Absa Group

Senior Manager – Capital Management

Absa Group

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Sandton • South Africa

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Flash

About the role

  • Provide execution, technical leadership, and governance across regulatory capital reporting, capital planning analytics, and ICAAP compilation.
  • Lead the monthly capital flash process, ensuring accurate ratios, movement analysis, and clear narrative on CET1/Tier 1/Total capital changes.
  • Review, challenge, and sign off internal capital MI produced by junior staff.
  • Oversee preparation of capital components supporting BA700, BA701, BA600 and financial conglomerate calculations.
  • Ensure strong governance, reconciliations, lineage, and control evidence in compliance with RDARR/BCBS239.
  • Enhance tools, dashboards, and modelling templates used for capital MI.
  • Lead capital planning analytics across Solo/Bank Group/Group: maintain and enhance forecast models review assumptions and scenario outputs.
  • Challenge business line and cluster assumptions on RWA, earnings, impairments, FX, and balance sheet growth.
  • Provide strategic insights on capital buffers, headroom, and capital action levers (dividends, issuances, risk transfer options).
  • Produce forward-looking capital trajectories for Treasury Committee, GRCMC, and Board submissions.
  • Lead development and review of capital-related content for Treasury Committee GRCMC Group and Bank Boards (supporting the Head).
  • Ensure messages are decision-useful: risks, trade-offs, actions, and triggers.
  • Translate technical capital movements into clear executive narratives.
  • Lead QA of ICAAP quantitative schedules and narrative coherence; ensure alignment to regulatory expectations and internal frameworks.

Requirements

  • CA(SA), CFA, FRM/PRM, or equivalent NQF Level 7+
  • 5–8 years relevant experience in capital management, regulatory reporting, treasury, or risk.
  • Demonstrated experience leading deliverables across multiple stakeholders and tight regulatory timelines.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
capital reportingcapital planning analyticsICAAP compilationcapital flash processfinancial conglomerate calculationsforecast modelscapital trajectoriesquantitative schedulesregulatory compliance
Soft Skills
technical leadershipgovernancestrategic insightsnarrative coherencestakeholder managementcommunication
Certifications
CA(SA)CFAFRMPRMNQF Level 7+