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Job Summary

• This position will support operations across Finance Management by monitoring and analysing master data, key data, and relationship data within the function and facilitate alignment across the wider organisation. Review and ensure master data integrity in key systems and managing processes to support data linage and quality. Manage and implement methods to improve data reliability and quality to create consistent and machine-readable formats. Develop and test architectures that enable data extraction and transformation for predictive or prescriptive modelling.

Job Description

Job Duties:

• Lead the Design the construction of Finance Master Data Management Strategy in support of the Data Analytics initiative:
•  Provide expertise on its current data usage to drive harmonisation.
•  Coordinate design with the enterprise process owners, Group Technology, Finance Management and use case leads.
•  Validate vs Industry best practices, including ERP and add-on solutions ideal design.
•  Work with Finance Data Council members to identify any segment specific data requirements and ensure proper enablement.
• Coordinate the design of the finance elements across internal and external data domains:
•  Collaborate with Product, Supply and Vendor Data Councils to design the ideal construction of their finance related master data attributes

Lead Design Change:

•  Design the required change from As-Is to the To-Be construction. This change will include changes to ERP Master data structure, processes, systems utilisation and interaction with platforms and analytical tools across the bank.

Lead Change Management & Deployment:

•  Support design and go-live processes of initiatives in Finance Management
•  Lead and oversee design of the Finance Management Master Data
•  Communications planning and impact analysis for the rollout of updated master data elements, processes and data sets
•  Support deployment of new Finance Master Data workflows, elements and processes
•  Manage and oversee 3rd parties particularly around managing any one-time data clean-up / mapping / new data set onboarding & creation

Lead Documentation and Guidelines:

•  Support the creation and updates of any material documenting requirements for master data. Manage any segment specific materials or guidelines.

Coordinate Updates and Testing:

•  Work with Group Technology to create any necessary updates to technology solutions and lead business testing for the segment
•  Develop, test and maintain architectures

Coordinate Segment Specific Needs:

•  Work with the other data councils to identify any segment specific data requirements and ensure proper enablement.
•  Align architecture with business requirements

Ensure all Business units are prepared and are properly resourced to deploy data changes for Finance Management:

•  Support the countries in their preparation and adoption of group processes and solutions through organising meetings / workshops /training session /post go live support.
•  Coordinate and monitor gaps and issues between countries (from a global Digital Foundations perspective) and manage issue resolution and escalation
•  Identify ways to improve data reliability, efficiency and quality
•  Use large data sets to address business issues
•  Use data to discover tasks that can be automated

Key Skills:

• Strong communication skills: Work across multiple regions, segments and with various levels of the organisation.
• Agile Learner: Impossible to know everything that is needed and must be able to take on new information and knowledge quickly
• Self-Starter: Able to operate on their own without day-to-day oversight

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree - Focus in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance or other analytical area is preferred.

• Finance Accounting and Operational Data Knowledge: Understanding the use of key applications and processes specific to Finance Management Master data principles and the integration and use thereof across different business processes.
• Global or Regional Experience - Experienced in the global environment with the organisational agility to work with multiple function and stakeholders Project Experience: Experienced in working in a fluid project environment, working with 3rd party resources and deployment of new solutions/processes. Proffered Qualifications: Analytics and Reporting: Background in designing and utilising business reporting and analytics Database-centric: Experience in working with data warehouses across multiple databases and developing table schemas. ERP/MDM/MDG/ Master Data Technical Knowledge

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Computer and Information Science, Bachelor's Degree: Financial Sciences

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 platform engineering expertise, critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to produce well-organised, optimised and documented source code that successfully delivers platform features & components of the service & solves complex technical problems with high quality solutions.

