With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary
Design, develop and oversee the deployment of new business processes and any changes to the existing processes. Define and maintain the process framework and ensure it is leveraged across business. Create and maintain a centralised repository of process and related artefacts (e.g., procedures, templates, forms). Identify and implement initiatives to improve efficiency and effectiveness of business processes.
Job Description
Process Engineering
- Communicating the reference processes and driving the adoption of processes across the organization
- Designing and developing / updating the processes, and overseeing deployment of the processes in the organization
- Monitoring and assessing existing processes to identify improvement opportunities
- Driving continuous process improvement initiatives and obtaining results thereof
- Ensuring completeness and currency of process repository
- Ensuring that standards are followed in process modelling
- Review industry standard frameworks for processes and adapt relevant processes for the organization.
- Define the standards and methodologies for process modelling.
- Facilitate training and support required for maintaining processes and methodologies.
- Compile and implement (as applicable) standard process improvement and reengineering methodologies.
- For new process / process change initiatives, conduct feasibility and readiness assessments with regard to capabilities and resources, and define corresponding action plans to support the initiatives.
- Design and develop / update the processes based on organization requirements and industry standard processes.
- Coordinate and facilitate analysis, assessment and design workshops and initiatives to identify improvement opportunities.
- Undertake process improvement initiatives aimed at improving efficiency and effectiveness of operations (e.g., initiatives for process cycle time optimization, improved documentation and data collection, enhanced customer satisfaction).
- Manage and coordinate implementation efforts of enhancements and change initiatives.
- Create and maintain a centralised process and knowledge management repository and provide access as required to stakeholders in the organization.
- Update processes, communicate changes and ensure that reference processes are leveraged across business through deployment and usage of processes and related documents in the organization.
- Analyse project successes and root causes of failures to streamline processes in all phases of project management.
- Monitor process performance based on defined parameters / conduct process performance diagnostics to identify improvement opportunities.
- Work towards continuous process improvement and the enhancement of quality and consistency of processes and methods across the organisation.
- Identify, evaluate, select and implement tools for process modelling, analysis and improvement.
- Coordinate with respective stakeholders / teams to plan deployment of new processes / process changes.
- Provide / coordinate training and knowledge transfer for the deployment of new processes / process changes to the respective stakeholders / teams.
- Oversee integration and adoption of new processes / process changes.
- Define process performance criteria and requirements in terms of time, cost, resources (people, systems, and financials).
- Benchmark processes to identify shortfalls and improvement areas in process definition /deployment
Master's Degree: Information Technology
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised
