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Absa GroupMarket Risk COO
Jun. 2023City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa• Represent Market Risk Business and collaborate with other businesses and support functions, to drive strategic projects/ initiatives
• Maintain oversight and work with the Market Risk Business to ensure operational controls are in line with the risk appetite of the Bank/ Business and are operating effectively
• Seek to simplify and standardise operational processes and procedures
• Support the African countries in resolution of operational issues
• Representing the stakeholders and has the mandate to prioritise scope (functions / features) on behalf of TMR
• Constructively challenge business on new requirements and non-standard processes which are not in line with the Operating Model
• Support the business in driving other strategic initiatives around RWA optimisation, building innovative ways of sourcing data and developing reports, etc
• Drive and lead the key initiatives / projects for the Business and play the role of a product owner taking decisions for the Market Risk Business
• Assisting the Head of Market Risk, with the definition, socialization and implementation of the strategy and mandate for Market Risk • Execution and management of all change initiatives across Market Risk • Tracking and ensuring delivery of key market risk deliverables • Building strong relationships with various groups across the firm – acting as a key liaison between Market Risk, the Front Office and the other Risk Departments
Absa GroupHead of Market Risk Infrastructrue, change and data
Jul. 2018 - Jul. 2023Johannesburg Area, South AfricaRisk and Finance Systems and Infrastructure Head, managing digital transformation projects specific to regulatory technology, data, analytics and reporting. Manage embedment of solution architecture and business operating model including ongoing process optimisation and efficiency. Strategic planning with respect to solution design and implementation ensuring ongoing alignment to enterprise business and technology strategy. Infrastructure and Change Head, leading Digital Transformation Programmes specific to Market Risk in accordance to the FRTB regulation, using it as an opportunity to overhaul the CIB Markets Trading and Risk Infrastructure and operating processes to reduce the cost to income ratio though system and process rationalisation and optimisation. • Setup and ongoing management of the FRTB Programme including Agile principles • Definition of programme workstreams and capabilities to ensure successful delivery of the initiative • Setup and management of programme budget including cost benefit analysis for the Executive • Estimate future operating costs and related cost changes as a result of the initiative • Built up the project team and currently manage all deliverables and workstream leads • Implemented a Data Management framework aligning FO and Risk data and processes
Absa GroupHead of Market Risk Technology
Nov. 2014 - Oct. 2018Johannesburg Area, South AfricaResponsible for leading the development team in supporting, maintaining and implementing regulatory technology in accordance with the strategic architecture plan. This includes the planning, acquisition and implementation of new and technologies and processes to enable business operations of the ABSA CIB Market Risk Business across South Africa and Africa (11 African Countries).
• Ensure successful daily operations of all Market Risk systems • Driving prioritization with business stakeholders to ensure solution delivery in alignment to the strategic architecture from a business and technical perspective • Manage ongoing development of Market Risk reporting systems and ensure all solutions are built in alignment to the strategic architecture of CIB and BAGL
• Alignment to BCBS239 principles to ensure Market Risk complies to the regulation
• Programme Manager and Technology Lead for multi-year regulatory change projects including:
o Basel 3
o FRTB
o BCBS239
• Recruit and manage all technical staff as well as project consultants • Management of all project budgets • Setup and drive steerco’s • Develop business cases together with change lead • Setup and drive all working groups to facilitate project deliverables in alignment to strategic plan
Ovations GroupSenior Consultant
May. 2013 - Nov. 2014City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa• Enterprise Business Analyst/Architect within the Mobile and Digital team
• Responsible for the delivery of all digital customer experience management (DXM) projects • Define the enterprise architecture standards • Project Management – taking the role of Scrum Master (Aglie) and development team manager
• Manage team of Business Analysts and review and sign off all business requirements specifications • Ensure consistent alignment between the business and IT, expectation management regarding project delivery • Ensure strategic alignment across all in flight projects
Ovations GroupPractise Lead: Transport Management
Jun. 2012 - Aug. 2013Johannesburg Area, South AfricaResponsibilities Include: • Manage the Transport Management Solution (TMS) business unit within the Ovations Group
• Working with the top logistics companies in South Africa in providing cloud based solutions to manage their logistics and supply chain management processes
• On-going business development, industry research and analysis • Continuous Service Offering development, continually looking to improve and develop our solution offering
• On-going development of staff and management of resources based on customer project needs
• Developing and presenting business cases to prospective clients demonstrating operational cost savings as well as process efficiencies gained through the implementation of our solution
• On-going business analysis and business consulting services within the BPM, ECM and supply chain management environments
Rand Merchant BankBasel Solution Owner and Project Manager
Nov. 2010 - Sep. 2011Johannesburg• Market Risk Basel Returns SME incl: BA350, BA200, BA325, B12
• Owner of all Market Risk Returns and responsible for the total Basel solution • Redesigned the BA350 report generation and reconciliation process based on issues identified by audit
• Automated the B12 return based on the Basel 2 regulations • Managed the changes required for Basel 2.5 based on SARB requirements
• Automated manual calculations and processes pertaining to Large Exposure, Securities Lending and Structured Products Reports
• Successfully project managed the migration of Riskwatch which required 100% accuracy due to the nature of the information • Took on additional responsibilities to assist the Process Department, developed a plan to implement a centralised business process management policy throughout the Bank and identified various tools to facilitate with the business requirement
• Conducted due diligence on Enterprise Architecture tools and presented to the Chief Business and Technical Architects
Rand Merchant BankSenior Business Analyst
Jun. 2009 - Sep. 2011
OvationsConsultant
Jan. 2007 - Jun. 2009Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa• Worked on various projects in the financial services industry as a business analyst providing services such as: Business Process Mapping and re-engineering, Electronic Content Management solutions analysis and implementation, Workflow implementation, Basel Data Requirements • Clients: GlenRand MIB, Zurich Insurance, Mutual and Federal, ABSA Bank, Stanbic Bank
Datafinity LtdBusiness Solutions Consultant
Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2006Johannesburg Area, South Africa• Provided technical pre-sales demonstrations to potential clients, including proposals and business cases to show ROI linked to the benefits received • Customer account management and solution implementations: ABSA Bank, University of Pretoria, Standard Bank, Investec, Imperial, Air Liquide, Regent Life • Liaison with suppliers and reseller network, managed relationships and product information and pricing
NedbankAris Administrator
Feb. 2003 - Jan. 2004Johannesburg Area, South Africa
BOE Merchant BankSoftware Specialist
Jul. 2001 - Jan. 2003Johannesburg Area, South Africa
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