Job Description

Platform Engineering, Deployment & Optimisation

•  Leverage platform engineering expertise & a working knowledge of specific platforms and their constituent parts to positively contribute to platform feature and service designs
•  Take accountability for deeply understanding & building expertise on the platform, the platform contribution to the broader platform strategy & business and customer requirements & all available technologies
•  Develop business & customer aligned, lasting & innovative platform feature sets
•  Positively contribute to, define & implement the development/engineering lifecycle (end to end) and lead lifecycle improvements over successive releases.
•  Produce simple, extensible, and maintainable features with very few defects. Continually works to find and fix defects.
•  Leverage platform (service design & code) & engineering technical expertise to proactively identify risks and prevent defects
•  Identify patterns that reveal errors and unanticipated problems, and influence telemetry analytics design decisions
•  Identify & Apply metrics to drive the quality and stability of code
•  Ensure consistent, usable, forward-looking, maintainable test infrastructure
•  Apply object orientated design in development & draw from a large base of design patterns
•  Uphold our technical principles of: self-service, scalability, re-usability, resilience & stability in all development practices and deliver feature sets that sustainably deliver on these principles
•  Apply knowledge and expertise in User / Customer experience to deliver a stable user experience in all design & development that is simple, elegant, and useful.
•  Proactively identify development practices that work well & leverage & improve these for future solution design and deployment
•  Document feature set and constituent design information to produce solution design blueprints and validation collateral
•  Based on engineering & platform expertise and a sound knowledge of the business & customer requirements
• consistently provide key ideas for the enhancement & optimization of the platform
•  Develop & document complete designs and implement testing processes that identify and eradicate platform or service-wide problems / improve on platform performance
•  Demonstrate a strong commitment to the quality & ongoing quality assurance of the product/service’s in use, and take appropriate action to resolve issues throughout the lifecycle of the product or service
•  Ensure alignment to platform and service release plans for effective deployment of solution designs
•  Drive & implement design review processes & practices with the team & participate & positively contribute to design reviews for the feature area led by others
•  Apply expertise in engineering & available technologies to enable effective review processes
•  Cascade review lessons learnt for the benefit of the broader team
•  Enable problem resolution across technical teams, apply and or facilitate root cause analysis, deeply understand the root causes of issues and find ways to resolve them (sustainably)
•  Continuously review & find ways to optimize team processes & improve engineering quality, productivity, and team responsiveness to feedback and changing priorities
•  Optimize, refactors and reuse components to improve performance and maintainability – ensuring maximum efficiency, effectiveness, and return on investment
•  Take accountability for maintaining platform standards and best practices, and drive adoption across multiple service teams
•  Demonstrate knowledge of, identify & find required data for the ongoing monitoring & improvement of the platform feature area
•  Proactively monitor the performance of the platform features & solutions
•  Translate monitoring data into clearly articulated descriptions of opportunities & defects, their impact to the customer scenario and to the product or service as a whole, and the relevance to product and service targets (within scope of the job).
•  Cascade and communicate these insights across the team to influence platform decision making
•  Leverage production performance monitoring and customer data to make feature area technical design and implementation decisions.
•  Synthesize data from multiple sources and present & define concise, impactful conclusions that influence feature teams to solve defects and meet quality targets

Accountability: Financial & Cost Optimization, Risk & Governance

•  Understand the platform cost model & the optimal cost : serve of the platform, use this understanding to drive the platform efficiency & effectiveness objectives
•  Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents
•  Apply Group risk (e.g. Architecture, development, change & release etc.), governance, compliance & regulatory standards and frameworks
•  Proactively identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post release)
•  Update / Design all feature documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks

Accountability: People

•  Proactively & effectively (time & quality) collaborate & drive collaboration on features across feature team (e.g. managing dependencies & interdependencies, conflict resolution, information & best practice sharing, problem resolution outside of own area etc.)
•  Apply collaboration skills in development practices & issue resolution regardless of team boundaries & lead communication with relevant stakeholders through to conclusion
•  Contribute to a high performance team environment & culture as a high performing member of a self-directed team aligned to agile working
•  Leverage coaching techniques in all team related activity to drive a higher quality service, design and deployment of technical solutions.
•  Proactively seek & provide feedback across a range of stakeholders for the benefit of the team & leverage feedback to consistently improve platform solution delivery
•  Coach & mentor other engineers & support engineering teams on technical solutions and problem resolution & proactively seek coaching & mentoring from others
•  Participate in peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
•  Cascade platform performance feedback and ensure capability development across teams to enable efficient & effective platform service delivery
•  Drive the design of content, tools & materials for strategy alignment, education & adoption processes to be applied across stakeholder groups

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

• 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

• CTO Risk, Treasury & Finance (RTF) 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 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.
   

The Credit Risk IT team is looking for Specialist UI Developers

Key critical requirements:

• Min 5 years development experience
• A Bachelor’s of Information & Computer Science
• A strong background in Java and related technologies, REST services, J2EE, XML, JSON.
• Angular 6+ experience with strong TypeScript skills
• Good knowledge of SQL skills
• Unix scripting knowledge preferable
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• Working knowledge of Git, Confluence
• Team player with ability to work independently if required
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Excellent communication, analytical skills and decision making ability in collaborative environments

Advantageous:

• Oracle and PostGresSQL DB experience
• Understanding of Credit Business and familiarity with financial products
• AWS experience

Key accountabilities:

• 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
• 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 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

