Standard Bank | Risk Management

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 6-7 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Standard Bank . Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 6-7 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Standard Bank . Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete our Job Simulation

A risk-free way to experience work on the job with us at Standard Bank. Practice your skills with example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced6-7 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsIntermediate

Welcome to the Risk Management Virtual Job Simulation! We are so excited to have you here!

Here at Standard Bank, we’re passionate about driving sustainable, inclusive growth across Africa. The kind of growth that will make a positive and lasting impact on all our lives. We put Africa’s dreams, our clients’ dreams, and our people’s dreams at the heart of everything we do.

During this programme, you will get the opportunity to step into the shoes of a Standard Bank team member and complete tasks that replicate the work that our Risk Management team does every day. You’ll learn how to gather information, identify areas of risk, assess existing risk mitigation practices, and propose improvements.

We hope this programme provides a great resource for you to upskill and strengthen your resume as you explore career options and a potential career at Standard Bank!

All tasks, materials, companies, and people featured in this programme are simulated and entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real persons (either living or dead) or other real-life entities is purely coincidental.

Skills you will learn and practice:

Communication

Analysis

Documentation

Issue Identification

Issue Mitigation

Reporting

How it works

Introduction from

Tasks in this program

Intro & Scenario

Meet your team members and learn about your project goals.

Your role

You'll work in the role of a junior risk manager and will report directly to the senior risk manager.
Your team (Risk Management) will undertake a review of the firm's existing risk management practices for its mortgage lending operations.
As a new hire, you are hoping to prove your ability to the senior risk manager and show how you can add value.

The final project deliverable will be a presentation deck for high-level management, which:

i) Summarises any weaknesses in existing mortgage banking risk management practices.

ii) Details how such deficiencies should be improved upon and/or enhanced.

Your goal

To gain working experience in:

Facilitating communication with various operations managers
Analysing/identifying areas of elevated risk
Determining how identified risks are currently controlled
Proposing improvements to any weaknesses in the current control infrastructure

Reviews

Over 1250

5 Star Reviews

"it give me idea of how compliances team works and what they do as compliances team in orgnisation . how they find risk, assese tha risk and what measures are taken to mitigate that risk. this program help me understanding a whole process of risk management"-- Student from Savitribai Phule Pune University

"The programme is very insightful and educational. It is great for professional progression especially if you want to advance your career in Risk and Compliance. I did not know a lot before this programme, it was a great experience!"-- Student from University of South Africa

"This program provides me the practical knowledge that how a junior risk management employee work in an organization that help me to enhance my skills."-- Student from GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management

"this program was different from the other program, I like the program very much. This program was presented very professionally."-- Student from Devi Ahilya University of Indore

"the Standard Bank risk manager simulation offered me a valuable learning experience seeking to deepen my understanding of risk management in the banking sector."-- Student from Durban Institute of Technology

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