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  • Posted: Jun 26, 2025
    Deadline: Jul 9, 2025
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  • Absa Group Limited (Absa) has forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise the possibilities on our continent and beyond.
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    Consultant: Sales (FAIS)

    Job Summary

    • To grow the Absa customer base through acquisition and increased customer profitability of the identified portfolio.
    • Gain new customers and increase port folios of current customers through proactive attraction, cross selling, retention and contributing towards the achievement of the branch’s sales targets.

    Job Description

    • Financial Goals Business Risk Customer Satisfaction Colleague Support

    Education

    • Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC)

    End Date: July 2, 2025

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    Fraud Solutions Controls and Governance Analyst

    Job Summary

    • To design, implement, and monitor governance frameworks, policies, and controls to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and mitigate operational, financial, and reputational risks within Fraud Solutions.

    Job Description

    • Actively participate in all of the audit phases - planning and scoping (identification of risks and controls), fieldwork (execution of design and operating effectiveness assessments) and reporting (ensure audit observations and planned actions are agreed with management for factual accuracy).
    • Ensure that delivery adheres to the Fraud Solutions Assurance Methodology, Absa Governance Framework and quality standards.
    • Provide timely feedback to the Head of Fraud Controls and Governance, functional heads, and fraud assurance team members with progress on identified issues and observations raised.
    • Support the development and implementation of data analytics driven business-monitoring programmes to support the Fraud Solutions Assurance and Fraud Loss team.
    • Develop, implement, and oversee governance policies and procedures.
    • Ensure alignment with regulatory standards, internal policies, and industry best practices.
    • Identify, assess, and manage risks associated with Fraud Solutions operations and regulatory obligations.
    • Lead internal and external audit preparations and implement recommendations.
    • Conduct regular reviews and testing of controls to identify weaknesses or gaps.
    • Prepare and present regular governance and risk reports to senior management and relevant stakeholders.
    • Maintain documentation related to policies, incidents, and audits.
    • Provide guidance and training to staff on governance, controls, and compliance matters.
    • Collaborate with internal departments, including Risk, Compliance, and Operations, to strengthen the control environment.
    • Develop and maintain business continuity and crisis management plans.

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor's Degree: Business, Commerce , Risk Management or related fields (NQF 7 and above) 

    Experience 

    • 3- 5 years working in a Fraud and Risk Environment
    • Experience in the financial industry will be advantageous

    Education

    • Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Law, Military Science and Security (Required)

    End Date: July 2, 2025

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    Fraud Solutions Assurance Analyst

    Job Summary

    • To design, implement, and monitor governance frameworks, policies, and controls to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and mitigate operational, financial, and reputational risks within Fraud Solutions.

    Job Description

    • Actively participate in all of the audit phases - planning and scoping (identification of risks and controls), fieldwork (execution of design and operating effectiveness assessments) and reporting (ensure audit observations and planned actions are agreed with management for factual accuracy).
    • Ensure that delivery adheres to the Fraud Solutions Assurance Methodology, Absa Governance Framework and quality standards.
    • Provide timely feedback to the Head of Fraud Controls and Governance, functional heads, and fraud assurance team members with progress on identified issues and observations raised.
    • Support the development and implementation of data analytics driven business-monitoring programmes to support the Fraud Solutions Assurance and Fraud Loss team.
    • Develop, implement, and oversee governance policies and procedures.
    • Ensure alignment with regulatory standards, internal policies, and industry best practices.
    • Identify, assess, and manage risks associated with Fraud Solutions operations and regulatory obligations.
    • Lead internal and external audit preparations and implement recommendations.
    • Conduct regular reviews and testing of controls to identify weaknesses or gaps.
    • Prepare and present regular governance and risk reports to senior management and relevant stakeholders.
    • Maintain documentation related to policies, incidents, and audits.
    • Provide guidance and training to staff on governance, controls, and compliance matters.
    • Collaborate with internal departments, including Risk, Compliance, and Operations, to strengthen the control environment.
    • Develop and maintain business continuity and crisis management plans.

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor's Degree: Business, Commerce , Risk Management or related fields (NQF 7 and above) 

    Experience 

    • 3- 5 years working in a Fraud and Risk Environment
    • Experience in the financial industry will be advantageous

    Education

    • Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Law, Military Science and Security (Required)

    End Date: July 3, 2025

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    Finance Business Partner

    Job Summary

    • The Finance Business Partner is responsible for acting as the intermediary between business/operations and Finance. 
    • The Finance Business Partner is also responsible for leading financial planning activities (RAF/MTP/Outlooks), as well as maintaining the Finance Management Information (MI) to report on the financial and business performance of the BU. 
    • Specific Role Purpose: Role will be focused on building financial models using historical data; product related information based on various industry & internal inputs in support of business cases, strategic initiatives, potential new products and partnerships.
    • The incumbent will be required to perform financial reconciliations’, analysis, and reporting in an accurate, complete and timely manner; and continuously seeks to improve operations by scaling automated financial processes to doing deep dives and trend analyses, to crafting financial solutions aligned to all appropriate controls, business financial health and growth objectives.
    • The Finance Business Partner equips finance and business leadership with sound financial information to support decision making at all levels. 
    • The Finance Business Partner of the business enables achieving the operational objectives of the business by building an agile finance enablement to transform, to bring stewardship, financial integrity & insights to the current state of the business & its future possibilities to deliver on the new operating model and to achieve the business objectives set by Absa.  
    • The Finance Business Partner co-creates Finance capabilities required to lead to exponential growth and business effectiveness.
    • The incumbent will also oversee treasury activities and maintain the approved funding structure of the business.

