Job Opportunities at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

• Role entails preparation of accurate tax technical, policy and process documents and providing solutions to any tax-related issues that arise as well as being a trusted advisor to senior management mainly within the short and long-term insurance businesses. Responsible for identifying and mitigating risk, escalating any relevant issues to Stakeholders (i.e. the Board, shareholders, CFO, finance and business teams), providing tax solutions that are aligned to commercial activities and proactively identifying tax efficiencies. Considering the tax implications associated with transactions to enable business strategy, nimble business decisions and growth.

Job Description

Relationships and Stakeholder Management:

• Building strong relationships with all relevant internal and external stakeholders, including Group Finance, Risk & Compliance, Legal, Group Tax, Industry Bodies, Revenue Authorities as well as Auditors (internal and external)
• Build relationships and interact with external subject-matter experts with the aim of managing tax risk, implementing best practice, identifying tax efficiencies
• Helping to build appropriate awareness, capabilities and sense of ownership with colleagues across the business impacted by tax considerations;
• Managing Revenue Authority relationships and any associated voluntary submissions or enquiries

Tax Risk Management:

• Identifying, recording, measuring, and reporting specific Tax Risk issues as and when they arise, identifying mitigations and implementing them on a risk-prioritized basis
• Developing risk awareness throughout the business to reduce Compliance Risk
• Providing support in the maintenance of robust controls and governance for all tax processes

Tax Advisory:

• Manage compliance with tax laws in all aspects of business transactions or activities
• Provide tax planning and review of complex transactions or business activities
• Achieving optimization by identifying areas of tax savings and integration of tax planning initiatives into business transactions and/activities
• Manage and coordinate tax audits
• Prepare all tax papers on a regular basis and handle all information data requests
• Provide leadership with respect to tax planning, compliance, and control
• New and existing product evaluation to determine taxation impact on… and advise on taxation optimization
• Monitor current and impending legislative and regulatory tax law developments, communicating the impact of these developments to management
• Providing technical tax support to different areas of the business

Tax Compliance:

• Facilitate and provide oversight on tax provision and compliance process as well as timely delivery of these objectives
• Facilitate and provide oversight in ensuring that the tax financial reporting, calculation, and reconciliation processes are performed
• Reviewing corporate tax annual statutory reporting disclosures for all companies within the scope of responsibility
• Providing support in ensuring that the external compliance tax reporting and associated reconciliations are undertaken accurately
• Monitoring and reviewing strategies, policies, and processes relating to the role with a view to managing the implementation of improvements to increase efficiency where possible

Innovation:

• Identify tax technology needs, including opportunities for process improvements, automation, efficiency gains, and application of tax process and technology best practices via the use of existing technology and the implementation of new technology
• Improve processes by developing or implementing best practice

Qualifications and experience required:

• Bachelor of Commerce / LLB
• Postgraduate qualification in Tax
• Minimum of 7 to 10 years’ experience in Insurance Tax (Long and Short-Term) and General Corporate Tax is essential
• Tax compliance experience is essential
• Long and short term insurance tax is a must

Education

• Postgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications: Financial Sciences (Required)
   

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Job Summary

• To plan, manage and monitor the implementation of claims management activities and processes in order to deliver on approved operational plans in an effective and efficient manner.

Job Description

• Claims assessment: Assess and/or process claims following standard operating procedures 
• Customer Experience: Handle all customer interactions professionally and efficiently 
• Ad Hoc duties: Provide support to customers and team as required to ensure team performance on an ongoing basis 
• Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure that all team activities are in adherence to relevant control and compliance requirements, and quality standards

Education

• Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Job Summary

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

Job Description

• People Management: Coach, mentor and manage team members toward driving business objectives and ensuring colleague development
• Compliance and Risk Management: Fulfil all activities in adherence to relevant control and compliance requirements, and quality standards
• Business Management: Manage the levels of performance and service standards that need to be achieved by translating the Business Unit’s strategy into achievable objectives and contracting these through the Performance Development process for the team.
• 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.
• Customer Experience: To provide service excellence and achieve customer satisfaction

Education

• National Diplomas and Advanced Certificates: Business, Commerce and Management Studies

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Job Summary

• To prepare financial information for all stakeholders of the business for informed decision making and to support the business.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

Accountability: Manage financial information completion process (60%)

