Job Opportunities at Standard Bank Group

Job Purpose:

• This role is responsible for conducting ongoing research and analysis on Energy & Infrastructure clients and Industry. Involvement in client relationship management, client information management, and continuous support in the credit process and related governance process for new business opportunities.
• This is geared towards enabling the Sector Head and relationship Managers to fully understand the clients business, identify potential business opportunities and interpret research findings and making recommendations regarding potential opportunities.

Outputs:

• Adhere to applicable CIB policies, systems, processes and procedures to ensure the compliance and fulfilment of all relevant risk, regulatory and business control requirements.
• Build and / or update sector specific forecast / financial models to determine the competitive landscape of the sector and to generate analytics and insights (charts, dashboards) for use in sector insight reports, presentations, publications and pitches.
• 'Collate relevant information and data for the purpose of tracking performance metrics that inform client, sector and market trends to support the origination of sustainable solutions.
• Conduct primary and secondary research, collect, interpret and analyze client and sector data, developments and trends and maintain the Sector Coverage database to enable Sector Coverage tactics.
• Contribute and participate in deal team engagements ensuring relevant sector insights are considered and incorporated in execution documentation and presentations to drive the sector agenda.
• Contribute sector research, analysis, financial modelling and scenario planning towards the preparation and delivery of new business development presentations, proposals, pitchbooks and client presentations.
• Develop and maintain a proficient understanding of a specific sector and overall CIB value proposition to enable sector origination.
• Support the Sector Coverage team with preparation for and participation in relevant Sector Networking and Forum events

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Business Commerce 
• Other Minimum Qualifications, certifications or professional memberships
• CFA, CPA, CIMA will be added advantage

Experience Required

• 4 years
• Experience in research and analysis industry
• Experience in Banking, Financial Services or Business Consulting

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Behavioral Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Checking Details
• Conveying Self-Confidence
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Interpreting Data
• Inviting Feedback
• Managing Tasks
• Producing Output
• Pursuing Goals
• Taking Action
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Client Business Case
• Client Knowledge
• Client Retention
• Client Servicing
• Financial Modelling
• Product Knowledge (Trading, Transacting)
• Quantitative Analysis
• Risk Management

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Job Purpose 

• To facilitate the successful delivery and management of business solutions and features by mapping out, coordinating, and overseeing the design, development, and execution of the database, information systems and software applications for one business line in country. To lead and guide the team or third party supplier to perform maintenance, support, and upgrading of existing hardware and applications in support of business objectives.

Key Output 

Strategy

• Participate in and stimulate dialogue on broadening the scope of interaction with customers by identifying ecosystem partners and or FinTech products with the intent of incorporating products, data or specific processes in the value proposition to customers in country
• Account for architectural design principles related to reusable services, common technology underpinnings, and strategic technical capabilities being maintained
• Review and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of existing applications and develop strategies for improving or leveraging these systems and research and make recommendations on the technical evolution of the application platform and software products and services in support of procurement and development efforts in country, aligned to Group Technology standards
• Analyse the existing applications and software products and services to ensure execution and alignment with Group technology strategy, considering IOC principles
• Obtain a thorough understanding of the business strategy and implement deliverables for the Application Development, Maintenance and Support team in Country.

Technology & Architecture

• Oversee and account for the IT management activities and manage delivery of the country business solution portfolio and platforms, including operational management to ensure capacity, resources and design and delivery of the product solution by managing and planning delivery
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key customers at all levels to understand their business drivers and work with the systems analyst to understand requirements and deliver/promote technical solutions as appropriate
• Manage changes in the environment by ensuring federated testing is executed end to end and implemented in partnership with the Production services team.
• Give input to the design and development of test plans (e.g. test objectives, test cases, test data, test scripts) for executing unit, integration, system or acceptance testing to ensure the solution meets the business requirements
• Mature the Software Engineering practices within Programme by driving System Team capabilities (Change, Automation, Integration) and priorities on the programme backlog
• Implement and mature the set of methods, practices, standards, guidelines and frameworks that are required to continually improve the quality of technical solutions that are delivered within the Country
• Provide technical expertise in the development of new and existing applications and assess the requirements of new workflows, and liaise with suppliers on issues pertaining to routine and ad-hoc maintenance, technical support and development
• Investigate complex problem situations and apply workaround and/or recommend solutions to resolve problems in support of business requirements
• Understand and translate business operational process needs into improvement specifications for all systems or new application development, ensuring that interfaces with other applications and third party products work
• Manage application configuration and upgrades, and problem analysis and resolution for complex application problems, in conjunction with the users and external application or service suppliers where necessary
• Address user experience (UX) and technical debt, and respond to industry developments (e.g. new versions of devices, operating systems / design paradigms) to support the Customer Services/Feature teams in achieving business needs, ensuring that technical debt levels are always kept under control and that re-factoring / remediation / simplification takes places on a regular basis
• Guide and manage 3rd party suppliers in the development deployment and support of new applications, systems software, enhancements and upgrades to existing applications in support of business needs in country
• Plan, organise, and maintain business solutions and features for the country, and facilitate development of solutions by 3rd party suppliers in line with execution and delivery of technology and business strategy.