    Job Description

    Commercial Finance Execution Accountabilities 

    • Serve as a subject matter expert on financial data integrity, accounting processes, reconciliations’, analysis and reporting for end-to-end Financial Management in business area.
    • Develop and sustain knowledge and experience on the end to end processes, including relevant systems within scope of work.
    • Responsible for continuous operational excellence and real-time responsiveness of finance to enable business to achieve growth and profitability objectives.
    • Prepare for all planning cycles in advance and ensure adequate engagement with the relevant finance and business teams.
    • Focus on information-driven performance improvement and formulate data into easy access standardised views.
    • Ensure that the CFO and senior managers are appraised of key financial issues that need to be raised with executive leadership to enable integrity and timely management the BU.
    • Create unprecedented, seamless customer experiences via finance BU enablement.
    • Embrace our distinctive brand aspiration and infuse in business.
    • Identify and innovate operating practices to optimize the function. Embrace digital solutions.
    • Drive continuous process efficiency, financial rigor and controls. 
    • Adopt what’s ‘best for absa’ approach in finance practices.
    • Have a holistic eco-system view of business, that is, geography, customer, channel and product in developing information views of business.
    • Book of work contribution: Build innovative finance business case financial information, insights and benefits tracking’s’ solutions to continuously inform management decisions.
    • Transform and evolve Finance planning, tracking and control processes.
    • Know BU financial ambitions and balance sheet aspirations of PSC in performance reporting.
    • Contribute to the effectiveness of the core finance processes for PSC Finance (annual planning, forecasting, spend trajectory and reporting).
    • Understand and integrate Treasury, Risk, and Finance data from a BU perspective, where appropriate.
    • Influence the build of a leading global payments hub, where applicable.
    • Maintain stewardship and excellence which drives performance and sustainable growth through preservation of financial integrity.
    • Be an active force for good in society through business execution.
    • Contribute to BCM & cybersecurity processes relevant to the BU and finance execution.

    Financial Reporting Accountabilities

    • Build trust in the finance function through the creation of a single source of financial information which is corroborated by related management information sources and alignment to the agreed accounting principles, methodologies, and underlying data are correctly applied.
    • Generate innovative easy to comprehend progress reports for leaders on their strategic agenda, short-term and long-term plans and investments, operational success metrics, efficiencies, risks and mitigations.
    • Interact with the stakeholders to agree minimum quality standards, as well as an agreed method of communicating and resolving any identified quality deficiencies in the reporting process.
    • Own the process of delivery of high-quality information for regular and ad-hoc enhanced reporting to agreed requirements, timelines, and standards.
    • Act in line with the correct governance and control frameworks across the Finance team, as well as for proactively addressing any deficiencies and exceptions.
    • Develop and implement control procedures as deficiencies or exceptions are identified which support the production of error-free reports. Assess and drive improvement of business accounting practices and policies.
    • Take a commercial view on business and provide contextual insights into performance reports.
    • Integrate advanced modelling and analysis capability to provide actionable intelligence, beyond data within the function.
    • Generate finance narratives and insights driving business; and build pioneering new propositions.
    • Ensure appropriate, quality and timeous delivery of accurate financial and non-financial management information to support business objectives and expectations, including appropriate financial and non-financial metrics, valid and insightful comments and packaging the information in a relevant and appropriate manner.
    • Deliver reporting reflecting deep commercial, holistic understanding, coherency, clarity, and contextualisation. Tell the story with passion and conviction.
    • Provide thought-leadership, insight, influence and challenge on evolving stakeholder information requirements and reporting processes to deliver analytics.
    • Align to processes around month-end, year-end and planning cycles across the PSC finance community and BU based on the requirements from Group. Prepare for all cycles in advance and ensure adequate engagement with the relevant finance and BU teams.
    • Manage the production of regular, high quality, standardised financial and non-financial reporting and analytics to Business and Finance; and focus on effective collaborative stakeholder hand-offs in the production.

    People Investment Accountabilities

    • Peer responsibility: Coach, inspire, engage, mentor and develop finance and business savvy leaders.
    • Network with finance colleagues across ABSA and create awareness of challenges, opportunities and issues and encourage collaboration
    • Focus on Finance skills evolution and remaining relevant.
    • Embrace the value of finance partnership in Management Information, Advanced Analytics, business growth opportunities, and partnerships into the core of our business.
    • Ensure deep personal understanding of income statement, balance sheet, margin returns, variance analysis, capital and liquidity requirements, revenues, assets, liabilities and capital, expenses, headcount analytics and other key ratios through relevant business engagement.

