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• To manage the design and deployment of strategic marketing and communication activities for the Business Unit to drive growth and enable financial performance, market share through a competitive positioning
• Assess and critically evaluate environmental impacts and opportunities on the implementation of strategic marketing and communication goals for Broader Africa
• Adapt strategic operational plans to maintain relevance with the evolving macro-environment context
• Partner with Business stakeholders to create integrated roadmaps to enable business requirements delivery of business strategy and requirements
• Monitor awareness of competitor context, client activities as well as relevant and targeted marketing opportunities across the portfolio.
• Influence and bring Client Value Proposition strategies to life for the BU /Sectors and keep track of client preferences for strategic and targeted engagement opportunities
• Translate business and RMB marketing strategies into an integrated and dynamic operational marketing and communications plan and calendar for the BU
• Understand the complete range of sector/ product /service offerings provided by the BU; understand critical differentiators as well as key revenue generators and effectively position the same amongst target audiences
• Build brand equity by growth through the funnel across all RMB and FNB CIB countries
• Activate the non-presence country marketing strategy as per business and brand strategy
• Work with Country Marketing, Marketing specialists and capabilities and third-party agencies to develop and deliver multi-channel promotion strategies and tactics for the BU – key focus on driving integrated marketing and comms with a focus on thought leadership, content and direct marketing and engagement opportunities.
• Leverage and optimise alternate channels to ensure effective and efficient market penetration in line with strategic brand and business objectives
• Manage the operational implementation and application of corporate brand architecture policies, branding principles and brand management practices to create and leverage brand appeal and to optimise BU performance
• Partner with Country Marketing and Marketing centers of excellence to define communication strategies, processes and templates for the portfolio to ensure the integration and consistency of messaging through appropriate media and communications channels (internal and external)
• Work with Marketing specialists and Business stakeholders to manage marketing and comms projects that cut across functional areas and disciplines within the Business Unit
• Build strong relationships with Country Marketing and CIB teams and ensure strategic alignment of marketing initiatives to business and brand goals
• Work with the business to develop, plan and manage short- to medium-term marketing budgets ensuring alignment to key business focus areas and managing costs effectively
• Adapt and implement best practices and standards of excellence to achieve best practice positioning and relevant marketing solutions
• Seamlessly work with country teams in the delivery of marketing projects across geographies
• Assess the effectiveness of marketing strategies/ tactics for Broader Africa by measuring changes in stakeholder satisfaction, brand health and sentiment, client engagement and financial metrics

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Comprehensive knowledge of the Marketing and Communications context with experience in building brands across regions
• Experience in and knowledge of Public Relations, Brand Management and Business Communications concepts and practice
• Experience in managing and building brands as a driver of profitability and other metrics of business performance
• Stakeholder management, preferably in an international/matrix organisation
• Managing brands and campaigns across geographies
• Knowledge of financial services, Corporate Investment Banking, markets and competitors (advantageous)
• Understanding of the macro and micro economic drivers, key sectors
• Industry Knowledge and key trends
• Experience in managing Integrated Marketing and Communications