• Act as a process executor for completion of financial information, including the accountability for the following key processes:
  •    Journals and month-end close
  •    Reconciliation
  •    Completion of Supplementary information
  •    Interdiv and Elimination
  •    Tax
  •    Accounting Functions
  • Support to Subject Matter Expert (SME) on processes, resolution of issues and ad hoc requests from stakeholders including:
  •    Cluster Financial Controller
  •    Cluster CFO/BP&A team members
  •    Other Financial Control functions
• Support SME on obtaining TAG opinions and ad hoc queries on accounting issues.
• Act as the process executor for implementation of new standardised processes where relevant
• Provide feedback to stakeholders on results reflected in the financial accounting system, as well as issues identified where there are potential risks to numbers
• Act pro-actively in correcting issues and implement a sustainable process
• Ensure that principles of the Financial Control Operating Model are complied with and sustained
• Maintain and enhance processes
  •    Identify areas of improvement in completion, review and or submission processes to drive and implement a sustainable and effective process in support of quality and accuracy
  •    Identify synergies between different reporting processes and implement new and or enhanced processes

Accountability: Provide support to other process executors through motivation and employee engagement (20%)

• Understanding and managing team dynamics to maximize performance
• Escalate issues around allocation of resources to process architects tasks to ensure delivery of team objectives.
• Ensure continued development of resources, through coaching and mentoring, to empower value added delivery of tasks.

Accountability: Process Execution (20%)

• Execution of processes as designed
• Constantly review, improve and maintain own activities to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of processes
• Recommend areas for improvement in order to reduce cycle times, improve productivity, create capacity and improve process reliability and customer satisfaction
• Assist in the implementation of new and/or enhanced processes
• Identify activity-specific risks and work with Process Owner / Process Architect to mitigate risks
• Maintain awareness of own activities and the impact thereof on related / interdependent activities
• Role/Person Specification

Knowledge & Skills:

• Exceptional academic track record
• Understanding of financial reporting processes and related controls (Expert)
• Ability to identify control gaps and weaknesses (Expert)
• Ability to analyse and interpret financial data (Expert)
• Ability to write concise effective reports (Expert)
• Advanced excel skills to contribute to the team
• Good understanding of consolidations 
• Good understanding and experience in implementing automated solutions
• Basic knowledge of SQL will be beneficial

Education and Experience Required: 

• B degree/similar qualification in a financial/related discipline or CA(SA)
• Non CA: 4-6 years relevant experience / CA : 1 to 4 years PQE experience
• Business experience in a Banking environment gained from a Finance, Product
• Experience in SAP and Millennium 

Competencies:  

• Deciding and initiating action
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Relating and networking
• Adapting and responding to change
• Persuading and influencing
• Creating and highly innovating

Education

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

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

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Job Summary

• To support the credit risk process through carrying out comprehensive and quality credit risk functions within the credit lifecycle to create shared growth within the boundaries of internal policies and external regulations for Growth Business clients

Job Description

• Risk Management: To conduct quality credit risk assessments and reviews, Proactively manage credit risks associated with clients, Develop data driven strategies, facilitate the credit sanctioning process to ensure responsible risk decisions 
• Data and Systems Management: To produce and analyse relevant management information and insights management 
• Governance: Ensure the bank's credit, philosophy and all relevant legislation is adhered to 
• Customer Management: Investigate and resolve all escalated customer complaints

Education

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

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Job Summary

• A Fixed Term Contract opportunity has become available in CIB Payments for a Payments Processor. Use your expertise to execute transactions and applications by performing vetting and validating functions on all payments (International & Domestic) with direct client interaction in accordance with laid down policies, procedures and Fit for Processing requirements.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities 

• Interface with internal and external clients regarding instructions and transactions by being a point of contact in the payments function.
• Receive and check client documentation for completeness and technical correctness e.g. signature verification, ID & V and FICA compliant.
• Scrutinise the transaction for Exchange Control Approval/completeness.
• Capture the transactions/ information on the appropriate Banking system within a 24 hour turnaround time by adhering to processing standards (SLA’s)
• Buys in to team objectives by relating and interacting with team members.
• Add value to the team by: Contributing ideas and opinions, sharing information with other team members.
• Proactively assist other team members when work workload creates pressure.
• Cooperates within a team by supporting team decisions and doing his/ her share of the work.
• Maintain all elements of the CIB Risk management model by:
• Highlighting process and procedural inefficiencies to the ITC Manager
• Monitor compliance to Service Level Agreements between the ITC and International Banking Operations and report status and deviations to the ITC Payments Team Leader.
• Be proactive to minimize financial losses i.e. write-offs, backdating transactions and reversal of income through executing.
• Actively interacting with colleagues and other parties e.g. International Banking Operations to build rapport and to familiarise self with the work environment.
• Gathering and sharing work related information on how to improve processes and sharing these with the ITC team

Education and Experience Required

• Grade 12 or equivalent NQF level 4 qualification.
• At least 1 year relevant experience.