    Role / Person Specification

    • Minimum holding of a Post Graduate Degree (NQF level no.8+), CA (SA) or CIMA or MBA qualification preferred.
    • 5+ years professional financial management experience (including articles if applicable)
    • 2+ years Banking Experience desirable

    Knowledge and skills:

    • Experience in executing finance processes.
    • Experience in building financial models and an advanced Excel user
    • Experience in financial planning and risk assessment
    • Broad Finance including strategic, commercial, legal, risk and operational aspects
    • Understanding of the financial services sector within a professional business environment
    • Knowledge of building collaborative work environments

    Education

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

    End Date: July 2, 2025 

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    UI/UX Designer

    Job Summary

    • Support end-to-end user experience design, including discovery, ideation, conception, detailed design, prototypes and validation across multiple products and areas, especially from a U perspective.

    Job Description

    • Designers work with in established, ad-hoc product, or service teams to solve customer experience problems holistically through the skills of their discipline and their understanding of customer behaviour.
    • Designers maintain and challenge the established standards in their discipline.
    • Designers have expertise in one or more of the core design disciplines (user experience design, user interface design, service design, customer research, prototype engineering and content strategy) and execute design on one project at a time.
    • They participate in project definition, not simply executing on a project, but also working with design leaders to shape the approach and structure of a project.
    • A successful Designer is a specialist in one or more of the core disciplines.
    • They are self-starters with a passion for high quality design and the expertise in implementing high quality, considered design.
    • They have a strong track record of delivering complex, creative and innovative design projects that elevate the customer experience.
    • The specific requirement is for a Designer with strong UI Skills

    Accountability: Problem solving and execution

    • Follow an approach defined by the design team, collaborating with other designers and stakeholders to deliver design projects.
    • Contribute to defining the approach for a specific design project with design leaders.
    • Conduct research (primary and secondary) to understand user’s pains, gains and needs
    • Execute design work based on steer from design leaders.
    • Adapt designs based on feedback from customers and design leaders.
    • Present design work to business stakeholders with the support of design project leads.
    • Work with product / service teams to implement customer centric solutions for Absa.
    • Advocate for design thinking methodologies and practices.
    • Create production ready design deliverables

    Accountability: High quality design

    • Create creative and innovative design solutions that deliver world-class customer experience.
    • Apply design thinking and best practice design standards with the support of senior designers.
    • Leverage insight and data, such as market analysis, customer feedback, user research and analytics to ensure that products/services/solutions are designed around the customer and deliver improved experience.
    • Design mock-ups and prototypes as necessary for each stage of the project, continuously iterating to achieve the optimal solution.
    • Align the design to the design standards and brand guidelines to ensure consistent experience across the Absa ecosystem

    Accountability: Building capabilities

    • Continuously develop your own expertise by, for example, actively seeking and incorporating feedback, and following external trends and best practices.
    • Contribute to the knowledge building of the entire team by actively sharing insights and success stories.
    • Continuously research and share insights into world standards and best practices.

    Technical Expertise:

    • 5+ years of web design experience with a strong portfolio demonstrating user interface design, demonstrating the ability to design for responsive websites.
    • Current knowledge of web design trends, accessibility standards, and best practices
    • Experience building, maintaining, and evolving design systems
    • Senior-level execution speed and quality standards

    Leadership & Mentorship:

    • Able to provide constructive feedback, and knowledge sharing
    • Ability to contribute to team skill development and design culture

    Portfolio Requirements:

    • Strong portfolio showcasing web design work across multiple projects
    • Demonstrated ability to solve complex design problems with clear design rationale
    • Examples of design system work or component library contributions

    Nice to have:

    • Experience in Fintech
    • Video editing and light animation
    • Illustration skills
    • Experience with front-end development basics (HTML/CSS understanding)

    Key Competencies:

    • Ability to balance creative vision with business requirements and technical constraints
    • Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
    • Passionate about staying current with industry developments

    Education

    • Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)

    End Date: July 2, 2025 

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    Country and Sovereign Risk Manager - VP

    Job Summary

    • To assess, monitor and manage sovereign and country risk of the jurisdictions the bank takes risk in.
    • The qualified candidate will join the Absa Group Limited Country and Sovereign Risk team, which is part of the Group Credit Risk unit.

    Job Description

    Key Accountabilities:

    • Focus on country and sovereign risk portfolio management
    • Enhance and manage country & sovereign risk governance related matters including engagements with external bodies (i.e. banking associations.)
    • Manage and consolidate trigger frameworks as well as the associated actions. 
    • Develop and maintain information & research sources relevant for country and sovereign risk management. 
    • Coordinate the embedment of the bank’s strategy, priorities and targets within the country risk team.
    • Ensure operational and administrative efficiencies are achieved within the team. 
    • Support the Head of Country & Sovereign Risk with implementation of frameworks, models and policy enhancements.
    • Develop systems and processes to track adherence to sanctions conditions.
    • Develop and provide input for (country and sovereign) risk models (i.e. understanding sovereign PD models) as well as giving input in deal structuring to mitigate risks.
    • Manage limits and exposure data of the portfolio, ensure accurate and efficient reporting.