• An exciting opportunity exists within the CIB Data Analytics Team for a Data Scientist. In this role, you will be required to analyse large amounts of raw information to find patterns that solve complex business problems. We will rely on you to build data assets to extract valuable business insights for CIB Pan-Africa. You should be highly analytical with an expert level of analysis, mathematics and statistics. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are essential for interpreting data. We also want to see a passion for machine learning and research and sharing insights with broader CIB Data & Analytics team as well as business stakeholders. The role also entails:

Job Description

•  Data extraction, manipulation and analysis for insights and forecasting
•  Support the operational teams through transforming data into insights
•  Development of predictive models to enhance customer, product and colleague insights
•  Use data-oriented approach to work with others in solving complex business problems around profitability, marketing, risk, and operational analysis
•  A passion to solve complex problems through an approach that delivers business value through an iterative process

Education / Experience

•  Preferred: Masters in Computer Science, Econometrics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Actuarial Science or Business Science
•  Related Data Science Certifications
•  3 - 5 years in data science or data analytics experience, ideally in a banking environment
•  Knowledge of PowerBI, R, SQL, Python and Hadoop is essential; familiarity with Scala and Java is an asset
•  Related Data Science Certifications

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

• Work embedded as a member of squad OR; across multiple squads to produce, test, document and review algorithms & data specific source code that supports the deployment & optimisation of data retrieval, processing, storage and distribution for a business area.

Job Description

Data Architecture & Data Engineering

•  Understand the technical landscape and bank wide architecture that is connected to or dependent on the business area supported in order to effectively design & deliver data solutions (architecture, pipeline etc.)
•  Translate / interpret the data architecture direction and associated business requirements & leverage expertise in analytical & creative problem solving to synthesise data solution designs (build a solution from its components) beyond the analysis of the problem
•  Participate in design thinking processes to successfully deliver data solution blueprints
•  Leverage state of the art relational and No-SQL databases as well integration and streaming platforms do deliver sustainable business specific data solutions.
•  Design data retrieval, storage & distribution solutions (and OR components thereof) including contributing to all phases of the development lifecycle e.g. design process
•  Develop high quality data processing, retrieval, storage & distribution design in a test driven & domain driven / cross domain environment
•  Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline by quickly producing well-organised, optimized, and documented source code & algorithms to deliver technical data solutions
•  Create & Maintain Sophisticated CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins or similar tools and deploy to multi-site environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production)
•  Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting technologies e.g. Teraform.
•  Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
•  Assemble large, complex data sets that meet business requirements & manage the data pipeline
•  Build infrastructure to automate extremely high volumes of data delivery
•  Create data tools for analytics and data science teams that assist them in building and optimizing data sets for the benefit of the business
•  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
•  Inform & support the infrastructure build required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources
•  Support the continuous optimisation, improvement & automation of data processing, retrieval, storage & distribution processes
•  Ensure the quality assurance and testing of all data solutions aligned to the QA Engineering & broader architectural guidelines and standards of the organisation
•  Implement & align to the Group Security standards and practices to ensure the undisputable separation, security & quality of the organisation’s data
•  Meaningfully contribute to & ensure solutions align to the design & direction of the Group Architecture & in particular data standards, principles, preferences & practices. Short term deployment must align to strategic long term delivery.
•  Meaningfully contribute to & ensure solutions align to the design and direction of the Group Infrastructure standards and practices e.g. OLA’s, IAAS, PAAS, SAAS, Containerisation etc.
•  Monitor the performance of data solutions designs & ensure ongoing optimization of data solutions
•  Stay ahead of the curve on data processing, retrieval, storage & distribution technologies & processes (global best practices & trends) to ensure best practice

People

•  Coach & mentor other engineers
•  Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
•  Build data science team capability in the use of data solutions

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)

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

• Provide Agri specialist advice and support to a portfolio of Agri clients within the Commercial Growth segment. Responsible for the implementation and development of a strategic action plan to achieve sales targets and associated service delivery processes.

Job Description

The main purpose of the role is to optimise the profit and economic value of a portfolio of clients with high growth potential and commercial banking requirements by focusing:

a) Origination efforts to acquire new clients plus up-selling to existing client base; and

b) Coverage efforts to solution a designated number of clients

Key Accountabilities:

Drive Financial Targets

• Maintain primary ownership of a portfolio of client accounts, differentiated by the level of complexity of the client base.
• Ensure the long-term sustainability of the portfolio by establishing relationships with new clients and solution-based up selling to existing clients.
• Make effective use of the client planning and solutioning tools (Sales tools) to ensure in-depth understanding of client needs, in order to provide clients with the best possible solutions.
• Achieve new business and up-selling sales targets by pro-actively driving cross functional teams (including but not limited to Sector and Product specialists) to find client-centric solutions which must be formalised in strategic proposals and presented to clients in accordance to the distinct Client Value Proposition (CVP)  for Accounts.
• Track and monitor the financial performance of the portfolio by utilising the Sales Funnel and VAPM tools.
• Apply risk-based pricing for all new sales and pricing reviews in line with the RB pricing policy.
• Operate and position RBB in a dynamic and highly competitive market place by interacting with all relevant stakeholders driving key initiatives to secure client retention and growth.
• Achieve sales targets relevant to the strategic initiatives and drivers of the Accounts portfolio.

