Recent Jobs at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

• Provide specialist advise and support for day-to-day work, in order to execute predefined objectives as per agreed standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Job Description

• Source Utilisation: Obtain walk in client or data leads from the Bank staff in the branches. | Customer Experience: To provide service excellence and achieve customer satisfaction. | Risk and Control: Ensure that processes, control requirements and risk management frameworks that impact the area are documented and understood. | Manage Sales and Growth Targets: Capture the correct Policy Relevant Information (PRI) number on the EBankpac system on a monthly basis and check the accuracy of the commission statements received from the AIFA Commissions department. Verify that all the PRI numbers reconcile to the commission paid and reflected on the statements.
• FAIS Fit and Proper Requirements Applicable to this Role (Advice and Intermediary Service):
• FSCA-Approved Qualification
• Regulatory Exam for Representatives (RE5)
• Experience As Per the FAIS Act
• Product Specific Training once Onboarded
• Class Of Business Training
• Continuous Professional Development
• Attest To Honesty, Integrity, and Good Standing

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Accounting, National Senior Certificate/ Matric (Grade 12)

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Job Summary

• Provide superior, seamless customer experience and offering suitable solutions to meet client needs. Utilise technology and leverage the virtual omni-channel environment, to deliver service in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Perform banking duties and oversee the financial activities for business and individual customers.

Job Description

• Income Growth and Financial Targets: Ensure a deep understanding of client's working capital cycle and business needs to provide appropriate solutions. Drive achievement of targets as per individual scorecard.   
• Customer Focus: Proactively drive acquisition and cross-sell initiatives through re-engagement processes. Ensure service and complaints resolution are within acceptable service level agreements.
• Compliance and Risk Management: Fulfil all activities in adherence to relevant control and compliance requirements, and quality standards.   
• Collaboration: Constantly seek to improve ways of working by challenging the status quo and supporting an empowering climate within the team, sharing knowledge, experience, best practice and providing constructive feedback as required.

Education

• Higher Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Job Summary

• Conduct quality credit assessments, provide responsible risk decisions within personal mandate level and maintain an assigned credit portfolio of clients for Business Bank Commercial & Agriculture (Growth, Premium and High Value Banking) in accordance with Absa credit policies, processes and procedures.

Job Description

• Credit Sanctioning
• Perform quality credit sanctioning within the Operational Level Agreement (OLA), being cognizant of risks, solutions-driven and giving due consideration to compliance requirements.
• Portfolio and Risk Management
• Pro-actively maintain and manage the assigned portfolio within agreed KPI’s.
• Accurate and timeously report high-risk accounts.
• Provide credit solutions for the timeous rehabilitation of delinquent accounts and initiate transfers to Business Support and / or Legal.
• Recovery Services (LRS) for groups / accounts which cannot be rehabilitated in the normal credit environment.
• Stakeholder Management
• Build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders.
• Be a role model for client engagement and demonstrate value add at every engagement.
• Contribute to the upskilling and mentoring of front-line colleagues.
• Risk and Control
• Apply the highest standards of controls and risk management practices and behaviors and embed a positive risk and control culture.
• Adhere to policies, procedures and regulations.
• Identify, assess and report risks arising from significant events, investigations, audit and control issues.
• Demonstrate prudence, sound judgment and appropriate escalations in the management of all types of risk applicable to the role.
• similar environment at junior management level
• Previous credit sanctioning experience required
• Agri experience would be an advantage

Education

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

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Job Summary

• We are looking for an experienced Model Development Analysts with a background as quantitative analysts implementing PD, LGD and EAD models for Regulatory Capital and Impairments (IFRS9) models in a banking environment.

Job Description

• We will expect you to ensure model build data are of sufficient quality. 
• Develop theoretical understanding and practical application of model development methodology through model building and application experience;
• Complete statistical data analysis and produce model build documentation in an unambiguous and concise manner.
• Have the ability to integrate technical statistical experience and business knowledge.
• Ensure successful implementation of models by assisting the model implementation team through answering technical questions around the model workings.
• Ensure full governance processes for modelling are complied with from model inception and build through to validation and sign-off by completing all relevant documentation according to the Absa Model Risk Policy.
• Actively engage stakeholders (model users, validation team, monitoring team, regulators) to be fully engaged in process and delivery through email discussions, group meetings and one-on-one discussions ensuring their issues, objectives and priorities are reflected in agreed solutions.

