Specialist: Business Development (C&B)

Absa Group; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Johannesburg is seeking a specialist in business development to drive growth for Personal Loans. The ideal candidate will manage stakeholder relationships, identify new opportunities, and formulate strategies aimed at enhancing the customer value proposition. A Bachelor's degree in Business, Commerce or Management Studies is required, along with proven experience in business management and compliance. This role offers a chance to significantly impact the financial landscape in Africa.

Qualifications

• A valid Bachelors Degree in Business, Commerce or Management Studies is required.
• Experience in business development, particularly in sales and stakeholder management.
• Ability to drive growth and implement compliance strategies.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new business opportunities across regions.
• Evaluate and recommend personal loans strategies.
• Manage collaborative engagement with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Business Management

Stakeholder Management

Sales Management

Compliance and Risk Management

Education

Bachelors Degree in Business, Commerce or Management Studies

Job description

Overview

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

To provide advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics; enabling the provision of specialist business development expertise. Selecting this role has a compensation & benefit impact in Personal loans.

Job Description

• Business Management: Identify and develop new business opportunities across the regions and corporate and to work those opportunities to their successful conclusion


• Strategy Development: Generate, evaluate and make recommendations on Personal Loans strategy as this relates to the customer value proposition and driving growth and sustainability from customer relationship portfolios


• Stakeholder Management: Actively promote and manage the collaborative engagement of internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, suppliers, clients, service providers, business partners and other Absa entities


• Sales Management


• Compliance and Risk Management: Fulfil all activities in adherence to relevant control and compliance requirements, and quality standards

Education

Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (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