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Job Summary

To provide advanced project management services and to develop, maintain and enhance operational business relationships.
Job Description

Project Management: Monitors the progression of a project at every stage and ensure that the objectives of a project are meet | Quality Assurance: Maintain a desired level of quality in a service or product, especially by means of attention to every stage of the process of delivery or production | Ensure that timelines are met: Manage team in such a way that deadlines are met | Stakeholder management: Ensure that stakeholders are identified and engaged | : | : | : | :

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

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.

People

•  Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
•  Support the people change teams in the development of user material (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption)

Risk & Governance

•  Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post release)
•  Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks
•  Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents

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 specialist advice and support in area of specialisation enabling the provision of sound compliance services.
Job Description

• Manage and perform detailed investigations relating to Anti Money Laundering from various sources
• Obtain all relevant evidence related to an investigation. Scrutinise / analyse this evidences and make meaningful observations / conclusions regarding the findings
• Assess all findings in order to establish trends and escalate all issues of a significant nature to the appropriate stakeholders on a timely basis (as and when these occur) and through various meetings and reports (content presentation, accuracy, quality and completeness are important)
• Ensure that each investigation is of high quality, accurate, value adding conclusion, for the type of investigation being conducted
• Collate appropriate, accurate and reliable MI to effectively manage compliance risks
• Evaluate and challenge information received from the local and in country teams with the objective of achieving continuous improvement in compliance
• Make meaningful recommendations for the various types of investigations. This will include, but is not limited to system / people / process failures
• Inform management of any suggestions or proposals to enhance investigative methodologies
• Inform management immediately of any new trends which have been identified during investigations for further escalation to stakeholders

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Compliance Management (Required), Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Law

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 & support in the development & implementation of Physical Network Strategy, - planning & placement, associated design support delivery processes, methods & techniques; enabling the provision, proactive & optimal use of space.

Job Description

• Assist in developing and interpreting the overarching physical network strategy, develop, align and implement a Design and format strategy and capability to deliver against customer expectations & business opportunities.
• To provide a professional branch design consulting, advice and support service to the RBB Regional Network Planning - and client facing infrastructure project management teams. Influence future design principles based on insights, market intelligence, Voice of Customer, Voice of Staff in an integrated approach.
• Using geo-spatial analytics influence the interpretation of BU CVP infrastructure and customer journeys. Further leverage the analytics to optimise Brand exposure and business opportunities.
• Do market research and international benchmark to innovate and continuously improve ABSA’s branch format & design philosophy.
• To stabilize the branch design baseline in line with new strategic formats.
• To investigate proposed premises from a lay-out feasibility perspective, articulating design and infrastructure requirements aligned to overarching physical infrastructure strategy and formats and assist with generating preliminary branch designs is support of new, rightsized, revamped or relocation investment business cases. Through collaboration and partnership with Regional teams, Regional Executives and Regional Managing Executives, gather related information and provide proposed changes on branch floor plans and draft updates.
• Liaise with the PMO architects, Regional teams and functional specialists to review design options available, determine cost and budget associated with project and final design proposals for branch optimization business cases. Facilitate the mediation process, if required.
• Ensure that all proposals align with ABSA’s integrated network plan and design philosophy. Assist with the post-assessment of existing branch designs in terms of operational flow, functionality and optimization. Identify gaps, areas for improvement & opportunities.
• Liaise with Placement Specialists and Regional Management teams to determine the branches within the next serving Business Case cycle. Analyse the business purpose of the proposed project, negotiate requirements, scope of works and conduct design possibilities.
• Ensure projects are assigned and in-depth analysis are conducted.
• Provide solutioning design advice on the Functional requirement documents and facilitate mediation process.
• Assess, analyse and guide regional reams to explore possible proposals in line with needs, scope of works, design philosophy and overall Physical Channel strategy.
• Provide a professional advisory service to Regional, SBU or Operations teams relating to branch design, layout and optimisation.
• Discuss and mediate with all relevant parties to find the best possible requirement set and proposals.
• Prepare, distribute and manage value chain delivery of designs and costings for inclusion into Business Case.
• Assist Network Planning Specialist in obtaining and preparing design related inputs and -pack for serving / pending Business cases.
• Guide PMO office in terms of approved budget availability per project and provide advice in relation to operational design items.
• Distribute documents to relevant parties as per project requirement and outcome from Investment Council for execution.

Education

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

• We are looking for an experienced DevOps (Development and Operations) professional to join our growing organization. In this position, you will manage infrastructure projects and processes. Keen attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, and a solid knowledge base are essential.

Job Description

DevOps Duties and Responsibilities

• Work directly with the DevOps team and Senior DevOps manager to test system integrity
• Design and implement build, deployment, and configuration management
• Test implemented designs
• Build and test automation tools for infrastructure provisioning
• Handle code deployments in all environments
• Monitor metrics and develop ways to improve
• Provide technical guidance and educate team members and coworkers on development and operations
• Brainstorm for new ideas and ways to improve development delivery
• Consult with peers for feedback during testing stages
• Build, maintain, and monitor configuration standards
• Maintain day-to-day management and administration of projects
• Manage CI and CD tools with team
• Document and design various processes; update existing processes
• Improve infrastructure development and application development
• Follow all best practices and procedures as established by the company

DevOps Requirements and Qualifications

• High school degree or equivalent; bachelor’s degree in CS, engineering, software engineering, or related field
• Linux and Automation Certificate
• Minimum 2 years’ previous experience in development and operations, or related IT, computer, or operations field
• Previous experience with software development, infrastructure development, or development and operations
• Experience with Linux infrastructures, databases scripting such as JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, .NET, Agile workflow methodologies
• Understanding of source code repo and version control process flow such as bitbucket,git language
• Patching Management process and tools
• Automation tools preferably Ansible and Awx
• Up-to-date on the latest industry trends; able to articulate trends and potential clearly and confidently
• Good interpersonal skills and communication with all levels of management
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently

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 Description

With the broadening and increasing mandate of ABSA Africa CIB across the African continent, coupled with the ongoing changes in the regulatory landscape, a singly-minded approach to supervisory risk and controls is essential in ensuring that there’s uniformity and alignment within BAGL CIB. Consequently, a BAGL CIB Front Office Risk & Controls function has been established to support the Front Office businesses on how the relevant Supervisory & Conduct risks and controls are managed. As such we are looking for a seasoned Risk professional candidate (degree and preferably a postgraduate qualification) with  3+ years detailed front office knowledge and experience aligned to Banking, Corporate, and Client Engagement & Trading. The individual will have a robust understanding of current regulatory environment that CIB operates in coupled with strong negotiation and stakeholder manager skills.

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

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

*Contract Role*

Accountability: 

DevOps

• Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions
• Contribute to and in some cases lead all phases of the development lifecycle including e.g. design process
• Determine operational feasibility of solutions by evaluating analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development and proposed solutions
• Develop high quality software / application design and architecture in a test driven & domain driven / cross domain environment
• Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions
• Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
• Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
• Create & Maintain Sophisticated CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins / Azure Devops or similar tools and deploy to multi-site environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production)
• Use & configure modern observability techniques to provide a deeper understanding of the application. To do this, leverage e.g. aggregated logging via ELK stack, metrics via Prometheus / Grafana / NewRelic and distributed tracing like Zipkin/Jaeger etc.
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes
• Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
• Work with guilds and other technical SME’s to improve and evolve technical products and services
• Apply unit testing frameworks and perform integration, validation and verification testing (apply knowledge of stubbing tools e.g. wiremock, hoverfly etc.)
• Apply version control and related concepts and techniques
• Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture, Security & Infrastructure guidelines
• Work with project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.
• Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices e.g. scripting languages, containerization etc.
• Contribute to the design & evolution of Group Architecture, Infrastructure & associated technical standards for the organization

People

• Coach & mentor other engineers
• Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
• Provide technical subject matter expertise and support in the attraction and recruitment of Product Engineers for the organization
• Participate as a subject matter expert in the development & development planning of the broader product engineering team
• Support the people change teams in the design of adoption processes (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption)

Risk & Governance 

• Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post deployment)
• Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks
• Create business cases & solution specifications for various governance processes (e.g. CTO approvals)
• Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents
• Deliver on time & on budget (always)

Education and experience required

• 8+ years’ experience
• Exposure to credit systems development/credit systems analysis essential
• Power Curve originations and/or Power Curve enrichment
• Relevant B-Degree in Computer Science preferred but not essential if minimum requirements of experience & practical application in the following is evident:
• Cross domain knowledge
• Architecture
• Infrastructure Solutioning
• Testing
• Web Applications
• Service Side
• Influencing
• Automation
• Messaging
• Virtualisation & Cloud
• Solutioning
• SSL Security
• CI/CD etc.
• Experience as an agile practitioner and knowledge or experience of other delivery methodologies e.g. Kanban, RUP etc.
• Excellent communication, analytical skills and decision making ability in collaborative environments
• Excellent understanding of specific coding / scripting languages e.g. Java, C#, Python, Perl, JavaScript
• Solid understanding of Object Oriented Design and ability to properly apply general design patterns and paradigms
• Experience with test-driven development and domain driven design
• Solid understanding of messaging protocols and web services like SOAP and REST
• Experience with open-source relational databases
• Knowledge of application server containers: Tomcat, Jetty, JBoss, NodeJS, IIS, .Net Core etc.
• Good understanding of frameworks and libraries like JavaScript, jQuery, TypeScript, HTML, CSS
• Experience with CI / CD tools (like Jenkins, Bamboo, TFS, Azure Devops) and Artifact Management (preferably Nexus),
• Experience with Cloud platforms e.g. Azure, AWS & Google Cloud Platform
• Ability to create and maintain sophisticated CI / CD pipelines
• Strong understanding of version control and related concepts and techniques, particularly Git
• Experience with appropriate unit testing framework(s)
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable with stubbing tools like wiremock and/or hoverfly
• Experience with scripting languages like Bash and/or Python
• Familiar with OAuth, Open Connect ID and SAML, preferably with an understanding of AD / LDAP / Kerberos
• Familiar with Containerisation technologies like Docker & or orchestrators like Kubernetes 

