Intern - Workplace Banking (absa)

Job Description

• Manage risk and control effectively by applying applicable risk frameworks and embedding a positive risk culture
• Understanding of own role in the end-to-end processes in which you play a part, including applicable risks and controls.
• Adhere to Absa policies and procedures applicable to own role, demonstrating sound judgement and responsible risk management.
• Report all risk events / incidents / issues using the defined process for your business area and help to understand why these happened and how to prevent them in future. Proactively look for ways to improve the control environment by considering what could go wrong in the processes you operate and how errors can be prevented

• All mandatory training completed to deadline

Technical Skills/Competencies

• Relationship skills
• General Corporate skills
• Communications skills
• Basic computer skills

Knowledge, Expertise and Experience

• Excellent Planning & Organization skills
• Very strong Communication & questioning skills-English and Swahili
• Good numeracy & analytical skills
• Networking
• Good Selling/influencing skills
• Quality consciousness
• Presentation skills
• Listening skills
• Identification of customer needs
• Customer service.
• Ability to handle objections/rejections
• Self –drive

Experience, qualifications, and other requirements specific to the role

Essential

• Experience in and/or understanding of Financial Services environment
• Graduate calibre with business university degree (preferably finance or accounting) with other relevant professional qualifications.
• Knowledge in Accounting (Added Advantage)
• Certificate of Proficiency (COP) holder (Added Advantage)

Absa Behaviours: of particular importance to this role

• Drive Performance

• Delight Customers

• Build Pride and Passion

• Execute at Speed

• Grow Talent and Capability

• Protect and Enhance our Reputation

Absa Values

Absa Values and Behaviors represent the set of standards which governs the actions of all of us who work for the bank and against which the performance of every one of us in Absa are being assessed and rewarded:

• Trust
• Resourceful
• Inclusion
• Courage
• Stewardship

Education