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Job Description

• To analyse individual business' financial results by ensuring adherence to financial controls. 
• To perform financial partnering activities with including financial planning and reporting, data analysis, and assisting leadership with overall strategy.
• Perform daily reconciliations and reconcile discrepancies to minimize losses.  Monitors accounts payable to ensure that all payments are up to date.  Produce accurate and complete business reports on a monthly basis.
• Initiate dialogue to build professional working relationships with all stakeholders displaying excellent abilities to listen advise influence to negotiate and present at all levels.
• Integrate opinions and information provided by various sources to make strategic decisions.
• Provide input for reporting of financial information.
• Obtain data for stakeholders on status of projects.
• Compile reports for submission to various boards
• Analyse month-on-month movements of the data and interpret and provide reasons for the movements.
• Provide commentary on income statement and balance sheet items.
• Explain deviations from forecast and targeted income, all once-offs (unexpected income) and losses.
• Analyse and break down GL entries by preparing additional schedules.
• Identify ways to enhance reporting and, as the business changes, adapt reporting accordingly.
• Prepare budget information in conjunction with relevant stakeholders.
• Interact with Business and Finance to obtain anticipated budgets, and consolidate information received in prescribed format.
• Interact with Finance to merge all financial performance and position components and have a complete view within deadline.
• Assist with budget presentation for various stakeholders for approval.
• Perform relevant analysis and advise to stakeholders.
• Ensure that all reports and presentations are taken through the appropriate review mechanisms and are submitted timeously.
• Mitigate and manage audit findings and operational risk events and provide input into the scope of individual audits.
• Continuously identify gaps and enhance the overall control environment.
• Ensure the team is abreast of any changes to regulations and deadlines and manage and monitor compliance to regulations.
• Track any audit findings until they are resolved and report the status of audit findings to various committees.
• Take full responsibility for performance management of all direct reports managing their performance in relation to quality standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives focusing on all aspects of sound people management.
• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained.

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Job Description

• Hello future Executive Assistant to the RMB Chief Operating Officer!
• RMB is a place where exceptional people create their own opportunities by challenging the conventional and driving sustainable impact. 
• United by our proud heritage, strong ethics and philosophy of Traditional values. Innovative ideas, it’s the magic of our people and culture that sets us apart.
• Now, is the time to imagine your next move with South Africa’s number one employer in Financial Services for 2025, where you can embrace the power of collective thinking to unlock unique opportunities for our clients and society.
• To drive the growth of the business by assisting to shape and deliver on strategy in partnership with the RMB COO and leadership teams in the business.
• To project manage various strategic activities, and ensure delivery of the manager / function's key objectives.

Are you someone who can:

• Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration, and innovation.
• Integrate opinions and information provided by various sources to make strategic decisions and assist the business to address strategic problems and answer strategic questions.
• Plan, manage, and assist in the execution of strategy sessions and offsites.
• Assist with the development and roll-out of strategy and business plans and prepare for and facilitate workshops to develop strategies.
• Action items and key issues requiring resolution and monitor to ensure actions are completed by the right people at the right time.
• Monitor and adjust strategic frameworks as required.
• Take responsibility for the end-to-end management of projects, setting out the scope of work, developing a project plan, project-managing internal and external resources and driving the initiative to completion.
• Write and co-ordinate strategy documents, presentation material, speeches, briefing documents, minutes of meetings, business emails, regulatory, financial and compliance reports and other relevant documentation as required.
• Liaise with internal and external advisors and stakeholders on strategic projects.
• Create governance structures and dashboard metrics to monitor progress against strategy and highlight initiatives / risks as required by specific projects.
• Review, consolidate and analyse financial results to identify key drivers and alignment to business strategy, in preparation of various Exco presentations and reports.
• Review, consolidate, and analyse forecast and budgeted results in preparation for various Exco reports and forums.
• Conduct local and international research on banking developments e.g., competitor analysis, sector research, etc.
• Benchmark research against peers and global best practice.
• Cut to the core of a vast volume of information and prioritise what is relevant to understanding specific issues and trends in the broader environment; know who to contact for specific information.
• Plan and manage the agenda and speakers for monthly meetings, capturing key output / next steps and tracking the completion of these.
• Work with the relevant governance or business forums and other Executive leadership meetings as and when needed.
• Participate and contribute to a development culture where information regarding successes, issues, trends, and ideas are actively shared.
• Participate in specialist communities of practice and contribute positively to own and organisational knowledge improvement.
• Handle documentation that requires the attention of the relevant manager and prepare reports on various matters.
• Promote teamwork and inclusivity amongst team members and demonstrates behaviours that respect diversity.
• Partner and collaborate with team members to achieve team success.
• Share information and knowledge that benefits the team.
• Keep the relevant executive and manager informed of various activities within and outside the group.
• Analyse, review and/or assist with issues of an operational or technical nature.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Minimum qualification: Relevant Degree
• Preferred qualification: Relevant post-graduate degree
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Previous experience within Investment Banking is preferred
• Experience with project management tools
• Familiarity with relevant software and tools
• Understanding of operational workflows and process improvement techniques.
• Ability to support operational projects and initiatives.
• Understanding of data privacy regulations and best practices for handling sensitive information.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and ensure data security.

