Location: Gauteng
Closing Date: 31 July 2026
Job Description: Standard Bank Group Compliance Graduate Programme – An Opportunity to this Wonderful Organisation
Group Compliance enables Standard Bank Group to comply with regulatory and compliance requirements. We manage compliance risk, enhance the sustainability of Standard Bank Group as an ethical and trusted brand, and uphold the integrity of our compliance relationships with regulators. The bank offers clients a seamless experience that translates into fairness and trust in our ability to create, grow and protect their wealth. Standard Bank provides business with client-centric, proactive, and pragmatic solutions. It advises, train, monitor and report to support business to do the right business the right way. It protects its licence to operate with regulatory authorities and use our knowledge of the regulatory environment and our business, to ensure awareness of our regulatory obligations.
Standard Bank recognizes that every person’s career path is different. That is why, through rotations, learning pathways, mentorship programmes, and business coaches, it ensures your experience and exposure will prepare you for the future. Performing meaningful work from day one, you’ll get hands-on experience while collaborating with some of the best minds in Africa. The bank will challenge you to take on high-impact projects to build your skillsets.
Standard Bank is passionate about growing its people, and it is passionate about growing you. Choose Standard Bank to explore your potential and challenge the norm to become a creative, ground-breaking business leader of the future.
Qualifications
Minimum 4-year degree or honours in:
- Business Commerce
- Risk
- Legal
- Audit
Additional Information
Minimum Requirements:
- South African Citizen
- Maximum of two years’ work experience
- Minimum of 65% average over all years of study
- Full academic transcripts to be submitted with application for undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
Application closing date: 31 July 2026
About Standard Bank South Africa
Standard Bank South Africa (part of the Standard Bank Group) is Africa’s largest bank by assets. Established in 1862, it provides a comprehensive suite of financial services including Personal and Private Banking, Business and Commercial Banking, and Corporate and Investment Banking.
Key details about the institution include:
- History & Heritage: Originating in Port Elizabeth in 1863 as The Standard Bank of British South Africa, it was heavily involved in financing the region’s diamond and gold rushes.
- Scale: With operations spanning 20 sub-Saharan African countries and global financial centers, it is frequently recognized as one of Africa’s most valuable banking brands.
- Digital Innovation: It was the first bank in Africa to fully migrate its operations to Amazon Web Services, allowing for robust digital service delivery via the Standard Bank App.