Relationship and Service Management 

• Actively develop strong advisory client relationships with key decision makers, utilising the networking skills of senior RBB Executive where the opportunity arises.
• Conduct regular client visits in accordance with the Account Value Proposition and initiate changes to RBB Product by providing input into product development to better service our clients.
• Prepare holistic, comprehensive, high quality call reports for distribution to all relevant stakeholders and Credit Analyst to shorten the lead-time of credit applications.
• Make use of middle- and back-office support networks to ensure effective on-boarding and complete end-to-end service delivery.
• Take ownership of client complaints that originate from the RE's area of responsibility and accountability and log on to the Client Compliment and Complaints system as per the prescribed policy and procedure guidelines. This will allow business to track actions to improve on service levels.
• Take overall accountability for service delivery by setting the rules of engagement for the cross functional team, which includes Transactional Banker, Credit Analyst, Segment Support Client Control Team, Client Service Consultant & Product & Sector teams. Stay abreast of new industry developments and clients' market position.
• Take actions to build and maintain sustainable client relationships that continuously create sustainable value for RBB.

Manage Risk Assessment 

• Adhere to the bank's policies and procedures and ensure compliance.
• Take ultimate ownership of the portfolio's risk management by ensuring a good understanding of both the Bank's and the clients regulatory and compliance environments.
• Responsible for the obtaining and scanning of all KAMLS and other on-boarding documentation relevant to the deals that the RE has on boarded.
• Ensure that all outstanding collateral conditions are met.
• Manage high credit risk clients in conjunction with the credit team by conducting regular client reviews.
• Apply appropriate solutions according to the risk profile and credit appetite within the industry.

Drive Team Work

• Co-operate and work well with others in the pursuit of organisational objectives and team goals. Attend team meetings and contribute fully, including suggestions for ways of improving customer service and meeting targets.
• Communicate concerns or challenges that derive from team interactions in a constructive and positive manner.
• Share information and make others aware of information that may be useful to them.
• Develop supportive relationships with colleagues and create a sense of team spirit.
• Develop and maintain contacts with Specialists in other areas of RBB and the Group.

Self-Development 

• Attend relevant economic environmental business forums to be able to raise client conversations to a strategic level.
• Subscribe to relevant segment specific initiatives and apply this knowledge to act on opportunities to maximise revenue and profitability.
• Take responsibility for personal learning to help develop pro-active career and life attitudes.
• 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/marketing/ finance (NQF 7)
• 5-8 years of sales and financial experience in a commercial banking environment.
• At least five (5) years experience and knowledge in the dynamics of the market place and industries (global, regional and local)
• At least five (5) years experience in driving business and solution across divisional silos (e.g. segment, credit, product) and product silos’ and access wide set of products (e.g. FX, Trade Finance)
• At least five (5) years experience in evaluating and understanding complex company financials and other economic trends.
• In-depth understanding of credit solutions - Internal networking / credibility
• At least five (5) years experience in structuring a good complex credit solution and guiding the credit process with the required 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 is no referral payment option with this requisition.

Education

• Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: 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

• Work in high complexity environments, fully embedded in a DevOps team, leveraging specialist analysis tools, frameworks, techniques and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements, across multiple stakeholder groups. Translate & document these business requirements into user stories  & specifications (Full Stack, Cross System) detailing integration points, business & associated risk / opportunities to be realised. And following this analysis, work collaboratively within squads to ensure the business requirements are met through DevOps design & delivery activity & lead the application of testing processes & frameworks ensuring all products & services are effectively tested.  Business complexity is determined by:  1. Customer Impact 2. Number of integration points:  Data  Teams to talk to   Systems  Enabling function  3rd party vs. internal  3. Complexity of business rules & Processes 4. Level of operational readiness  5. Introduction of new or changing old Tech (e.g. redo platforms)

Job Description

Analysis (including Business Case)