Financial Management

• Perform monthly tracking of volumes and cost drivers against budgeted volumes and cost drivers for application development, maintenance and support in country
• Manage technical debt, rework rates and overall engineering quality and costs, accounting for expenditure and resources remaining within project tolerance.
• Account for application development, maintenance and support budgets and ensure that expenditure and resources are tracked and remain within project tolerance and escalate issues timeously to prevent over expenditure on budget

People

• Guide the accurate and detailed documentation of system changes and provide upskilling to the service desk function prior to handover to ensure seamless service support to end users
• Develop a high performing team by embedding the banks performance process, providing regular performance feedback and coaching and motivating staff in the application development, maintenance and support team to excel
• Afford technical subject matter expertise in the technical domain by providing solutions and advice to business across multiple problem sets, working with vendors to improve technical domain solutions as well as providing support to the team
• Guide the team and monitor that 3rd Party suppliers close out all level 2 and 3 incidents within the allocated timelines, ensuring that service level agreements are adhered to
• Risk, Regulatory, Prudential & Compliance
• Drive and champion a positive risk culture and attitude within the Application Development, Maintenance and support function, establishing appropriate risk oversight and governance processes and structures.
• Observe sound risk management practices and oversee the implementation of Group Technology minimum standards with regards to application development and maintenance in the Application Development, Maintenance and support team
• Manage the integrity, and changes to the application development servers and databases and develop data integrity and implement security standards for the systems, co-coordinating requests for access within agreed parameters ensuring data quality
• Monitor projects throughout all phases to ensure compliance to design standards, and to ensure that the design solution matches the business requirements, alerting project and country technology leadership when there are potential disconnects
• Consult with solution project teams to develop a solution design which is compliant with the architecture and standards of Group Technology, maintaining alignment to the architectural plan and roadmap, in line with Group and country enterprise reference architectures and roadmap.

Client

• Oversee and guide the delivery of high quality level 2 and 3 service level support in collaboration with the service desk and liaise with 3rd parties to ensure the prompt resolution of all requests in line with the Service/Operational Level Agreements
• Lead and give guidance to 3rd party suppliers and vendors in configuration, development and testing of changes, and team members in requirements definition and implementation with regards to the relevant technology domain
• Perform monthly service reviews of vendors and 3rd party suppliers to monitor that the service and support provided is within agreed service levels
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of standards related to Application Development, Maintenance and Support, and country alignment and compliance to these standards, enabling achievement of service levels
• Collaborate with suppliers and customers to ensure that existing applications are optimised to meet business needs and implement new applications or enhancements within existing applications where relevant
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand business strategies and to enable end to end delivery and availability of IT Services to support the specific solution in country to fulfil the Country strategic plan
• Direct the development, implementation and maintenance of business features and solutions for one business line by agreeing the strategic themes, epics and programmes with the business stakeholders, ensuring the required capacity is available for the delivery requirements.

Data

• Develop and maintain business impact assessment reports for each application which delivers the specific business services; understanding the critical systems; impact of failure on business and potential operational losses
• Monitor and report on progress for changes of approach and recommend solutions for successful implementation. 

