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Job Description

• Responsible for auditing of the governance, financial, business and operational processes at divisional and business unit level within the FirstRand Group

Are you someone who can:

• Obtain a good understanding of the control environment being audited (including information technology, internal financial control, and risk management related aspects), and the interdependencies linked to this.
• Plan audit assignments based on key process and business risks identified and design the audit program in line with risks and key controls to be tested.
• Incorporate data analytics (DA) to enhance audit planning and create efficiencies in audit fieldwork.
• Execute audit field work in compliance with quality standards by following and completing prepared work programs. Assess the adequacy and effectiveness of governance, risk management practices and internal controls.
• Provide clear and sufficient audit evidence to support recommendations and audit opinion.
• Effective communication with the audit team, audit management and key stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve internal controls, including internal financial controls.
• Identify and clearly articulate the root cause of issues identified and impact thereof and recommend changes to business processes that will address the control weaknesses.
• Prepare a quality and balanced audit report to specified standards, encapsulating the control weaknesses identified and results of audit work performed, with minimal editorial changes.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Qualified CA(SA)/CIA or Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification.
• At least 3 years’ experience in internal or external audit preferred.
• Experience with data analytics is an advantage.
• Experience with credit risk within financial services or banking is a must.

You will have access to:

• Challenging work in a complex and exciting environment
• Opportunities to innovate and create efficiencies.

We can be a match if you are:

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it.
• Have a general understanding of different risk types.

Deadline:24th June,2025

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Role Purpose.

• Treasury Modelling Analyst: Recovery and Resolution Planning will be accountable in a direct supporting role for the group Recovery and Resolution Planning (RRP) process with specific focus on recovery and resolution modelling and valuations. The analyst will need to be a self-starter who has risk, finance, modelling and valuation experience. The analyst would be responsible for creating, maintaining, and reviewing valuation models to support recovery and resolution planning, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements, and collaborating with various stakeholders.

 Are you someone who can:

• Help enhance the recovery modelling and develop the resolution valuation process for the group with constant refinement.to meet existing and developing resolution standards
• Support implementation of the standards, with appropriate levels of governance, in line with standards.
• Engage with SMEs on various aspects covered under the resolution standards.
• Develop and maintain valuation models for pre- and post-resolution and recovery scenarios, including estimating expected cash flows under various stress scenarios.
• Ensure valuation models and methodologies comply with relevant regulations and standards (existing and evolving) as well as IFRS
• Analyse financial data, including accounting and regulatory information, to support valuation modelling.
• Preparation of presentations or reports on modelling results to key stakeholders including ALCCO, FRM, RCCC, related subcommittees, and/or external regulators.
• Engagement with internal auditors in the annual audit of the RRP process.
• Provide support to the subsidiaries (African and International) with regards to RRP valuations and modelling when required and/or as external regulations evolve.
• Participate in ad hoc capital and Treasury projects and regulatory requests as and when required.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Have 3 to 5 years' relevant experience in risk, finance, modelling, corporate finance or quantitative role.
• Strong understanding of valuation methodologies, financial models, and techniques used in business rescue, financial recovery and resolution.
• Strong analytical and data manipulation skills with a proficiency in building and maintaining financial models
• Familiarity with relevant existing and evolving regulations and standards related to recovery and resolution modelling
• Knowledge of existing and evolving regulatory frameworks related to recovery and resolution planning.
• High proficiency in Advanced Excel, PowerPoint and Word, and possess excellent communication skills and good organisational abilities.
• HFM and CDM experience beneficial.
• Understanding of the FirstRand group structure and risk management processes beneficial.
• Due to the nature of the work, confidentiality and ethics are of utmost importance.
• Well-informed effective management information to allow senior management to take decisions that benefit Corporate Treasury
• Scope, complexity, risk associated with projects
• Implement policies and safeguard the Bank Group's interest within the context of regulatory environment and FRG as a whole
• The work requires strong analytic and risk management practice, requiring logical thinking and attention to details. There is also a significant amount of meeting and mail-based communication of practices.
• The work requires significant attention to detail, multi-tasking and strict time pressures. The work also requires strong adaption to regulatory development and changes.
• Requires good written and oral communication skills and must be team player, with the ability to multitask and take accountability/ownership for work.