    Preferred Experience:

    • Manager in risk or economic research (in a financial sector entity) field.
    • Country and sovereign credit risk analytics
    • Understanding of country, credit and market risk
    • Experience in a similar environment at Financial Institutions, Multilateral Institutions, Research Companies, Rating Agencies, etc.
    • Experience with working on bank limits and exposure data
    • Economic Research and Report Writing
    • Understanding of sovereign ratings and Loss Given Default models
    • Knowledge of banking products and operations

    Education

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

    End Date: July 4, 2025 

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    Consultant: Sales (FAIS)

    Job Summary

    • To grow the Absa customer base through acquisition and increased customer profitability of the identified portfolio.
    • Gain new customers and increase port folios of current customers through proactive attraction, cross selling, retention and contributing towards the achievement of the branch’s sales targets.

    Job Description

    • Financial Goals Business Risk Customer Satisfaction Colleague Support

    Education

    • Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC)

    End Date: July 2, 2025

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    Specialist: Cost Management and Change

    Job Summary

    • The Financial Decision Support function covers the reporting of all financial and management information within Absa.
    • It involves the analysis and interpretation of this reporting and providing business with meaningful insights to enable decision making.
    • The team provides continuous decision support for Exco and senior management within Relationship Banking as well as the wider ABSA group

    Job Description

    Key Accountabilities 

    Monthly reporting and month end packs

    • Provide input for monthly flash reporting by developing the best estimate of the month end result and load the numbers into the system.
    • Monitor flash numbers against plan and the final numbers.
    • Prepare cost reports on a regular as well as ad-hoc basis to enable management to make decisions.
    • Provide advice and support to management on financial risks that might have an impact on profitability by discussing at regular intervals all financial matters

    Financial Planning and Budgeting

    • Prepare, discuss and sign-off short-term plan (STP), medium-term plan (MTP) and rolling forecast (RAF) with relevant stakeholders to enable consolidation into cluster forecast and budget.
    • There is a strong focus of business partnering linked to this role which include presentation of financials to various forums.

    Role / Person Specification

    Education and Experience Required

    • CA (SA) / CIMA or situable qualification minimum NQF7.
    • 1 – 5 years post qualification banking experience

    Knowledge & Skills:

    • Strong financial reporting skills
    • Problem solving and efficiency improving
    • Client service drive
    • Strong product knowledge
    • Strong communication skills
    • Analytical and detailed focussed

    Systems:  

    • SAP BW
    • Compass

    Education

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

    End Date: July 2, 2025

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    Managing Executive: Unsecured Lending (Retail SA)

    Job Summary

    • Define and drive the Unsecured Lending strategy and business model to deliver market-leading value propositions for products and services for the Retail Bank’s customers.
    • Lead Collections capability by solving for risk at a customer level, leveraging full suite of unsecured product portfolio.
    • Transition into Next generation customer propositions by focusing on purpose led solutions that win customers in the market, agnostic of the product.

    KEY FOCUS AREAS

    • Lead the end-to-end performance and transformation of the Unsecured Lending portfolio, including Personal Loans and Card.
    • Deliver differentiated, purpose-led solutions that are product-agnostic and aligned to customer needs and evolving financial behaviours.
    • Own the full Collections value chain, including risk management, supplier relationships, processing, interest calculations, and customer management.
    • Embed capabilities for sales commercialisation, customer needs interlocks, and innovative future propositions aligned to Next Gen strategy.
    • Optimise product performance through integrated planning, KVD tracking, reporting, and book of work coordination.
    • Strengthen the governance, controls, and assurance model across all unsecured lending domains including pre-legal and off-balance sheet debt.
    • Expand revenue through bancassurance integration and new income streams such as BNPL, device finance, and acquiring solutions.
    • Champion a high-performance, risk-aware culture through strategic leadership of people, performance, and product development.

    Job Description

    ACCOUNTABILITIES

    • Strategy Formulation and Execution
    • Define and deliver the integrated Unsecured Lending strategy across Card, Personal Loans, Sales Commercialisation, and Collections, with direct oversight of performance tracking, KVDs, and multi-year planning.
    • Set and articulate a long-term strategy with defined objectives, success metrics, and alignment to Group direction and shareholder value creation.
    • Develop and communicate a clear strategic vision for the business unit, ensuring alignment with organisational goals, fostering a culture of innovation, and shaping industry discourse.
    • Strengthen the bank’s competitiveness through strategic partnerships and industry influence.
    • Engage proactively with strategic stakeholders, industry bodies, and regulators to shape and evolve strategy in response to market dynamics and policy developments.
    • Oversee the disciplined execution of strategic priorities, ensuring business enablement and operational readiness across the business unit.
    • Drive and monitor business unit performance, ensuring timely delivery against strategic goals, and provide transparent reporting on progress, risks, and outcomes.
    • Lead transformation as a deeply committed journey, positioning the bank as a customer-centric organisation underpinned by robust journey management and market-leading products.

