Standard Bank Group 2025 Personal & Private Banking (PPB) Data Analytics Graduate Programme for South Africans

The Data Analytics Graduate Programme within the Card Business Unit is designed to cultivate analytical thinkers who can translate data into strategic insights that enhance customer experiences, drive portfolio growth, and improve profitability. Graduates will learn to extract value from complex datasets, apply statistical and machine learning techniques, and develop visualizations and reports that support data-driven decision-making. The program emphasizes not only technical proficiency but also commercial acumen, ensuring participants understand the “why” behind the “what” in credit card product performance.

A key component of the program is fostering collaboration and cross-functional problem-solving. Graduates will work closely with marketing, product, finance, compliance, IT, and risk teams to address real business challenges. This exposure ensures a holistic understanding of the bank’s operations and promotes strong communication and stakeholder management skills. In addition, participants will have access to structured learning pathways, mentorship from experienced professionals, and opportunities to participate in innovation sprints, cross-team analytics forums, and bank-wide data communities—all of which are designed to accelerate learning, encourage knowledge sharing, and inspire innovation.

• Table of Content
• About Standard Bank Group
• Standard Bank Group Graduate Programme
• Aim and Benefits of Standard Bank Group Graduate Programme
• Requirements for Standard Bank Group Graduate Programme Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Standard Bank Group

Standard Bank Group Limited (also trading as Stanbic Bank) is the largest African banking group by assets and earnings, operating in 20 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. With about 50,000 employees, it has approximately 560 branches and over 1,770 ATMs on the African continent. Standard Bank Group is a financial institution that offers banking and financial services to individuals, businesses, institutions and corporations in Africa and abroad. They drive sustainable and inclusive economic growth in Africa. To ensure their commitment to making a positive and lasting impact, they have deve... re... continue reading

Standard Bank Group Graduate Programme

Application Deadline	06 Jun 2025
Type	Training
Sponsor	Standard Bank Group
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Standard Bank Group Graduate Programme

During this 12-month programme you can look forward to:

• Hypothesis-driven business problem solving
• Testing hypotheses in live environments (i.e. field experimentation)
• Project management
• Speaking your mind
• Adding value to the bank
• Engaging with senior and junior stakeholders
• Behaving in accordance with the bank’s professional standards, and
• Building a passion for data analytics.

Requirements for Standard Bank Group Graduate Programme Qualification

Masters or Honours in: 

• Mathematics
• Statistics
• Actuarial Sciences
• Quantitative Risk Management
• Decision Making
• Business Science
• Economics

Honours qualification to be completed by 31 December 2025.

Minimum requirements:

• South African Citizen
• Should you have work experience, it should not exceed 24 months 
• Full academic transcripts to be submitted with application for undergraduate and postgraduate studies.

Application Deadline

June 6, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Standard Bank Group on jobs.smartrecruiters.com to apply

For more details, visit Standard Bank Group career webpage