Job Opportunities at WesBank

Are you someone who can: 

• Research new technology being used in the financial sector
• Develop prototype systems on which to test and prove the new technology
• Make recommendations of technology, vendors who can supply and support that technology as well as the use cases in which they can be used
• Maintain and share a knowledge base of financial technology, trends and news for the group
• Where bespoke applications are required, develop those applications to assist the treasury functions in the bank
• Participate with the broader community in the development of a blockchain platform for financial systems

You will be an ideal candidate if you have: 

• 5 + Years of experience as a Java Developer
• Java SE Application development and implementation
• Experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot
• Experience with RDBMS – Oracle, MySQL or Postgres
• Experience with ORM Frameworks - Hibernate and JPA
• Experience with Build tools – Maven
• Experience with Application Servers - Weblogic, Tomcat and JBoss WIldfly
• Experience with Agile Methodology – SCRUM or Kanban 
• Experience with Microservices Methodology
• Experience with Containerization - Docker and Kubernetes

You will have access to: 

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
• Challenging work environment
• Opportunities to innovate

We can be a match if you are:  

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to.
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it.
• Adaptable, curious and willing to learn.
• Passionate in providing insights.
• Thrive in a collaborative environment.
   

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Job Description

• To provide client support from product perspective
• Manage costs / expenses within approved budget to achieve cost efficiencies
• Deliver exceptional service that exceeds customers’ expectations through proactive, innovative and appropriate solutions
• Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including end-users, SME’s, project managers and senior staff members
• Maintenance of expert knowledge on relevant legislative amendments industry best practices and provision of proactive advice and solutions to relevant stakeholders
• Translate strategies into actionable goals and execute relevant projects / initiatives aligned to strategic objectives with specific performance measures and control systems to track progress
• Implement and maintain sound business processes that minimise FNB risk and deliver quality requirements specifications. Findings that area as a result of internal or external audit and client management and risk.
• Initiate and manage product research, data mining and quantitative analysis to ensure sustainability and future competitive growth
• Explore local and international markets for new products and trademarks in order to expand and strengthen the business' market position
• Facilitate the conversion of knowledge and ideas into new or improved products, processes, and services
• Manage own development to increase own competencies
   

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Are you someone who can: 

• Deliver against operational and cost targets.
• Ensure full understanding of customer needs to deliver quality service.
• Deliver customer experience excellence aligned to Organizational values and service standards.
• Ensure compliance with relevant statutory, legislative, policy and governance requirements in area of accountability.
• Research, enable and consult on improvements and opportunities to harness technology and platform enablement.
• Review existing processes and suggest innovative ideas to improve and streamline processes to drive efficiencies and minimize redundancy.
• Monitor customer feedback reports and align processes to maximize efficiencies.
• Partner and collaborate with team members to achieve team success.
• Investigate, analyze and develop opportunities into comprehensive business cases with a strong emphasis on efficiency gains, cost savings, improved quality and / or customer experience by developing presentations and present business cases to business stakeholders.
• Optimize processes to execute business case benefits by ensuring that process changes are measured so that unit cost calculations and turnaround times are.
• accurate (Time standards calculated)

You will be an ideal candidate if you have: 

• Qualification must be a BEng or BSc Eng in any engineering field. 
• 4+ years in Process Engineering.
• Black Belt and Lean Six Sigma certification would be advantageous.
• Good technical exposure – working on IT related projects.
• The incumbent needs to be a seasoned Business Process Engineer with the ability to work independently and to manage resources.
• Ability to provide process design development and enhancements within the business to ensure resource and operational alignment with business strategy.
• Ability to deal with complex business processes as well and manage and execute across multiple projects.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to cultivate and manage working relationship across various stakeholders including senior management.

You will have access to: 

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
• Challenging work environment
• Opportunities to innovate

We can be a match if you are:  

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to.
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it.
• Adaptable, curious and willing to learn.
• Passionate in providing insights.
• Thrive in a collaborative environment.
   

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Job Description

• To formulate tactical strategy and associated delivery plans for Information Management and Analytics practices to enable integration and operational implementation at a BU level that drive business realisation of investments in information through data monetisation to unlock the commercial value of data with a view to create profit, drive innovation and achieve value for both customers and the business.
• Draw up a budget aligned to tactical delivery plans, monitor effectiveness and report on variances.
• Manage expenditure planning and reporting within approved budget parameters.
• Establish mutually beneficial relationships with stakeholders, that support thought leadership, innovative and integrated practice solutions.
• Lead the Data and Analytics function across area of responsibility to create business value through extraction of data and implementation of analytics models for use across the group.
• Provide strategic direction on the functional interpretation and articulation of knowledge through application of data insights and analytics to grow the brand and thus the business.
• Drive integration and commercialisation of data between data and analytics while meeting business and function related data and analytics requirements to enable a platform business.
• Facilitate the formalising of conclusions, emerging implications and recommendations that are actionable, to business.
• Ensure that the team and vendors perform optimally and deliver high quality and accurate data and information through efficient execution of functional projects.
• Think out of the box whilst explaining the impact of new ideas on the business within the bigger picture.
• Implement and provide input into the development of governance and compliance procedures and processes within area of accountability and identify risks.
• Monitor changes in legislation, regulations, initiatives and relevant industry practices.
• Ensure drafting and implementation of appropriate interventions.
• Maintain expert knowledge on relevant legislative amendments, industry best practices and internal compliance procedures and requirements.
• Participate in relevant partnership models with other CDAO offices, business leaders and stakeholders to mature data and analytics for segment.
• Manage the relationship with relevant business stakeholders and other CDAO offices. 
• Represent the business unit at Business Data and Analytics Exco.
• Model and drive a data driven culture that values data as an asset with business value.
• Lead relevant change and communications functions to drive functional maturity.
• Assume accountability for developing data products and drive adoption and monetisation of such within relevant business unit.
• Encourage reuse and adoption by other business units across the group where appropriate.
• Oversee data and analytics function to ensure data quality, security and creation of business intelligence that inform business decisions.
• Ensure adoption and localisation of common frameworks, practices, processes, standards and integration of data and analytics value chain at BU level.
• Create a strategic roadmap for achievement of outputs and deliverables.
• Identify and enable opportunities for business value extraction of data and implementation of analytics models. 
• Ensure BU platform alignment, governance, policy standards alignment and integration.
• Monitor usage and application of iDnA capabilities and drive greater uptake.
• Lead prioritisation for BU data and analytics projects etc.
• Assume accountability for monetisation of data at the BU level.
• Assume accountability for information management i.e., information architecture, metadata, master and reference data, data development and warehousing, content, document and records, data quality, storage and operations, information security and data privacy management to ensure required standards and practices across data production, management and consumption as well as analytics practices across the BU leverage existing structures and capabilities.
• Leverage data and analytics to influence and improve customer experiences, operational processes and solution design.
• Ensure ethical usage of data and information that complies to restrictions applied for privacy and sensitivity classification.
• Understand and ensure implementation and adherence to privacy business requirements, legislation and policy.
• Ensure reporting of any data privacy incidents and drive resolution of privacy and protection audit findings, complaints, incidents, investigations and privacy and protection assessments.
• Integrate data and analytics value chain across the relevant BU, identifying opportunities for shared value.
• Lead and encourage business conversation regarding use cases, model usage, implementation of relevant practices etc.