    Customer Primacy

    • Lead the design of future-fit customer value propositions across Card, PL, and Sales Commercialisation, aligned to needs-based segments, customer insights, and seamless fulfilment experiences.
    • Leverage market trends, competitor intelligence, and global best practices to generate strategic insights that shape business direction.
    • Apply deep customer understanding to guide capability development, prioritisation, and value creation across the business.
    • Champion a culture of customer-centricity that balances exceptional experience with sustainable financial performance.
    • Prioritise customer-centric initiatives that use data and insights to elevate customer experience, satisfaction, and loyalty—driving both growth and profitability.
    • Promote collaboration across business units and product areas to harmonise capabilities, ensuring seamless and differentiated customer journeys.
    • Advocate for the segment agenda at executive level, ensuring alignment and integration with Group priorities and cross-functional stakeholders.

    Sustainable Growth

    • Maximise growth through commercialisation of Card and PL, expanded Bancassurance penetration, and development of new revenue pools including Side Hustle, BNPL, and Acquiring.
    • Lead the delivery of the segment growth agenda in alignment with Group strategic priorities and shareholder expectations.
    • Collaborate across the Executive team and with key stakeholders to translate strategic intent into executable growth plans.
    • Mobilise the business unit to deliver on strategic objectives, securing ownership, accountability, and cross-functional commitment.
    • Accelerate the segment and the business unit’s contribution to sustainable, enterprise-wide performance and long-term value creation.
    • Ensure investment decisions reflect both customer and product P&L considerations, and that they align to strategic imperatives and financial sustainability.
    • Client-Driven Innovation and Change
    • Drive an innovation agenda for the Unsecured Lending portfolio through future-oriented propositions, payment innovation, and design-led experimentation.
    • Stay informed of industry and competitor trends to ensure business decisions support market relevance and client value.
    • Influence business decisions and capability development to support innovative, client-centric solutions across the value chain.
    • Actively shape the client experience agenda through strategic input, cross-functional collaboration, and delivery accountability.
    • Lead and manage change initiatives with discipline and empathy, driving transformation practices with clearly articulated outcomes, while ensuring business continuity.

    Leading Talent

    • Build deep capability across Cards, PL, Sales Transformation, and Collections through strategic workforce planning, upskilling, and an innovation-driven culture.
    • Adopt and apply enterprise-wide human capital processes in ways that reinforce the organisation’s brand, values, and strategic priorities.
    • Ensure leadership and workforce capabilities are developed to meet current and future business needs.
    • Foster a high-performance, inclusive culture that supports employee engagement and delivers on the employee value proposition.
    • Provide executive oversight on people matters, including performance management, talent recognition, and resolution of escalated issues.
    • Attract, develop, and retain top talent, creating pathways for diversified experiences and future-ready skills development.
    • Empower leaders to act as culture shapers and catalysts for transformation.

    Operational Effectiveness

    • Oversee end-to-end execution across product operations (PL), card optimisation, collections processing, and RCCS, ensuring precision, speed, and customer care.
    • Translate strategic priorities into clear operational plans and performance measures, ensuring disciplined execution and timely course correction where required.
    • Ensure alignment with other business units to ensure coherent delivery, operational integration, and resource optimisation.
    • Represent the business with regulators and in key industry forums, reinforcing strategic positioning and operational credibility.
    • Leverage business intelligence, performance insights, and external trends to inform decision-making and shape operational direction.
    • Drive operational excellence through comprehensive process reviews aimed at harmonising with customer journeys and enabling faster execution through digital adoption and modernised technologies.

    Digital Adoption

    • Accelerate digitisation of lending journeys, card servicing, onboarding, and customer collections touchpoints to improve adoption and reduce friction.
    • Identify and champion opportunities to digitise, automate, and innovate in ways that enhance customer experience, operational efficiency, and strategic agility.
    • Drive the adoption and optimisation of digital platforms and technologies to unlock business value, scalability, and performance excellence.

    Good Governance, Risk and Compliance

    • Govern risk across Card, PL, and Collections (including Off-Balance Sheet), and lead NAPA, assurance, and supplier management for internal and external partners.
    • Lead the implementation of integrated governance, compliance, and internal control frameworks that uphold the organisation’s integrity and licence to operate.
    • Embed a culture of risk-aware decision-making and proactively address complex regulatory and business risks to safeguard long-term sustainability.
    • Ensure a robust risk management framework is operational at all levels, integrated into day-to-day decision-making and strategic planning.

    Data Monetisation

    Enable capital allocation decisions and collection strategies using profitability tools, interest calculations, and customer-level risk-return analytics.

    Harness data as a strategic asset to inform decision-making, optimise performance, and unlock new sources of economic value.

    Leverage internal and external data ecosystems to drive actionable insights and deliver measurable business outcomes at scale.

    Stakeholder Management

    • Build strategic partnerships across Credit, Finance, Legal, Digital, External Debt Collectors, and Bancassurance to enable integrated product and customer delivery.
    • Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with customers, employees, regulators, and strategic partners to enable collaborative execution of the transformation agenda.
    • Ensure stakeholder alignment around key priorities, promoting shared ownership of the Bank’s vision and value creation goals.

