Website FirstRand Corporate Centre
The group’s corporate centre includes many of the critical functions required by a large and complex financial services business. It represents custodianship and has ultimate accountability to external stakeholders such as shareholders and regulators. These functions may sound boring at first g… read morelance – treasury, risk, compliance, governance, audit, finance and tax – but they fundamentally represent the group’s licence to operate. An impressive “below the radar” brains trust is housed in the corporate centre and for membership you will need deep specialist and technical skills, and a talent for excellent stakeholder management at the most senior levels. Building a career in the corporate centre gives you a unique perspective on the entire group. Nowhere else can you own or be part of a mandate that operates across the entire portfolio. This allows for both big-picture thinking and operational learning – a rare combination of opportunities!
Job Description
To assist the Head of Governance, Ethics and Legal to manage bank compliance with the relevant statutory and regulatory requirements and best practice corporate governance frameworks
Identify potential financial risk that the annual business plan might bring about and ensure measures are taken to manage that risk against the financial expenditure budget
Create, analyse and interpret budget Variance Reports to ensure financial planning and accruals are adjusted to accommodate changes in business operations
Increase operational efficiency and suggest solutions to enhance cost effectiveness control costs for business area
Build relationships that allow for the managing of expectations; the sharing of knowledge and diverse insights; and the creation of buy-in
Engage in cross-functional relationships to obtain and to provide work support
Contribute to sustaining a competitive edge through external networking, benchmarking and representation on related forums
Provide input into, and implement, corporate governance, compliance, integrity and ethics policies in are of accountability to identify and manage risk exposure
Stays abreast of relevant industry risk management best practices and legislative amendments and suggests ways to leverage these to ensure continuous improvement
Creates risk awareness and manages audit findings
Participate in Group risk forums where required and cascades relevant information through team
Maintain expert knowledge on relevant legislative amendments, industry best practices and provide of advice to relevant stakeholders
Maintain up to date knowledge of local and global trends
Provide thought leadership and expertise
Ensure integrated view and reporting of relevant business information
Analyse information to identify trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies for decision making purposes
Ensure reporting of identified inconsistencies or opportunism
Use the insights gained through integrated business reports to measure success and realign tactical strategy implementation objectives appropriately
Understand the competency and skills sets to be mastered to ensure personal and employee development and performance
Identify development needs and select effective solutions to address own and employee development needs to facilitate improvement of self and team
Ensure that each employee prepares a personal development plan that is implemented and reviewed as required
Create an environment conducive to cross-functional skills transfer
Keep abreast of learning opportunities, changing products and trends
Provide guidance, share knowledge and expertise and guide employees to find their own solutions
Share constructive feedback that motivates others to grow
Deadline:3rd April,2026
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