Education

• Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Job Summary

• To provide specialist advice and support in area of specialisation enabling the provision of sound legal operations services.

Education

• Higher Diplomas: Law, Military Science and Security (Required)

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Job Summary

• To provide complex specialist advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics; enabling the provision of specialist compliance expertise.

Job Description

• To provide oversight and support to CIB business to ensure compliance with its obligations in terms of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Sanctions/Countering of Terrorist Financing legislation/regulation and its employees with the provisions of the applicable laws and internal policies and rules. To ensure adherence with the Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) Policy requirements.

Accountability:  Oversight of AML, Sanctions and ABC

• Assist the FLOD Anti-Money Laundering (AML), ABC and Sanctions functions within CIB to ensure:
•  Full regulatory compliance by liaising with relevant Stakeholders deployed in business, i.e. Compliance / Risk resources.
•  Ensure the awareness of processes to report suspicious transaction reports within the business unit/ area by creating awareness and knowledge share at Forums. Ensure that the escalation process, as defined, is followed and the Head of CIB Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) is aware of non-compliance.
•  Act as custodian on behalf of the Head of CIB FCC on AML related, Sanctions and Anti-Bribery & Corruption Policies within CIB and manage the process for the escalation of dispensations / waivers.
•  Ensure that business unit / area provides awareness and training programmes in respect of Money Laundering, Sanctions and Bribery & Corruption in accordance with the statutory requirements. Where needed, deliver face-to-face or specialist training to the relevant business upon request or where a need is identified through monitoring and testing, query management, etc.
•  Support business unit/ area visits / inspections from relevant Regulators when required.
•  Co-ordinate action within the business unit / area to comply with any AML, ABC or Sanctions related issues or new requirements arising from regulation or policy.
•  Engage as a member of appropriate industry working groups by participating in selected Industry Forums.
•  Deliver global anti money laundering and terrorism regulatory initiatives (within the business unit/ area, e.g. Sanctions) where applicable.
•  Oversee the remediation required to be completed following any form of assurance review conducted (i.e. Internal Audit, Financial Crime).
•  Assist the various Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLRO) in setting the overall AML, Sanctions, and Bribery and Corruption strategy within their respective areas. Assist the various MLRO’s in further improving both the output to stakeholders in this respect, but also input from non-AML areas, specifically Business priorities.

Accountability:  Politically Exposed Persons

In conjunction with the Financial Crime Regulatory Team:

•  Ensure each area has implemented and maintains a PEP register
•  Provide advice on the PEP standard as and where required
•  Liaise with the AML responsible persons regarding their PEP registers and reviews
•  Maintain relevant Management Information in respect of PEPs
•  Liaise with Group FCC in respect of PEP related matters
• Accountability:  Financial Crime Reporting
• In conjunction with the Head of CIB FCC:
•  Provide Financial Crime Management Information as and when required

Accountability:  Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain meaningful relationships with key internal business unit and external (for example, Regulators) stakeholders with the aim of understanding their business needs. This will entail having regular meetings with the relevant senior management or other key staff of the business.
•  Implement established escalation processes for significant issues and concerns raised so as to manage the culture of "no surprises". This will entail having proactive, regular, meaningful meetings with key stakeholders, as well as ensuring that reports are discussed and submitted timeously to the relevant executive business head.
•  Manage interaction with stakeholders that span multiple businesses, functions and geographies within the firm.
•  Ensuring that Financial Crime matters are correctly referred to the applicable Financial Crime discipline and follow appropriate escalation routes, while involving the relevant stakeholders early and fully.
•  Work to strengthen the profile and presence of Financial Crime to support the overall functioning of the Group Financial Crime systems and controls. Provide direction and lead in applying consistent Financial Crime standards across countries while working closely with any group functions.