Education

• A successful candidate will hold at least an honours degree in Statistics, Business Mathematics and Informatics (BMI) or Mathematical Statistics or a related field with up to 6 years’ experience in statistical model development or validation in a Business Banking or Investment Banking environment with process and people management experience preferred.
• Proficiency in Base SAS or SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS data steps, SAS procedures, SAS SQL, SAS Macros in order to develop statistical models.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

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Job Summary

• Designs, builds, manages, and monitors strategic data assets through the pipeline of data retrieval, storage, database design, and distribution of information assets throughout the organisation.

Job Description

• Design and assemble large, complex data sets to meet functional / non-functional requirements
• Source data from internal and external data sources, engaging with technical subject matter experts
• Design and build infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data across a variety of data sources using various 'big data' technologies
• Help streamline a better supply chain for advanced analytics that goes from experimentation into production.  Identify, design and implement internal process improvements:  automating manual processes, optimising data delivery, re-designing models for greater scalability.
• Explore, analyse, and profile data from our various internal and external data sources, and help data scientist to prepare data for analytical purposes
• Resolve critical data modelling issues impacting the functionality of business intelligence products in production
• Engage with a wide range of technical stakeholders including data scientist, business analysis, other data engineers and solutions architects
• Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in our data systems

Requirements

• More than 5 years of data engineering experience
• Bachelor`s degrees as a minimum qualification
• Proven experience with
• Scala or Python or Java development
• Spark and Hadoop data platforms
• Linux environments
• SQL scripting
• AWS
• Skilled in developing data pipelines
• Expertise in data analysis and exploration
• Strong problem solving abilities

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Information Technology, Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology
   

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Job Summary

• Provide superior, seamless customer experience and offering suitable solutions to meet client needs. Utilise technology and leverage the virtual omni-channel environment, to deliver service in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Perform banking duties and oversee the financial activities for business and individual customers.

Job Description

• Income Growth and Financial Targets: Ensure a deep understanding of client's working capital cycle and business needs to provide appropriate solutions. Drive achievement of targets as per individual scorecard.   
• Customer Focus: Proactively drive acquisition and cross-sell initiatives through re-engagement processes. Ensure service and complaints resolution are within acceptable service level agreements.
• Compliance and Risk Management: Fulfil all activities in adherence to relevant control and compliance requirements, and quality standards.   
• Collaboration: Constantly seek to improve ways of working by challenging the status quo and supporting an empowering climate within the team, sharing knowledge, experience, best practice and providing constructive feedback as required.
• Must have a Min NQF 6 business qualification (degree)
• Must have a min of at least 3 years experience in fast paced, highly pressurised, client facing (face to face and not call centre), target driven sales environment
• Must have a minimum of 3 years consistent high sales performing verifiable accolades/performance ratings with current and previous employers
• Must be comfortable working with business clients
• Must be comfortable working with complexity, financial statements and interpret and work with sales data
• Must be self starter, self governed, impactful team player and contributor
• Must be a value centred, disciplined individual

Education

• Higher Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
   

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Job Summary

Job Description

Key Accountabilities:

• Administer Exchange Control:
• Compliance Champion: Vet transactions for compliance with Exchange Control Regulations and specific SA Reserve Bank approvals.
• Detail-Oriented: Allocate correct FINSURV reporting categories and sections of the Currency and Exchanges Manual for transactions.
• Client Liaison: Engage with clients on Exchange Control matters and escalate transactions requiring SA Reserve Bank authorization.
• Account Management: Approve the opening of Customer Foreign Currency Accounts and ensure timely submission of Exchange Control Applications to HOEC.
• Deliver First-Class Exchange Control Advisory Service:
• Customer Service Guru: Provide exceptional customer service and support to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Problem Solver: Apply your specialist knowledge to solve problems and continuously improve processes and product offerings.
• Relationship Builder: Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Risk and Compliance:
• Risk Aware: Stay alert to potential risks from customer transactions and ensure full compliance with ABSA’s risk and compliance policies.
• Regulatory Expert: Keep informed of suspicious transactions and complete all required training.
• Networking:
• Connector: Establish and maintain professional relationships with clients and internal stakeholders to ensure optimum service standards.
• Self-Development:
• Lifelong Learner: Continuously update your knowledge of the Wholesale and Corporate Banking environment, processes, and products.
• Skill Enhancer: Pursue opportunities for further education and training to enhance your skills and knowledge.

Education and Experience Required:

• NQF Level 5: Grade 12
• Minimum 3 years of General Banking experience
• Minimum 1 year of Exchange Control / Forex experience

Education

• Higher Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
   

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Job Summary

• Provide superior, seamless customer experience and offering suitable solutions to meet client needs. Utilise technology and leverage the virtual omni-channel environment, to deliver service in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Perform banking duties and oversee the financial activities for business and individual customers.