Competencies: (Maximum of 8 competencies)

• Making Decisions
• Empowering Individuals
• Directing People
• Embracing Change
• Challenging Ideas
• Team Working
• Developing Expertise
• Meeting Timescales

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

Absa Corporate and Investment Bank are looking to appoint a Lead for Leadership and Learning . The successful incumbent will be appointed to lead development and end-to-end execution of leadership development and learning strategies that continually deliver the talent and capabilities required by this complex business. Suited to a candidate with at least 5 years recent experience leading a Leadership and Learning Function in a large complex organization or working as a Learning Specialist in a top consultancy firm. Must have at least 5 years’ experience managing a team of professionals with a successful track record of developing successful management, technical and cultural learning solutions .Demonstrated knowledge and use of emerging learning best practices and technologies. It will be highly advantageous to have exposure to working in an Investment Bank or Financial services company with a Pan African offering.
Job Description

Education

• Postgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications: Education, Training and Development (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

• Formulate tactical strategy and associated delivery plans related to single practice areas. Ensure proactive integration and operational tactical enhancement.

Job Description

• The purpose of the role is to lead the sales team and manage the full revenue and relationship with the focus of delivering sustainable growth plans for the region. Drive the sales of business products/services in a geographical area and develop strategic customer relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Process
• Analyze, interpret and produce detailed reports that explain trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies.
• Develop, align and implement a tactical strategy and associated policies and guidelines within multiple practices. 
• Develop a plan for multiple practice changes and specify the priories of delivery plans and resources needed that puts a premium on simplicity, agility, innovation and incorporates the understanding of customer needs. 
• Anticipate tactical strategy and practice issues for multiple practices and proactively develop solutions to enhance the quality of problem resolution.
• Provide specialist support in the application of robust Customer Relationship Management practices, to deliver a seamless customer experience. 
• Manage pipeline, cross selling of existing clients, and manage the potential outflow. 
• Monitor and distribute leads on the Leads Referral System and conduct sales and client strategy meetings to drive holistic solutions for clients with key stakeholders. 
• Drive the development, implementation and maintenance of control systems to identify and mitigate key risks to ensure the execution of functional dues. 
• Identify business opportunities and develop key corporate customer relationships for the acquisition of new business to achieve identified targets. 
• Prospects for client leads, secures appointments and presents the organisations products to grow customer base and ensure an increase in sales. 
• Establishes and supports the maintenance and enhancement of new and existing business relationships to increase customer and shareholder value.
•  Client/Customer
• Develop tactical strategies for the integration of service excellence culture, which builds rewarding relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service across multiple practices.
• Provide guidance to employees on how to educate the customer on products and services during customer interaction for optimal customer experience. 
• Define practices which build service delivery excellence according to customer services principles and encourage others to provide exceptional customer service.

Finance

• Contribute to the setting of budgets, minimize expenditure and manage costs and assets effectively.
• Develop, implement and monitor a cycle of medium term cost improvements.

Learning and Growth 

• Create an engaging, enabling and productive work climate aligned to the employee value proposition.
• Develop and implement multi-practice change management initiatives. 
• Implement the personal development, coaching and output-based performance management cycle. 
• Keep abreast of industry developments and develop networks for market intelligence, informed decision making and competitive advantage purposes.

Conduct

• Implement corporate governance and compliance policies in multiple practice areas in order to identify and manage risk liabilities. 
• Provide guidance and insight to sales teams to establish governance processes, direction and control-ensuring objectives are achieved.

Competencies

• Business Acumen
• Inspirational People Leadership
• Customer Orientation
• Results Orientation
• Collaboration and Influencing
• Innovation Leadership
• Change Leadership
• Pan African Citizen

Minimum Requirements

Minimum B-degree (NQF 7) 

• 5 – 8 years’ experience in a sales management role in the Financial Services Sector, of those 2-3 years must be in a managerial role
• Proven track record of leading large teams through change and transformation as well as consistently meeting or exceeding targets in an established sales environment
• 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 plan linked to 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