Accountability:  Manage AML/Sanctions/Bribery & Corruption programs

• Establish and manage an Anti-Money Laundering/ Terrorist Financing/ Sanctions/ Anti-Bribery & Corruption programme within the business unit/ area by assigning responsibilities and driving the conclusion of matters.
•  Inspire and drive high performance in individuals and in the team as appropriate within the support network within the Business Unit, i.e. Chief Operating Officers (COOs), Compliance Officers, Business Risk resources etc.
•  Act as a role model and drive proactive application of the Absa Values throughout the team including establishment of common goals and objectives.
•  Perform an interface role between the business unit/ area and MLRO function to ensure appropriate governance.

Accountability: People Management

•  Oversee the activities of the first line Financial Crime Governance team within CIB to ensure effective delivery of compliance related matters.
•  Develop a high performing team by informal coaching.
•  Determine and analyse development needs and ensure that identified training requirements are budgeted for and executed.

Accountability: Policies and Procedures

•  Responsible for the review, challenge and roll-out of Group Financial Crime policies and standards.
•  Aid in the establishment and implementation of a consistent operating framework for the identification, management, monitoring and reporting of money laundering, terrorism, sanctions and bribery and corruption risks and issues in the business unit/area.
•  Review FCC related procedures to ensure it is consistent across all areas of CIB to meet internal and statutory requirements. Anomalies are to be addressed via escalation.
•  Establish and maintain close working relationships with the business unit/ area management/ leaders to ensure support for Anti Money Laundering and Terrorism, Sanctions and Anti-Bribery & Corruption risk frameworks.

Education

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

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Job Summary

• An opportunity has become available within the Financial Control business. We are looking for an individual to support the Head of Financial Control Cluster – Head Office (HO) and Relationship Banking (RB) in the execution of their responsibilities and to manage the day-to-day functioning of the Cluster Financial Control functions.

Job Description

Key responsibilities

• An opportunity has become available within the Financial Control business. We are looking for an individual to support the Head of Financial Control Cluster – Head Office (HO) and Relationship Banking (RB) in the execution of their responsibilities and to manage the day-to-day functioning of the Cluster Financial Control functions.
• To act as a strategic partner and primary interface between the following stakeholders: Regional Financial Control functional teams, Head of Financial Control Cluster: HO and RB and the related CFO’s / business cluster.
• This role is critical to enable alignment between the top priorities of the business, the priorities of the relevant CFO’s and the priorities of Financial Control. The financial controller needs to have a comprehensive understanding and oversight of the key enablers, key issues and top priorities in Financial Control, across all functions in Financial Control and across all the affected business clusters. The financial controller is responsible for review and oversight over all deliverables that are done at the overall cluster level, including statutory financial reports, regulatory reports, audit reports etc. 
• Influence the business cluster decision makers by providing an in-depth knowledge of financial performance and business, enabling the business to deliver on strategic objectives.

Accountabilities

• Act as the liaison to external and internal audit and provide assurance to Financial Control and all relevant risk committees that all controls are appropriate and financial statements are fairly stated.
• Provide support to cluster stakeholders, functional heads in Financial Control and cluster Financial Controllers on the following strategic matters:
  •      Implementation and embedment of cluster initiatives and projects.
  •      Changes in Accounting Standards.
  •      Changes in Regulatory Standards.
  •      Changes in systems, IT platforms, processes and controls.
• Provide decision making support and recommendations regarding the MI presented to cluster, to relevant EXCO’s / MANCO’s and the CFO’s.
• Facilitate any scenario planning to cluster Management teams / other forums that may be required regarding the actions that could be taken in various economic environments.
• Manage the cluster Finance Risk and Reporting Committee (FRRC) to ensure that issues pertaining to cluster are appropriately addressed.
• Facilitate and build relationships with senior executives and resolve disputes in a professional manner.
• Ensure collaboration between all stakeholders with respect to Financial Control related matters.
• With the assistance and guidance of the Head of Financial Control Cluster: HO and RB, attend to the following:
  •      Together with the Financial Control Functional Heads and HR determine the people management strategy for the resources in Financial Control that need be focused on cluster, with a focus on talent management, development, resourcing and retention. 
  •      Review training needs for resources within Financial Control that are responsible for cluster support and ensure that the Finance Training Framework is appropriately updated to include new training requirements. 
  •      Review effectiveness of the formal Talent Management process.
  •      Provide leadership and support to initiatives implemented by the FC MANCO.
• Evaluate resources based on an assessment of resource gaps in existing roles. Ensure Financial Control MANCO understands evaluation of resource gaps pertaining to resources dedicated to cluster, with the assistance and guidance and support of the Head of Financial Control Cluster: HO and RB.
• Act as key sponsor for Financial Control’s overall Risk Management Control Framework, as it pertains to the cluster.
• Review audit scopes defined by managers in the team and Absa Internal Audit or Management Assurance prior to audits commencing.
• Review audit issue/findings logs to ensure adequate attention is given to closure within the agreed timelines.
• Complete attestations to testify to the adequacy of controls on request.
• Oversee the management of key financial risks within cluster. Actively work to minimise risks and maximise capital efficiencies.
• Ensure that principles of the Financial Control TOM are complied with & sustained with the support of Head of Financial Control Cluster: HO and RB.
• Standardise, where practical, approaches and controls across cluster.

