Open Roles at Absa Bank Limited

Job Summary

• The role holder is responsible for making use of tools to analyse data and report on business operations. The holder will be required to engage with business teams regularly to identify and document requirements on opportunities for automation through better use of data and analytics. The role holder will also be required to use low code analytics tools to create quick solutions centred around organisational data and deliver self-service solutions for business users.

Job Description

Key accountabilities/Deliverables/Outcomes

• Engage business stakeholders to understand business requirements, create and validate use cases, user stories and wireframes.
• Participate in business initiatives to provide insights on opportunities for automation and enhanced data use.
• Prepare project plans to support analytics and automation projects
• Manage business intelligence projects using agile to deliver value to stakeholders.
• Create, maintain, and use low code data tools to respond to business ad-hoc data requests
• Assess, respond, and log cases assigned to them by the data Helpdesk from time to time
• Design and refine reports and dashboards to solve business use cases using bank approved low code solutions
• Develop data collection tools using PowerApps, Sharepoint and other development platforms standardise ingestion of data in support of data led business solution.
• Work with Developers to create and maintain complex analytics solutions by providing clear business requirements and rallying stakeholders to test and approve results.
• Develop and maintain documentation/manuals on reports, dashboards, and portals
• Carry out regular user training to enable users extract insights from data solutions
• Train business power users on basic data visualisation and data literacy skills for no code solutions.
• Develop training solutions for end users and junior analysts on use of BI tools and solutions
• Undertake research and development and actively challenge status quo with ideas to improve operations and existing solutions deployed by colleagues
• Identify and escalate data quality issues to the governance team for action

Role/person specification

Qualification

• A Bachelor’s degree is mandatory, preferably in IT, technology, data science, business analytics, mathematics, or a related field.

Preferred Experience

• Minimum 1-3 years technical experience
• Experience in working within a complex organization with multiple stakeholders

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong analytical and diagnostic skills with focus on financial sector
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Great interpersonal skills and ability to work remotely
• Strong experience in working within a large complex organization with multiple stakeholders
• Knowledge of technology project management tools such as JIRA, Planner, Azure DevOps

End Date 19th May 2026

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Job Description

Key accountabilities/Deliverables/Outcomes

Relationship Management and Cross-Selling: Time split 85%

• Be the first point of contact for customers in the portfolio
• Drive any required communication to customers in the portfolio
• Proactively target and recruit clients, through referrals from existing customer portfolios
• Proactively engage customers in existing portfolios to onboard close family members as part of the family banking strategy
• Ensure new customers meet CLM Involved measures upon handover from the Premier Acquisition team. Involved tracking will commence from Day 31 to Day 90 and will ensure continued account funding, digital usage and product holding
• Complete a detailed Customer Discussion Document for new customers upon hand-over from the Premier Acquisition team
• Ensure the customer portfolio meets CLM Engaged measures – account funding, digital usage, and product holding
• Drive increased assets balance sheet per customer, liabilities balance sheet per customer and revenue per customer through continued customer engagements
• Monitor and ensure funding of Zero Balance Accounts, Low Funded Accounts, Inactive Accounts, and Overdrawn Accounts in your portfolio as part of ensuring funding growth.
• Ensure ongoing reviews of the Customer Discussion Document for each customer in the portfolio and drive satisfaction through proactive identification of identified clients’ ongoing financial needs and cross-sale of required solutions.
• Actively drive cross-sale targets for the portfolio across product lines – Assets, Liabilities, FX, etc.
• Proactive engagement of required business specialists to support the fulfillment of customer needs
• Manage the client portfolio, making proactive contact on a regular basis and meeting clients at their convenience, and maintain an updated calendar/diary to track customer meetings
• Ensure customers in the portfolio are contacted/engaged as per the laid down Premier Customer Engagement procedures

Business Management: Time split 15%

• Ensure the targeted level of business results (i.e. income, balance sheet, costs, client satisfaction, and client recruitment) for the jobholder’s own portfolio are maintained
• Review portfolio on a regular basis recommending clients
• Adhere to standards, legal and regulatory, in accordance with the Absa Premier guidelines and Head Office instructions

Risk and Controls

• Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Absa Policies and Policy Standards. Understand and manage risks and risk events (incidents) relevant to the role.

Role/person specification

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university

Experience

• Circa 2 years’ experience in High Net Worth Individuals relationship management, private banking, luxury sales, or related fields experience
• Record of achievement in a sales and service environment
• Experience in handling customer complaints
• Previous experience in handling operational risk issues

Knowledge and Skills

• In-depth knowledge of the full range of Absa Africa retail product set and services and an overview of corporate and small business services
• In-depth understanding of technical support systems e.g. Flex, BOC, IBOC
• Detailed understanding of the retail network business processes and operating procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of operating instructions and audit requirements.
• Good understanding of Absa Africa's risk policy
• Awareness of Absa Africa's retail strategy, operating structures, and interfaces
• Knowledge of Absa Africa people's policy and procedures
• Understanding of the local competitor market.
• Team leader experience