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 role will be within the Group Risk ESG Risk Measurement function.The incumbent will have a strong modelling background with some years of experience working in banking and related topics. The role will require the ability to apply first principles methods to assess climate risk related impacts across a financial institution.This role will support the development of various climate related: models, stress testing and scenario frameworks. The manager would also assist with other types of models in the function.

• Develop models in-house by ensuring model build data are of sufficient quality, completing statistical data analysis and producing detailed model build documentation while conforming to the governance structures required.
• Developing Physical Risk and Transition Risk models to evaluate the impact on the group.
• Link Physical and Transition Risks to credit, market, operational, strategic, insurance, and other risk types.
• Understand insurance risk principles and the impact of climate change on insurance within a banking group.
• Work with climate related datasets - sourcing, analysing and processing.
• Be responsible for ensuring data processes are in place for best practice climate related modelling (e.g., Geolocation, Carbon emissions).
• Make extensive use of climate related scenarios and understand the relevant international bodies scenarios (e.g., NGFS).
• Stay abreast of climate related topics, including regulatory requirements around Climate Risk (e.g., Central Banks and Regulators, BCBS, IFRS).
• Use the latest techniques, coding languages and packages to develop solutions. (e.g., Python).
• Develop tailored solutions to different business units for them to manage their climate related risks.
• Ensure full governance processes for modelling are complied with from model inception and build through to validation and sign-off by completing all relevant documentation according to the Absa Model Risk Policy.
• Ensure successful implementation of models.
• Provide directional expertise to enhance model building skills within the team, ensuring increased capacity to build models, by transferring knowledge and experience gained.
• Ensure model compliance with Absa Group governance standards by following and adhering to standards.
• Generate appropriate challenge on model builds from around the group by discussing model build detail and ideas.
• Manage key stakeholders across the business by ensuring their issues, objectives and priorities are reflected in the agreed solutions.

Education and Experience requirements

• Proven performance within banking and/or insurance institutions.
• A relevant Postgraduate Degree in a numerate field, e.g., Maths, Stats, Engineering, Actuarial Science, etc.
• A professional qualification (e.g., Fellow of the Actuarial Society of SA, or Institute of Actuaries, CFA) will be preferred.
• Experience in managing analytics staff and managing projects.
• Strong coding abilities.
• Any climate related experience, certificates or related courses will be advantageous.

EducationBachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (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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