Job Description

Company DescriptionStandard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities - plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector's most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We're passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.There's only one thing we take more seriously than reducing risk. And that's finding people with the curiosity, resilience, self-motivation and creative problem-solving approach, in shaping the future of Risk Management.Risk Management is enormously complex and involves understanding the Bank's financial risk profile, setting risk appetite, finding opportunities for growth and protecting our shareholders and investors by trying to ensure that the Bank is making the right decisions and that we are acting responsibly and within regulation. We do all of this through a combination of thorough qualitative and quantitative analysis. We partner with the various sector and product segments to understand the risk profile to optimise their returns. But we also assess a range of other areas including financial, economic, legal, political, regulatory, environmental and reputational risks.Join us on our Risk Management graduate programme, and you'll gain wide-ranging experience. You'll have unrivalled access to the key businesses and transactions at the heart of corporate and investment banking's expertise, such as Corporate Credit Risk, Non-Financial Risk, Real Estate Finance Credit Risk, Financial Institutions Credit Risk, Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Risk, Country & Sovereign Risk, as well as Data Management and Risk Assurance.Take the challenge and join our team!Programme duration: 18 monthQualificationsA minimum of a postgraduate degree in:

• Mathematics and Statistics
• Actuarial Science
• Financial Mathematics
• Financial Risk Management

• Must be a South African citizen
• Must be under 30 years of age
• Maximum of two years' work experience
• Minimum of 65% average over all years of study

• Working collaboratively with others
• Resilience
• Creative Problem solving and considered decision-making
• Curiosity and willingness to learn
• Positive attitude and self confidence

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