Job Description

Empowering Africas tomorrow, togetherone story at a time.With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.Job Summary The Funding and Liquidity Management team formulates and executes on the overall Absa Group funding strategy, which is designed to support the strategic liquidity risk management objectives. This means ensuring that Absa Bank, and other entities in the Group, are appropriately funded in order to meet strategic growth objectives while remaining compliant with regulatory requirements, liquidity risk appetite as well as liquidity crisis survival. This role is pivotal in ensuring that funding and liquidity risk is mitigated.Accountability: Liquidity risk and Funding reporting 50%

• Prepare daily / monthly liquidity Regulatory reporting and analytical packs for submission to the Regulator.
• Prepare responses to queries raised by the Regulator.
• Prepare other internal funding and liquidity reports to monitor, manage and mitigate liquidity risk.
• Prepare funding and liquidity dashboards / packs for inclusion in committee meetings for senior management to make effective decisions.
• Prepare funding and liquidity packs for rating agencies / Pillar 3 reporting and other external stakeholders.

Accountability: Financial modelling / analysis 30%

• Drive and deliver liquidity and funding ratio and process optimisation initiatives.
• Perform detailed analysis (trend, competitor and forecasts) on key liquidity metrics and ratios.
• Collect, interrogate and consolidate information from the Absa Regional Operations for monthly liquidity risk reporting at a Group level.
• Annually review relevant assumptions used in liquidity reporting to ensure they are appropriate.

Accountability: Business context 20%

• Develop an internal network within Absa Bank at different business units and within Group Treasury.
• Develop and expand an understanding of approaches used in the management of liquidity and funding risk.
• Provide support for meetings with auditors, ratings agencies and other parties as required.
• Assist with production of presentations on topics related to liquidity risk and funding for various audiences as required.

Education and Experience Required

• Relevant degree in Maths/Finance/Risk Management
• Prior banking experience (Treasury environment preferable)
• The role requires the suited candidate to be skilled in data manipulation

Knowledge & Skills:

• Innovative thinker/problem solver
• Broad understanding of banking
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Understanding of financial markets
• Proficient in Microsoft Office

Competencies:

• Attention to detail
• Strong numerical capability
• Clear communication skills
• Relationship building and networking
• Adapting and responding to change
• Driving change and strong desire to improve processes
• Affinity and understanding of governance and control environment

EducationPostgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications: Financial Sciences (Required)Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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