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Now, is the time to imagine your next move with South Africa’s number one employer in Financial Services for 2025, where you can embrace the power of collective thinking to unlock unique opportunities for our clients and society.
This role entails leading Business Technology in the Business Unit/Functional Area with the purpose of supporting and enabling the realisation of business strategies and objectives. To design, specify, build, configure and test solutions for delivering the necessary capability to business that enables quality solutions and a client centric orientation. These include pricing and risk management solutions along with their related IT processes.
Are you someone who can:
Construct and/or critically analyse financial models (e.g: product pricing, curve stripping, scenario analysis)
Process-design, -analysis, -testing and –troubleshooting in the area of pricing/risk-analysis
Systems-capability/fit analysis in the area of pricing/risk-analysis
Data analysis - analyse data and situation, identify and solve problems, reason logically and drive valid conclusions
Software analysis - analyse, design and implement purchased or in-house applications
Testing and validation of logic and processes implemented
Shared ownership of recurring production incidents by working with multiple stakeholders to resolve system issues
Engage with the macro-environment to look for new opportunities, capabilities and trends that would add value to the required analysis work
Suggest changes in executing work processes to better drive value and benefits for the business
Prepare and share recommendations for process and systems improvements in relevant area of accountability
Actively participate in team, cross-discipline and vendor-driven collaboration sessions or forums to increase understanding of the working environment (current and planned)
Engage with key stakeholders to gather information with regards to changes and developments in their business area that would impact demand for allocated BT technologies
Review demand items in partnership with business to better understand impacts on the relevant BT system, processes and systems environment
Partner with process owners to create suitable roadmaps for business development and in anticipation of system and process enhancements
Test and identify where service gaps would exist should different technologies be applied to the same process or where business process changes would not be accommodated by existing technology capabilities
Analyse business requests to clearly understand business requirements and translate this into clear technical terms and specifications to best solve business problems
Consolidate all knowledge articles and user training material
Develop and share final service pack for relevant stakeholders
Coordinate the integration activities of service providers
Monitor benefits against what was detailed in the business case
Control specific measures and mechanisms to measure benefits
Essentials Skills:
Experience in designing and implementing integrated solutions (i.e. good understanding of systems integration)
Experience in designing, testing and configuring quantitative systems in Investment Banking (Market Risk, Credit Risk, Capital etc)
Working knowledge of SQL and ability to analyse data
Loans and Banking facility knowledge would be beneficial
Business process modelling and design capabilities
Ability to work with data: understanding of data models and ability to validate data flows between and within systems
Qualifications and Experience
Qualification in Mathematical Finance or another quantitative discipline
Relevant Degree/Post-graduate qualification in Mathematical Finance or another quantitative discipline
5+ years of relevant, quants, risk and business analysis experience
Experience with Pricing critical
Experience in investment banking critical
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Job DetailsTake note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.
19/08/25All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.