Qualifications

• Minimum: Post Graduate degree or Honours in Accounting or Financial Analytics or in Mathematics or Quantitative Analytics or Statistics

You will have access to:

• Challenging work in a complex and exciting environment
• Opportunities to innovate and create efficiencies.
• Opportunity to engage with Treasury functions and depending on your career ambitions, craft yourself a niche career path in a specialized area of finance.

Deadline:22nd June,2025

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Role Purpose:

• Funding desk is tasked with pricing and risk clearing all intergroup transactions.

Are you someone who can: 

• Execute transactions between business units and group treasury.
• Price funding requests.
• Help build, automate and document the risk transfer process and the reports around it
• Monitor daily portfolio risk and pnl.
• Explain monthly portfolio movements as well as an understanding of FTP recoveries.
• Gain an understanding of relevant underlying systems and funding strategies.
• Test changes in key processes by assessing its impact on risk and profit.
• Develop processes around new sources of business to be as reactive as possible and can quickly transfer risk and funding for these businesses
• Generate accurate intraday and future cash flow projections.
• Analyse existing businesses to see that the transfer process is consistent and aligned

Education/Qualifications

• B Com, BSc or finance qualifications with 2 - 3-year work experience within a banking or merchant banking environment
• Money Market and Foreign Exchange market experience would be beneficial.
• Understanding and working knowledge of financial instruments is critical for success in the role.
• Self-motivated individual with the ability to work independently, as well as being a strong team player. 

Deadline:25th June,2025

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Job Description

• To contribute to the delivery of the FirstRand Group's Annual Compliance Monitoring Plan by producing quality reviews, performing complex monitoring reviews, and providing advice and guidance to the business to achieve regulatory compliance
• Provide input into the budget and manage and report on budget usage that reflects delivery of planned work within agreed parameters
• Manage team performance in achievement of business objectives
• Ensure execution of compliance management strategies, plans and programmes
• Ensure development and continuous value add improvement to operational processes
• Deliver customer experience excellence in own service delivery aligned to Organisational values and service standards
• Analyse and interpret regulation and legislation and using a risk-based approach. Identification and risk rating of applicable laws and regulations for responsible business units
• Development and implementation of compliance/legislative universe for responsible business units
• Development and implementation of Compliance Risk Management Plans (CRMPs) for core legislative and regulatory provisions
• Compiling monitoring plans indicating the compliance monitoring methodology used and the frequency thereof
• Compiling monitoring reports on the results of monitoring Incident reporting, to ensure timeous escalation of compliance risks and incidents Interpret regulation and legislation and assist business units with practical implementation thereof
• Advise and provide guidance to management on systems, policies, processes and controls implemented to enable compliance
• Research and communicate applicable legislative developments to all stakeholders
• Assist with the promotion of a culture of compliance and awareness
• and actively participating in compliance projects and training initiatives
• Provide training on regulatory requirements to channels
• Ensure compliance with relevant statutory, legislative, policy and governance requirements in area of accountability
• Ensure implementation of relevant policies, governance and practice standards across the business
• Maintain knowledge on relevant legislative amendments, industry best practices and internal compliance procedures and requirements
• Ensure compliance is adopted in terms of systems and procedures as laid out by organisation and review in response to audit findings and changes
• Develops an understanding of risks and risk management approaches
• Implement and provide input into the development of governance and compliance procedures and processes within area of specialisation and identify risks
• Educates others and makes suggestions for improvements
• Networks and participates in specialist risk forums where required

Deadline:25th June,2025

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Overview of the role and requirements:

