Open Job Roles at FirstRand Corporate Centre

Job Description

To provide operations and corporate governance administrative services, ensuring that work in relation to stakeholders is undertaken at the appropriate level and in accordance with internal service delivery levels. Provide administrative assistance across the operations, administration and corporate governance processes, structures of the company secretarial team.

• Formulate SLA principles for communication and adoption with business entities to account for the services provided by the Company Secretary’s Office (CSO).
• Curate the service offering for each SLA to address the business requirements from CSO.
• Calculate the formula for cost allocation across the group.
• Draft SLAs in alignment with CSO team and negotiating with business on costs for each financial year.
• Cost justification and continuous adjustment across the group as and when required.
• Conduct market benchmark of CSO fees charged analysis and segregation of data for users of CSOs services.
• Confirm SLA and general expense recoveries costs, preparation of invoices and journal entries across the SLA landscape.
• Manage processing of supplier/vendor costs, weekly, monthly, annually.
• Preparation of budget analysis, costs reporting and cost allocation.
• Advise on streamlining on procurement processing to improve efficiencies and processes.
• Keep accurate appointment and information of Directors and Consultant for quarterly payments.
• Alignment of meetings landscape occurrence per quarter for accurate creation of pro-forma invoices.
• Preparation and consolidation of quarterly earnings
• Issue invoices for processing, manage tracking and reporting process.
• Engage stakeholder to validate earnings per quarter, including external auditors and adhoc enquiries.
• Calculation and confirmation of annual earnings of Directors across various entities and group.
• Assist the Corporate Secretary Governance Head and Company Secretariat team, as required.
• Perform company secretarial, statutory, and administrative functions to meet regulatory compliance, governance, and industry best practice standards.
• Assist with project co-ordination for the corporate governance report, research, and statistical analysis of data for various elements of corporate governance.
• Provide support and assistance with the annual general meeting planning, and other governance or internal meetings.
• Keeping up to date with any regulatory developments and policies that might affect the organisation and assist with collating input and preparing comment on draft legislation.
• Assist in drafting and processing required resolutions in accordance with relevant legislative requirements, including but not limited to the Companies Act, JSE and Debt Listings, Banks Act.
• Support with the submission of prescribed statutory returns and compliance with administrative regulations as required by the Companies Act, Banks Act, JSE LR.
• Assist in the regular review of governance processes including existing processes and implementing changes, documenting new processes and procedures to support compliance, continuous improvement, and innovative best practice in governance.
• Respond to the external audit requests by providing evidence of statutory compliance as and when required.
• Draft professional and accurate minutes, chairman notes, and various resolutions as required and for meetings allocated.
• Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration, and innovation
• Communicate with stakeholders (internal and external) to provide and retrieve accurate information.
• Manage stakeholder relationships to maintain a high service delivery standard.
• Consult with external auditors in respect of the statutory audit, where necessary.

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Job Description

Hello future Credit Regulatory Reporting Analyst

FirstRand believes that its people are its single most important resource and will not operate in a sector unless it has people who are right for that market and who share FirstRand’s business values. We recruit self-starters who have a passion for what they do. We empower them, hold them accountable and reward them appropriately. We value diversity in our people, particularly for the way that this contributes to innovative thinking. If you think you will flourish in our environment, and you believe you have the necessary skills and competencies for the position advertised, then we are looking for you!

The credit reporting function provides support through the credit analysis of the FirstRand loan portfolio. This requires an in-depth understanding and review of the bank’s credit portfolios, including the underlying mix and concentrations, risk drivers and the formulation of expectations of credit performance based on macroeconomic scenarios. This entails periodic analysis and reporting on the Group’s credit financial performance, as well as external reporting of similar information, credit technical and regulatory matters to facilitate the effective credit portfolio monitoring and management.

Ensure the coordination and completion of the Credit Regulatory Reporting requirements and deliverables. Responsible for calculating and reporting the Bank's key credit and capital ratios both internally and to the regulators.

Are you someone who can:

• Analyse and understand credit regulatory reporting to identify data issues, reasonability around variances and other regulatory anomalies.
• Submit regulatory returns to the SARB by deadline.
• For internal reporting purposes, create / enhance templates to inform business decision-making and openness to innovative thinking.
• Investigate daily variances and communicate findings to relevant internal stake holders with a view to resolving the issue and preventing similar occurrences in future.
• Provide internal reports for stakeholder decision-making.
• Engage with internal stakeholders to resolve identified issues.
• Engage with internal stakeholders to improve operational efficiencies and reporting.
• Engage with SARB on issues of regulatory interpretation and significant actual or potential movements.
• Engage with internal and external auditors to provide information, discuss findings and resolve outstanding issues.
• Assisting with preparation of credit information for inclusion in annual and interim results, budget reports and risk reports
• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained.
• Stay relevant and up to date with regulations and new developments.
• Maintain a positive attitude and responds openly to feedback.
• Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others.
• Plan and manage own workflow, anticipating obstacles, juggling priorities and following through on objectives within agreed time-frames and according to quality standards.
• Take ownership of personal career development, leveraging formal and informal opportunities.
• Act in an ethical, transparent, and morally defensible manner, including highlighting unethical practices.
• Continually share, debate, and communicate learnings.
• Flag and debate issues constructively.
• Promote a friendly, co-operative climate in working with others to achieve shared goals, including providing guidance and assistance to others as required.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Completed a Post Graduate Qualification in Accounting, Risk Management and or Auditing CA (SA) Preferable
• Have minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar environment.
• An understanding of Credit Regulatory Reporting.
• Business Partnering skills liaising with other business units desirable.
• Working knowledge and experience in a financial services institution.
• Strong numerate and accounting skills with an understanding of credit risk regulatory reporting as well as high attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills.
• HFM experience preferred.

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Hello future Internal Audit Senior Manager QAIP

FirstRand believes that its people are its single most important resource and will not operate in a sector unless it has people who are right for that market and who share FirstRand’s business values. We recruit self-starters who have a passion for what they do. We empower them, hold them accountable and reward them appropriately. We value diversity in our people, particularly for the way that this contributes to innovative thinking. If you think you will flourish in our environment, and you believe you have the necessary skills and competencies for the position advertised, then we are looking for you!

Are you someone who can:

• Lead a successful quality assurance and improvement program (QAIP) as required by global internal audit standards.
• Design and implement solutions to ensure continuous improvement of the internal audit function/process?
• Develop the annual audit file review plan and ensure timeous and quality delivery thereof.
• Develop and maintain QAIP process documentation at a high standard, including the file review program and reporting processes.
• Ensure GIA practices and methodologies remain aligned with requirements of the global audit standards and industry best practice.
• Train others on audit standards and methodologies and develop an effective training programme for the internal audit function.
• Prepare reports and presentations to key stakeholders, such as the audit committee and Regulators.
• Assist with other requirements associated with the QAIP function as it arises from time to time e.g. annual audit planning, EQAR etc.

You will be an ideal candidate if you have the following:

• BCom or relevant financial/internal audit degree; CIA; post graduate qualification would be advantageous.
• Minimum of 5 years working in an internal audit environment, of which at least 2 years includes supervisory or management experience.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of a QAIP function; strong communication skills (verbal and written); attention to detail; research and benchmarking; time and project management skills, subject matter expert on internal audit standards.