Job Opportunities at Absa Group

Job Summary

The main purpose of the role is to conduct risk management through cost effective legal recovery of outstanding bad debt exposure by instructing 3rd party professional service providers and engaging with internal customers in the collections, legal and insolvency process.

 

 

Job Description

 

 

The main purpose of the role is to conduct risk management through cost effective legal recovery of outstanding bad debt exposure by instructing 3rd party professional service providers and engaging with internal customers in the collections, legal and
insolvency process.

 

Key Accountabilities:

 

Managing the assigned legal portfolio

• Formulate the appropriate recovery strategy to recover as much as possible and to mitigate any additional impairment requirements

• Instruct panel attorney to institute legal action against all liable parties and management of legal process until the matter is resolved

• Initiate, entertain and approve any negotiations or settlements proposals within personal discretion and refer to mandate official if outside personal mandate.

• Provide ongoing instructions to attorney inclusive of evidence required by court such as factual evidence, reconciliations and documentation

• Draw and submission of claim and documentation required in
  liquidations/sequestrations and deceased estates

• In liquidation/sequestration ensure that the liquidator is protecting the Bank’s interest with regards to our assets, whether it is a vehicle, immovable property or any other.

• Assess the risk position by analysing the overall security position to ensure the
  correct level of impairment is raised.

• Perform financial and non-financial analysis on the client that will support and
  underpin the recovery strategy to be implemented for a particular group or
  customer

• Produce relevant management information and statistics as required. This includes reports to the Watchlist Committee if required.

• Manage bad debt exposures by taking daily legal recovery decisions and reviewing information from various systems and taking loss decisions accordingly.

• Report all risk and loss events as a result of fraud or error

• Monitor progress on defended/opposed matters in consultation with Group Legal and submit Form B.

• Engage with Team Leaders and higher levels on a matter to matter basis regarding complex matters.

• Submit Khula claim and attend to all queries until finalised

• Action all new accounts within prescribed time frame

• Follow up on all accounts regularly and manage diary dates

• Ensure that correct risk types and status codes are allocated to accounts

• Accept full and final settlements or refer if outside mandate

• Recommend write-off or canning of account

• Attend any meetings or committees as and when required, e.g Watchlist Committee.

• Negotiate with clients where necessary within own mandates, on the most
  favourable terms possible and the execution of written recommendations to
  mandate holders and or committees in respect of those matters which exceed own mandate.

• Requesting of valuations of properties

• Sign all documentation e.g. affidavits for legal action when required.

• Appear in court and present evidence when required to do so.

• Decide whether to grant leave to defend or proceed with Summary Judgment
  application

• Accept payment arrangements and monitor adherence to the agreement

• Consider and accept/recommend any offers on security assets like vehicles or
  immovable property.

• Attend to and finalise all queries/disputes and complaints from clients. If complaint has been officially lodged attending to and finalising it within timeframe on CCP system.

• Peruse offers to purchase (e.g. on property) and make detailed recommendation as to whether it should be accepted or not.

• Attend auctions as and when required

• Visit properties and attorneys as and when required

 

Management of 3rd party relationships

• Responsible to provide instructions to 3rd party service providers as first point of entry with clear guidelines including monitoring the progress to protect the Bank's interest

• Maintain effective and professional working relationships with attorneys, EDC’s, insolvency practitioners and auctioneers

• Identification of poor performance trends and recommendations to management to exit relationship

• Pro-actively manage legal risks associated with the legal recovery portfolio, client interaction, internal customer interaction and other role players in the organisation

• Embed and maintain internal stakeholder relationships with Business Units
  including monthly interactions to discuss and resolve account specific issues and opportunities

 

Financial performance of assigned portfolio

• To optimise recovery cash flows by implementing effective and timely action

• Ensure that security values are updated and correct as to ensure that losses are accurately accounted for in terms of policy and accounting practices

• Investigate and question 3rd party fees and commission invoices including Liquidation and Distribution (e.g. for Capital Gains Tax) accounts to ensure correctness and to minimize the level of legal and other expenses.

• Assertive engagements with clients and service providers in order to close transactions, settlements and compromises to the benefit of the Bank focusing on the releasing of impairment requirements and recovering as much as possible.

 

Competencies:

• Values Driven

• Digitally Empowered

• Customer Obsessed

• Exceptional Team Player

• Creative Problem Solving

• Drives Results

• Pan African Citizen

 

Minimum requirements:

• B-degree preferably B Com or Legal (NQF level 7) and/or

• AIPSA insolvency Diploma or other Diploma in Insolvency

• 3 years Credit, legal or Insolvency experience

• Preference will be given to South African Citizens and Permanent residents of South Africa in possession of proof of permanent resident status.

 

General

 

The appointment will be made in line with the Divisional Employment Equity strategy.

Education

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

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Description

The Absa Access team within CIB Digital Tech is looking for a .Net Core Developer to join our dynamic team on a contract basis.

Competencies – What are the specific competencies required?

• Min 5 years development experience

• Tertiary education in Computer Science or related field

• .Net Core experience (Windows, Mac, Linux)

• Experience working with databases, PostgreSQL and or MongoDB experience advantageous

• Good understanding agile practices

• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail

• Flexible about working with new methodologies and technologies

• A solid understanding of OOP principles

• SOLID design principles

• Design patterns experience

• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools

• Good understanding of C# and .NET framework

• Experience using ORM’s such as Entity Framework or NHibernate

• Experience with Web APIs and Micro Service architectures

• Domain Driven Design (DDD) and Test Driven Development (TDD) (advantageous)

Outputs – What are the key performance areas and daily responsibilities?

• Build reusable software components and libraries for future use across multiple projects

• Design, code, test, debug and document software according to the functional requirements

• Analyse, diagnose and resolve errors related to their applications

• Keep abreast of technical and industry developments

• Work closely with developers and a variety of end users to ensure technical compatibility and user satisfaction

Deliverables – What end result needs to be achieved?