•  Lead the analysis process for complex business areas
•  Proactively build relationships, apply analytical techniques to elicit and validate business (product & service) needs ahead of demand
•  Implement routines to get to know / become an expert in various business processes (e.g. spend time in business & with users)
•  Translate elicited needs and knowledge acquired into user story format that is immediately usable for DevOps teams (right languaging, format for building & testing)
•  Prepare and prioritise the backlog of requirements for the user stories linked to the proposed solutions
•  Proactively scan the internal & external environment to predict change requirements & opportunities for improvement ahead of demand (e.g. market, risk, regulatory, customer, organizational change etc.)
•  Work collaboratively with Tribe Leads (Technical Product / Service Owners) to build a roadmap & vision for the products and services (including detailed analysis requirements & solution scope)
•  Define measures of success & key outcomes for various solutions / changes including detailed acceptance criteria for all features
•  Define testing requirements (pass or fail test cases)
•  Support the development of detailed business cases (including defining solution characteristics, effort estimations etc.)

Solution Design (within DevOps Context)

•  Translate business requirements into an integrated system vision & detailed systems requirements. Detailed system requirements must include all capabilities, interfaces and functionalities within and across technologies.
•  Build detailed user stories to be leveraged for system requirements design (modular)
•  Leverage business analysis & modeling tools and apply notation standards such as UML/BPMN to diagrammatically/visually document: business requirements, business processes, system processes & integration .
•  Facilitate processes to ensure integrated requirements are socialized, understood & approved across the broad range of stakeholders to be impacted (this includes various processes e.g. risk / governance forums, change council, scrum meetings / DevOps team capability building, solution design sessions etc.)
•  Understand & leverage knowledge on the organisations technical landscape, environment and broader architecture to define integration points across tech stacks for various requirements
•  Work collaboratively with project / program teams, squads, scrum masters and engineers to define backlog, release & DevOps / project planning implications of the requirements development & roadmap (what should happen when)
•  Work as part of the embedded DevOps team to continuously improve system requirements mapping (e.g. leverage input from questions asked etc. to consistently improve the quality of the requirements analysis for easier interpretation by the development teams)
•  Work as part of the embedded DevOps team throughout the design process to review solution design (features and functionality)
•  Facilitate resolution & decision making during development & testing phases for any change requirements

Solution Delivery & Testing (manual)

•  Define the manual testing strategy & test cases for various solutions (where it makes sense to do so)
•  Define & validate quality & testing parameters (+/-) & plans for the solution (socialize & translate these to automation testing teams)
•  Develop manual testing frameworks and patterns for the solution
•  Lead the manual testing process for various solutions (e.g. execute test cases, analyse results)
•  Provide real time feedback to the DevOps teams on change requirements identified throughout the testing process
•  Review & monitor system stability, resilience etc. throughout the testing process (e.g. integration) & in production
•  Define & monitor overall backlog planning for effective solution delivery
•  Provide Developer & User support during user acceptance testing

Process Design & Modelling

•  Provide input & or lead the development / improvement of organization wide process design approaches, templates & modeling tools

People

•  Provide coaching & mentoring across the DevOps team as well as to developing analysts across the estate
•  Build strong analysis capability across the analysis team
•  Conduct peer reviews & problem solving within and across the broader team
•  Provide technical subject matter expertise and support in the attraction and recruitment of Analysts for the organization
•  Participate as a subject matter expert in the development & development planning of the broader analyst team
•  Support the people change teams in the design of adoption processes (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption of new system requirements)
•  Proactively attract, recruit, develop, retain, reward & deploy & manage a diverse resource base aligned to an ever evolving tech environment (ahead of demand) where you are the leader

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

• Work as part of a DevOps team, leverage specialist analysis & testing tools, frameworks, techniques and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements. Translate & document business requirements into user stories  & specifications (Full Stack, Cross System) detailing integration points, business & associated risk / opportunities to be realised. And following this analysis, work collaboratively within squads during design & delivery activity including assuming responsibility for manual application testing processes, frameworks & outcomes

Job Description

Key accountabilities

Analysis (including Business Case) 

• Proactively build relationships, apply analytical techniques to elicit and validate business (product & service) needs ahead of demand
• Implement routines to get to know / become an expert in various business processes (e.g. spend time in business & with users)
• Translate elicited needs and knowledge acquired into user story format that is immediately usable for DevOps teams (right languaging, format for building & testing)
• Prepare and prioritise the backlog of requirements for the user stories linked to the proposed solutions
• Work collaboratively with Tribe Leads (Technical Product / Service Owners) to build a roadmap & vision for the products and services (including detailed analysis requirements & solution scope)
• Define measures of success & key outcomes for various solutions / changes including detailed acceptance criteria for all features
• Define testing requirements (pass or fail test cases)
• Support the development of detailed business cases (including defining solution characteristics, effort estimations etc.)

