Business and Commercial banking (BCB) Operations Graduate Programme

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.

Operations grads get to be part of a World Class Operations journey in Johannesburg at our Simmonds offices. Our graduates get exposure to mentoring and coaching in addition to personal development. Our graduates get to work on exciting initiatives such as project management focusing on Automation, use of AI to transform business, digitisation, operational excellence and process improvement

Key Responsibilities include;

• To automate and digitise operational processes.
• To improve and refine processes within Business and Commercial Banking to enhance efficiency and quality. ·
• To analyse data and provide insights into process performance and identify inefficiencies for enhanced client experience.
• Keep abreast on operational excellence trends.
• Ad hoc reporting and insights to inform business decisions.

Final year undergraduate, Honours or Masters Degree (Completed or currently completing in 2025) in a related or similar qualification to;

Automation

Digitisation

Process Improvement and Analytics

Data Analytics

Minimum Requirements

• Must be a South African citizen
• Must be under 30 years of age
• No more than two years’ work experience
• Minimum of 65% average over all years of study

Key Skills and Attributes

• Working collaboratively with others
• Resilience
• Creative problem solving and considered decision making
• Curiosity and willingness to learn
• Positive attitude and self confidence
• Business acumen