We deliver a wide range of Digital products (which includes mobile-, web applications and APIs) This opportunity will span across Corporate, Investment, Client and Colleague based projects with the ultimate deliverable being to implement new solutions.

*12 month contract

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Description

Competencies – What are the specific competencies required?

• Min 5 years development experience

• Tertiary education in Computer Science or related field

• .Net Core experience (Windows, Mac, Linux)

• Experience working with databases, PostgreSQL and or MongoDB experience advantageous

• Good understanding agile practices

• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail

• Flexible about working with new methodologies and technologies

• A solid understanding of OOP principles

• SOLID design principles

• Design patterns experience

• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools

• Good understanding of C# and .NET framework

• Experience using ORM’s such as Entity Framework or NHibernate

• Experience with Web APIs and Micro Service architectures

• Domain Driven Design (DDD) and Test Driven Development (TDD) (advantageous)

Outputs – What are the key performance areas and daily responsibilities?

• Build reusable software components and libraries for future use across multiple projects

• Design, code, test, debug and document software according to the functional requirements

• Analyse, diagnose and resolve errors related to their applications

• Keep abreast of technical and industry developments

• Work closely with developers and a variety of end users to ensure technical compatibility and user satisfaction

Deliverables – What end result needs to be achieved?

We deliver a wide range of Digital products (which includes mobile-, web applications and APIs) This opportunity will span across Corporate, Investment, Client and Colleague based projects with the ultimate deliverable being to implement new solutions.

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Summary

• Leverage deep data science expertise in advanced statistics, data wrangling, data mining, data analysis, feature engineering &predictive modeling, storytelling, distributed computing & data visualisation, machine learning tools & data intuition to define, build, operationalize & continuously improve data solutions that deliver relevant, quality assured, accurate & commercially impactful data to the business.

Job Description

Data Science

•  Participate in design thinking processes to determine & confirm hypotheses and priority questions / data challenges & related metrics to be solved for
•  Translate business questions to be solved into data requirements & define a data solutions to deliver against these requirements
•  Proactively partner with the data engineering team to refine the data requirements deliver raw data to Data Science teams for interpretation & analysis
•  Design fit for purpose data interpretation & analysis approaches & create customized data models, algorithms, machine learning tools and recommendation engines to achieve the desired business outcomes
•  Use advanced data science skills to mine & interpret data. These include but are not limited to: advanced statistics, data wrangling, data mining, data analysis, feature engineering & predictive modeling, distributed computing, machine learning tools & data intuition
•  Analyse & interpret complex data sets
•  Apply quality assurance frameworks to test model & analysis techniques (e.g. algorithms, models) & overall data quality
•  Apply the testing frameworks to monitor and analyse model performance & data integrity on all data assignments
•  Produce business insights and recommendations based on data analysis & modeling concluded & where relevant with knowledge and experience of e.g. Java, Scala, Python, Hadoop, Apache Spark & Kafka
•  Use storytelling and data visualization techniques to maximize impact & deliver a user friendly product to business
•  Contribute to the consolidation of data solutions into viable end products (in the language of business) that can be leveraged on an ongoing basis e.g. dashboards, reports etc.
•  Present data analysis (trends, insights, forecasts) & findings to business & show tangible business impact to be derived from the data science process
•  Facilitate peer reviews & feedback on data solutions
•  Refine data analysis based on business & peer reviews
•  Contribute to the assessments of the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources & data gathering techniques
•  Promote data literacy with your business stakeholders by sharing best practices and showing tangible business impact & recommendations as a direct result of the the data solutions provided
•  Stay ahead of the curve on data science trends & leading practice data science tools and techniques & transition the organisation to advanced methods for the continuous optimization of data

Accountability: Risk & Governance

•  Identify data risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post solution deployment / data delivery)
•  Create business cases & solution specifications for various governance processes (if required)
•  Apply data quality assurance frameworks and tools to guarantee data quality & data integrity (always) for specific data solutions
•  Contribute to risk, governance, compliance & broader regulatory processes as a data science expert (if & when required)

Accountability: People

•  Coach & mentor other data scientists
•  Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology (Required), Bachelor's Degree: Statistics (Required)

• Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
• Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Summary

Process Analyst

• To provide an effective advisory, implementation and coordination function to drive a standardised process framework and rigorous process controls aligned to Absa Standards and methodologies.

Job Description

Business Process Design/Improvement

Outputs to deliver this accountability:

- Interacting with channel and process owners, conduct business process needs analysis to understand the requirements, inputs, handoffs and outputs of the process where required.
- Facilitate process design workshops with participants from the processing areas and the process owners. Map the processes using the bank's approved mapping standards. This includes facilitating, designing and documenting process decomposition diagrams and defining and documenting new business processes to cover the total life cycle of the product or service covered.
- Review process maps to ensure that all regulatory, compliance and operational risk control elements are incorporated and highlighted.
- Obtain approval from business process owners on the final products before publishing on the Business Process Repository.
- Participate in the test cells for new processes and highlight any issues or concerns.

- Ensure that corrections are made prior to live implementation.
- Assess the risk and potential impact of any process changes requested from a systems, control and operational risk perspective. Highlight the risks to the process owners. Identify where systems designs need to be altered in order to integrate the business solution and highlight to the process owners.
- Assess the financial impact (direct such as development/training cost and indirect such as savings) of proposed changes and obtain approval from process owners.
- When required, interact with the Business Risk Officer or Management Assurance to ensure that process changes meet control requirements.
- Monitor implementation of new processes to ensure that anticipated benefits are realised.
- Support the product development process by advising on the most appropriate operational processes to support the product's implementation. Interact with the impacted operations processing area to obtain their input and approval for the final product process.
- On at least an annual basis, critically review all critical and major processes in place in the business area and identify areas for potential improvement. Obtain approval from the process owner to conduct detailed work and create recommendations for improvement. Ensure updated processes are published and old ones removed.
- Support process owners to design change impact assessment tools and change project plans. Occasionally assist with monitoring progress against the project plan.

Stakeholder Management
Outputs to deliver this accountability:

- Build long term sustainable relationships with business and support functions to establish effective communication channels whilst ensuring information flow, sourcing, compliance, control and risk identification.
- Attend relevant forums, committees and structures related to area of specialisation as may be directed by line manager, business requirements or stakeholder expectations.

Risk and Control Management
Outputs to deliver this accountability:

- Ensure adherence and compliance with governance, risk policies, procedures and compliance policies
- Ensure that support is given to business on process-related findings by Internal audit and/or Management Assurance, to address failures through the establishment of healthy controls.
- Adhere to governance and controls of process mapping is maintained according to standardized enterprise architectural framework.
- Action new process design mapping and documentation around value chains through standardization and in accordance with governance and control requirements.

Education

National Senior Certificate/ Matric (Grade 12)

• Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
• Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Summary

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

Job Description

Accountability:  Partner, Design & Implement Learning & Development Solutions:

• Lead and programme manage the diagnosis and delivery of bespoke learning and development interventions in line with the Business goals, working in collaboration with the Learning Solutions teams to present an integrated Learning delivery model.

• Operate in a commercial and business management way, leverage internal governance, policies and processes as appropriate to agree: objectives, outcomes, communication and embedding practices, timescales, budget and ROI expectations.

• Guide and support Learning Delivery Partners in partnering with the Management teams of the Business areas and the People Partners to develop the Learning and Development plans for their business area in line with their business strategy.

• Leverage and research external best practice to provide leading edge innovative solutions to the clients, and share this research with the team.

• Engage with and build an external Learning and Development network to ensure continuous updating of current best practice and leading edge knowledge of learning

Accountability:  Organisational Performance Areas:

• Business aligned learning solutions; execution & delivery of Learning Plans; Business aligned curriculum

• Consistent delivery of leadership programmes, Talent management and development of  partnership with People Partners

Minimum Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees

Preferred Experience

• Experience in a similar environment at specialist level - 3 - 4 years

Knowledge and Skills

• Stakeholder management 

• Results driven

• Complex problem solving

• Commercial and cross functional awareness

• Systems thinking capability and business acumen

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Education, Training and Development (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Description

Achievement of Sales targets: Manage dealer achievement of sales targets through use of incentive schemes and Management Information from internal and external sources | Retain and Improve relationships with Dealers: Discuss AVAF Customer Value Proposition (CVP) during regular relationship meetings and visits to Dealers and Dealer Principals to enhance the brand awareness | Deal Facilitation : Handle all customer interactions professionally and efficiently | Conversions of non-friendly Dealers: Identify non-friendly Dealers through the tracking of business volumes and determine and address reasons for nonfriendliness by using the retention process to manage non-friendly dealers. | Value added products: Achieve VAP target as agreed per PD and contract VAP achievement with Dealers and F&I's by linking counter performance on VAP's of Dealers and F & I's to the DIC pay-out. | : | : | :

Education

Higher Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Summary

• Work embedded as part of an agile team to produce, test, document and review source code that delivers platform features & components of service.

Job Description

Platform Engineering, Deployment & Optimisation

•  Understand the customer, business, and technical requirements
•  Acquire a working knowledge of the platform and its constituent parts in order to contribute to platform features and service design
•  Contribute to design processes by identifying process & technology opportunities & solutions
•  Design platform features sets & consider the iteration and changes required by the business throughout the design process
•  Develop platform designs and test cases that solve problems
•  Ensure & enable integration across platform components for all platform designs and test cases
•  Acquire technical knowledge of platform features and non-functional requirements to identify risks and prevent bugs
•  Take full accountability for the design of predictable high quality, high performing, manageable solutions & ensure their on-time release
•  Take personal accountability for end-to-end quality, completeness, and resulting user experience for the life of the platform
•  Ensure designs deliver on the technical principles of reusability and meet all engineering & operational standards and requirements
•  Identify & implement solutions to supportability, portability/monitoring, reliability, and maintainability considerations when platform features & components are ready to be shared & deployed
•  Identify & resolve platform, system, deployment and environmental issues prior to production release
•  Positively contribute to components of the service architecture, operability and customer scenarios that meet compliance standards and KPIs, such as quality, cost, and customer expectation.
•  Identify & expose test coverage issues, organize and implement integration testing, and identify & resolve problem areas (pre-during-post deployment)
•  Acquire technical knowledge of platform features and non-functional's to identify risks and prevent bugs / conduct de-bugging
•  Perform troubleshooting and engineer solutions for service issues & restore service with minimal disruption to the customer and business
•  Identify unresolved issues and escalates to the appropriate owner to ensure resolution
•  Consistently & proactively analyse the current service delivery system and apply judgment to identify improvements and enable a system that supports service delivery and meets KPIs.
•  Apply team standards, platform patterns and best practices in all design & development work
•  Demonstrate knowledge of, identify & find required, platform relevant data
•  Use data and insights from customer and production to contribute to technical design and implementation decisions
•  Recognise when relevant data is not available and resolve unanswered questions appropriately
•  Understand platform performance measures and when the platform is / is not performing optimally
•  Collect metrics (such as service availability data, performance measures, system health, and long-term trends) to support service intelligence analysis.
•  Use data to describe defects & their impact on the product or service area and related targets (within scope of job)
•  Participate in triaging and use problem management tools (such as root cause analysis, trend analysis, and post-mortems contribute to identifying and implements a solution.
•  Understand the engineering lifecycle to propose lifecycle improvements, over successive milestones
•  Participate in engineering and service reviews
•  Develop & share best practices across teams
•  Recognises that changes to his or her service area impact the work of others, and proactively shares information that is relevant to enable efficient workflow.

