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Absa Group

Portfolio Manager VP – Wealth Credit

Absa Group

Portfolio Manager VP (Wealth Credit) at Absa Bank developing credit strategies and implementing governance frameworks. Ownership of impairment forecasting and analytics within the credit portfolio.

Posted 6/14/2026full-timeSandton • 🇿🇦 South AfricaLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Develop and implement segment-specific credit strategies
  • Strengthen governance frameworks
  • Embed and standardise credit risk management practices
  • Ownership of impairment forecasting for the PWB credit portfolio
  • Development and maintenance of forward-looking portfolio scenarios
  • Active monitoring of actual versus forecast impairments and capital consumption
  • Partnership with Finance for alignment between risk forecasts and budgeting
  • Support the definition and calibration of portfolio specific risk appetite metrics
  • Ongoing monitoring of portfolio performance against approved limits
  • Contribution to governance forums
  • Support current MI capability
  • Translate manual credit data into decision-ready insights
  • Enable faster credit and portfolio decisions through aligned MI outputs
  • Development of advanced portfolio analytics
  • Provision of decision support for strategic initiatives

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Develop and implement segment-specific credit strategies
  • Define risk appetite
  • Establish early warning indicators
  • Drive capital and impairment forecasting
  • Strengthen governance frameworks
  • Embed and standardise credit risk management practices
  • Ownership of impairment forecasting for the PWB credit portfolio
  • Development and maintenance of forward-looking portfolio scenarios
  • Active monitoring of actual versus forecast impairments and capital consumption
  • Partnership with Finance in alignment between risk forecasts and budgeting
  • Support the definition and calibration of portfolio specific risk appetite metrics
  • Ongoing monitoring of portfolio performance against approved limits
  • Escalation of breaches or emerging risks
  • Contribution to governance forums
  • Support current MI capability
  • Translate manual credit data into decision-ready insights
  • Enable faster credit and portfolio decisions through aligned MI outputs
  • Development of advanced portfolio analytics
  • Identification of structural risks and opportunities
  • Support stress testing and scenario analysis
  • Provision of decision support for strategic initiatives

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.

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Hard Skills & Tools
credit strategiescredit risk managementimpairment forecastingportfolio scenariosportfolio analyticsrisk appetite metricscapital consumption monitoringearly warning indicatorsstress testingscenario analysis
Soft Skills
governancepartnershipdecision supportmonitoringcontribution to forumstranslation of dataalignmentownershipescalation of risksinsight generation