Work location:

Virtual office and where required either 15 Alice Lane Sandton, 270 Republic Road or Johannesburg Towers West. The OCIR analyst team usually meets once a week.


More about the area and team:

The resolution framework has a dedicated project team with BAU leads for each workstream (Resolution planning, Operational Continuity in Resolution (OCIR), Funding, Valuations, Capital & Flac, Stays and Moratoria). At this stage of the project, the project activities are mainly focused on OCIR and Stays and Moratoria where there are dedicated analysts assigned to these workstreams. The OCIR Analyst will be working with a team of analysts responsible for embedding the capabilities noted in the deliverable below.More about the project:

· Problem to solve

· Solution/Deliverable

· Attractive Tech exposure

Resolution Framework Project

This project aims to ensure that Absa is compliant with the requirements per the Financial Sector Laws Amendment Act (FSLAA). The FSLAA introduced the establishment of the Resolution Authority (RA). The SARB, as the RA, will be responsible for establishing a resolution framework in South Africa. This framework aims to create the legal and operational environment within which banks can fail without causing further contagion in the financial sector or require a taxpayer-funded bailout, such as those experienced during the Global Financial Crisis.

Deliverable

The key deliverable of the OCIR Workstream is to implement “arrangements to support OCIR”, namely:
Service Design Arrangements
Identification and Assessment of Risks
Mapping Essential Services
MIS
Arrangements to mitigate OCIR Risk (Pricing, Contracts/SLAs, Operations Resilience, Rights of Use/Access)


Job description and responsibilities:

The job of the Data Analyst will involve the following:

Sourcing from procurement “identified supplier” related data contained in the procurement systems.
The required supplier data relates to contract information, financial resilience information and exit strategy information.
Not all the data is digitalised and will require the reviewing and identification of required data from digital documentation attached to the supplier record in the procurement system.
The sourced data will be captured on a centrally controlled excel sheet for upload into a database. The responsibility for upload will not be responsibility of the data analyst.
Identifying data quality issues. recording the issues on an issue list and managing the issue list with procurement for resolution.


Background and experience required:

· Years of Experience
· Industry Experience

Experience in data analysis and sourcing of data (1 year).
Procurement experience (1 to 3 years).
Banking experience advantageous.


Must-have Skills (Mandatory Skills):

· Include minimum years of experience required per skill

Good analytical skills: data analysis (min 1 years)
Ability to work with systems and excel.
Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Must be assertive in requesting information from stakeholders and maintain good relationships.
Ability to manage data quality issues.


Pre-screening questions (1 Minimum):

Data analysis experience (1 year)
Procurement experience (1 year)