Solution Design (within DevOps Context)

• Translate business requirements into detailed systems requirements. Detailed system requirements must include all capabilities, interfaces and functionalities within and across technologies.
• Build detailed user stories to be leveraged for system requirements design (modular)
• Leverage business analysis & modeling tools and apply notation standards such as UML/BPMN to diagrammatically/visually document: business requirements, business processes, system processes & integration . 
• Facilitate processes to ensure integrated requirements are socialized, understood & approved across the broad range of stakeholders to be impacted (this includes various processes e.g. risk / governance forums, change council, scrum meetings / DevOps team capability building, solution design sessions etc.)
• Understand & leverage knowledge on the organisations technical landscape, environment and broader architecture to define integration points across tech stacks for various requirements
• Work collaboratively with project / program teams, squads, scrum masters and engineers to define backlog, release & DevOps / project planning implications of the requirements development & roadmap (what should happen when)
• Continuously improve system requirements mapping (e.g. leverage input from questions asked etc. to consistently improve the quality of the requirements analysis for easier interpretation by the development teams)
• Work as part of the embedded DevOps team throughout the design process to review solution design (features and functionality)
• Facilitate resolution during development & testing phases for any change requirements

Solution Delivery & Testing (manual)

• Define the manual testing strategy & test cases for various solutions (where it makes sense to do so)
• Define & validate quality & testing parameters (+/-) & plans for the solution (socialize & translate these to automation testing teams)
• Develop manual testing frameworks and patterns for the solution
• Lead the manual testing process for various solutions (e.g. execute test cases, analyse results)
• Provide real time feedback to the DevOps teams on change requirements identified throughout the testing process
• Review & monitor system stability, resilience etc. throughout the testing process (e.g. integration) & in production
• Define & monitor overall backlog planning for effective solution delivery
• Provide Developer & User support during user acceptance testing

People

• Provide coaching & mentoring across the DevOps team as well as to developing analysts across the estate
• Conduct peer reviews & problem solving within and across the broader team

Education and experience required

• 6-8 years business & systems analysis experience
• Working knowledge of Cloud/AWS adv.
• 6-8 years Experience in working with multidisciplinary teams
• Experience in Agile Methodology & working embedded within an Agile team / teams
• Degree or Diploma in computer science, commerce or business administration
• Information Systems Analyst certification from Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals, expert level.
• 6-8 years coaching & mentoring experience
• Banking domain experience, preferred.
• Expertise in Systems Design & Integration
• Testing Certification (preferred)
• Expertise in Development
• Expertise in Business Continuity Management & Disaster Recovery
• Expertise in Governance, Compliance & Audit
• Expertise in Quality Assurance & Testing.
• Expertise in Systems & integration design

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

• CTO Risk, Treasury & Finance (RTF) 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 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.

Job Description

The Credit Risk IT team is looking for Specialist UI Developers

Key critical requirements:

• Min 5 years development experience
• A Bachelor’s of Information & Computer Science
• A strong background in Java and related technologies, REST services, J2EE, XML, JSON.
• Angular 6+ experience with strong TypeScript skills
• Good knowledge of SQL skills
• Unix scripting knowledge preferable
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• Working knowledge of Git, Confluence
• Team player with ability to work independently if required
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Excellent communication, analytical skills and decision making ability in collaborative environments

Advantageous:

• Oracle and PostGresSQL DB experience
• Understanding of Credit Business and familiarity with financial products
• AWS experience

Key accountabilities:

• 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
• 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 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

• The Independent Validation Unit within Model Risk is looking to hire a Senior Model Validation Analyst to conduct the validation of models focuses on identifying, mitigating and monitoring of key model risks. You will conduct validations on a diverse range of AGL models, produce validation reports, negotiate the findings & actions with internal & external stakeholders and influence the continuous improvement of model quality & use. These areas make use of a wide range of models (Regulatory Capital, Economic Capital, impairments, pricing, behavioural, application, stress-testing, valuation, derivatives, insurance risk, etc.) and cover products used across all of  AGL’s business units. Opportunities to gain experience across validation teams and within the greater Model Risk team are possible and encouraged by management.