Accountability: Finance, risk, governance

•  Understand the platform cost model & optimal cost:serve of the platform
•  Provide analysis on actual versus projected capacity requirements, based on service KPIs, evolving customer usage scenarios, and new feature releases to support the development of a viable platform cost model
•  Adhere to budget requirements and track and report operational cost data to the business.
•  Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents
•  Understand & apply group technology (e.g. architecture, development, change & release etc.), risk, governance, compliance & regulatory standards and frameworks

Accountability: People

•  Proactively & effectively collaborate & contribute constructively across disciplines within the feature team
•  Proactively manage dependencies, share information & best practices, contribute to problem solving and conflict resolution within the feature team
•  Consistently share information, across the team, to the right audience with the appropriate level of detail and timeliness to enable overall platform success
•  Contribute to a high performance team environment & positive culture as a high performing member of a self-directed team aligned to agile working
•  Proactively seek mentorship & coaching from others & consistently seek, respond to & provide feedback with the intention of improving team effectiveness
•  Contribute constructively in team meetings, and in cross-discipline collaborations within the team

Education

National Certificate: Information Technology

• Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
• Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Summary

We have an opportunity for a customer focused and strategic individual to partner with business leaders and other People stakeholders, and provides strategic insights and advisory on all people matters, to drive achievement of business strategy and objectives. The People Partner takes ownership of implementing core Absa people practices and target experiences; and developing and implementing bespoke business people-related solutions.

Job Description

Key accountabilities      

Commercial awareness and strategic partnering:

• Demonstrates a deep understanding of the global market place, competitive position and commercial drivers for a complex, large scale business.

• Uses business acumen/perspective to translate the Business Unit strategy into a clear people agenda within the direction set by the bank and global People function for a business with multiple core lines of business.

• Is a strategic partner to the Business Units CEO/functional leaders in a fast moving, complex and developing environment.

• Uses analytics, data and trends both internally and externally to diagnose Business Unit issues and recommend effective solutions.

• Manages external networks and is well connected in the appropriate bodies to shape the external perception of Absa Group Limited to be in a position to attract the best capabilities to the organisation and have influence in the market place.

• Articulates strategy and is able to translate into actions and results for the function.

Trusted Advisor:

• Owns the relationship with the Business Unit leadership as a trusted advisor.

• Exemplary coach and sounding board to the Business Units CEO and other senior leaders in the business.

• Demonstrates influence and credibility with senior leaders across the business.

• Actively assists the Business Units CEO to build the effectiveness and develop the top team appropriately.

Ownership of the end-to-end HR delivery:

• Operates as the relationship manager for the customer base and is responsible for broking People Specialist and Operations to execute on the defined people strategy.

• Works with the Business Unit leadership to identify and develop talent and robust succession for the area.

• Has a high level of focus on customer relations. Drives a culture of customer centricity and responsiveness across all People Function teams.

• Able to prioritise, manage and lead a team of specialist to deliver across a Pan African agenda.

• Drive the delivery of key People initiatives through employing the appropriate change and project management disciplines across the People value chain.

• Takes the business priorities and translate these into People Strategies and takes end-to-end ownership for delivering the following key People processes to their client by undertaking the following:

  • Translate business strategy into people strategy and ensuring that workforce planning is embedded whilst providing People analytics that deliver relevant insights.

  • Support and drive major change and People Function Projects.

  • Specify capability gaps and define talent pools in conjunction with the Functional Leader. Takes ownership of strategic resource planning and delivery and participate in executive and senior role hiring.

  • Takes responsibility for Business Unit talent reviews, succession planning activities and talent and capability development.

  • Deliver Leadership and learning programmes via specialists, specifies internal capability gaps and ensure relevant assessments, development and coaching in place.

  • Drive the Business Unit reward and performance strategy and provide input and manage the executive compensation and ownership of pay cycle and reward plan delivery.

  • Ensure effective employee engagement for the Business Unit in conjunction with the Functional Leader, supporting the People Operations planning and service quality management.

Education and experience required

Appropriate Bachelor’s Degree (NQF level 7)

Minimum:

• At least 5 years recent experience as a People Partner in a medium/large business and/or working as a senior human capital consultant in a top consultancy

• Demonstrated knowledge and use of emerging people management best practices and technologies

• Successful track record of developing effective people management solutions that have facilitated achievement of business strategy and objectives

Advantage:

• Pan-African people management experience

• Financial industry experience

• Significant People Partner experience in a successful business transformation

Knowledge and skills:

• Expert understanding of the entire employee value chain and core people processes

• Ability to build, develop & lead professional level teams 

• Working knowledge of HR systems

Competencies:

• Business Acumen

• Results Orientation

• Innovation Leadership

• Problem Solving Leadership

• Inspirational People Leadership

• Collaboration and Influencing

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Human and Social Studies (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Summary

• Drive the design and delivery of complex fit for purpose, business strategy-aligned, high impact, cross domain technology solution blueprints & associated solutions & build architectural capability in Dev teams across an estate.