    Education

    • Bachelor Honours Degree: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required), Postgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

    End Date: July 2, 2025

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    IA Digital and Data Governance - Scrum Master

    Job Summary

    • Absa Internal Audit (IA) is looking for a dynamic, innovative and motivated individual to facilitate the delivery of data-driven. digital initiatives using agile methodology. 
    • The Scrum Master will play a pivotal role in driving both project delivery and business-as-usual (BAU) initiatives within the Digital and Data Governance function of Internal Audit.
    • This role requires strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills to ensure agile practices are embedded across teams, while also supporting the planning, execution, and reporting of digital and data-driven initiatives.
    • The ideal candidate will be responsible for coordinating sprint activities, tracking progress against delivery milestones, and producing actionable insights through dashboards and reports.
    • A collaborative mindset, attention to detail, and a passion for continuous improvement are essential to succeed in this dynamic environment.

    Job Description

    Agile Delivery & Facilitation

    • Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and reviews.
    • Ensure agile principles are followed and adapted to the team’s context.
    • Track sprint progress and manage delivery timelines and milestones.
    • Ensuring that sprints are running smoothly and corrective actions taken wherever appropriate.
    • Effectively communicate to project manager/delivery manager about the progress as well as blockages in the on-going sprints.
    • Ensuring all change governance and standards are adhered to
    • Developing plans to ensure delivery of teams’ work.
    • Experience in maintaining and supporting multiple sprints.

    Project & BAU Coordination

    • Oversee the execution of initiatives and BAU enhancements.
    • Collaborate with business analysts and delivery partners to ensure smooth delivery.
    • Maintain delivery roadmaps and backlog prioritisation.

    Reporting & Insights

    • Support the creation of dashboards and reports using tools like Power BI and Excel.
    • Consolidate and present delivery metrics, risks, and blockers to stakeholders.
    • Ensure traceability of requirements and outcomes through structured documentation.
    • Provide delivery updates in governance forums.

    Stakeholder Engagement

    • Can effectively manage and develop relationships with key decision makers and stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes.
    • Promote a digital-first culture and agile mindset across the function.
    • Provide regular updates and feedback loops to ensure transparency and alignment.
    • Uses stakeholder management strategy effectively and knows how to navigate the organisation
    • The ability to facilitate and negotiate with multiple parties to bring about agreement and resolution, even when position is not initially shared by others • Clearly and effectively communicates difficult or complex ideas clearly to
    • stakeholders, peers and subordinates
    • Adapts style to contribute and enhance teams performance by working effectively with people across a wide range of disciplines and levels, both internal and external.

    Continuous Improvement

    • Identify opportunities to improve delivery processes and team performance.
    • Encourage innovation and experimentation within agile teams.
    • Stay current with agile trends, tools, and best practices.

    Behavioural Attributes

    • Deals comfortably with ambiguity and uncertainty and is effective when working with unstructured teams, situations and environments.
    • Aware of project costs and resources, help in tracking actual against budget and managing the balance of delivery within time/cost/quality constraints.
    • Ability to maintain a dialogue in difficult situations.

    Experience

    • Minimum 5 years of experience in agile delivery or project management, managing multiple sprints/projects.
    • Experience supporting both project delivery and business-as-usual (BAU) initiatives.
    • Familiarity with user acceptance testing (UAT), documentation, reporting and stakeholder engagement.
    • Experience in internal audit or financial services is preferred.

    Qualifications

    • Matric (Senior Certificate) 
    • Relevant project management or agile delivery certification

    Education

    • National Certificate: Information Technology (Required)

    End Date: July 4, 2025

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    CIB Internal Auditor: Payments and Operations

    Job Summary

    • To monitor the risk profile of the business and execute audit assignments in accordance with the Group Audit Plan and Internal Audit methodology, relevant policies, procedures and quality standards.

    Job Description

    Audit planning

    • Participate in the 6+6 audit planning cycle, provide input by taking into account the risk and control profile, business strategy and material risks affecting the business.

    Assurance

    • Develop an in-depth knowledge of Absa and the various business areas and use this knowledge to execute on assurance responsibilities.
    • Actively participate in all the audit phases - planning and scoping (identification of risks and controls), fieldwork (execution of design and operating effectiveness assessments) and reporting (ensure audit observations and planned actions are agreed with management for factual accuracy).
    • Ensure delivery adheres to the audit methodology and quality standards.
    • Identify opportunities for using Data Analytics and enhanced automated auditing techniques.
    • Prepare audit observations and make sure that they are concise, factually accurate and cover all of the significant issues. The observations must be insightful, address the root causes, and have agreed actions that fully mitigate the risk.

    Teamwork

    • Engage proactively with Internal Audit colleagues during assignments and request technical assistance where required and based on knowledge of business areas, provide guidance to other auditors and peers by sharing best practice so that their work meets and sometimes exceeds quality standards

    Relationship and Portfolio management

    • Business Monitoring and stakeholder engagement - Develop and maintain relationships with business (including 1and 2 Line of Defense) and actively monitor the risk profile of the business to inform audit planning, reporting and audit delivery. Support the Combined Assurance effort across the 3 LOD to strengthen the control environment.
    • Provide input into Risk and Committee reporting, clear messaging and impact on the risk and control environment of the business.

