Job Description

Job Overview

Business Segment:

Corporate & Investment Banking

Location:

ZA, GP, Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street

Job Type:

Full-time

Job Ref ID:

80380940A-0001

Date Posted:

10/2/2025







Lead the Global Markets Trade Support capability across all trade products and asset classes, ensuring the team mitigate operational risk and comply with industry and regulatory standards. Own the business operating model and structure, ensuring its optimally implemented to deliver first class business results. Both directly and through teams, deliver strategic initiatives and enhancements to meet new business, product and client requirements, while driving process and system efficiencies.



Qualifications

Type of Qualification:

Relevant Post-graduate qualification (Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Business)

Field of Study:

Relevant Post-graduate qualification and membership to recognized Financial institution (e.g CA ; CFA ; RFM ; CGMA)



Experience Required

Trade Support

Operations

More than 10 years

Advanced application of risk management principles and tools, impacting risk, pricing and P&L. Together with managing the technical aspects that impact business risk and finances, compliance and regulatory adherence.



More than 10 years

Advanced knowledge and understanding of the trading environment and end-to-end value chain across asset and product classes and the systems and processes required.



More than 10 years

Demonstrated ability to develop and lead Trade Support technology and operating model strategies and contribute to optimization of the end-to-end Trade processing value chain across desks and GMO. Influence delivery and implementation of change



More than 10 years

Demonstrated ability to lead and manage teams, delegate and ensure clear guidelines. Set division strategic and goals. Proficient in coordinating across stakeholders within business, operations, technology, finance.



More than 10 years

Demonstrated experience collaborating to contribute to end-to-end value chain efficiencies in a Global Markets environment. Leading teams, ideally across departments, with multi year experience.



Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

Articulating Information

Convincing People

Developing Strategies

Directing People

Embracing Change

Empowering Individuals

Exploring Possibilities

Generating Ideas

Interacting with People

Inviting Feedback

Making Decisions

Providing Insights

Pursuing Goals

Resolving Conflict

Showing Composure

Taking Action

Team Working

Understanding People

Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

Automation Delivery

Business Process Improvement

Client Relationship Management

Collaboration

Creative Problem Solving

Data Management (Trading, Transacting)

Deal or Trade Life Cycles

Deal Set-up & Administration

Derivatives Markets

Exception Handling

Manual Deal or Trade Processing

Operations Risk Management

Process Analysis and Redesign

Product Knowledge (Trading, Transacting)

Root Cause Analysis

Strategic Alignment & Execution

Technology Savvy

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