Job Description

To support the Chief Executive Officer by creating focus on ensuring that the businesses priorities are effectively coordinated and tracked across the segment, successfully communicated across and aligned to the FirstRand Group and Ensure internal coherence in strategic initiatives, making sure they are better aligned and coordinated across the segment and Exco’s; intragroup positioning which involves communicating segment vision and priorities effectively, with a clear articulation of the value accretion to group.

Hello Future Strategy and Business Development Lead

RMB is a place where exceptional people create their own opportunities by challenging the conventional and driving sustainable impact.

United by our proud heritage, strong ethics and philosophy of Traditional values. Innovative ideas, it’s the magic of our people and culture that sets us apart.

Are you someone who can:

• Support the Chief Executive Officer by creating focus on ensuring that the businesses priorities are effectively coordinated and tracked across the segment, successfully communicated across and aligned to the FirstRand Group and Ensure internal coherence in strategic initiatives, making sure they are better aligned and coordinated across the segment and Exco’s; intragroup positioning which involves communicating segment vision and priorities effectively, with a clear articulation of the value accretion to group.
• Identify synergies across the business and enablement pillars (ecosystems) Integrate information-share across business pillars, work across business units to distil and articulate business transformation objectives and communicate RMB Namibia/C&I contribution to the group vision.
• Catalyze teams and stakeholders by ensuring the development and implementation of the business transformation plan and creation of an inclusive culture for employees and drive strategic relationships with relevant peers to enable optimization of the business value chain
• Monitor progress via defined success metrics using insights and knowledge gained from high level reports to influence direction of the business to ensure organization performance against long-term strategy and make necessary adjustments, Support the development of long-term organizational strategy by conducting abstract, conceptual, and comparative analysis of high-level reports for strategic decision-making purposes.
• Conduct research and analyze operational effectiveness, processes, stakeholders and assess market trends and competitors to identify threats and opportunities which can be presented in the format of findings, projections, and recommended actions., Plan, implement and manage proposed recommendations related to strategic initiatives/deliverables/ projects and monitor reporting on strategic initiatives/projects

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Are a holder of a Post Graduate Degree in Finance, Commerce or relevant qualification
• Have Minimum 5 – 7-years work experience including project management and strategy execution
• Experience of relevant frameworks or methodologies for working with complexity, change, organizational and personal resilience in strategic decision-making will be advantegous
• Are comfortable with working with senior management
• Are able to strategize at both a macro and micro level
• Demonstrate independent, strategic thinking
• Have a deep understanding of strategy implementation
• Have positive energy, are passion and innovative
• Have passion for people and are comfortable with a diverse culture
• Are a highly effective communicator that is able to simplify complexities

You will have access to:

• Opportunities to network and collaborate with solutionists specialist teams.
• A challenging and evolving working environment.
• Opportunities to innovate and grow within the Banking ecosystem.

We can be a match if you are:

• Always doing the right thing – Fight for ethical conduct and transparency, both inside and outside
• Curious – Believe in insight, creativity, and its power to unlock value
• Deeply Invested – Take initiative and be a leader in your own right
• Valuing differences – Be inclusive, gracious, decent, and humble
• Building Trust not Territory – Crete a culture of sharing
• Courageous – We’ve built a culture of bravery by speaking our minds and encouraging others to do the same