You will have access to: 

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
• Opportunities to innovate

We can be a match if you are: 

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it

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Hello Future Data Steward (Global Markets)!

• RMB is a place where exceptional people create their own opportunities by challenging the conventional and driving sustainable impact. 
• United by our proud heritage, strong ethics and philosophy of Traditional values. Innovative ideas, it’s the magic of our people and culture that sets us apart.
• Now, is the time to imagine your next move with South Africa’s number one employer in Financial Services for 2025, where you can embrace the power of collective thinking to unlock unique opportunities for our clients and society.
• This role is within the Data Management Office and reports to the Data Head. The Data Steward will be responsible for the Global Markets portfolio. Specifically to implement the strategy and business processes required to create, maintain, and enhance data, be responsible for the daily management of a critical data asset and provide overall guidance and governance oversight to an allocated data set and actively manage data in order to maximize value, align data to business priorities, continuously improve data quality, reduce cost of data management, and to increase confidence in data and information integrity.

Are you someone who can:

• Provide input into the definition of data processes and standards.
• Embed data policies, standards, tools and best practices within the data domain of responsibility.
• Provide input into domain-level data architecture and data management best practices.
• Evaluate existing information management landscape and produce report for areas of improvement.
• Attend relevant information management working groups and implement requirements accordingly.
• Ensure compliance with internal policy, regulatory requirements and data practice standards.
• Interacts and builds relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
• Develop data service level agreements (SLAs).
• Document business term definitions.
• Create and maintain reference data and master data definitions.
• Ensure reference and master data management processes address uniformity, accuracy, accountability across entities.
• Maintain metadata, data quality rules, Enterprise Data Model (EDM), reference data, records register, where applicable.
• Publish relevant meta data to appropriate users in an organization, and monitor the published data sources for usage, relevance and quality feedback.
• Create and manage business metadata for published data sources to ensure that it is easily discoverable, and meaningful to information workers.
• Respond to data queries e.g. data quality issues as defined by the data quality issue resolution process.
• Co-ordinate data quality issue resolution.
• Perform root cause analysis to resolve data quality issues and implement solutions accordingly.
• Assess the access request and action according to access standards and information owner approvals.
• Monitor user access and usage of the data sets owned or accountable for.
• Define and obtain sign off on measurement for information management disciplines.
• Provide input into information management metrics.
• Provide accurate and reliable reporting together with analyzing trends and data used to improve business decisions.
• Provide accurate and reliable reporting in line with business, compliance and governance requirements.
• Accumulate information to review work progress that provides input to reporting, decision making and the identification of improvement opportunities.
• Present report on improvement opportunities to be prioritized or decision to be made by relevant decision-making committee as and when required.
• Define information management requirements (e.g. data cleansing and data quality, etc.) and drive the implementation of the requirements.
• Participate in data related projects and provide required domain level expertise.
• Align data activities to targeted projects for remediation.
• Drive activities of the Segment implementation roadmap for the information management function.
• Take ownership of the maturity roadmap for relevant Business Unit aligned to implementation roadmap and provide inputs for roadmap assessment.
• Deliver initiatives that improve the level of information management maturity.
• Apply understanding of data management and business processes and coordinate with relevant stakeholders to solve business problems.
• Specify information management objectives and benefits and in consultation with business stakeholders obtain sign off.
• Serve as a change agent for information management.
• Present information management trends to management and relevant committees using internal and external research as a proactive approach, including best practice and industry standards.
• Consult in matters of data workflows, master data security, and access rights.
• Promote best practices and make recommendations to business users that will create efficiencies and ensure data integrity.
• Develop an understanding of information flow and system architecture and how it relates to underlying data structures.
• Provide training or awareness to the business and data community on data management disciplines.
• Provide advice on new tools that offer increased business efficiency and profitability.
• Identify and recommend possible solutions to support business requirements and partners with stakeholders to develop an optimum solution.