Job Description

Architecture

•  Leverage a solid & deep understanding of the organization strategy to identify, design & deliver relevant, scalable, testable, re-usable technology solutions
•  Work in collaboration with delivery teams to independently analyse customer requirements & varying business capabilities & leverage analysis to identify & accurately spec / frame ‘the complex business problems we are aiming to solve’ with each solution design or solution evolution
•  Through the above processes, leverage emotional, social & business / commercial quotient to understand consumers and the broader range of stakeholders, their opinions & perspectives and reconcile these within the solution designs (negotiation skills and dealing with complex and divergent stakeholder opinions are a must)
•  Leverage expertise in analytical & creative problem solving to synthesise a solution design (build a solution from its components) beyond the analysis of the problem
•  Lead design thinking processes to successfully deliver solution blueprints & associated roadmaps
•  Create end to end solution blueprints & ensure these can be implemented across all phases of the initiative life-cycle (ideation through to product launch & commercialization)
•  Design & or contribute to the design & implementation of detailed feasibilities & business cases
•  Leverage a strong engineering background to make the right choices in solution design – this knowledge includes but is not limited to: domain driven design, loosely coupled integration, microservices and other modern software design practices
•  The above extends to identifying the best fit tools to be used for a particular solution, understanding those that would not be a good choice and leveraging researching skills to pivot towards something better
•  Assume ‘one stop’ shop accountability for solution blueprint design & delivery decisions within an organization based on the above
•  Work with project / program management teams to design solution roadmaps aligned to the strategic requirements of an organization and through which the solution can be implemented across all phases of the initiative life-cycle (ideation through to product launch and commercialization)
•  Work embedded, as part of a delivery team, to ensure the successful design & implementation of solution blueprints
•  Ensure that the detail of the solution (across all architecture domains) is accurate to the implementation of the initiative, true to the bank’s architectural principles/preferences, implementable by the different teams involved in the solution
•  Work as part of embedded delivery teams to conduct solution reviews, code reviews, testing and other disciplines associated with solution design & delivery
•  Attend various Group & Business specific architectural design forums and present solution designs and detailed business cases for approval
•  Leverage synthesis & creative problem skills to identify risk (impending danger & challenges) and work with a cross functional group of stakeholders across the value chain for support & direction
•  Conduct solution reviews against defined customer metrics and ensure the ongoing achievement of business results through solution implementation
•  Ensure a solid understanding of emerging & evolving architectural principles and hold one stop shop accountability for the evolution of solutions in alignment with these principles (where it makes sense to do so)
•  Build architectural capability across delivery teams in a business to ensure ongoing evolution of skills in solution delivery
•  Contribute to the architecture body of knowledge
•  Contribute to the design & evolution of architectural principles and preferences

People

•  Participate in peer reviews (code, solution, testing etc.) and transfer knowledge and capability across delivery teams for improved solutioning & evolving architectural practices
•  Set & Cascade solution direction across technology delivery teams
•  Build & evolve the architectural capability of Delivery teams across the business – through active coaching & information / knowledge sharing
•  As an SME, support the proactive attraction, recruitment, development, & retention of strong technology teams across an estate
•  Leverage and embed agile practices in delivery teams and work to build strong self-directed, high performance teams through agile working practices (including daily, weekly, etc. sprint routines, regular & honest feedback etc.)

Financial & Vendor Management, Risk & Governance

•  Carry the ‘one stop shop’ accountability for all risk associated with solution design (from ideation to deployment)
•  Apply the organization risk & governance frameworks
•  Ensure solution design alignment to Group guidelines & ensure solutions are sustainable for the enterprise
•  Proactively involve / engage chapter & guild leads in solution decision making, applying an enterprise wide lens to product & service development
•  Ensure solution design alignment to regulatory requirements and continuously update knowledge on regulatory requirements for the successful design of new & evolution of existing solutions
•  Deliver on time & on budget (always)

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

• Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
• Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Summary

• To administer deceased estates ranking from normal to more complex estates which might  involve Capital Gain Tax and Estate Duty

Job Description

Administrator Estate

Key Responsibilities

• Receive completed deceased estate reporting documents from the Fiduciary Consultants and Lean system and make telephonic contact with the client
• Manual intake of estates
• Report the deceased estate to relevant stakeholders via written correspondence, newspaper and Government Gazette
• Advertise (e.g. advertise in the local newspaper and Government Gazette) and for any debtors or creditors (section 29 notification) in respect of the estate late
• Receive relevant information as requested by the various stakeholders and start redeeming and transferring assets
• Draft the liquidation and distribution account to reveal the true reflection of the assets and liabilities as at date of death and submit outstanding tax returns
• Advertise (for twenty one (21) days) the Liquidation and Distribution account (section 5 notification) in the local newspaper / Government Gazette and with the Magistrate in the district were the deceased resided twelve (12) months prior
• Instruct the Absa panel attorneys on the expiry date of the advertisement
• Obtain final tax assessment from SARS and finalise the deceased estate
• Achieve set target as set out by management at the beginning of the year
• Ensure that post (incoming mail, fax and correspondence) and filing is up to date as per the company norms
• Keep clients updated on progress of the estate
• Maintain a high standard of service during the administration process without supervision
• Build and maintain a relationship with various stakeholders (i.e. valuators, auctioneers, attorneys, Master of the High Court, South African Revenue Service)
• Ensure that queries do not turn into complaints by addressing these within a period of twenty four hours
• Adhere to ABSA compliance requirements and industry related legislations
• Adhere to business processes and controls practice; non-adherence may lead to disciplinary actions
• Complete compulsory compliance and legislation training within the required time-frames as prescribed by Absa Risk
• Adhere to risk and compliance policies in terms of Environmental Health and Safety, Information Security, Records Management and Money Laundering, Sanctions
• Be knowledgeable on the Estate Administration Act

Competencies

• Working with people
• Planning and organising
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Following instructions and procedures
• Adapting and responding to change
• Coping with pressure and setbacks

Minimum Requirements

• National Diploma in Estate and Trust or Deceased Estate Administration Course via Law Society of SA or equivalent NQF level 5 qualification or higher
• Two (2) years experience within deceased estate administration environment
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and the Internet
• No criminal record

Preferred Requirements

• Relevant B Legal degree (LLB) or Advanced Estate and Trust Diploma or equivalent NQF level 6 qualification
• Five (5) years experience in deceased estate administration environment
• Preference will be given to South African Citizens and Permanent residents of South Africa in possession of proof of permanent resident status

General

• The appointment will be made in line with the Divisional Employment Equity strategy

Education

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

• Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
• Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Summary

The mandate of the Data Management Officer is to execute Data Governance and Records Management requirements, embedment thereof, and Data Privacy support.

• Ensure Data Governance, Records Management and Data Privacy controls and applicable regulatory requirements (Policy, Standards, Frameworks, Processes, and Procedures) are defined, applied implemented and adhered to.  Provide Subject Matter Expertise and support to the Data Portfolio Specialist and Relationship Banking Business.

Job Description

Accountability:  Data Governance Embedment (People, Process & Technology) (15%)

• The objective of Data Governance Support is to assist with the establishment and implementation of the Data and Records Management Policy, Standards, Processes and Guidelines.  Monitor progress on embedment of the controls for the Business Units / Areas.

