ABSA Vacancies (September 2024): Open Jobs/ Application

ABSA Vacancies (September 2024): Open Jobs/ Application

Deadline: Ongoing / Not specified

Location: South Africa

ABSA Vacancies

ABSA Bank is recruiting and accepting applications for the following vacancies:

Banker

Provide superior, seamless customer experience and offering suitable solutions to meet client needs. Utilise technology and leverage the virtual omni-channel environment, to deliver service in an efficient and cost effective manner. Perform banking duties and oversee the financial activities for business and individual customers.

Description

Income Growth and Financial Targets: Ensure a deep understanding of client’s working capital cycle and business needs to provide appropriate solutions. Drive achievement of targets as per individual scorecard.  
 
Customer Focus: Proactively drive acquisition and cross-sell initiatives through re-engagement processes. Ensure service and complaints resolution are within acceptable service level agreements.
 
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

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

Trade Consultant

In this role you will be responsible for delivering and administering all procedures pertaining to the processing of Trade Finance related products and services as received from Trade Middle Office post fit for processing checks and within required SLAs. This includes but is not limited to Letters of Credit, Documentary Collections, BGIs (Bonds, Guarantees and Indemnities), Open Accounts products e.g. RF, SRF, SF. FI Trade and Trade Loans, Irrevocable Reimbursement Undertakings (IRUs).

Description

Your key accountabilities will include;

• Performing transaction processing with a high degree of accuracy and in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Fulfilling all functions relating to reconciliations, settlements, monitoring and reporting requirements.
• Acting as a consultant or releaser for various transactions however would not be able to do and release its own transactions.
• Processing client instructions within agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA)
• Checking that all information received is in accordance with the required standards.
• Validating and obtaining an exchange rate where necessary
• Capturing Excon Rulings as received and in accordance with Central Bank requirements
• Capturing the correct Balance of Payments (BOP) category.
• Ensuring that signatories, indemnities and credit have been authorised
• Providing a high quality of service to all clients within agreed SLAs
• Ensuring high quality of communication to internal and external clients, both verbal and written.
• Ensuring adherence to quality standards to avoid risks to the Bank through effective & efficient management of transactions.
• Drawing Day End listings and action accordingly to ensure that all work received is and actioned on the same day.
• Providing suggestions to the line manager on improvements and solutions based on knowledge of the trade value chain.

Send in your application if you have;

• An applicable Degree or Diploma with 3 to 6 years related experience
• 3 to 5 years in Trade Finance Products
• Preferably with CDCS – Certified Documentary Credit Specialist (For FI and Documentary Trade)

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Education

• Higher Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

Specialist Data Engineer

Work embedded as a member of squad OR; across multiple squads to produce, test, document and review algorithms & data specific source code that supports the deployment & optimisation of data retrieval, processing, storage and distribution for a business area.

Key Responsibilities:

• Customer Support: Act as the primary point of contact for clients using our Big Data tools, providing guidance and support to ensure they can effectively utilize our systems. Ensure minimal business operations impact due to upgrades and maintenance activities
• Client Training: Walk clients through the usage of our tools, offering hands-on demonstrations and answering any questions they may have.
• Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve technical issues related to data ingestion, curation, and processing. Provide Level 1 support which is after hour support ( This will not be ongoing as L1 support will be handed over sometime in 2025 )
• System Knowledge: Maintain a strong understanding of the architecture and code base of our Big Data tools. Stay updated on any changes or updates to the tools and infrastructure.
• Collaboration: Work closely with the development and infrastructure teams to resolve issues, suggest improvements, and relay client feedback.
• Documentation: Maintain and correct current application documentation making it available to application users

Technical Skills:

• Proven experience with Big Data technologies, including AWS services (e.g., S3, EMR) and Hadoop ecosystem (e.g., HDFS, MapReduce, Hive).
• Proficiency in coding and scripting languages such as Python or Scala.
• Strong understanding of data architecture and infrastructure components.
• Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem-solving skills to solve technical problems on existing applications
• Schedule and oversee planned maintenance tasks, such as backups and performance tuning

Experience:

• Experience with troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues or experience as a Big Data Developer is a must.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non technical clients.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under pressure.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree: Information Technology

Application

To apply, visit Absa recruitment portal.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised.

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