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Business Commerce
• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Information Technology

Experience Required

• Technology Management
• Technology
• 5-7 years
• Extensive experience in engaging with business, technology partners and external providers in providing 2nd level support
• 5-7 years
• Proven experience in analysing complex business problems and needs involving multiple applications, platforms and database interactions and recommend technology solutions. In-depth understanding of IT Infrastructure including cloud and development integration
• 8-10 years
• Proven experience in Infrastructure / Technical, support, Systems Administration, Applications support, Electronic Banking/Channels Support, Programming, Database Administration, Systems Analysis.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Behavioral Competencies:

• Conveying Self-Confidence
• Developing Strategies
• Directing People
• Embracing Change
• Establishing Rapport
• Exploring Possibilities
• Interpreting Data
• Providing Insights
• Pursuing Goals
• Showing Composure
• Team Working
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Application Knowledge for Support
• Incident and Problem Management
• Infrastructure and Platforms Support
• Intelligent Testing
• IT Applications
• IT Systems
• Project Management (Project Mgmt)
• Systems Design

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Job Purpose:

• This role is central to the development and implementation of Insurance and Asset Management product set in order to maximize the value created for our clients. The role holder will coordinate the establishment of a set of offerings which are aligned to specific market needs that cover insurance, investments, and asset management across both internal products and products manufactured by 3rd parties. To provide insights and analytics on company trends, product performance as input into broader decision making in order to drive delivery of a margin above budget year-on-year. To monitor key performance indicators on various products to ensure optimal performance. Drive system changes to ensure they are tested and implemented within deadlines with support from Underwriters, Product Managers, Project managers and IT.

Output:

• Actively contribute to the resolution of functionality problems on the different product functionalities, provide assistance to Product Managers to identify and resolve issues around product management. 
• Analyse market dynamics, market opportunities, operating and sales to develop reports for business use to enable effective decision making. 
• Collaborate closely with all Product Managers on campaigns and go-to-market strategies for products to create awareness in the market. 
• Conduct detailed performance and profitability analysis (financial performance) using financial reports in order to prepare product performance reports with appropriate recommendations on which products to focus on or revamp. 
• Conduct product deep dives to identify differences and improvement areas and make suggestions to senior leaders in order to optimize short-term personal lines insurance. 
• Continuously monitor exceptions to determine whether process or policy adjustments are required and prepare recommendations to Product Managers for consideration and implementation. 
• Curb income leakages by reviewing and vetting invoices submitted for expenses and ensure sound financial control. 
• Develop reporting and presentation packs for various forums and committees to create insights based on analysis and trends. 
• Engage with relevant stakeholders when data anomalies are detected which could impact the accuracy of reporting and drive the resolution thereof. 
• Establish product data needs and develop a reporting model for utilization by Product Managers to enhance decision making. 
• Interpret customer, competitor and market segment insights and analytics in order to derive and understand customer needs/wants/behaviors and to identify opportunities for the development and maintenance of insurance products. 
• Monitor and confirm that compliance requirements for product are met with the help of other Product Managers to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and enhance the reputation of the organization. 
• Monitor and ensure all escalated customer complaints and queries are actioned timeously in order to optimize the client experience. 
• Monitor and track progress of short-term insurance initiatives in order to mature the capability within the organization. 
• Perform business case analysis and projections in order to present findings and trends at various forums and committees. 
• Perform data analysis and make recommendations to Product Managers on product enhancements to improve performance and drive delivery of a margin above budget year-on-year. 
• Provide dormancy, attrition trends and recommendations on insurance products to Product Managers for consideration and potential implementation. 
• Provide input and actively contribute to new reporting solutions in order to enhance short term personal lines insurance. 
• Source appropriate market data and prepare meaningful and accurate management information (MIS) pertaining to portfolio and product performance. Determine availability of data sources to support business requirements. 
• Understand core customer insights through customer analytics and market insights in order to align to best practices and optimize margins and profitability. 
• Understand, monitor, and communicate financial performance for each portfolio and ensure consistency in reporting. 

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: First degree

Field of Study

• Finance and Accounting 
• Mathematical Sciences 
• Quantitative Studies 

Experience Required

• Insurance Legacy & Enablement
• Insurance
• The incumbent must have practical experience in performing detailed analysis by reviewing and understanding data to draw conclusions and recommendations. Develop and maintain a reporting framework for business consumption. 

Additional License's and Certifications 

• A Certificate in Insurance would be required. 
• A tertiary degree in Finance and Accounting, Quantitative Studies or Mathematical Sciences would be a minimum requirement for this job. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Behavioral Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Checking Details
• Documenting Facts
• Examining Information
• Following Procedures
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks
• Meeting Timescales
• Providing Insights
• Resolving Conflict
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Analysing and Interpreting Information
• Client Acceptance & Review
• Insurance Products & Services
• Product and Services Knowledge
• Risk Perception & Assessment
• Stakeholder Management