The job holder will be responsible to:

• Assist in defining a practical and comprehensive Data Governance approach and strategy
• Be an active and influential member of Working Groups and Forums
• Provide advice and guidance on Data Governance requirements to Business
• Support Group Level and / or other Business Units on Data Governance related initiatives
• Obtain a thorough understanding of Governance challenges and assist to define control measures
• Develop and maintain good relationships with Stakeholders, Representatives, Data Owners and Data Stewards through ongoing collaboration
• Develop a good understanding of Business strategies and initiatives that has an impact on Data Governance through discussion and interaction with Stakeholders
• Support Business Units / Areas on all aspects of Data Management by being knowledgeable on Data Governance and providing guidance on implementation of requirements
• Assist to drive the implementation of the necessary toolsets to enable implementation of the Data Governance requirements
• Understand current issues experienced in Business by reviewing incidents and audit findings related to Data Governance
• Develop and maintain good relationships with Business and Technology Stakeholders through ongoing interaction
• Assist to establish the supporting Data Management Standards, Frameworks, Processes and Guidelines
• Implement and govern the Policy, Standards and Process
• Assist to implement the Road to Satisfactory (RTS) on Policy controls
• Assist with Dispensation, Waivers and Breaches (DWB) process
• Monitor progress on the embedment of the Policy and Standards
• Escalate non-compliance to controls

Accountability:  Records Management Embedment (People, Process & Technology) (30%)

• Adhere and contribute to the development of standard operating procedures and guidelines   within the area of accountability
• Report on transactional and process activities to enable timely and effective decision-making
• Provide advice and support for value-added process improvements, initiatives and services
• Identify and contribute to the development of solutions to improve operational service and quality and escalate unresolved issues to management and process owners
• Identify any weakness in Information Risk Management of data and suggest solutions in closing gaps and Identify and communicate the threat landscape of the Business and ensure that the Business is in a position to make informed decisions relating to information management
• Work closely with all stakeholders to build and maintain effective relationships between the Information Risk function and local Business areas
• Understand and implement Policy controls, whilst ensuring to create local requirements in Business.
• Monitor compliance of Policy and Standards and drive the closure of gaps and communicate Risk based Policies and minimum Standards
• Ensure completion and coordination of DWB’s
• Use Risk Management Principles to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information in accordance with the Bank’s Operating Model and Risk appetite
• Ensure alignment of new projects to the Information Risk Framework.
• Review and use Risk and Control assessments / critical process assessments, key risk scenarios, risk events, audit findings and key risk indicators information to assess the Information Risk profile of the Business Unit
• In conjunction with Business and Group Technology, ensure that the appropriate Logical Access Management (LAM) Standards are in place for all relevant in-scope applications and infrastructure applications.
• Implement and embed the Record Management process and governance structure within the Business
• Ensure that the data classification and Records Management Standards are available and communicated to Business
• Ensure that classification is included as part of the Records Management process, and that the classification is included in the Business List of Records (BLOR)
• Ensure that mandatory training is rolled out to the Business, manage the timing of the training roll-out and track completion of training by relevant pares
• Implement and embed the End User Computing (EUC) process (EUDA-End User Development Application), reporting and governance structure within the business
• Implement and embed the data quality and reporting processes and governance structure within the cluster - Business is responsible for implementation of controls
• As required, contribute to the development strategies, by providing a view on potential improvements for services and enhanced Risk mitigation.
• Analyse the effectiveness of existing Risk Management processes (and reporting systems / mechanisms ⁄ tools) and supported environments and implement changes when necessary
• Identify and escalate Key Information Risks
• Compile relevant IRM reports, specific to the Subject Matter Expert (SME) area and general reporting.  This could include any Key Risk reporting (Principle Risk) required, and Business or Group specific reporting requirements

 Accountability:  Data Privacy Support (People, Process & Technology) (5%)

• Ensure to align to Data Privacy requirements and support the RBB (RB) Compliance Officer on reporting

Accountability:  Policies, Standards and Process (10%)

• Assist to drive, implement and monitor Data Governance, Records Management and Data Privacy Standards and Processes covering all aspects and requirements
• Assist to review, update, enhance (where appropriate) Standards and Processes

Accountability:  Monitoring (10%)

• Be an active member of Working Groups and Forums.
• Assist to define and implement a Data Governance, Records Management and Data Privacy reporting and tracking system / mechanism for issues
• Receive and consider significant / serious untoward incidents / issues relating to Data Governance, Records Management and Data Privacy and drive remediation activities with the relevant Stakeholders
• Implement processes to ensure that the Head of Data Management is informed of all serious and untoward Data Management related incidents / issues
• Escalate unresolved and overdue issues to the relevant Stakeholders and Committees
• Assist to define and receive reports from Stakeholders and Forums to enable the monitoring of Data Governance, Records Management and Data Privacy progress
• Monitor and track the relevant Stakeholders in the delivery of the agreed action plans and escalate non-performance and non-delivery to the appropriate Forums / Structures
• Assess and receive assurances from Stakeholders that they are fully compliant with all the requirements of Data Governance, Records Management and Data Privacy
• Identify risks associated with Data Governance, Records Management and Data Privacy and address and / or report them to the appropriate Risk Committees or Forums

Accountability:  Communication, Training, Awareness and Change Management (10%)

• Liaise and work closely with internal Committees, Forums, Programmes and Groups to promote Data Management
• Collaborate and align with other Committees / Forums on Data Management issues to ensure that Data Management is integrated into other initiatives
• Ensure that Relationship Banking’s approach to Data Governance, Records Management and Data Privacy is communicated to the relevant Stakeholders
• Assist to develop and implement a communications programme to raise awareness within Relationship Banking about all aspects of Data Management
• Implement related training and ensure that it is taken up by relevant staff as necessary to support their roles
• Cater for specific in-Cluster training needs by defining generic material for awareness and training as well as specific training material for Data Management
• Create and maintain a central communication portal for Data Management and ensure knowledge content is fully up to date