Knowledge & Skills: 

• Knowledge of Absa Group
• Knowledge of IFRS
• Understanding and knowledge of the Banks Act Regulations
• Knowledge of Tax Law and regulations
• Presentation skills
• Conflict Management skills
• Analytical skills
• Communication Skills
• Leadership and management skills

Education and Experience Required

• Minimum requirement: B Com Honours or equivalent qualification in Accounting, Finance or related
• Strongly preferred: CA(SA)
• 5 to 7 years PQE experience
• Business experience in a Banking environment gained from a Finance, Product Management or Front /Middle office role preferable
• Experience in running multi-faceted projects

Competencies: 

• Analyzing
• Deciding and initiating action
• Formulating strategies and concepts
• Leading and supervising
• Persuading and influencing
• Presenting and communicating information
• Relating and networking
• Working with people

Education

• Postgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications: Financial Sciences (Required)

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Job Summary

• An opportunity has become available within the Financial Control business. We are looking for an individual to support the Head of Financial Control Cluster – Product Solutions Cluster (PSC) in the execution of their responsibilities and to manage the day-to-day functioning of the Cluster Financial Control functions.

Job Description

• To act as a strategic partner and primary interface between the following stakeholders: Regional Financial Control functional teams, Head of Financial Control Cluster: Product Solutions Cluster and the related CFO’s / business cluster.
• This role is critical to enable alignment between the top priorities of the business, the priorities of the relevant CFO’s and the priorities of Financial Control. The financial controller needs to have a comprehensive understanding and oversight of the key enablers, key issues and top priorities in Financial Control, across all functions in Financial Control and across all the affected business clusters. The financial controller is responsible for review and oversight over all deliverables that are done at the overall cluster level, including statutory financial reports, regulatory reports, audit reports etc.
• Influence the business cluster decision makers by providing an in-depth knowledge of financial performance and business, enabling the business to deliver on strategic objectives.

Accountabilities

• Act as the liaison to external and internal audit and provide assurance to Financial Control and all relevant risk committees that all controls are appropriate and financial statements are fairly stated.
• Provide support to cluster stakeholders, functional heads in Financial Control and cluster Financial Controllers on the following strategic matters:
  • Implementation and embedment of cluster initiatives and projects.
  • Changes in Accounting Standards.
  • Changes in Regulatory Standards.
  • Changes in systems, IT platforms, processes and controls.
• Provide support to cluster stakeholders, functional heads in Financial Control and cluster Financial Controllers on the following recurring deliverables and responsibilities:
  • Closure and reporting of monthly financial results;
  • Monthly attestation and monitoring of reconciliation and attestation process together with reporting of Financial Reporting Key Risk Indicators;
  • Managing and tracking of periodic regulatory reporting;
  • Governance inputs and preparation of reports and submissions;
• Provide decision making support and recommendations regarding the MI presented to cluster, to relevant EXCO’s / MANCO’s and the CFO’s.
• Facilitate any scenario planning to cluster Management teams / other forums that may be required regarding the actions that could be taken in various economic environments.
• Manage the cluster Finance Risk and Reporting Committee (FRRC) to ensure that issues pertaining to cluster are appropriately addressed.
• Facilitate and build relationships with senior executives and resolve disputes in a professional manner.
• Ensure collaboration between all stakeholders with respect to Financial Control related matters.
• With the assistance and guidance of the Head of Financial Control Cluster: Product Solutions Cluster, attend to the following:
  • Together with the Financial Control Functional Heads and HR determine the people management strategy for the resources in Financial Control that need be focused on cluster, with a focus on talent management, development, resourcing and retention.
  • Review training needs for resources within Financial Control that are responsible for cluster support and ensure that the Finance Training Framework is appropriately updated to include new training requirements.
  • Review effectiveness of the formal Talent Management process.
  • Provide leadership and support to initiatives implemented by the FC MANCO.
• Evaluate resources based on an assessment of resource gaps in existing roles. Ensure Financial Control MANCO understands evaluation of resource gaps pertaining to resources dedicated to cluster, with the assistance and guidance and support of the Head of Financial Control Cluster: Product Solutions Cluster.
• Act as key sponsor for Financial Control’s overall Risk Management Control Framework, as it pertains to the cluster.
• Review audit scopes defined by managers in the team and Absa Internal Audit or Management Assurance prior to audits commencing.
• Review audit issue/findings logs to ensure adequate attention is given to closure within the agreed timelines.
• Complete attestations to testify to the adequacy of controls on request.
• Oversee the management of key financial risks within cluster. Actively work to minimise risks and maximise capital efficiencies.
• Ensure that principles of the Financial Control TOM are complied with & sustained with the support of Head of Financial Control Cluster: Product Solutions Cluster.
• Standardise, where practical, approaches and controls across cluster;

