Head, Payments Regional AR

<h3>Company Description</h3>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.<h3>Job Description</h3><p>To drive TxB Africa Regions(AR), Growth Markets strategic and commercial payments intent within its countries of presence and across the various continental regions -  engage and influence the regulatory and compliance constructs (payments advocacy); build strong stakeholder relationships across AR market segments BCBor  PPB et al through regular and structured engagements, positioning payments and collections visibility and building payments capability bench strength across AR.</p><p><strong>JOB FUNCTIONS</strong></p><p>•Contribute to the formulation of commercialization plans &amp; support the execution thereof</p><p>•Drive projects and payments commercialization objectives (Monthly and quarterly</p><p>•Provide SME expertise in future-proofing payment systems and commercialization assessment and opportunity realization</p><p>•Develop and/or support a robust and commercially viable approach to the payment's domain strategies including remittances, Region and its countries. Provides input on payment systems strategic direction as guided by the TxB Africa Regions Growth Markets strategic intent, taking into consideration specific regulatory and industry involvement where necessary and/or guiding the in-country teams on interbank engagements.</p><p>•Recommended best practice payment structures that support industry, regulator and bank engagement</p><p>•Drive and deliver the TxB AR Growth Markets agreed priority projects through the SAFe methodology including but not limited to industry projects (regulatory) and Standard Bank initiatives</p><p>•Ensure proper governance compliance, and risk assessment is adhered to for any new payment initiative introduced in the markets as well as legal and commercial agreements in place with all partners engaged</p><p>•Select appropriate functional professionals, capable of providing the essential support required for the countries to succeed. Provide thought and SME leadership across all segments</p><p>•Works with Learning &amp; Development (L&amp;D) to produce specialized training material around payment system theory, including two-sided markets and interchange models, industry and regulator lobbying and negotiation skills; conduct and support payments training workshops, in line with TxB Skills Hub.</p><p>•Support the execution of country plans and actively participate in the modernization of payments via business lead support in payment architectural designs and regional modernization directives</p><p>•Drive effective payment execution and processing.  Build effective relationships with senior stakeholders in technology, operations and finance.  Drive the payments risk management and governance processes in growth markets.</p><p> </p><h3>Qualifications</h3><p><strong><em>Minimum Qualifications</em></strong><br/> <strong>Type of Qualification: </strong>First Degree<br/> <strong>Field of Study: </strong>Finance and Accounting </p><p>Travelling in african Countries is a requirement<br/> <br/> <strong><em>Experience Required</em></strong><br/> <strong>Payments</strong><br/> Platforms, Payments &amp; Big Tech<br/> 1-2 years<br/> : Understanding and interpretation of Income Statement and Balance Sheet<br/> <br/> 3-4 years<br/> Payments industry experience/ understanding of the various payment systems, i.e. card, cheque, EFT, cash<br/> <br/> 3-4 years<br/> Understanding of the regulatory environment and can take responsibility for strategic projects (regulatory and Standard Bank initiatives</p><h3>Additional Information</h3><p><strong>Behavioral Competencies:</strong></p><ul><li>Convincing People</li><li>Developing Expertise</li><li>Developing Strategies</li><li>Directing People</li><li>Embracing Change</li><li>Establishing Rapport</li><li>Interacting with People</li><li>Making Decisions</li><li>Producing Output</li><li>Providing Insights</li><li>Seizing Opportunities</li><li>Taking Action</li></ul><p><strong>Technical Competencies:</strong></p><ul><li>Customer Understanding ( Consumer Banking)</li><li>Financial Industry Regulatory Framework</li><li>Industry Knowledge</li><li>International Market Knowledge</li><li>Settlement Process</li><li>Settlement Systems</li><li>Stakeholder Management</li><li>Strategic Planning and Reporting</li></ul>