Latest Opportunities at Finbond Mutual Bank

Purpose of the role:

To minimize the impact of financial crime and integrity misconduct to business, through timeous high-quality data monitoring and reporting interventions. Protect the business’s assets and interests from acts of financial crime and misconduct including mitigating present exposures.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• To understand business data, to interpret the data into information by using data analysis tools and technical skills.
• Perform reviews of systems setup, the control environment and user rights to identify possible risks for fraud / theft and to ensure consistency.
• Provide advice to management with regards to processes and policies.
• Identify, test and implement preventative measures against possible fraud and theft.
• Perform daily detailed data analysis using tools and skills in, Expert Excel skills, MS SQL scripts and Microsoft Access (reconciliations, etc)
• Perform post fraud control reviews to identify the failings in the control environment which led to/facilitated the financial crime or misconduct and advise on possible improvement to control environment.
• Investigation and detect internal fraud or possible internal fraud cases.
• Identify suspicious data / trends for investigation.
• Perform fraud / theft investigations in conjunction with Management.
• Monitor and report on business rules and control transgressions.
• Report on cash reconciliations.
• Perform various reconciliations on a national basis and on branch level if deemed necessary.
• Understand the business process to re-perform revenue calculations for accuracy.
• Draft for review and present Executive Summary and Factual Finding report feedback to Management.
• Perform fraud awareness and fraud prevention / detection presentation to key stakeholders as and when required.
• Provide suggestions to enhance the internal controls and systems. Assist with testing of new enhancements.

Qualifications:

• A relevant tertiary qualification will be advantages, but not necessary

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Purpose of the role:

Oversees designated projects for the company. The position requires planning and developing strategy, including defining the goals and timeline for the project(s) they supervise. The project manager coordinates, documents, and assigns tasks for the project team and provide the team with direction and support. Managing the budget, timeline, and resources for the project are also required. The project manager acts as an intermediary between the strategic objectives of the organisation and project objectives. The project manager monitors problems, provides solutions, and implements changes as necessary to ensure the project timeline is followed. He or she also regularly reports the progress to the stakeholders.

Duties and responsibilities

• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget and ensures customer satisfaction
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Meet with clients to take detailed ordering briefs and clarify specific requirements of each project
• Delegate project tasks based on junior staff members' individual strengths, skill sets and experience levels
• Track project performance, specifically to analyse the successful completion of short and long-term goals
• Meet budgetary objectives and adjust project constraints based on financial analysis
• Develop comprehensive project plans to be shared with clients as well as other staff members
• Use and continually develop leadership skills
• Attend conferences and training as required to maintain proficiency
• Perform other related duties as assigned
• Develop spreadsheets, diagrams, and process maps to document needs

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree / NQF level 8

Experience:

• Years’ Experience: Up to 3 years

Knowledge and Skills:

Behavioral Competencies:

• Insight: Has and gains insight into situations, problems and processes. Deconstructs problems and systematically investigates the various components. Has a complete picture of the context and overview of the whole problem.
• Influence: Uses appropriate interpersonal skills and techniques to gain acceptance for ideas or solutions. Uses influencing strategies to gain genuine agreements. Seeks to persuade rather than force solutions or impose decisions or regulations.
• Decisive: Having or showing the ability to make decisions quickly and effectively.
• Compassion: Genuinely cares about people. Is available and ready to help. Demonstrates real empathy with the joys and pains of other.

Leadership Competencies:

• Strategic focus: Understands how an organisation must change considering internal and external trends and influences. Keeps the big, long range picture in mind. Builds a shared long-range organisational vision with others. Committed to course of action to achieve long-range goals and influences others to translate vision into action.
• Leadership: Takes control of situations and events. Recognises and rewards others' performance. Motivates, coaches, and develops others.
• Control: The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.
• Conflict management: Brings substantial conflicts and disagreements into the open and attempts to manage them collaboratively, building consensus, keeping the best interests of the organisation in mind, not only one’s own interest.
• Coaching and development: Works to improve and reinforce performance of others. Takes responsibility for one’s direct reports’ performance by setting clear goals and expectations, tracking progress against the goals, ensuring constructive feedback, and addressing performance problems and issues promptly. Works with, coaches, and supports direct reports in developing knowledge, skills, and abilities in the interest of performance improvement and employee’s career development.
• Business acumen: Knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology, and information affecting his/her business and organisation. Knows the competition. Is aware of strategies and tactics that work in the marketplace.
• Building effective teams: Creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team. Shares wins and successes. Fosters open dialogue.