Knowledge & Skills: 

• Knowledge of Absa Group;
• Knowledge of IFRS with specific focus on IFRS9 and IFRS17;
• Understanding and knowledge of the Banks Act Regulations as well as Insurance Act and related regulations;
• Knowledge of Tax Law and regulations;
• Presentation skills;
• Conflict Management skills;
• Analytical skills;
• Communication Skills;
• Leadership and management skills;

Education and Experience Required

• Minimum requirement: B Com Honours or equivalent qualification in Accounting, Finance or related;
• Strongly preferred: CA(SA);
• 5 to 7 years PQE experience;
• Business experience in a Banking environment gained from a Finance, Product Management or Front /Middle office role preferable;
• Experience in running multi-faceted projects

Competencies: 

• Analyzing;
• Deciding and initiating action;
• Formulating strategies and concepts;
• Leading and supervising;
• Persuading and influencing;
• Presenting and communicating information;
• Relating and networking;
• Working with people

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Job Summary

• To provide specialist advice & support in the development & implementation of IT security service delivery processes, methods and techniques enabling secure management & control of IT access, in alignment with governance requirements.

Job Description

• Process: Provide specialist advise and support to safeguard information systems and associated assets through the identification and management of security risks. Identify, diagnose and recommend improvements and provide specialist advice and support to ensure that solutions are appropriate and effective.
• Use practical knowledge and theoretical guidelines, to diagnose area of specialisation problems and generate workable solutions.
• Perform security audits and clean-ups to ensure accurate and up to date access within the organisation.
• Perform, advise and provide information on risk management impacts and mitigate risk in respect of system and application access.
• Analyse IT related access report/s to identify discrepancies and anomalies and recommend remedial action. Provide specialist advice and support in defining standard operating procedures (SOP's).
• Conduct research and gather data to provide input to operational reporting and decision making processes. Provide specialist advice to plan for value-added process improvements, initiatives and services to deliver on operational objectives. Provide expertise to identify and develop solutions to improve quality of processes and services. 
• Client/Customer: Provide support and contribute to a culture of customer service excellence that meets and exceeds exceptional service. Build relationship with customers that contribute to a culture of customer service excellence. 
• Conduct: Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Policies and Policy Standards 
• Finance: Contribute to the effective reduction of cost and financial wastage in line with organisational policies and procedures. 
• Learning and Growth: Participate in forums that positively contributes to knowledge improvement. Provide advice and support in the management of change and offer operational support where required. 

Education

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

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Job Summary

• Apply platform engineering expertise, critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to produce well-organised, optimised and documented source code that successfully delivers platform features & components of the service & solves complex technical problems with high quality solutions.

