Vacancies at Absa Bank Limited

Job Summary

To provide specialist advice and support for business development of information to inform decision making, through the execution of predefined objectives as per agreed standard operating procedures SOPs.

Job Description

• Personal Marketing and Sales Strategy: Deliver exceptional sales performance by identifying and meeting customer needs through selling & cross selling of products & services and also identify new market opportunities within the portfolio of existing Absa Business Bank Client in conjunction with the ABB RE | Client Relationship Management: The identification of all target prospects and capturing in the Customer Relationship Management tool and build relationships at all levels within the prospect companies | Sales Target : Proactively make self-initiated contact with customers in order to deliver against the required sales targets | Compliance and Risk Management: Fulfil all activities in adherence to relevant control and compliance requirements, and quality standards | 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

• Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

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Job Summary

To monitor the risk profile of the business and execute audit assignments in accordance with the Group Audit Plan and Internal Audit methodology, relevant policies, procedures and quality standards.

Job Description:

Audit planning

• Participate in the 6+6 audit planning cycle, provide input by taking into account the risk and control profile, business strategy and material risks affecting the business.

Assurance

• Develop an in-depth knowledge of Absa and the various business areas and use this knowledge to execute on assurance responsibilities.
• Actively participate in all the audit phases - planning and scoping (identification of risks and controls), fieldwork (execution of design and operating effectiveness assessments) and reporting (ensure audit observations and planned actions are agreed with management for factual accuracy).
• Ensure delivery adheres to the audit methodology and quality standards.
• Identify opportunities for using Data Analytics and enhanced automated auditing techniques.
• Prepare audit observations and make sure that they are concise, factually accurate and cover all of the significant issues. The observations must be insightful, address the root causes, and have agreed actions that fully mitigate the risk.

Teamwork

• Engage proactively with Internal Audit colleagues during assignments and request technical assistance where required and based on knowledge of business areas, provide guidance to other auditors and peers by sharing best practice so that their work meets and sometimes exceeds quality standards

Relationship and Portfolio management

• Business Monitoring and stakeholder engagement - Develop and maintain relationships with business (including 1and 2 Line of Defense) and actively monitor the risk profile of the business to inform audit planning, reporting and audit delivery. Support the Combined Assurance effort across the 3 LOD to strengthen the control environment.
• Provide input into Risk and Committee reporting, clear messaging and impact on the risk and control environment of the business.

Knowledge Management

• Display professional skepticism and apply a residual risk lens to potential audit issues with management and in final reporting.
• Continuous upskilling on both technical and other core competencies.
• Keeping up to date with industry trends, regulatory changes and professional standards.
• Based on knowledge of business areas, provide guidance to other auditors and peers by sharing best practice so that their work meets and sometimes exceeds quality standards

Education/Experience/Skills Required

• B Degree (Commercial, Informatics, Statistics)
• CIA (Levels 1,2 or 3)
• CA (SA) or equivalent
• 3 years’ experience in Internal/External audit or commensurate experience in a major financial institution
• 2 years’ experience in Risk Based Auditing or Risk/Control activities
• Risk based auditing
• Auditing methodology
• Governance, Risk and control