FirstRand 2027 CA Programme

The group’s corporate centre includes many of the critical functions required by a large and complex financial services business. It represents custodianship and has ultimate accountability to external stakeholders such as shareholders and regulators. These functions may sound boring at first glance – treasury, risk, compliance, governance, audit, finance and tax – but they fundamentally represent the group’s licence to operate. An impressive “below the radar” brains trust is housed in the corporate centre and for membership you will need deep specialist and technical skills, and a talent for excellent stakeholder management at the most senior levels. Building a career in the corporate centre gives you a unique perspective on the entire group. Nowhere else can you own or be part of a mandate that operates across the entire portfolio. This allows for both big-picture thinking and operational learning – a rare combination of opportunities!