Job Description

Requisition Details
REQ 144151 Thembi Mtshali
Location: Johannesburg
Closing Date : 20 February 2026
Job Family
Information Technology
Career Stream
It Application Development
Leadership Pipeline
Manage Self: Technical
Job Purpose
To support Financial Crime and Governance initiatives by maintaining and enhancing data assets, producing intelligence analytics, and enabling investigative and reporting functions. This includes forensic data extraction, analysis and reconstruction to support casework, control effectiveness assessments, regulatory reporting, and governance insights.
Job Responsibilities

• Structure data into compliance standards by adhering to metadata governance procedures according to Nedbank documented standards and formats.
• Manage final transformed data content by complying to prescribed standards for reviewing and publishing.
• Assist/govern population of datamart and metadata repository by complying to standards, systems, processes and procedures.
• Execute link analysis, behavioural patterns, entity resolution, and anomaly identification to support forensic investigations.
• Partner with Forensic Investigations to provide data-driven insights for casework, investigative hypotheses and evidentiary analysis.

• Deliver work according to customer expectations by prioritizing, planning and implementing requirements.

• Utilize resources by adhering to standards, policies and procedures.
• Identify and escalate data-related risks across Financial Crime systems.

Job Responsibilities Continue

• Participate in risk assessments, RCA, operational risk processes, and process/governance redesign initiatives.
• Align and continuously improve set processes by identifying innovation opportunities.
• Identify and mitigate risk by executing within governance.
• Resolve incidents by logging and tracking through correct channels.
• Keep abreast of legislation and other industry changes that impacts on role by reading the relevant newsletters, websites and attending sessions.
• Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and demonstrate the values through interaction with team and stakeholders.
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring all learning activities are completed, experience practiced and certifications obtained and/or maintained within specified time frames.
• Ensure information is provided correctly to stakeholders by maintaining knowledge sharing knowledge with team.
• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance processes, systems and policies and support implementation of new processes, policies and systems.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Diploma

Preferred Qualification
Degree in Information Technology or Business Management, Mathematical/Statistics
Essential Certifications

• Data Management (DAMA) Certification, Certification/formal training in relevant technology

Minimum Experience Level
8 years relevant experience, including at least 3-5 years in Financial Crime, Forensic Analytics, Governance Reporting, or similar risk environments.

• Experience working with forensic teams or investigative environments.
• Experience with case management systems or governance MI.
• Experience in integrating data across multiple systems in regulated environments.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Administrative procedures and systems
• Banking knowledge
• Banking procedures
• Business principles
• Business terms and definitions
• Data analysis
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Microsoft Office
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Business writing skills
• Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies

• Coaching
• Communication
• Initiating Action
• Managing Work
• Quality Orientation
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566
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