Career Opportunities at Standard Bank Group

JOB DESCRIPTION

• To support provincial and retail suite management in the attainment of the province’s financial objectives by preparing and analysing the financial results (including guidance on income statement matters) of the province and individual suites, identifying problem areas and potential for improvement. To provide input in pricing decisions taking into account minimum threshold / hurdle rate. Translate pricing decisions to the financial outcomes. To ensure proper implementation of financial controls and the accuracy / validity of financial reports.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
• Field of Study: Finance and Accounting / Mathematical Sciences
• Other Minimum Qualifications, Certifications or Professional Memberships: CA(SA), CGMA or equivalent / Member of SAICA or equivalent body

Experience Required

Finance

• 5-7 years post articles experience in financial services. Previous experience in heading up a finance team and delivering key MIS to business unit. Management Accounting reporting experience. Broad understanding of a business environment. Knowledge of financial analysis techniques. Construct, read and interpret financial statements. Computer literacy in well-known

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Behavioural Competencies:

• Challenging Ideas
• Making Decisions
• Developing Strategies
• Exploring Possibilities
• Interacting with People

Technical Competencies:

• Strategic Planning and Reporting
• Understanding IFRS
• Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting
• Project Accounting
• Financial Accounting and Control

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JOB DESCRIPTION

• To drive new business sales and achievement of sales targets (Employee Benefits). To provide a consulting and administration function regarding Pension and Provident Funds. To facilitate and manage Management committee/employer representative meetings. Managing relationships with Business Centres and Relationship Managers and include a wider range of products developed for Bancassurance Business and Commercial Banking channels incl. Financial Education.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications:

• B.Com Degree
• RE5 and Continuous Professional Development (CFP) may be advantageous.

Minimum Experience:

• 5 - 7 years Experience in the Financial Planning industry
• 5 - 7 years Experience in Pension Fund Industry (Employee Benefits)
• Excellent knowledge of general financial planning practices and procedures such as, The Financial Planning Process as prescribed by the Financial Planning Institute, FAIS, FICA

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Technical Competencies:

• Knowledge of employee benefit systems
• Sound knowledge of SBFC’s products and services
• Use theoretically sound Reward analysis tools and surveys to identify and assess indicators/ opportunities for change in terms of appropriate Reward strategies/ drivers
• Understanding of the benefits and compensation landscape and ability to transact and manage the process

Behavioural Competencies:

• Providing insight with regards to aspects that are likely to have an impact on the organisation
• Interpreting data accurately with an emphasis on the processing and interpretation of numbers. This competency also includes the utilisation of technology
• The ability to identify and engage with all the key stakeholders in the project life cycle.
• Proficiency Level 4 ADVANCED - Mastered the concept, able to act independently, provides guidance and training to others

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JOB DESCRIPTION

• The primary role of a Portfolio Manager is to manage investment portfolios for South African high net worth private clients, domestic and offshore, to acquire new clients and assets for the business, to ensure an optimal investment return for the client and to contribute to enhanced MD revenue growth. Managing an existing book of business as well as growing the AUM under management through the various channels and own efforts. Building relationships and working closely with all channels including the primary introducer of business, Wealth & Investment (W&I) wealth and relationship managers to grow the book. 

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
• Field of Study: Finance and Accounting
• Other Minimum Qualifications, Certifications or Professional Memberships: CFA. Completion of FAIS regulatory exams.

Experience Required

• Wealth and Investment Management 
• Minimum of 8 Years  leadership experience within asset management or senior portfolio manager experience preferably managing assets on behalf of High-Net Worth Clients. Decision-making track record.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Behavioral Competencies : 

• Exploring Possibilities
• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Examining Information
• Documenting Facts
• Following Procedures 

Technical Competencies : 

• Customer Understanding
• Product Knowledge
• Banking Process and Procedures
• Cross and Up-Selling
• Financial Analysis

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JOB DESCRIPTION

• The primary role of a Portfolio Manager is to manage investment portfolios for South African high net worth private clients, domestic and offshore, to acquire new clients and assets for the business, to ensure an optimal investment return for the client and to contribute to enhanced MD revenue growth. Managing an existing book of business as well as growing the AUM under management through the various channels and own efforts. Building relationships and working closely with all channels including the primary introducer of business, Wealth & Investment (W&I) wealth and relationship managers to grow the book. 

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
• Field of Study: Finance and Accounting
• Other Minimum Qualifications, Certifications or Professional Memberships: CFA. Completion of FAIS regulatory exams.

Experience Required

• Wealth and Investment Management 
• Minimum of 8 Years  leadership experience within asset management or senior portfolio manager experience preferably managing assets on behalf of High-Net Worth Clients. Decision-making track record.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Behavioral Competencies : 

• Exploring Possibilities
• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Examining Information
• Documenting Facts
• Following Procedures 

Technical Competencies : 

• Customer Understanding
• Product Knowledge
• Banking Process and Procedures
• Cross and Up-Selling
• Financial Analysis

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JOB DESCRIPTION

• To provide accurate, timeous and client centric services for Trade Products (Letters of credit, Guarantees and Foreign Bills for Collection) and International Payments etc, by receiving, investigating, instructing and monitoring the resolution of client inquiries, requests, and complaints in line with prescribed policies and procedures, in order to maintain positive customer experience, retain customer satisfaction and minimise risk and losses to the bank.