You will be an ideal candidate if you: 

• Have a relevant Degree
• Have previous experience as a Data Steward
• Have previous experience within a Corporate Investment Bank
• Experience with metadata, data quality rules, Enterprise Data Model (EDM), reference data and records register.
• Are knowledgeable in regulatory requirements and data practice standards.
• Are able to interact and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders

You will have access to:

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
• Opportunities to innovate

We can be a match if you are: 

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it

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Hello Future Solutions Architect!

• RMB is a place where exceptional people create their own opportunities by challenging the conventional and driving sustainable impact. 
• United by our proud heritage, strong ethics and philosophy of Traditional values. Innovative ideas, it’s the magic of our people and culture that sets us apart.
• Now, is the time to imagine your next move with South Africa’s number one employer in Financial Services for 2025, where you can embrace the power of collective thinking to unlock unique opportunities for our clients and society.
• This role will be within the Engineering business unit and you will leverage the full breadth of RMB Engineering’s resources and expertise to drive strategic objectives and deliver transformative outcomes. Lead end-to-end architecture design, ensuring scalability, security, and alignment with business objectives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex requirements into actionable technical strategies
•  To design and implement technology solutions that align with business requirements, ensuring stability, scalability, and security within the organisation's IT ecosystem. 
• Focus on analysing business needs, defining architectural frameworks, and collaborating with development teams to integrate technology effectively. 
• Advise on system design, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles.

Are you someone who can:

• Design, develop, and document IT solutions that align with business requirements to enhance operational efficiency and technological innovation.
• Analyse existing systems and infrastructure to identify optimisation opportunities that improve performance, reduce costs, and enhance resilience.
• Collaborate with software development teams to ensure architectural consistency and adherence to best practices in system design and integration.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations to enhance system capabilities and maintain competitive advantage.
• Ensure compliance with IT governance frameworks, security policies, and regulatory requirements to mitigate operational risks.
• Develop technical specifications and system models to guide development teams in the effective implementation of IT solutions.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting expertise to resolve complex issues related to system architecture and integration.
• Participate in solution testing and validation processes to ensure system reliability and effectiveness before deployment.
• Assist in the establishment of architectural standards and best practices to drive consistency and quality in solution design.
• Work closely with business analysts and stakeholders to understand evolving business needs and translate them into technology solutions.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying inefficiencies and recommending enhancements to architecture frameworks.
• Contribute to documentation and knowledge-sharing initiatives to enhance team capability and organisational learning.
• Engage in a high-performance culture by actively contributing to solution innovation and continuous improvement efforts.
• Demonstrate leadership by driving collaboration and fostering a culture of knowledge-sharing and teamwork.
• Uphold an innovative mindset by staying abreast of industry trends and proactively introducing improvements to existing solutions.

You will be an ideal candidate if you 

• Have Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• TOGAF or relevant IT architecture certification.
• Previous experience in a Solutions Architect role
• Have a strong understanding of software development principles and system integration methodologies.
• Have proficiency in cloud computing platforms, database management, and enterprise system architectures.
• Have experience with IT governance frameworks and cybersecurity best practices.  

You will have access to: 

• Make an impact: Shape the future of RMB’s  ecosystem and contribute to high-visibility projects.
• Growth: Continuous learning opportunities in emerging technologies and professional development.
• Innovation: Be part of a forward-thinking team that values creativity and agility.

We can be a match if you are:

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it
• A passionate technologist with a track record of solving complex challenges in dynamic environments.
• A self-starter who thrives in ambiguity, driving clarity and delivering results with minimal guidance.
• Able to demostrate strong expertise in cloud-native architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP), API integration, data pipelines, and AI-driven solutions.