Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

To support the Business Head to implement programmes, projects and initiatives to enable strategy, achieve minimum standards of service, adherence to governance standards, manage costs and achieve budgets, while continuously improving operational efficiency of the team with clear objectives and established tools. Responsibilities are directed by the requirements of the Business Head and align to the strategic objectives of the business unit.

• Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Accounting, Finance or related
• Completed Articles will be advantageous.

Experience:

• 3-5 years: Experience in managing projects to completion to achieve defined business objectives or metrics.
• Experience in influencing stakeholders at different levels across a multiple of disciplines to achieve shared outcomes, specifically within a financial services environment.
• Experience within a risk and control environment. 

Key Impact Areas: 

• Collate data input from a variety of sources to enable reliable reporting and dashboards in order to enable monitoring and decision making across the Business Area.
• Implement tactical plans and manage projects to operationalise the strategy within the Business Area in order to meet strategic objectives
• Co-ordinate the prioritisation of operational delivery and efficiency initiatives to ensure optimal use of resources and enable the biggest impact on strategic objectives of the Business Area.
• Develop artefacts required for the successful execution of approved interventions and participate in the execution these as appropriate.
• Collaborate with with key stakeholders (Risk, Internal Audit and Compliance) to understand required risk management practices to implement across the Business Area.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Embracing Change
• Interacting with People
• Managing Tasks
• Producing Output

Technical Competencies:

• Business Acumen (P&C)
• Business Administration Skills
• Project Management (Project Mgmt)
• Risk/ Reward Thinking
• Industry Knowledge