• To lead the business-wide management of people changes associated with key strategic business transformation initiatives in partnership with business.
• Ensure that all Human Capital impacts and requirements for change are considered and the appropriate change management methodologies are adopted to enable a successful transformation with minimal disruption to client interactions and business operations

You will be responsible for:

• Manage expenditure planning and variances within approved budget parameters.
• Establish mutually beneficial relationships with stakeholders that support thought leadership, innovative and integrated practice solutions.
• Design and deliver customer service solutions, systems and interactions aligned to Organisational values and service standards that build the brand.
• Execute defined business strategy by translating it into the business operations.
• Communicate policy modification, objective achievement progress and critical success factors to impacted stakeholders.
• Ensure the development and implementation of multiple practices in alignment with operational policy and procedural frameworks.
• Identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fit alternatives, driving best practice solutions.
• Be aware of, and responsive to local conditions Influence the development of appropriate organisational structures, capacity and delivery systems.
• Provide input into, and implement, corporate governance, compliance, integrity and ethics policies in are of accountability to identify and manage risk exposure.
• Stays abreast of relevant industry risk management best practices and legislative amendments and suggests ways to leverage these to ensure continuous improvement.
• Creates risk awareness and manages audit findings Participate in Group risk forums where required and cascades relevant information through team.
• Ensure integrated view and reporting of relevant business information.
• Analyse information to identify trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
• Ensure reporting of identified inconsistencies or opportunities.
• Use the insights gained through integrated business reports to measure success and realign tactical strategy implementation objectives appropriately.
• Brainstorm, identify, implement and drive innovative best practice ideas within the organisation to ensure increased efficiencies.
• Create and participate in specialist communities of practice and represents the organisation at Group and industry level to share best practice insights and solutions.
• Drive strategic projects, change management and platform integration across operations.
• Leverage Group capability to exploit opportunities.
• Ensure and encourage adherence to an operational framework of policies and procedures.
• Maintain expert knowledge on relevant legislative amendments, industry best practices and provide advice to relevant stakeholders.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of local and global trends.
• Provide thought leadership and expertise.
• Partner with relevant stakeholders to understand and identify the relevant business transformation/s and develop appropriate change management initiatives and plans to address the holistic impact of people changes.
• Build effective relationships and work as part of a multidisciplinary team including but not limited to business leaders, technology leaders, Human Capital leaders, Organisation Development and design Specialists, Talent Specialists, Project Managers, Comms specialists and other Change resources.
• Build a community network of change management resources to drive adoption of common approaches and methodologies for people change.
• Work in collaboration with the FirstRand centre and relevant Human Capital Business Transformation resources to understand and manage enterprise-wide impacts of business transformation.
• Create and manage the relevant governance forums to manage business-wide people impacts of business transformation.
• Participate and report into an enterprise-wide governance forum that monitors the people impact of business transformation.
• Ensure integrated reporting on organisational-wide impacts for business Exco's.
• Ensure detailed readiness and impact assessments and management.
• Contribute towards the build and maturity of an enterprise-wide change management capability that is evident in all levels of the organisation.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviour through personal involvement, commitment and dedication in support of organisational values.
• Identify and participate in activities that are appropriate for own development as a lifelong learner.
• Ensure implementation of the business Transformation plan and creation of an inclusive culture for employees.
• Develop, encourage and nurture collaborative relationships across business areas and across the group.

What you will need:

• Over 5 years' experience in a similar role  

We can be a match if you can: 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to work under pressure
• Good senior stakeholder management expereince
• Effective written and verbal communication skills

Deadline:26th June,2025

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Are you someone who can:

• Obtain a good understanding of the IT control environment being audited (including link to business processes and risk management related aspects), and the interdependencies linked to this.
• Plan audit assignments based on key process and business risks identified and design the audit program in line with risks and key IT application controls to be tested.
• Incorporate data analytics (DA) to enhance audit planning and create efficiencies in audit fieldwork.
• Execute audit field work in compliance with quality standards by following and completing prepared work programs. Assess the adequacy and effectiveness of governance, risk management practices and internal controls.
• Evaluate IT areas such as information governance and security, operations management, and disaster recovery procedures related to the IT application controls to be reviewed.
• Provide clear and sufficient audit evidence to support recommendations and audit opinion.
• Express an opinion based on the results of the work performed.
• Identify opportunities to improve the IT internal control environment and project management processes.
• Identify and clearly articulate the root cause of issues identified and impact thereof and recommend changes to business processes that will address the IT and Project control weaknesses.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• BSC / BCom (Information Systems) or equivalent degree.
• At least 3 years Application Control Reviews (ACR) and / or Project auditing experience.
• Experience with data analytics/ CAATs is an advantage.
• Experience in banking and financial services environment will be an advantage.

Deadline:24th June,2025

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Are you someone who can 

• Efficiently and effectively conduct planned compliance reviews in accordance with the approved coverage plan, within allotted time frames and in line with the Monitoring Operating Procedures. (Produce consistently high-quality outputs within agreed deadlines)
• Identify the scope and testing approach for regulatory engagements.
• Build and execute engagement test procedures for regulatory key controls.
• Conduct fieldwork in line with the approved Monitoring Operating Procedures.
• Build sound relationships based on trust and openness and escalate delays timeously to expedite engagement execution.
• Draft reports which include rationale for findings, proper root cause analysis, risks posed, and action required to address the identified risks.
• Work with business owners and management to agree on appropriate action plans that address identified root causes.
• Use of data analytics and scripts during testing to create efficiencies and create continuous monitoring opportunities. 

You will be an ideal candidate if you: 

• Bachelors Degree Legal,Compliance or Auditing.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Compliance, Risk Management, or related field.
• Have 3 to 5 years of experience in a Risk Management, Compliance, Regulatory in investments.
• Experience in leading compliance reviews and provisding assurance outcomes to senior stakeholders.
• Experience in Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, Financial Markets Act, Pension Funds Act, EXCON, JSE Equity Rules and Directives will be advantageous.

Deadline:26th June,2025

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Are you someone who can:

• Design and deliver customer service solutions, systems and interactions aligned to Organisational values and service standards that build the brand.
• Prepare the annual audit plan, taking into account strategic plans and emerging risks identified through partnership with leadership and risk assessments of the business units. Maintain the risk universe for the business unit.
• Draw up a budget aligned to tactical delivery plans to facilitate the provision of adequate financial resources.
• Deploy integrated risk management, governance and compliance frameworks throughout area of responsibility.
• Provide subject matter expertise and thought leadership in area of expertise.
• Oversee audit assignments to coach and develop internal audit staff and so to improve the quality of internal audit outputs.
• Revise, where necessary, the nature, extent and timing of audit tests/programmes to ensure sufficient coverage throughout segments/sub-segments/business units which is informed by a risk based audit approach, priority issues and timeframes.
• Develop, execute, and monitor group internal audit strategy aligned with the overall sub-segment business models and strategies, collaborating towards an organization wide strategy formulation, and enabling integration change and adoption.
• Prepare audit committee and other governance reports/regulator submissions and attend respective governance committees including audit committee and sub-segment committees.
• Develop, encourage and nurture collaborative relationships across business areas and across the group.
• Manage team or teams in areas of responsibility in delivery against performance targets and achievement of wider human capital objectives.
• Develop tactical strategy and delivery plans in support of functional strategic objectives in partnership with leadership.
• Establish mutually beneficial relationships with stakeholders that support thought leadership, innovative and integrated practice solutions.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• CA (SA), CIA, BCom/Honors or relevant financial qualification at a post graduate level.
• Completed articles and a minimum of 8 years supervisory or management experience in an internal or external audit in the banking and financial services sector is a prerequisite.
• Experience in banking and an understanding of banking regulatory requirements is beneficial.
• IT Audit and data analytics experience is beneficial.

Deadline:24th June,2025