Jobs at Absa

Job Summary

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

Job Description

• 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 Unit CEO’s/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 CEO and other senior leaders in the business.
• Demonstrates influence and credibility with senior leaders across the business.
• Actively assists the 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

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

• Provide specialist advice and support in the implementation/development of operational planning and associated service delivery processes, methods and techniques.

Job Description

• Drive Financial Targets: Maintain primary ownership of a portfolio of Growth Account clients, differentiated by the level of complexity of the client base | Relationship and Service Management: Actively develop strong client relationships. Conduct regular client visits in accordance with the Commercial Growth Account Value Proposition and initiate changes to ABB Product by providing input into product development to better service our clients | Manage Risk Assessment: Adhere to the bank's policies and procedures and ensure compliance. Take ultimate ownership of the portfolio's risk management by ensuring a good understanding of both the Bank's and the clients regulatory and compliance
• environments. | Collaboration : Constantly seek to improve ways of working by challenging the status quo and supporting an
• empowering climate within the team, sharing knowledge, experience, best practice and
• providing constructive feedback as required. | : | : | : | :

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

To form part of a professional team that interacts with Relationship Banking , ensuring that the compliance culture is embedded in business to robustly manage regulatory and reputational risks and that the relevant policies are applied within the assigned business environments.

Job Description

Stakeholder Relationship Management

• Build and maintain effective relations with all relevant stakeholders, through formal and informal interactions – with the objective of adding value to business.

• To work in conjunction with/as part of the broader Compliance team, including any specialized functions pertaining to the assigned business (e.g. Lending, Investments, Insurance, Financial Crime, etc.) in order to provide adequate support to the business and ensure that all agreed compliance deliverables have been attained.. This would also extend to representing the business unit at Group level compliance projects and occasionally act as advisor in Group Change projects that have a Compliance workstream

Accountability:  Assess the Control Environment

• Recommend changes and implement new and approved procedures and controls to ensure strict adherence to Risk and Compliance requirements – this includes recommendations in respect of amendments to internal procedures, controls and business rules due to changes in policy and regulation.

• Based on the standards defined by Group Compliance, identify the total universe of regulatory aspects applicable to the business unit and conduct a detailed impact assessment on regular basis determined and outlined by management The aforementioned impact assessment must be updated bi-annually.

• Draft the Compliance Risk Management Plan for all core and high risk regulatory requirements, indicating all relevant details pertaining to provisions, controls, etc.

Accountability:  Reporting

• Manage delivery of all monthly and quarterly compliance reports to the Compliance Line Manager and Business for discussion at the relevant governance forums.

Business Enablement:

• Ensure commercially sound Compliance guidance and support in respect of allocated regulatory requirements in a professional and helpful manner. Potential alternatives should be considered, with the view to finding solutions to ensure compliance as well as the continuation of business.

• Support our stakeholders by providing well researched opinions and articles.

• Actively participate in process reengineering, product development (through the New Product Approval (“NPA”) process) and other project meetings to provide subject matter expertise on regulatory requirements and contribute to the risks and issues logs for these meetings

Education

Bachelor Honours Degree: Law (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