Remote Type: Hybrid
Placement: Johannesburg
Time Type: Full time
Best Before: 9 February 2026
Job Requisition Id: R-15983330
Fixed Term: 12-month
With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary
Are you a recent, unemployed graduate looking to launch your career in a high‑performance environment where learning, innovation, and impact come together?
The PPB COO Graduate Internship Programme offers ambitious graduates the opportunity to gain meaningful, hands‑on experience within one of Absa’s most dynamic and strategically critical functions. This programme is designed to provide structured, on‑the‑job experiential learning while contributing to real business outcomes across the Personal and Private Banking Chief Operating Office (PPB COO).
Job Description
What You’ll Gain
As part of this programme, you will benefit from:
- Experiential, on‑the‑job training across key areas including Fraud, Risk, Operations, Data Science, and Strategy & Change
- Exposure to real business challenges with accountability for defined deliverables
- Coaching, mentorship, and guidance from experienced professionals and subject‑matter experts
- A strong foundation to support future career opportunities within Absa
- A collaborative and supportive learning experience
Who You Are
You are an individual who:
- Is curious, proactive, and eager to learn
- Has a passion for solving real‑world business problems
- Thrives in a collaborative and fast‑paced environment
- Is unemployed at the time of application.
Qualifications
A completed NQF Level 7 qualification or higher in one of the following fields:
- Forensic Science & Technology / Criminology
- Risk Management
- BCom General
- Mathematics / Applied Mathematics
- Data Analytics / Data Science
- Strategy / Strategic Management
- BCom Informatics
- Project Management
- Business Analysis
Work Experience
- Previous work experience will be advantageous but is not mandatory
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised
Absa Group Limited (“Absa Group”) is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups. Absa Group offers an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management and insurance.
Absa Group owns majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania (Absa Bank Tanzania and National Bank of Commerce), Uganda and Zambia and has insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia. Absa also has representative offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria and the United States, as well as securities entities in the United Kingdom and the United States, along with technology support colleagues in the Czech Republic.
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