Job Description

• The Independent Validation Unit within Model Risk is looking to hire a Senior Model Validation Analyst to conduct the validation of models focuses on identifying, mitigating and monitoring of key model risks. You will conduct validations on a diverse range of AGL models, produce validation reports, negotiate the findings & actions with internal & external stakeholders and influence the continuous improvement of model quality & use. These areas make use of a wide range of models (Regulatory Capital, Economic Capital, impairments, pricing, behavioural, application, stress-testing, valuation, derivatives, insurance risk, etc.) and cover products used across all of  AGL’s business units. Opportunities to gain experience across validation teams and within the greater Model Risk team are possible and encouraged by management.
• Risk Management: Providing Subject Matter Expertise to Risk types
• Stakeholder Management: Build and Maintain effective Relationships with relevant stakeholders Risk Reporting: Identify, assess and Report key risks arising from significant events, investigations, audit and control issues
• People Management: Develop a high performing Team
• Risk and Control: Adherence to Policies, Procedures and Regulations

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Statistics (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

• Join an energetic team, passionate about Digital channels, Innovation and emerging technology in banking.

Job Description

• This role provides a unique opportunity to combine Deep Client & Colleague Insights with Emerging technology to drive delivery and execute on our digital strategy for Online Frameworks. Frameworks are a key enabler in our CIB strategy to build a winning Corporate bank, by providing Pan-Africa platforms where clients can access their CIB services.
• This is achieved through close collaboration with Clients, Product, Infrastructure, Operations, Tech, and Design teams to co-create solutions. This role will be responsible for planning and execution of business objectives alongside the tech team throughout the business development lifecycle in accordance with Scaled Agile methodology and will be the key interlock between Business and Technology.
• This role is perfect for a person with a pioneering mindset, who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys finding ways to deal with a high degree of complexity, and is energised by the possibility of how digital can transform the client & colleague experience in banking.
• Execute the strategic roadmap for Online Frameworks in partnership with client, product and technology.
• Manage and Track Dependencies within the development team as well as external dependencies from other teams and deliverables.
• Portfolio management: Plan and manage ongoing channel investment and activity in-line with defined portfolio balance required. Include capacity and capability planning and development
• Demand Planning: Own and Manage Prioritisation model and decision making based on Economic value
• Build frameworks pipeline of work with JTBD (Jobs to be done) Methodology.
• Validated learning model: Using the validated learning approach to ensure initiatives have clearly defined value propositions, assumptions/hypothesis to be proved through Minimum Lovable Product (MLP).
• Agree Channel group SLA’s with key stakeholders. Set SLA’s with key support teams. Manage and drive ongoing SLA improvements
• Quality of Service (QOS) : Drive consistent improvement of all  services quality levels
• Assess Fraud and Operational risks and implement relevant mitigation strategies with a view to consistently reducing organisation and/ or reputational risk

Minimum Education and Experience

• 7-10 years’ experience in the financial services industry
• 2-3 years’ experience in Online Frameworks
• 2-3 years’ experience in managing third-party/outsourced vendors development teams
• Corporate Banking Product experience
• Online Channel and Product Management experience
• Bachelor Honours Degree in Business or Information Technology

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life 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.

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Job Description

• Provide Economic macro research and analysis on key Sub Saharan African Markets. Responsible for providing insights offering short term commentary and long term research papers for emerging economies. The ability to product top end research as well as build and maintain relationships with both internal and external role players stakeholders is critical. Min Honours degree in Economics coupled with 5 years Macro research experience. Whilst the role has an East Africa focus and preference will be given to candidates with prior East Africa experience it is not a prerequisite for the success of the role. A keen interest in emerging markets will suffice.

Education

• Bachelor Honours Degree: 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.

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Job Summary

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SPECIFIC BUSINESS UNIT:
This role is within RBB: Everyday Banking in Payments, reporting into Head Payments Regulatory and Governance

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE:

• To influence and shape South Africa’s & Absa’s low value Electronic Credit modernization journey through optimal interbank participation, industry relationship facilitation, PSO and internal business unit engagement whilst ensuring that Absa’s end-to-end low value EFT Cr. utility (EFT, RTC, AVS , Instant payments,)functions optimally in all aspects in order to become a leading Low Value Electronic Cr. provider to customers and businesses. Perform the role of a Subject Matter Expert across the Absa group.

