Career Opportunities at Standard Bank Group

JOB DESCRIPTION

• To manage pre-and-post transactional requirements for all specialist trade deals, ensuring the relevant control frameworks / standards are in place and the trade life cycle is monitored to ensure contractual obligations are met and risk is managed. Manage and lead teams to deliver on requirements and goals.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Matric
• Business Commerce degree or related

Experience

• Previous Corporate Banking experience within trade operations or relevant transaction management units.
• Trade services experience and knowledge, including Back to Backs, Open Account Trade Finance, Risk Participation, Trade Loans, Exchange Control and Escrow accounts. Experience and knowledge of Trade loans and commodity finance
• Experience in leading and managing teams, building and maintaining relationships within and outside of the organization.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Competencies:

• Generating Ideas
• Developing Strategies
• Providing Insights
• Developing Expertise
• Examining Information
• Interpreting Data
• Articulating Information
• Interacting with People
• Making Decisions
• Directing People
• Showing Composure
• Meeting Timescales
• International Market Knowledge
• Continuous Process Improvement
• Risk Reporting
• Data Management (Administration)
• Local Market Knowledge
• Data Analysis
• Legal Compliance

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JOB DESCRIPTION

• To design, code, verify, test, document, amend and refactor programs/scripts. Applies agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result. To monitor and report on own progress and proactively identify issues related to software development activities. To propose practical solutions to resolve issues. To collaborate in reviews of work with others as appropriate.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Information Studies
• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Information Technology

Experience Required

• Software Engineering
• Technology
• 5-7 years
• Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Behavioral Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Details
• Examining Information
• Interpreting Data

Technical Competencies:

• Agile Development
• Debugging and Fixing Software
• DEVOPS
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• IT Applications
• Testing (unit, regression, integration)
• Write Code

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JOB DESCRIPTION

• Responsible for the operational take on and due diligence checks for all client requests and documentation received to ensure a state of operational readiness for trade processing, in accordance with international standard banking practice, rules and regulations with a view of avoiding reputational and financial risk for the Standard Bank Group

QUALIFICATIONS

• Matric
• Institute of Banker Certificate, Certified Documentary Credit Specialist (CDCS) and/or Certificate International Trade Finance (CITF)

Experience

• Experience with spot transactions, forward exchange contracts, options, swaps, foreign currency accounts, Nostro and Vostro accounts, exchange rates, balance of payments, exchange control, Nostro/Vostro reconciliation, SWIFT concepts, trade finance.
• Have knowledge and experience of Trade products (Letters of Credits – Standby/Commercial/Revolving, Open Accounts), Sanctions/compliance.
• Experience with all relevant publications governing Letters of Credit such as International Standard Banking Practice, Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Standby Practices, Uniform Rules for Bank – Bank Reimbursements, International Commercial Terms (Incoterms) and ensure correct application of these rules
• Good knowledge and understanding of Exchange Control, a basic understanding and application of the Exchange Control Rulings to ensure 100% compliance.
• Good knowledge of AML procedural requirements.
• A good knowledge of treasury products and services.
• Sound understanding of OFAC and TRC and its relevance to all products.
• A good understanding of operational risks associated with outward payments. Sound understanding of SWIFT.
• Good knowledge and understanding of UCP600, ISBO, URR725 and UCR522

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Articulating Information
• Checking Details
• Exploring Possibilities
• Following Procedures
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Making Decisions

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JOB DESCRIPTION

• To monitor and manage Transaction Product and Services (TPS) Trade Finance and Structured Finance transactions end to end, through effective planning, organising and execution of day to day workflow and risk mitigation to deliver services to clients within South Africa (SA) and support to countries across Africa Region (AR).

QUALIFICATIONS

• Matric
• Banking Certificate
• Certificate of Documentary Credit Specialists (CDCS) or similar trade qualification.

Experience

• 3-4 years
• Experience and knowledge of Trade Loans, Commodity Finance and the Transaction Management Unit (TMU) process to provide support services to Investment Banking (IB) internal and external stakeholders
• Knowledge and experience processing Trade Services transactions including Back to Backs, Open Account Trade Finance, Risk participation, Trade Loans, Exchange Control and Escrow accounts

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Behavioral Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Developing Expertise
• Developing Strategies
• Directing People
• Examining Information
• Generating Ideas
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Making Decisions
• Meeting Timescales
• Providing Insights
• Showing Composure

Technical Competencies:

• Continuous Process Improvement
• Data Analysis
• Data Management (Administration)
• International Market Knowledge
• Legal Compliance
• Local Market Knowledge
• Risk Reporting

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JOB DESCRIPTION

• To execute the strategy and drive the implementation and adherence to the compliance and risk policies and procedures in order to reduce risk and meet regulatory compliance.
• To drive the implementation of the Commercial Property Finance (CPF) strategy within Operations Shared Services in order to realise the strategic objectives of achieving the market share for Commercial Property Finance.
• To drive the execution of pricing arbitration to retain business and achieve profit targets.

QUALIFICATIONS
Experience Required

• Finance & Value Management: 3-4 years Managing budgets and cost management
• Risk & Corporate Affairs: 5-7 years experience covering all aspects of Risk Management
• Shared Services: 8-10 years PBB & Group Operations Shared Services Deep specialist home loans knowledge and experience across the end-to-end value chain. 

Qualifications

• A Business Commerce degree and a Project Management qualification / certification would be required for this role.
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification will be required but will also be offered while in the role.

 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Competencies

• Following procedures
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Task
• Adopting practical approaches
• Challenging Ideas
• Developing Expertise
• Developing strategies
• Documenting Facts
• Embracing Change
• Empowering Individuals
• Evaluating risk management effectiveness
• Financial Acumen
• Managerial budgeting
• Quality Assurance
• Strategic planning & reporting
• Business process improvement