Head: ARO Financial Resource Management

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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

Reporting to the Absa Regional Operations (ARO) Treasurer, the Financial Resource Management (FRM) Head will be responsible for FRM in ARO which spans 10 subsidiaries in 9 markets across Africa.

The FRM Head will support the execution of Absa Regional Operations (ARO) Financial Resource Management strategy by enabling effective capital allocation and balance sheet utilisation. Provide financial leadership, analytical insight, and business partnering that drives risk-return alignment, financial efficiency, and delivery against ARO and ARO RBB strategic objectives

The FRM head will collaborate with Finance, Treasury and Risk and be responsible for assessing subsidiary performance against Group hurdles at a legal entity level. The ARO FRM Head will also be responsible for capital allocation and returns performance monitoring across ARO Retail and Business Bank (RBB).

Job Description

Performance enablement

• Partner with business and finance leads to translate strategic objectives into resource allocation priorities, financial targets, and return hurdles.
• Enable disciplined financial decision-making through insight-led business cases, pricing recommendations, and performance analysis.
• Develop methodologies and tools to enable complete and consistent measurement of risks and returns
• Participate in performance reviews with business unit heads, providing views on financial and resource drivers of returns and alignment to FRM strategy.
• Lead development of management information for ARO Entity and ARO RBB performance by Country and Segment
• Support a culture of accountability through monitoring and reporting capital usage against allocation and performance against Business commitments / targets (RoRC; RoE; RWA use)
• Present on related FRM performance matters to the ARO/ ARO RBB FRM Committee
• Support in-country ALCOs with the appropriate management information and guidance on capital management options to improve Entity, BU and Group returns
• Ensure timely, consistent and effective engagements on FRM matters with in-country Treasuries and Finance at Country ALCOs
  
  

Strategic Forecasting & Resource Planning

• Support the delivery of BU level financial forecasts (MTP, STP, RAF) with an FRM lens—capital efficiency, liquidity impact, and balance sheet use.
• Drive structured trade-off analyses across growth, risk, and return, using analytics to support strategic resource shifts.
• Guide on capital re-allocations to support stronger ARO / ARO RBB and Group returns
  
  

Analytics and Business Partnering

• Deliver actionable analytics that inform balance sheet and financial resource tilt, aligned to FRM objectives.
• Consolidate and interpret performance data across products, customer segments, and business units to guide commercial strategy
• Maintain oversight of FRM-related risks, including pricing policy exceptions, below-hurdle approvals, and financial resource consumption risks.
• Collaborate with Treasury, Risk and Finance to ensure capital plans and financial forecasts align with internal risk appetite and regulatory requirements.
  
  

Competencies

• Financial Resource and Treasury subject-matter- expertise in large commercial banking groups
• Regulatory capital subject-matter expertise and deep experience of driving effective capital allocation and investor returns growth strategies
• Sound Investor and commercial investment evaluation expertise
• Proficiency in data analysis tools (Excel, Power BI, Financial reporting systems)
• Banking regulation (Expert)
• Writing & reporting (Advanced)
• Presentation skills (Advanced)
• Understanding of systems used (Advanced)
• Excellent planning and organisational skills (Advanced)
• Excellent communication skills (Advanced)
• Relationship management and networking (Advanced)
• Strong performance management and coaching skills (Advanced)
• Ability to think creatively (Advanced)
• Ability to react positively under pressure (Advanced)
• Good understanding of the policies and strategies (Advanced)
• Understanding of Banking operating structures (Advanced)
• Change management (Advanced)
  
  

Education And Experience Required

• Minimum B-degree (NQF level no.7) Desired Post Graduate Degree (NQF level no.8+), and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies
• 5+ years professional financial management experience
• Preferred team lead in a Treasury or Finance Function teams or in professional environments
• Experience in business transformation contexts related to business growth
• Experienced in Senior Management and Committee management
• Broad Finance including strategic, commercial, legal, risk and operational aspects
• Ability to build, develop & lead professional level teams
• Understanding of the financial services sector within a professional business environment
  
  

Knowledge of people change management

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Accounting

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