Accountability:  Technology (5%)

• Assist to drive the implementation of the necessary toolsets to enable implementation of Data Management requirements
• Ensure alignment and assist to facilitate collaboration between IT and business on Data Management requirements, activities and issues
• Ensure that IT initiatives / projects align with the long term vision and key Business and regulatory objectives of Data Management
• Ensure that Data Management Standards and Principles are followed from a Business and IT perspective affecting Relationship Banking
• Ensure that all Data Management functions performed by IT are executed in accordance with Standards and Processes
• Promote the use of Data Management technologies by educating Stakeholders on the tools and benefits thereof as when required

Accountability:  Self Development and Growth (5%)

• Encourage frequent knowledge sharing between team members
• Grow own knowledge and understanding by staying abreast of knowledge and skills relevant to the level and area of work, as well as actively seeking to attain those required for the next level of work.
• Ensure that training needs are identified and included in development plans.

Accountability:  Reporting (10%)

• Effectively manage Data Management risks and actions required and report control deficiencies to the Data Management Council.  (This should include reporting on control issues, control requirements, internal and external audit observations).
• Ensure the timely completion of operational reporting by submitting in accordance with requirements
• Escalate unresolved issues to the relevant Data Management Stakeholders and Committees by planning, monitoring and reporting back on progress of the Governance, Records and Privacy initiatives

Education

Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

• Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
• Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Summary

• Our Converged Security Office prides itself in its unique structure that sees an integration and collaboration model between our Information Risk, Cyber, Resilience, Physical Security & Forensics teams to ensure effective risk management across all disciplines. 
• You will provide support and advice in relation to cryptographic services used within Absa. This includes the execution of key and certificate management process and controls. You will also be assisting with shaping the strategy for and delivering core Crypto information security technologies for use across the Bank.

Job Description

The role is within the CSO, with you reporting into the Head of Crypto and your responsibilities will include the following:

• Assist with the evaluation, design and delivery of major new Crypto security technologies across Absa
• Using technical experience and knowledge of the business and processes, produce innovative solutions designed to improve the Group’s information security posture, increase operational efficiencies and reduce operational costs
• Maintain the Crypto information security technology strategy, showing appreciation for the challenges presented by different business units and geographies making up the whole of Absa group, and work with other technology architects to ensure alignment to broader architecture strategies
• Assist virtual teams of security and technical specialists to integrate existing Crypto security technologies that have been independently deployed into different business units, ensuring the delivery of a single, high-quality, cost-effective solution
• Receive approved change request from business unit on ServiceNow e.g. if an infrastructure change is required or if infrastructure needs to be upgraded with new functionalities and arrange for appropriate custodians to be available to perform upgrade
• Maintain Crypto Hardware to effectively maintain all crypto infrastructure to ensure that they are on the latest patches and software
• Decommission Crypto Hardware Infrastructure by removing the logical keys, clearing the database and memory in the event of new hardware or to replace faulty infrastructure
• Ensure security and compliance controls are met when creating, replacing, decommissioning and destroying keys as per specified Absa, MasterCard and Visa requirements
• Implement and manage PKI by configuring hardware to ensure secure issuing of all certificates
• Obtain a thorough understanding of the business unit’s strategy and explain it to team members in such a way that they understand the contribution they have to make

What do you need to get in?

• B Degree Information Technology
• CISSP (Certified Information Security Specialist Professional)
• 2-5 years’ experience in Cryptography related infrastructure
• 3 years’ experience in supporting Hardware Security Infrastructure
• 3 years’ experience in Security technology and processes
• Excellent understanding of security strategies and technologies including secure network design, server hardening, secure web services, compliance auditing, secure software development lifecycles, security monitoring, and encryption
• Demonstrable strong knowledge of one or more Cryptography platforms or networking
• Deep understanding of the security mechanisms associated with one or more of windows or Unix operating systems, IP networks, web based applications and databases is essential
• Previous experience of working in an information security architecture, engineering or project delivery function
• Knowledgeable about existing best practices for integration of security controls
• Able to make technology recommendations supported by documented results of vendor product assessments and technical evaluations.
• Stays informed on security vendors, specific product histories, trends and directions. Is considered a subject matter expert on a broad range of information security concepts, technologies and products
• Able to work independently with limited management oversight, but with sufficient experience to know when to escalate issues or concerns
• Work with the business and project team(s) to ensure residual risks are adequately mitigated to the degree that meets the risk appetite of the business
• If you’re passionate about working in a fast-paced environment and contributing to the exciting world of Security by leading from the front, we would love to hear from you!

Education

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

• Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
• Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Summary

The role is for a Business Analyst in the CIBT – MyMI team . The the purpose of this role is to investigate, design, implement and maintain Management Information (MI) and Business Intelligence (BI) solutions in order to provide timely and accurate reporting and solutioning to business to enable informed decision making. This is to be achieved by establishing and maintaining effective relationships with the relevant stakeholders and applying intimate knowledge of data sources in the context of the core business

Job Description

Accountability: Management Information (MI) and Business Intelligence

• Engage with internal business and technical stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure objectives, priorities and key requirements are agreed and understood.
• Interpret data and identify issues, risks and opportunities and relate results and insights to Business users.
• Assist with the Conceptualization design and build of Management Information (MI) / Business Intelligence (BI) models in support of business requirements.
• Oversee integrity of reports, both when developing new reports as well as when executing existing scripts to ensure data is accurately presented.
•  Perform metadata development using appropriate BI tools to extract data from various data sources e.g. Data Warehouse and excel according to specified business requirements 
•  Keep up to date via a forum presented by the data warehouse team regarding the data elements that are available within the Absa Group
•  Engage with system developers during creation of new extracts to obtain systems access and to build a knowledge network 
•  Construct and execute Structured Query Language (SQL) database queries to extract needed data. This includes new and existing data queries 
• Ensure open communication via email, telephone and meetings with customers when data requests are received.
• Make suggestions when the requests need refinement or clarity
•  Provide feedback to customers regarding timelines and keep track of agreed delivery dates 
•  Identify new sources of data via notifications from the data warehouse team when required by the business area and ensure updates are made to data definitions and communicated to impacted contributors. 
• Investigate, in accordance to business requirements, the availability of appropriate data to facilitate delivery of the semantic layer
• Support the reverse engineering of existing solutions where required