Job Description

Accountability: Strategic Direction

• Create strategic direction for all low value Electronic Credit payment streams (domestic & Cross-border) – EFT, RTC, AVS , Instant payments by compiling and executing business plans
• Own, manage and provide strategic direction for key industry low value electronic Cr. related initiatives -  Project Future,  Regional payments (CMA & SADC), FATF EFT directive 1/2019, Interoperable QR, EFT & RTC enhancements, Rapid Payments other related initiatives for the Absa group
• Implement and execute Payments strategic plans through approved governance framework
• Own and manage low value Electronic Cr. related outcomes of strategic internal payments governance forums - AGL payments council & relevant sub-committees
• Own and manage low value Electronic Cr. related outcomes of external bodies such as Competition Commission; BASA, PSMB, SARB, PSO’s, other, by facilitating stakeholder buy-in and alignment through the relevant internal payment governance forums
• Ensure alignment with other related internal business unit strategies by growing stakeholder relations with such business units
• Determine and provide strategic MI for all relevant payment streams that will aid in decision making. Create strategic direction for ISO20022 transformation in partnership with RBB Payments data capability
• Liaise with Regulatory and CIB counterparts to ensure alignment with compliance and identify any trade-offs as a subject matter expert.
• Identify trends, opportunities and risks and stay abreast of developments in the related industry and external environment/market.
• Represent the Bank in industry functional debate at forums such as LV Electronic PCH PG and associated project sub-committees.

Accountability: Representation and work in the industry

• Represent Payment Product management at relevant Absa forums where low value Electronic Cr. payments products and streams are affected.
• Represent Absa at relevant industry forums (Low value EFT Credits PCH PG  - EFT, RTC, Instant payments and Clearing rules, steering committees and design work-groups) by attendance and presenting an Absa mandated view.
• Ensure alignment in Absa on all decisions made in the industry affecting relevant payments System Operators through the appropriate governance forums and PSO engagements.
• Coordinate initiatives in the payments domain by getting buy-in from all stakeholders.
• Be the entry point and co-ordinator for the relevant Payments Clearing Houses (PCH) and interbank incidents by being the primary representative on the relevant forums.
• Be the escalation representative for all inter-bank queries on low value EFT credits – EFT, RTC, Instant Payments once the Operational route is exhausted.
• Represent Absa at regulatory forums and engagements – National/regional/ global

Accountability: Business ownership of Low value Electronic Credit payment streams – (EFT, RTC, AVS , Instant payments 

• Facilitate a data-led low value Electronic Cr. capability by developing and reporting on the health of Absa’s low value electronic Credit payment streams in partnership with RBB Payments data capability
• Chair and facilitate stakeholder engagement through the Low Value Payments Forum
• Ensure that BCM plans for low value Electronic credit payment streams for Absa and the industry are compiled and always kept updated
• Ensure that minimal risk is brought into the Payments franchise by adhering to the relevant Governance frameworks.
• Oversee and be accountable for all change on low value Electronic credit payment streams by being closely aligned with the Group Payments change, payments operations and technology teams
• Ensure effective communication with all Business partners by preparing input to the relevant forums.
• Ensure that all manuals and procedure guides are up to date and accurate.
• Ensure that all incidents are managed by engaging the relevant stakeholders in the resolution.
• Closely align to the relevant payments operations functions to ensure complete relevant Payments streams and products by acting as the Utility owner.
• Perform all other duties as reasonably assigned.

Education and Experience Required

• B Degree or equivalent lent NQF Level 7 qualification
• At least 3-5 years Specialist Payments knowledge  
• At least 3-5 years Operations, Payments and Change Management experience
• At least 3-5 years Stakeholder Management
• Experience in the IT network environment preferred

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 Support the credit risk process through carrying out comprehensive and quality credit risk functions within the credit lifecycle to create shared growth within the boundaries of internal policies and external regulations

Job Description

• Risk Management: To conduct quality credit risk assessments and reviews, Proactively manage credit risks associated with clients, Develop data driven strategies, facilitate the credit sanctioning process to ensure responsible risk decisions | Data and Systems Management: To produce and analyse relevant management information and insights management | Governance: Ensure the bank's credit, philosophy and all relevant legislation is adhered to | Customer Management: Investigate and resolve all escalated customer complaints | : | : | : | :

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 Modelling Data and Implementation Scientist is responsible for leading modelling data and implementation initiatives and process execution by providing guidance with the aim to deliver continuous improvement of the modelling data and implementation landscape. The role is responsible for thought leadership in the modelling data and/or implementation landscape while managing and aligning to the expectations of stakeholders.

Job Description

Key requirements are:

• Quantitative and analytical thinking
• Knowledge of modelling and statistics
• Communication skills (Verbal, Written)
• Knowledge of Credit Risk and Banking Products
• Knowledge of Data warehousing, Data bases and data structures
• Big data (Data structures and querying languages)
• Understanding of risks and how to apply controls to ensure regulatory compliance
• Motivate, enhance and facilitation modernisation and best practice implementation of new technologies within the Model Risk and Development team.
• Provide technical mentorship to Analysts and Engineers in the team.

Competencies:

• Adapting and responding to change
• Creating and innovating
• Presenting and communicating information
• Learning and researching
• Analysing

Applying knowledge and technology

• Planning and scheduling of workload

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Mathematics, Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Statistics

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