Job Description The main purpose of the role is to support the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer by creating focus on ensuring that the businesses priorities are effectively coordinated and tracked across the segment, successfully communicated across and aligned to the FirstRand Group. To ensure internal coherence in strategic initiatives, making sure they are better aligned and coordinated across the segment and Exco's; intragroup positioning which involves communicating segment vision and priorities effectively, with a clear articulation of the value accretion to group. Are you someone who can: Identify synergies across the business and enablement pillars (ecosystems) Integrate information-share across business pillars. Work across business units to distil and articulate business transformation objectives. Communicate RMB/C&I contribution to the group vision. Catalyze teams and stakeholders by ensuring the development and implementation of the business transformation plan and creation of an inclusive culture for employees and drive strategic relationships with relevant peers to enable optimization of the business value chain. Monitor progress via defined success metrics using insights and knowledge gained from high level reports to influence direction of the business to ensure organization performance against long-term strategy and make necessary adjustments. Support the development of long-term organizational strategy by conducting abstract, conceptual, and comparative analysis of high-level reports for strategic decision-making purposes. Align departmental goals, processes, and resource allocation with the organizational strategy. Conduct research and analyze operational effectiveness, processes, stakeholders and assess market trends and competitors to identify threats and opportunities which can be presented in the format of findings, projections, and recommended actions. Plan, implement and manage proposed recommendations related to strategic initiatives/deliverables/ projects and monitor reporting on strategic initiatives/projects. Support and guide senior executive decision-making processes. Align, integrate, and innovate area of accountability to enable the creation of integrated, specialized solutions and create a sustainable competitive advantage for business. Execute relevant business initiatives aligned to strategic objectives with specific performance measures and control systems to track progress. Participate in specialist communities of practice and contribute positively to own and organizational knowledge improvement Maintain a broad knowledge of current and emerging conditions affecting industry and/or business through forecasting and analysis across First Rand. 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. The ideal candidate will have: Relevant tertiary post grad qualification CA(SA) 9-11 years' experience in both financial management and Strategic Planning of which 2-3 years is managerial Financial Services industry experience (Advantageous) Important Closing Date Note Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below. 16/11/26 All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties. Introduce yourself to our recruiters and we will get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match. Should you have any queries, please log it via MyQ. FirstRand provides a comprehensive range of financial services in South Africa and certain markets in broader Africa. The group also offers certain niche products and services in the UK and India. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX), FirstRand Limited is the largest financial institution by market capitalisation in Africa. The group follows a multi-branding approach. Its portfolio of financial services businesses includes FNB, RMB, WesBank, Ashburton Investments, Aldermore, MotoNovo and DirectAxis. Many are leaders in their respective segments and markets, offering transactional, lending, investment and insurance products and services The FirstRand Corporate Centre houses many of the critical functions required by a large and complex financial services group. The group's track record of delivering superior returns to shareholders has been achieved through a combination of organic growth, acquisitions, innovation and the creation of completely new businesses. The group’s purpose of delivering Shared Prosperity provides many opportunities for employees to innovate to address social and environmental challenges in our markets. All of our businesses have successful Volunteering programmes which also allow employees to adopt and support causes close to their hearts.

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