Senior Manager: Financial Resource Management (FRM)

Absa Group; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 750 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Sandton seeks an experienced individual to enhance decision-making through analytical insights. This role involves validating and preparing data, producing management information packs, and engaging with stakeholders. Ideal candidates hold an Honours or Master’s degree in a quantitative field and have over 5 years of experience. You will be expected to support junior analysts while ensuring high-quality outputs. A strong understanding of financial services is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in analytical or technical banking environments.
• Strong experience analysing complex financial datasets.
• Ability to produce high-quality management information.

Responsibilities

• Source, validate, and prepare data from multiple sources.
• Lead preparation of management information packs and dashboards.
• Engage with stakeholders to align on requirements and support analysis.

Skills

Analytical proficiency

Quantitative analysis

Data validation

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Honours or Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline

CA(SA), CFA

Tools

Data analysis tools

Job description

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

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

This role enhances Group FRM’s decision‑making by delivering accurate analysis, clear insights, and well‑structured management information. It leads selected analytical workstreams, supports junior team members through guidance and quality review, and collaborates with peers across the bank to support optimal capital allocation and improve the quality of FRM outputs.

Job Description

The role provides reliable information and actionable insights to support capital allocation decisions across the FRM portfolio. It manages defined analytical projects, ensuring prioritisation, data accuracy, and high‑quality outputs.

It partners with stakeholders across the bank to gather and validate inputs, refine assumptions, and align on analytical requirements. The role contributes to improving team capability by supporting junior analysts through coaching and structured feedback.

Overall, the position strengthens FRM’s analytical foundation, enhances visibility of capital utilisation, and supports consistent, timely delivery of management information and insights.

Key Responsibilities

• Data & Analysis

Source, validate, and prepare data from multiple internal and external providers to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.

Analyse financial, capital, and business data to identify trends, emerging risks, and opportunities.

Translate analytical outputs into clear, actionable insights aligned with FRM objectives.

• Management Information & Reporting

Lead the preparation of management information packs, dashboards, and analytical reports.

Produce clear, concise, and well‑structured documents and insights for Group FRM.

Present analytical findings in a logical and compelling way for FRM discussions.

• Project & Workstream Leadership

Lead selected FRM analytical projects from scoping to delivery, ensuring prioritisation and strong quality standards.

Manage timelines, refine assumptions, and ensure outputs meet FRM’s analytical and reporting requirements.

Review junior analysts’ work, providing coaching, quality assurance, and development support.

• Stakeholder Collaboration

Engage with stakeholders across the bank to gather inputs, validate data, align on requirements, and support cross‑functional analysis.

Build effective working relationships to ensure smooth delivery of recurring and project‑based reporting.

Minimum Qualification

• Honours or Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline such as:

• Applied Mathematics
• Actuarial Science
• Econometrics
• or other relevant quantitative fields

• Experience within the banking/financial‑services industry.

Preferred Qualification

CA(SA), CFA

Preferred Experience

• Over 5 years’ experience in analytical or technical banking environments (e.g., Treasury, Risk, Capital Management).
• Strong experience analysing complex financial and capital datasets and turning them into clear, practical insights.
• Proven ability to produce high‑quality management information (dashboards, insight packs, reports).
• Demonstrated experience leading analytical workstreams and supporting junior team members.
• Experience working across cross‑functional teams to ensure alignment and effective communication.

Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced proficiency in analytical and data‑driven tools used for financial and capital analysis.
• Ability to prioritise and coordinate workloads to ensure consistent, high‑quality delivery under tight timelines.
• Strong analytical and quantitative capability, with the ability to distil complex information into clear conclusions.
• Solid understanding of financial‑services processes and key banking value drivers (capital, risk, funding, margin, portfolio dynamics).
• Awareness of market, economic, and banking‑sector developments.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex insights clearly.
• Ability to coach and uplift junior team members while maintaining accuracy and quality.

Education

Postgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications: Financial Sciences (Required)

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.