Job Description

• Income Growth and Financial Targets: Ensure a deep understanding of client's working capital cycle and business needs to provide appropriate solutions. Drive achievement of targets as per individual scorecard.   
• Customer Focus: Proactively drive acquisition and cross-sell initiatives through re-engagement processes. Ensure service and complaints resolution are within acceptable service level agreements.
• Compliance and Risk Management: Fulfil all activities in adherence to relevant control and compliance requirements, and quality standards.   
• Collaboration: Constantly seek to improve ways of working by challenging the status quo and supporting an empowering climate within the team, sharing knowledge, experience, best practice and providing constructive feedback as required.

Education

• Higher Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Job Summary

• The purpose of the role is to support and implement the CRES’s environmental strategy in South Africa and across our African Regional Operations (ARO).  
• Responsible for managing the Group’s direct footprint environmental performance and ensuring compliance with regulatory and legislative requirements. The incumbent will also be responsible to contribute towards the development of environmental initiatives and oversee their effective implementation in order to achieve the Group’s EAP targets and ambitions. 
• It is expected that the incumbent will provide technical input and be accountable for the oversight in the planning, specifications, technology selection, analyses of alternative energy sources, provide input into the design and execution of engineering installations, and optimisation of utilities management for the Group (inclusive of ARO), in order to drive its sustainability programme.

Job Description

• Strategy Formulation
• Support development of a strategy for infrastructure and asset management that is integrated, multidisciplined and enables the long-term sustainability of the company’s assets and infrastructure.
• Implement effectively and efficiently functional and organisational goals applicable to area of responsibility and ensure that appropriate remedial actions are taken.
• Implement controls as prescribed in the approved Group Environmental Policies and Standards.
• Standards, Frameworks and Policy Development
• Assist in the development/adoption of Policies, Standards and guidelines to enable Absa to achieve the Group’s Environmental Key Performance indicators in terms of energy conservation and efficiency, water reduction and savings, waste reduction, paper reduction, carbon reduction and to increase our renewable energy initiatives at different stages of new buildings development and/or refurbishments, asset upgrades and replacement cycles and energy requirements across its real estate
• Maintain a comprehensive library of legislation and legal registers regarding environmental requirements and ensure that CRES’s legal obligations are met in line with the relevant legislation in South Africa and ARO.
• Establish, implement, and proactively lead the review of the processes and procedures, and initiatives to continually improve CRES’s environmental performance and ensure that it complies to all the relevant Group policies, statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Assist in the development/adoption of a robust ESG data management system/tool for Absa to capture and monitor consumption and cost data, and perform analyses of such information
• CRES Sustainability Management Solution
• Implement and manage CRES's sustainability management solution (SMS) in line with company standards.
• Analyse data for trends at least monthly and track performance afainst EAP targets (Recalculate and correct where required.)
• Design and Analysis
• Develop and drive interventions that inculcate energy efficiency, water reduction / savings, waste reduction, paper reduction, carbon reduction and increase our renewable energy initiatives into ABSA real estate and operations (both for Corporate and Retail)
• Conduct audits and compile audit reports for all our CRES environmental KPI’s (Energy reduction, water reduction and savings, waste reduction, paper reduction, carbon reduction and renewable energy initiatives).
• Work closely with our energy management partners to develop new energy conservation and infrastructure improvement measures
• Provide input into real estate development plan in line with field of expertise.
• Manage monitoring, verification, reporting, auditing and procurement activities and the development/adoption and application of appropriate technologies for all CRES environmental KPI’s
• Compliance
• Draft and implement relevant statutory/legislative regulations, SOP's, operational standards, policies and practices to Absa principles.
• Coordinate external and/or Group environmental-related audits.
• Implement and conduct regular environmental inspections and conformance reviews, including the completion of documentation on risks and compliance and mitigating or corrective actions taken or to be taken.
• Draft Environmental submissions for committees as required for review by the Head of risk.
• Prepare quarterly dashboard reporting in line with Group, CRES and Functional Balanced Scorecard reporting cycle, including variance commentary
• Lead and assist in regular root cause analysis to identify areas for improvement in CRES’s Environmental KPI performance and implement continuous improvement initiatives
• Monitor and report on CRES’s environmental key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure internal objectives and targets are met
• Manage and monitor accuracy and completeness of data on the environmental management solution
• Conduct monthly, quarterly and annual conformance testing against the CRES Environmental Standard, Group Sustainability Policy and draft reports.
•  Ensure all audit findings and reports are remediated and reported according to the Absa Internal Audit ICP process and templates (Internal closure procedure)
• Stakeholder Management
• Build, support and maintain healthy diverse internal (peers, unions, team) as well as external (service providers etc.) relationships to ensure achievement of organisational goals. Provide relevant and specialised technical support in area of expertise to relevant stakeholders to ensure achievement of objectives.
• Consult, coordinate and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders with regards to impact of project activities.
• Stakeholder relationship management:
• Develop strong relationships with all CRES’s stakeholders (these include the Absa Group Strategy and Sustainability Office, CRES Exco, Absa Business Heads, Absa Engineering Team, Government, Regulators etc.).
• Establish and maintain relationships with authorities to ensure company objectives in terms of legal compliance are achieved.
• Provide training and education to employees on environmental matters.
• Liaise with regulatory agencies, contractors, and other stakeholders on environmental issues.
• Serve as the main contact point for ARO.
• Perform the overall coordination role between ARO and South Africa to ensure alignment and compliance.
• Engage with internal stakeholders to understand project needs.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders in the maintenance and operations department to ensure ease of maintenance and operability of assets to be installed during the design phase.
• People Management
• Accountable for functional performance of any dedicated and supporting resources (internal or external), within the agreed strategic framework and approved plans.
• Agree and implement own development plans.
• Develop and coach any dedicated and supporting team members, and encourage knowledge transfer.
• Analyse trends and identify competence training gaps and action for self and dedicated resources.
• Coach team and create a pro-learning environment. Assess team development needs and close gaps.

Qualification

• A recognised four-year bachelor's degree or equivalent in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Engineering or related.

Required experience

• Excellent Mathematical and Data Modelling ability.
• Professional certification in Environmental Management is highly regarded.
• Ability to calculate Scope 1, 2 & 3 GHG Emissions.
• Knowledge of IFRS S1 and S2 standards, the TCFD, CDP, GHG Protocol, GRI Standards, the SBTi, relevant ISO standards and JSE Sustainability and Climate Change Disclosure Guidance.
• Understanding of Carbon Markets, Carbon Pricing, Carbon Tax and Carbon Offsets.
• Experience in TCFD related Scenario Modelling and the Development and Implementation of Net Zero Transition Pathways.
• 8 - 10 years’ post qualification experience in Environmental Management.
• 3+ years ISO / Management Systems auditing experience.
• Experience in the implementation of sustainability management solutions (SMS) or SMS Implementation and Auditing qualification at a recognized institution.
• Excellent project management and leadership skills.
• Proficient in data analysis and reporting.
• Systems thinking.
• Planning and Organising.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and influencing skills with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Internal and external audit experience.
• Ability to work cross-functionally, cross-divisionally, and cross-culturally.
• Gather, review, and interpret information to identify trends, draw conclusions and generate appropriate response and feedback.
• Change management experience coupled with good analytical skills.
• Ability to set and prioritise short, mid, and long-term objectives.
• Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making skills - must have the ability to thrive in a high-energy, fast-paced setting.
• Customer centric.
• Show commercial and financial acumen.
• The ability to establish effective networks, both internally and externally.

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Job Summary

• Work as part of a Market Data Analyst team, leverage specialist analysis & testing tools, frameworks, techniques, and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements. Translate & document business requirements into user stories & specifications (Full Stack, Cross System) detailing integration points, business & associated risk / opportunities to be realized. Following this analysis, work collaboratively within a broader team during design & delivery activity including assuming responsibility for application testing, continuous improvement, and ongoing support.

Job Description

• Business requirement analysis leveraging financial market knowledge (including Business Case);
• Proactively build relationships, apply analytical techniques to elicit and validate business (product & service) needs ahead of demand;
• Continuous engagement with business to enhance product knowledge;
• Translate elicited needs and knowledge acquired into solution design that integrates into a broader framework and is in line with strategic business direction;
• Prepare and prioritize the backlog of requirements for the user stories linked to the proposed solutions;
• Work collaboratively with both upstream and downstream teams to build a roadmap & vision for the products and services (including detailed analysis requirements & solution scope);.
• Define measures of success & key outcomes for various solutions / changes including detailed acceptance criteria for all features;
• Define testing requirements (pass or fail test cases).
• Support the development of detailed business cases (including defining solution characteristics, effort estimations etc.);
• Monitor system stability and resilience during testing and in production;.
• Design bespoke data availability and quality metrics to address the needs of each trading desk.

Requirements

• At least a postgraduate degree in mathematics, statistics, or finance.
• Experience with financial markets, financial instruments and regulation is highly beneficial.
• Attention to detail, initiative-taking, and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.