Manager, Cash Management

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

The Cash Manager will be accountable for driving the design, delivery and evolution of collections, payments and liquidity managements solutions. The role combines product ownership, client-centric design and deep business analysis; translating client and regulatory needs into scalable product capabilities, managing the product roadmap and collaborating with Sales, Technology, Finance, Operations, Risk and the Data Office to deliver high-impact solutions

• Design and manage the delivery of new capabilities based on client needs and drive uptake to achieve business case commercial objectives.
• Own payments-related components of client pitches by providing timely, comprehensive and tailored input backed by data insights
• Translate client journeys and operational workflows into clear user stories, documented process flows and functional specifications. Act as the bridge between Business stakeholders and Technology and ensure requirements are understood and delivered accurately
• Participate in planning, UAT and production sessions as Subject Matter Expert / Product Owner; ensuring blockers are addressed.
• Ensure effective stakeholder management with various business partners (Sales Teams, Group stakeholders, Internal Control, Operations, IT, Finance etc)
• Ensure the end-to-end product value chain is efficient, proactively optimizing solutions to deliver seamless client experience along the lifecycle of the various products.
• Perform revenue assurance, evolve the product pricing strategies and ensure commercial viability across the solutions or client relationships

• A First Degree in Finance and Accounting / Commerce / Statistics / Economics / Technology
• Professional certification in Treasury Management / Cash Management / Payments / Project Management will be an added advantage

Experience

• At least 6 year's experience in transactional banking with the ability to articulate the TxB value proposition in a compelling fashion to client and stakeholders.
• Demonstrates an understanding of single market trends and contribute to the identification and implementation of multiple market enhancing solutions. 
• Demonstrated experience in managing a function or product including planning, budgeting, managing profit and loss, relationship management and client analysis
• Payment's product experience, owning product lifecycle and end-to-end value chain preferably in Corporate or Commercial Banking
• Experience in partnerships with FINTECHs in the domestic or cross border payments space
• Experience in Business Analysis

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Challenging Concepts
• Embracing Change
• Generating Ideas
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks
• Producing Output

Technical Competencies:

• Client Business Case
• Market Analysis
• Operational Planning
• Product Development
• Product Knowledge
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Management