Job Description

Platform Engineering, Deployment & Optimisation

•  Leverage platform engineering expertise & a working knowledge of specific platforms and their constituent parts to positively contribute to platform feature and service designs
•  Take accountability for deeply understanding & building expertise on the platform, the platform contribution to the broader platform strategy & business and customer requirements & all available technologies
•  Develop business & customer aligned, lasting & innovative platform feature sets
•  Positively contribute to, define & implement the development/engineering lifecycle (end to end) and lead lifecycle improvements over successive releases.
•  Produce simple, extensible, and maintainable features with very few defects. Continually works to find and fix defects.
•  Leverage platform (service design & code) & engineering technical expertise to proactively identify risks and prevent defects
•  Identify patterns that reveal errors and unanticipated problems, and influence telemetry analytics design decisions
•  Identify & Apply metrics to drive the quality and stability of code
•  Ensure consistent, usable, forward-looking, maintainable test infrastructure
•  Apply object orientated design in development & draw from a large base of design patterns
•  Uphold our technical principles of: self-service, scalability, re-usability, resilience & stability in all development practices and deliver feature sets that sustainably deliver on these principles
•  Apply knowledge and expertise in User / Customer experience to deliver a stable user experience in all design & development that is simple, elegant, and useful.
•  Proactively identify development practices that work well & leverage & improve these for future solution design and deployment
•  Document feature set and constituent design information to produce solution design blueprints and validation collateral
•  Based on engineering & platform expertise and a sound knowledge of the business & customer requirements
• consistently provide key ideas for the enhancement & optimization of the platform
•  Develop & document complete designs and implement testing processes that identify and eradicate platform or service-wide problems / improve on platform performance
•  Demonstrate a strong commitment to the quality & ongoing quality assurance of the product/service’s in use, and take appropriate action to resolve issues throughout the lifecycle of the product or service
•  Ensure alignment to platform and service release plans for effective deployment of solution designs
•  Drive & implement design review processes & practices with the team & participate & positively contribute to design reviews for the feature area led by others
•  Apply expertise in engineering & available technologies to enable effective review processes
•  Cascade review lessons learnt for the benefit of the broader team
•  Enable problem resolution across technical teams, apply and or facilitate root cause analysis, deeply understand the root causes of issues and find ways to resolve them (sustainably)
•  Continuously review & find ways to optimize team processes & improve engineering quality, productivity, and team responsiveness to feedback and changing priorities
•  Optimize, refactors and reuse components to improve performance and maintainability – ensuring maximum efficiency, effectiveness, and return on investment
•  Take accountability for maintaining platform standards and best practices, and drive adoption across multiple service teams
•  Demonstrate knowledge of, identify & find required data for the ongoing monitoring & improvement of the platform feature area
•  Proactively monitor the performance of the platform features & solutions
•  Translate monitoring data into clearly articulated descriptions of opportunities & defects, their impact to the customer scenario and to the product or service as a whole, and the relevance to product and service targets (within scope of the job).
•  Cascade and communicate these insights across the team to influence platform decision making
•  Leverage production performance monitoring and customer data to make feature area technical design and implementation decisions.
•  Synthesize data from multiple sources and present & define concise, impactful conclusions that influence feature teams to solve defects and meet quality targets

Accountability: Financial & Cost Optimization, Risk & Governance

•  Understand the platform cost model & the optimal cost : serve of the platform, use this understanding to drive the platform efficiency & effectiveness objectives
•  Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents
•  Apply Group risk (e.g. Architecture, development, change & release etc.), governance, compliance & regulatory standards and frameworks
•  Proactively identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post release)
•  Update / Design all feature documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks

Accountability: People

•  Proactively & effectively (time & quality) collaborate & drive collaboration on features across feature team (e.g. managing dependencies & interdependencies, conflict resolution, information & best practice sharing, problem resolution outside of own area etc.)
•  Apply collaboration skills in development practices & issue resolution regardless of team boundaries & lead communication with relevant stakeholders through to conclusion
•  Contribute to a high performance team environment & culture as a high performing member of a self-directed team aligned to agile working
•  Leverage coaching techniques in all team related activity to drive a higher quality service, design and deployment of technical solutions.
•  Proactively seek & provide feedback across a range of stakeholders for the benefit of the team & leverage feedback to consistently improve platform solution delivery
•  Coach & mentor other engineers & support engineering teams on technical solutions and problem resolution & proactively seek coaching & mentoring from others
•  Participate in peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
•  Cascade platform performance feedback and ensure capability development across teams to enable efficient & effective platform service delivery
•  Drive the design of content, tools & materials for strategy alignment, education & adoption processes to be applied across stakeholder groups

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
   

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Job Summary

• Appointment as senior member of real estate investment banking team. Accountable for client coverage, origination and execution of real estate loans. CA/CFA or similar with min 5 years structured property finance experience in an Investment Bank/Fund Manager. Alternatively candidates from credit or finance with a strong understanding of and interest in Property will be considered. Strong relationship management skills essential. Location open to Johannesburg or Cape Town.
   

Education

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