Technical Competencies:

• Providing expert advice: Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on projects, or process-related topics.
• Informing: Provides information people need to know to make decisions. Provides individuals information so they can make accurate decisions. Is timely with information.
• Communication: Clearly conveys and receives information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the listener, helps them understand and retain the message, and invites response and feedback. Keeps others informed as appropriate. Demonstrates good written, oral, and listening skills.
• Business performance management: Considering and evaluating overall business performance to determine where improvements can be made and how the organisation can be more effective in reaching organisational goals and achieving its strategic vision. Includes the ability to manage, operate, monitor, and report on business performance.
• Analytical: Relating to or using analysis or logical reasoning.

Additional Requirements:

• Project Management Professional certification in good standing

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Purpose of the role:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive individual to join our Project Management Office (PMO) as a Project Administrator/Coordinator. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing administrative tasks related to quotations, invoices, change request documents, report updating, and providing essential support to project managers in the execution of projects.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate and manage project quotations and invoices in collaboration with the finance and project departments.
• Ensure accuracy and compliance with project budgets and financial guidelines.
• Coordinate the processing of change requests, including documentation, communication, and tracking.
• Collaborate with project managers to assess the impact of changes on project timelines and budgets.
• Maintain and update project status reports, ensuring timely and accurate information.
• Generate ad-hoc reports as requested by project managers or stakeholders.
• Provide comprehensive administrative support to project managers, including calendar management, meeting coordination including minuting said meetings.
• Act as a liaison between project managers and cross-functional teams, ensuring effective communication.
• Facilitate communication regarding quotations, invoices, change requests, and project updates within the project teams and relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure proper organization and management of project documentation, including contracts, change orders, and other relevant records
• Maintain a systematic and easily accessible organizational structure for project documentation.
• Categorize and label documents logically to facilitate quick retrieval and reference.
• Develop and implement effective archiving procedures to ensure the secure storage of project documentation.

Qualifications:

• Matric.

Experience:

• Minimum 1 year project administrator experience.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Organized and a good multi-tasker.
• Take charge and know how to lead.
• Effective communicator.
• Negotiation skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Identify and escalate problems immediately

Additional Requirements:

• Related qualification will be advantageous

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Purpose of the role:

To provide a sales, promotion, communication, and administrative service to clients with clearer communication and effective administration; to the extent necessary for the organization to achieve its objectives

Qualifications:

• Minimum Matric

Experience:

• Minimum 6 months

Knowledge and Skills:

• Office skills or equivalent Interpersonal skills Sales skills Numeracy skills

Additional Requirements:

• No Criminal record Clear ITC Honesty Punctuality.

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Purpose of the role:

The Branch Manager is responsible for the financial, business, marketing, and people management for his/her branch.

Qualifications:

• Matric. Sales and Marketing qualifications will be an advantage

Experience:

• 2 years proven track record in microfinance or banking. Minimum of two years of managerial experience

Knowledge and Skills:

• 2 years proven track record in microfinance or banking. Minimum of two years of managerial experience

Additional Requirements:

• Financial Management: Continuously manage and monitor branch performance.
• Business/Compliance Management: Ensure that the sum of branch daily/monthly is 100% accurate and is balanced everyday Sales.
• Marketing Management: Develop implement Sales and Marketing plans to improve branch performance.
• People Management: Manage motivate and monitor branch personnel and their performance.

go to method of application »

Purpose of the role:

To provide a sales, promotion, communication, and administrative service to clients with clearer communication and effective administration; to the extent necessary for the organization to achieve its objectives

Qualifications:

• Minimum Matric

Experience:

• Minimum 6 months

Knowledge and Skills:

• Office skills or equivalent Interpersonal skills Sales skills Numeracy skills

Additional Requirements:

• No Criminal record Clear ITC Honesty Punctuality.

go to method of application »

Purpose of the role:

The Branch Manager is responsible for the financial, business, marketing, and people management for his/her branch.

Qualifications:

• Matric. Sales and Marketing qualifications will be an advantage

Experience:

• 2 years proven track record in microfinance or banking. Minimum of two years of managerial experience

Knowledge and Skills:

• 2 years proven track record in microfinance or banking. Minimum of two years of managerial experience

Additional Requirements:

• Financial Management: Continuously manage and monitor branch performance. 
• Business/Compliance Management: Ensure that the sum of branch daily/monthly is 100% accurate and is balanced everyday Sales. 
• Marketing Management: Develop implement Sales and Marketing plans to improve branch performance. 
• People Management: Manage motivate and monitor branch personnel and their performance.