 

Accountability: Governance and Control

• Create project plans where necessary in order to better manage required outcomes and coordinate with other team members to timely delivery of work product.
• Ensure compliance to policies, legislation and regulations.
• Obtain appropriate sign off from business units Heads and other relevant parties on design before moving into the production environment.
• Where data integrity is questionable, send out communication to relevant stakeholders via email to this effect, highlighting issues and where appropriate, proposing solutions.
•  Drive to completion, where appropriate, the implementation of initiatives to facilitate appropriate application of governance procedures thus ensuring data integrity and quality
•  Adhere to the core Data Governance disciplines as defined by the Data Governance Organisation (DGO) when performing business intelligence activities within the SBU (business unit). This includes: data quality management information lifecycle management and information security and privacy.  
• Conduct integrity checks on all extracted data to ensure correct data is incorporated into the reports.

 

 

Accountability: Relationship Building & Networking & Research

 

• Develop and maintain relationships within relevant business units understand their requirements and gather feedback.
• Work with stakeholders (Business Units, Group Technology etc) to create and maintain a portfolio of technology MI, utilising consistent and validated data sources
• Check that information is correct as it is the only source of input and incorrect reporting could have financial and brand implications for the Absa Group
• Stay abreast of knowledge and skills relevant to the level and area of work, as well as actively seeking to attain those required for the next level of work
• Develop a thorough knowledge of various systems and related reporting. 
• Recommend changes to the way of work in accordance with best practice industry standards.
• Work with the end users and client team members to define application functional and usability requirements. Ensure that other project team members understand the implications of functional and usability requirements.
• Educate users where required on the design or how to utilise the solution.

 

Education and Experience Required

• Minimum Requirements - Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Business or similar with a focus on analytics, business information management or equivalent NQF level 6 qualification
• 3-4 years relevant experience in Business Intelligence / Management Information.
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and the Internet
• Working knowledge of Business Intelligence tools i.e Business Objects, QlikView, Data warehouse
• Previous experience in dealing with cross functional and multiple jurisdiction team would be advantageous
• Experienced in senior stakeholder management

 

Knowledge & Skills:

• Expert Data analysis skills – constantly analyse data to improve understanding of client behaviour
• Advanced Computer Literacy using all tools (e.g. Excel, SAS, SQL, etc.)
• Professional verbal and written communication skills
• Competent report writing skills
• Lateral and Strategic thinker with an appreciation for the “holistic” approach to managing information
• Stay abreast of knowledge and skills relevant to the level and area of work as well as actively seeking to attain those required for the next level of work
• Advanced Analytics knowledge, skills and abilities
• Excellent understanding of Corporate and Investment banking products

Competencies:

• Persuading and influencing
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Deciding and initiating action
• Learning and researching
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Relating and networking
• Adapting and responding to change
• Creating and innovating

Education

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

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Job Summary

Are you ready to make a difference? 

• Our Converged Security Office prides itself in its unique structure that sees an integration and collaboration model between our Cyber, Resilience, Physical Security & Forensics teams to ensure effective risk management across all disciplines. 
• You will be focused on the research and evaluation of security solutions and technologies, including the design and delivery of security solutions via the formal engagement of the Security Risk and Architecture teams and in rare instances, direct engagement via the business drivers.

Job Description

What you’ll get to do:

The role is within the Security Operations team in our Converged Security Office and your responsibilities will include the following:

• Develop technical designs following the research and evaluation of security technologies and solutions in line with group strategy and/or what is appropriate for the estate
• Review of proposed security technical designs
• Evaluate, test and pilot new security tools following the formal engagement of Security Risk and/or business drivers
• Develop detailed technical configuration documents, working closely with the security architecture and standards group
• Support of Security Risk and Architecture in the secure delivery of products both emerging and updating of existing solutions as per business needs
• Review and evaluation of new security architectures and designs
• Combine the knowledge of security technology evaluations and emerging products with security business needs
• Ability to work with other engineers both internally and external to Absa; learning and evaluating emerging technologies
• Ability to manage vendor relationships knowing due diligence goes beyond just the technology and engaging with the right business people to ensure Absa fully leverages vendor relationships

What do you need to get in?

• NQF level 6 B Degree will be advantageous
• 2 years Security Engineering experience preferably within a large financial institution
• Industry & Vendor certifications – AWS, SANS, ISACA, Checkpoint, Cisco etc. preferred
• Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems, scripting languages like Python, and cloud provider ecosystems like Amazon AWS
• Excellent understanding of security strategies and technologies including but not limited to secure global network designs, cryptography, remote computing, cloud-based technologies, server and application hardening, Web services, AAA, compliance and auditing, secure development lifecycles, software auditing, penetration testing and security monitoring
• Strong knowledge of information security frameworks and standards such as ISO27001/17799
• Comprehensive grasp of emerging security technologies for mobile & digital channels including core, backend and big data
• Understanding of mobile and emergent threats in the digital space
• Knowledge of common mobile device and associated application architectures including core infrastructure and applications services as well as peripheral applications/services
• Knowledge in multiple information security technologies and their strengths and shortcomings
• Experience with securing information for cross-functional, cross-platform applications
• Monitors marketplace trends, vulnerabilities, emergent threats and audit/control issues
• Knows what should be communicated and when
• Actively seeks ways to understand and mitigate risk
• Able to shift well from task to task
• If you’re passionate about working in a fast-paced environment and contributing to the exciting world of Security by leading from the front, we would love to hear from you!

Education

Higher Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)

• Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
• Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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