    Knowledge Management

    • Display professional skepticism and apply a residual risk lens to potential audit issues with management and in final reporting.
    • Continuous upskilling on both technical and other core competencies.
    • Keeping up to date with industry trends, regulatory changes and professional standards.
    • Based on knowledge of business areas, provide guidance to other auditors and peers by sharing best practice so that their work meets and sometimes exceeds quality standards

    Minimum Requirements

    • 3 Years' experience in audit, risk management or governance and control
    • Basic knowledge of CIB products, and regulatory requirements related to Payments and Transactional Banking
    • B Degree Internal Auditing, or similar

    Preferable

    • Exposure to General Technology, use of Computer Assisted Audit Techniques (CAATs) and data analytics
    • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)/ Chartered Accountant (CA)

    Education

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

    End Date: July 4, 2025

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    Specialist - Legal Recoveries (On/Off Balance) Sheet

    Job Summary

    • To manage, oversee, control, and execute all operational support function, business administration, team and personal assistant support and logistics coordination to ensure effective business support and (internal & external) customer service delivery.
    • To create and manage an end-to-end Legal Recoveries capability that is recognised as a valuable and Strategic business resource and as an industry leader amongst its peers.
    • The function should maximise cost effective recoveries thereby supporting Business in the execution of the overall Absa Group strategy.

    Job Description

    Accountability: Managing the assigned legal portfolio

    • Formulate the appropriate recovery strategy to recover as much as possible and to mitigate any additional impairment requirements
    • Instruct panel attorney to institute legal action against all liable parties and management of legal process until the matter is resolved
    • Initiate, entertain and approve any negotiations or settlements proposals within personal discretion and refer to mandate official if outside personal mandate.
    • Provide ongoing instructions to attorney inclusive of evidence required by court such as factual evidence, reconciliations and documentation
    • Draw and summation of claim and documentation required in liquidations/sequestrations and deceased estates
    • In liquidation/sequestration ensure that the liquidator is protecting the Bank's interest with regards to our assets, whether it is a vehicle, immovable property or any other.
    • Assess the risk position by analysing the overall security position to ensure the correct level of impairment is raised.
    • Perform financial and non-financial analysis on the client that will support and underpin the recovery strategy to be implemented for a particular group or customer
    • Produce relevant management information and statistics as required.
    • This includes reports to the Watchlist Committee if required.
    • Manage bad debt exposures by taking daily legal recovery decisions and reviewing information from various systems and taking loss decisions accordingly.
    • Report all risk and loss events as a result of fraud or error
    • Monitor progress on defended/opposed matters in consultation with Group Legal and submit Form B.
    • Engage with Team Leaders and higher levels on a matter to matter basis regarding complex matters.
    • Submit Khula claim and attend to all queries until finalised
    • Action all new accounts within prescribed time frame
    • Follow up on all accounts regularly and manage diary dates
    • Ensure that correct risk types and status codes are allocated to accounts
    • Accept full and final settlements or refer if outside mandate
    • Recommend write-off or canning of account
    • Attend any meetings or committees as and when required, e.g Watchlist Committee.
    • Negotiate with clients where necessary within own mandates, on the most favourable terms possible and the execution of written recommendations to mandate holders and or committees in respect of those matters which exceed own mandate.
    • Requesting of valuations of properties
    • Sign all documentation e.g. affidavits for legal action when required.
    • Appear in court and present evidence when required to do so.
    • Decide whether to grant leave to defend or proceed with Summary Judgment application
    • Accept payment arrangements and monitor adherence to the agreement
    • Consider and accept/recommend any offers on security assets like vehicles or immovable property.
    • Attend to and finalise all queries/disputes and complaints from clients. If complaint has been officially lodged attending to and finalising it within timeframe on CCP system.
    • Peruse offers to purchase (e.g. on property) and make detailed recommendation as to whether it should be accepted or not.
    • Attend auctions as and when required
    • Visit properties and attorneys as and when required

    Accountability: Management of 3rd party relationships

    • Responsible to provide instructions to 3rd party service providers as first point of entry with clear guidelines including monitoring the progress to protect the Bank's interest
    • Maintain effective and professional working relationships with attorneys, EDC's insolvency practitioners and auctioneers
    • Identification of poor performance trends and recommendations to management to exit relationship
    • Pro-actively manage legal risks associated with the legal recovery portfolio, client interaction, internal customer interaction and other role players in the organisation
    • Embed and maintain internal stakeholder relationships with Business Units
    • including monthly interactions to discuss and resolve account specific issues and opportunities

    Accountability: Financial performance of assigned portfolio

    • To optimise recovery cash flows by implementing effective and timely action
    • Ensure that security values are updated and correct as to ensure that losses are accurately accounted for in terms of policy and accounting practices
    • Investigate and question 3rd party fees and commission invoices including
    • Liquidation and Distribution (e.g. for Capital Gains Tax) accounts to ensure correctness and to minimize the level of legal and other expenses.
    • Assertive engagements with clients and service providers in order to close transactions, settlements and compromises to the benefit of the Bank focusing on the releasing of impairment requirements and recovering as much as possible.