Foreign Exchange: Global Markets

• Experience with spot transactions, forward exchange contracts, options, swaps, foreign currency accounts, Nostro and Vostro accounts and reconciliation, exchange rates, balance of payments, exchange control, SWIFT concepts, and trade finance. Knowledge and experience of Trade products (Letters of Credits / Guarantees / Foreign Bills for Collection / Standby / Commercial / Revolving / Open Accounts / Sanctions / Compliance) and the relevant publications governing these, such as International Standard Banking Practice, Uniform Customers and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Standby Practices, Uniform Rules for Bank, Bank Reimbursements, International Commercial Terms

Personal and Business Banking: Customer Service

• Provide prompt, accurate and courteous service to clients at all time to enhance client experience, mitigate risk and minimise cost to both the client and the Bank. Carry out activities in a professional, polite and efficient manner to enhance the image of the Bank, maintain client satisfaction and retain client loyalty.

Risk Management: Risk Mitigation

• Use preventative measures to identify and avoid fraudulent transactions. Inform Management of all risk incidents and log incident reports with Operations Control to ensure that proper corrective and preventative actions are put in place. Escalate any irregularities to Team Leader / Line Manager and or Compliance Risk Officer as appropriate.

Transactional Products & Services: Business Support

• Demonstrated experience identifying and understanding of International Payments and all Trade Products. Thorough understanding of TPS Operations processes and procedures, navigation of the various systems. Ability to understanding and navigate the TPS environment.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree: Banking (or equivalent)
• 5 Years Relevant Experience

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Attitude of Customer Experience
• Client Servicing
• Handling Difficult Calls
• Query Resolution
• Active Listening
• Root Cause Analysis
   

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JOB DESCRIPTION

• Existing Solutions: Translating pre-production prototypes of raw analytics discoveries to stable, automated and predictable productionalised deliveries. Meeting demand for adding, removing or changing the intelligence engines content and/or working processes (e.g., adding, removing or changing actions, campaigns, response mechanisms, relationship bankers and/or pseudo-codes links etc.)
• Production: Maintaining the production framework for the intelligence engines and processes, and ensuring their smooth and failproof runs on a 24/7 always-on and always secure basis when on stand-by and call-out regime. Maintaining and executing on the production environments and supporting governance, including operational workflow.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum qualification

• Post Graduate Degree in Information Technology or Mathematical Sciences
• 3 - 4 Years' Experience
• Good knowledge of the bank’s IT production and operational environments, data content and structures, data engineering and domains; exposure to IT operationalisation and production; proficiency in code, software and IT process operationalisation, combined with sufficiency in the insights and analytics principles and value creation; good knowledge of analytics and business intelligence principles, data intelligence value chain and commercialisation
• Good knowledge and experience in supporting business and core banking operations 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Behavioural Competencies:

• Developing Strategies
• Making Decisions
• Generating Ideas
• Adopting Practical Approaches

Technical Competencies

• Detail Orientation
• Project Management
• Department Performance Management
• Advanced Programming and Computing

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JOB DESCRIPTION

• Planning, designing and developing personalised intelligence engines like NBA and Smart2. Creating, enhancing, optimising and modernising existing solutions towards future-ready applications with new toolsets (e.g., SAS Viya/ESP/MAS/ID, PostgreSQL, Adobe, AWS, cloud-based etc.). Planning, designing and developing new approaches and solutions to replace end-of-life existing ones (e.g., NBA2.0/Smart¬22.0 utilising real-time streaming, near-real time micro-batches, and dynamic content updates), with all necessary components including APIs. Such new solutions expand from personalised customer engagements to transactional monitoring and transactional fraud prevention to assistance in real-time credit decisioning. Enhancing, optimising and modernising intelligence solutions towards future-ready, cloud-based toolsets. Creating personalised intelligence engines as solutions for African countries, where these don’t exist, with subsequent continuous improvement and enhancement.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
• Field of Study: Information Studies or Mathematical Sciences
• 7 years plus experience required
• Solid knowledge of the bank’s IT production and operational environments, data content and structures, data engineering and domains; significant exposure to IT operationalisation and production; proficiency in code, software and IT process operationalisation, combined with sufficiency in the insights and analytics principles and value creation; seasoned knowledge of analytics and business intelligence principles, data intelligence value chain and commercialisation.
• Sound knowledge and experience in business support and core banking operations

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Behavioural Competencies:

• Developing Strategies
• Making Decisions
• Generating Ideas
• Adopting Practical Approaches

Technical Competencies

• Detail Orientation
• Project Management
• Department Performance Management
• Advanced Programming and Computing