Internal Audit
Internal Audit's purpose is to 'Enhance trust to support sustainable growth'.
Consequently, Internal Audit provides independent and objective assurance and consulting services designed to enhance trust through transparency and add value to improve the Group's operations.
Internal Audit's mission is to enhance and protect organisational value by providing risk-based and objective assurance, advice, and insight. Internal Audit assists the Group to accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic and disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of governance, risk management and the internal control environment, and plays an important role in the combined assurance model.
The scope of the work undertaken by Internal Audit extends to all Group entities, subsidiaries, joint ventures, outsourced activities and partnership arrangements.
Internal Audit offers various areas of specialisation, amongst these are:
Technology & Cyber Auditing:
This requires meticulous scrutiny to ensure systems operate efficiently, securely and compliantly. This area covers the assessment of IT Governance, It policies, procedures and controls to align with business objectives and regulatory requirements. This team analyses infrastructure robustness, data integrity and cyber, providing independent and objective assurance over liquidity and funding risk, covering Treasury and Capital Management. This includes security protocols to mitigate risks.
Data and Modelling:
This function plays a crucial role through leveraging statistical models to analyse vast data sets, detecting anomalies and patterns with the goal of improving risk assessments and decision-making. Predictive modelling can forecast the future and simulate scenarios to test controls and evaluate potential impact. This function is at the forefront of proactive risk management and operational improvement in an organisation.
Treasury & Capital Management:
Assessing risk to inform the audit plan, audit scoping, testing and reporting, and developing subject matter expertise in capital management, including specialised knowledge in regulatory capital.
Personal employee benefits designed with you in mind
Personal growth is also important to us, so as a part of our team, you’ll enjoy benefits designed to help you achieve your ambitions at work and in your private capacity, both now and in the future. The exact benefits you receive will depend on the country you join us in, but can include the following:
Taking care of yourself
We don’t always know where life will take us, so we have put together a range of benefits tailored specifically to help you take care of yourself and those you love.
- Wellness programmes
- Counselling and advisory services
- Life, personal accident, incapacity and funeral cover
- Permanent health insurance (PHI) cover
- Discounted rates for voluntary benefits such as spouse life cover, dread disease cover, funeral cover for parents and/or parents-in-law and medical aid gap cover
Managing your finances
We all have dreams and goals in life – so we have several ways to help make them more accessible to you, with significant savings.
- Retirement funding
- Discounted banking products
- Transactional and investment banking products
- Home loans and vehicle finance at preferential rates
- Access to credit
- Assistance with insurance and wills
- Online share trading
- Rewards
Rewards and recognition
We believe in recognising the hard work and positive approach of our people – so we have three formal recognition programmes.
- Beyond Excellence
- Mark of Excellence
- Long service awards
A healthy balance
Your life outside work is important, so we have a leave structure which gives you plenty of time to relax, thrive and be the best you. The exact leave benefits you receive will depend on the country you join us in, but can include the following:
- Vacation leave
- Additional vacation leave
- Study leave
- Parental leave
- Compassionate/family responsibility leave
- Special discretionary leave
- Sabbatical leave
- Sick leave
- Short-term incapacity leave
- Recognition leave
- Optional unpaid leave
Please note: We don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach to benefits. Instead, we believe in taking a more personal approach to giving our people what they need. That’s why our benefits package can look a little different, depending on where you’re based.
Talent acquisition journey
We believe in making dreams possible and connecting the brightest talent to the meaningful opportunities they need to build their skills, ignite their ambitions, and get closer to their purpose.
Apply online
You’ll discover amazing career opportunities on our website. So, start exploring. You can create a profile or log in with your existing details if you’ve already got one. There, you can complete the online application form and submit it, with the supporting documents we’ve requested.
Selection process
- Shortlist: Our Talent Acquisition Specialist and relevant Hiring Manager review all applications and make a shortlist of the most suitable candidates.
- Competency- based interview: If you’re shortlisted, we’ll invite you to take part in a competency-based interview.
- Assessments: If you’re successful in with the interview, you’ll move on to the assessments. Depending on the role you’re applying for, you might be asked to undertake a case-study exercise, technical test, and psychometric assessment, as well as any other role-specific assessment.
- Panel- interview: Then you’ll proceed to final interview stage, where you’ll meet an interview panel and get to ask further questions.
Pre-employment screening
If you have been successful in the selection process, our Talent Acquisition team will get in touch to get your consent for our pre-employment screening which includes the following:
- Identity and educational qualification verification
- Credit record and criminal record
- Outside Business Interest Declaration and Personnel Account Trading Declaration
- Sanctions screening and confirmation of current employment.
Offer
Candidates with satisfactory pre-employment screening will be presented to the Hiring Manager by the Talent Acquisition team for final review. The most suitable candidate will be extended an employment contract and offer letter, detailing everything you’ll need to know about your new role. The recruitment process is competitive, therefore candidates that make it to the pre-employment screening stage are not guaranteed an offer.
Onboarding
Even before you join the Standard Bank family, we want you to think of us as your home. So, before you join, we'll get you off to a flying start with our onboarding experience.