    Education

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

    End Date: June 30, 2025

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    Head of Valuations - Commercial Property Finance

    Job Summary

    • The Head of Valuations for Commercial Property Finance is a senior leadership role overseeing all valuation activities related to commercial real estate assets within the organisation.
    • This role will require strong expertise in property valuation, a deep understanding of the commercial property market, and the ability to lead and develop a team of valuation professionals.
    • The individual in this position will be expected to ensure accurate and timely valuation assessments, manage relationships with internal stakeholders, clients, and third-party providers, and provide strategic insights to support decision-making in property financing.

    Job Description

    Leadership & Team Management:

    • Lead and mentor a team of valuation professionals, providing guidance and support for their career development.
    • Ensure that the valuation team maintains high accuracy, efficiency, and compliance with relevant regulations and industry best practices.
    • Develop and implement performance management and training initiatives to enhance team capabilities.

    Valuation Management:

    • Oversee and manage all commercial property valuations within the organisation, including but not limited to investment properties, development sites, and property portfolios.
    • Review and approve valuation reports, ensuring consistency, thoroughness, and alignment with organisational objectives and industry standards.
    • Ensure valuations are completed on time to support business operations, including loan origination, portfolio management, and financial reporting.

    Market Insight & Strategy:

    • Provide strategic advice to senior management on market trends, property values, and investment risks.
    • Monitor market developments in the commercial property sector, including changes in legislation, zoning regulations, and economic factors that impact property values.
    • Conduct comprehensive market research and prepare reports to inform business decisions regarding acquisitions, disposals, and refinancing opportunities.

    Client & Stakeholder Relations:

    • Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including internal teams (e.g., credit, underwriting), external clients, property owners, brokers, and other valuation professionals.
    • Act as the main point of contact for client inquiries related to property valuations, providing advice and resolving issues.
    • Support the business development team in creating tailored solutions for clients based on accurate and comprehensive valuation data.

    Risk & Compliance:

    • Ensure that all valuation processes are conducted in line with industry regulations, accounting standards, and internal risk policies.
    • Monitor and manage the risks associated with property valuations, ensuring that appropriate safeguards are in place to prevent valuation inaccuracies or conflicts of interest.
    • Lead the development and enforcement of valuation guidelines and procedures to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements and internal controls.
    • Perform all other duties as reasonably assigned.

    Leadership & Team Management:

    • Lead and mentor a team of valuation professionals, providing guidance and support for their career development.
    • Ensure that the valuation team maintains high accuracy, efficiency, and compliance with relevant regulations and industry best practices.
    • Develop and implement performance management and training initiatives to enhance team capabilities.

    Valuation Management:

    • Oversee and manage all commercial property valuations within the organisation, including but not limited to investment properties, development sites, and property portfolios.
    • Review and approve valuation reports, ensuring consistency, thoroughness, and alignment with organisational objectives and industry standards.
    • Ensure valuations are completed on time to support business operations, including loan origination, portfolio management, and financial reporting.

    Market Insight & Strategy:

    • Provide strategic advice to senior management on market trends, property values, and investment risks.
    • Monitor market developments in the commercial property sector, including changes in legislation, zoning regulations, and economic factors that impact property values.
    • Conduct comprehensive market research and prepare reports to inform business decisions regarding acquisitions, disposals, and refinancing opportunities.

    Client & Stakeholder Relations:

    • Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including internal teams (e.g., credit, underwriting), external clients, property owners, brokers, and other valuation professionals.
    • Act as the main point of contact for client inquiries related to property valuations, providing advice and resolving issues.
    • Support the business development team in creating tailored solutions for clients based on accurate and comprehensive valuation data.

    Risk & Compliance:

    • Ensure that all valuation processes are conducted in line with industry regulations, accounting standards, and internal risk policies.
    • Monitor and manage the risks associated with property valuations, ensuring that appropriate safeguards are in place to prevent valuation inaccuracies or conflicts of interest.
    • Lead the development and enforcement of valuation guidelines and procedures to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements and internal controls.
    • Perform all other duties as reasonably assigned.

    Education and Experience

    • Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
    • A master’s degree or relevant professional qualifications (e.g., MRICS, FRICS) is highly desirable.
    • At least 10 years of experience in commercial property valuation or related fields, with a proven track record of managing teams and providing strategic advice.
    • Strong experience in commercial property finance, investment, and development valuation, including understanding of underwriting, credit risk, and loan structuring.
    • Experience working in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with multiple stakeholders.

    Skills and Competencies

    • In-depth knowledge of property valuation methodologies, commercial real estate market dynamics, and regulatory frameworks.
    • Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external clients.
    • Proficiency in financial analysis, property investment models, and the use of valuation software and databases.
    • Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving abilities, with a strong focus on accuracy and timeliness.

    Education

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

    End Date: July 9, 2025

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