibility and user satisfaction

Key accountabilities: 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
• We deliver a wide range of Digital products (which includes mobile-, web applications and APIs) This opportunity will span across Corporate, Investment, Client and Colleague based projects with the ultimate deliverable being to implement new solutions

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

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

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

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Job Summary

• To prepare financial information for all stakeholders of the business for informed decision making and to support the business.

Job Description

• 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 .
• You will be required to be part of the institutional client operations team responsible for providing institutional clients with exceptional service and accurate and efficient administration.
• You will be required to work collaboratively within your team and across other teams in the business to deliver exceptional administrative support.
• You will be required to manage various back and middle office support functions and interact with the 3rd party administrators.
• You will be required to provide cash management and operational support to the Investment team in a leading Investment Management Business. Your role covers areas such as fund/client take on, supporting the front office team, utilising the portfolio management system, creating assets on this system, managing cashflows related to day-to-day asset management activities, liaising with external administrators as well as clients and all other support functions relating to the Investment Manager’s traditional and non-traditional asset management activities. This is a critical role supporting the front office team.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Financial Sciences (Required)

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

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