Senior Specialist: Governance and Reporting at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

• "SME specialists who engage with business units helping build out sustainable comprehensive reporting. Maintains a high standard acting as quality assurance as work is delivered. Delivers clearly defined asks to MI / BI / Visualisation teams
• Oversees and conducts the conversion of data into insights that will lead to informed business decisions. Works directly with stakeholders within the assigned departments. 
• To support and enhance intellectual business performance modelling and create measures that drive an optimal value management strategy. To enhance information in order to support optimal decision making."

Job Description

Key accountabilities 

Processes and Standards

• Act as a custodian and advocate for the delivery management framework (Safe) and standards adopted across all programmes and projects
• Engage the programmes and projects to ensure that framework and guidelines are communicated, understood and embedded
• Ensure that guidance on change processes is provided and adhered to by all project teams across Everyday Banking
• Contribute to Portfolio Enablement and Reporting centre of excellence with a focus to build skills and capability
• Proactively work to automate and use tooling wherever possible to drive efficiencies and optimize value

Delivery Oversight & Data Management

• Review delivery, check & challenge and identify trends for analysis and pro-active actioning Pro-actively review CRAIDS to provide cross portfolio implications or raise matters for escalation through the relevant forums Ensure data accuracy and integrity through monitoring of data exceptions and ensuring that project data is updated and accurate Facilitate the weekly portfolio delivery review meeting with Program Managers to reflect on weekly progress, bottlenecks, and improvements

Portfolio Reporting & Insights

• Produce the portfolio reporting and provide analysis and insights Provide support with reporting and insights to Change Council and other executive level management information requirements Provide reporting across demand, capacity, and resourcing to drive effective decision making

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: BMI - Business Management and Informatics