Career Opportunities at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Profile Summary:

• Your responsibilities will include coordinating with recruiting managers to define hiring criteria, sourcing potential candidates on professional platforms and reaching out to prospects via email or phone. To be successful in this role, you should have excellent communication skills to interact with candidates and internal teams. You should also be familiar with online and offline sourcing techniques, networking and searching for potential hires through candidate databases.

Job Description

• Maintain a winning fit-for-purpose talent sourcing capability in line with business requirements
• Coordinate with recruiting line managers to define necessary requirements for open positions.
• Conduct all functions relating to the talent attraction process; advertising, telephonic screening, reviewing applications and collating the necessary supporting documents. interviewing, evaluation and appointment of new employees within agreed SLA’s.
• Ensuring that applicants meet the minimum requirements in line with the Financial Services Conduct Authority (FSCA) Regulatory Framework.
• Send recruiting emails & telephonic communication, WhatsApp for Business messaging to passive candidates and follow up when necessary.
• Browse candidate databases and contact past applicants for new job opportunities.
• Use social media professional platforms as well as professional networks and interact with potential candidates
• Advertise open positions to internal and external networks
• In line with the Employee Referral Programme, ask for referrals from current employees, acquaintances, and industry professionals
• Maintain organized databases with candidates’ data in line with the POPIA Act.
• Remove as this will be maintained by the admin team.
• Maintain candidate pools on WorkDay
• Attend professional events & subscribe to the necessary networks to build pipeline
• Keep in touch with past applicants for referrals.
• Use talent sourcing platforms like LinkedIn, PNET, Career Junction, WhatsApp for Business, TikTok etc to headhunt qualified candidates.
• Monitor, track and report on source of career platform, field sourcer, line manager, current employment and time-to-fill for each role.
• Research and recommend new sourcing tools and techniques not limited to electronic portals.
• Ensure that the Management Information around the Talent attraction process is constantly updated; e.g. a database of potential identified internally and externally; analysis of rejections etc.
• Maintain a sound knowledge of scarce skills and future talent requirements of the business as well as employment equity targets. and proactively identify sources for candidates to meet these requirements.
• Maintain professionalism and ethics regarding the psychometric assessment process and evaluation of applicants
• Become an Old Mutual Talent Magnet to build our employer brand as the choice for Top Talent.

Experience and Skills required

• Matric
• Drivers license
• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree or tertiary qualification.
• Proven work experience as a Sourcing Specialist, Headhunter, Recruiter or similar role.
• Advanced knowledge of sourcing techniques & partnering with stakeholders to devise creative and effective candidate pools.
• Hands-on experience with sourcing tools (e.g. LinkedIn, PNET, Career Junction, Talent Neuron)
• Excellent communication and persuasion abilities (particularly when making cold calls and sending recruiting emails)
• Excellent ability to prioritise, co-ordinate, plan and execute sourcing strategy to deliver the pipeline needed. 
• Time-management skills with the ability to simultaneously handle multiple open roles.
• Excellent interpersonal and proactive decision making skills.
• Professionalism and use of discretion where applicable.  
• Emotional Intelligence.
• Initiative to meet business needs aligned with employment branding.
• 2-5 years experience in the bulk recruitment industry, with a focus on financial services.
• Computer literate (Microsoft Office Compliant)
• 2 years experience working with reputable Applicant Tracking systems.
• Dealing with confidentiality
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Personal Agility.

Closing Date

23 February 2023

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Job Description

Role Description & Key Result Areas:

• The Chief Architect is responsible for driving the modernization of OML’s architecture leveraging the benefits of the groups cloud strategy.  Specifically, the role holder:
• Leads the cultural change for cloud adoption, acting as an advocate, a mentor and coach to enable the application teams and the solution architects adopt the best practices and deliver the benefit of the cloud
• Own, develop, co-ordinate and propagate OML’s cloud architecture including the principles and ground rules
• Keep the cloud strategy current end and coordinating the adaptation process
• Ensures OML IT software engineers and designers have the relevant talent with the necessary technical skills
• Assessing applications, software and hardware ensuring the health of the IT Estate improves in line with the OML IT Strategy
• Creating a “cloud broker team” and establishing best practices for cloud across the company
• Selecting cloud providers and vetting third-party services
• Oversee governance and mitigate risk
• Work closely with IT security to monitor privacy and develop incident-response procedures
• Managing budgets and estimating cost
• Operating at scale.

Governance

• Defines and maintains architectural principles, frameworks and standards for the development, deployment and management of application, information, communication and technology infrastructure.
• Ensures that the OML architecture aligns with OML IT strategy and is presented and approved through the IT Sub Committee and Technology and Platform Board Committee
• Provides long-term management of the OML IT Architecture Strategy

Technical Consultation

• Provides consulting to OML Delivery Teams to reduce execution risk and improve efficiency
• Research leading technology and sells concepts and assesses/ refocus across OML

Relationship Management

• Establish and manage the relationships with suppliers (both internal and external to OML IT), including service and support (SLAs).
• Manage stakeholder relationships and engagements.
• Participate in, and where appropriate, chair relevant cloud adoption forums.

Vendor & Contract Management

• Acts on expert advice and is a key player and sometimes technical leader in large-scale contract negotiations.
• Manages the relationship between technology / solution providers and Old Mutual.

Experience:

Solid exposure to Insurance Industry from a business perspective – sales, servicing, underwriting, reassurance, product launches, money in/out, claims,

• Solid understanding of Insurance products (protection, savings, annuities, wealth)
• Good understanding of the different Insurance software solutions available
• Very good functional understanding of Insurance, Savings and Investment Platforms.
• Well versed in the IT Architecture and Design of Insurance Platforms – ideally exposed to many different architecture and design approaches
• Solid background in IT System architecture, design, and development.
• Solid background in data modelling, database design and data management
• Good track record of large-scale systems migrations 
• Expert at cloud adoption and scaling, certified AWS practitioner

Qualifications and experience:

• 10 years + related Systems Management/ Architecture, Information Management, Infrastructure Management/ Architecture experience
• Proven track record in cloud adoption and scaling
• Experience in broader Financial Services (incl. Banking) would be an advantage
• Multi-disciplinary application of wide knowledge spanning business, data and technology
• Working knowledge of Financial & Project management

Competencies:

• Strategic
• Collaboration
• Customer First
• Execution
• Innovation
• Leading with Influence
• Personal Mastery

Closing Date

10 March 2023

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Job Description

• Next176 is driven by a purpose to deliver impactful and sustainable innovations that affect a billion people. Our communications with the various stakeholders in our ecosystem, needs to effectively drive this brand purpose and ambition (and that of our ventures), through all forms of communication media and engagement platforms. These include web, email, public relations, social media and events.

Strategy

• Develop the overall Next176 communication strategy through thorough engagement with the various teams and stakeholders. The strategy should reflect the needs of the various teams and stakeholders across the various communication channels
• Support the formulation of communication strategies for ventures and investees (where needed)
• In consultation with the various teams, manage the development of an engagement plan
• Ensures integrity and compliance to the Next176 brand strategy across all channels and associated usage with OML Group

Planning and execution

• Develop engagement plans that deliver on the overall strategy (accounting for all communication channels and events)
• Where necessary, drive the development of any accompanying content plans and calendars
• Drive the execution of all engagements, content creation and posting, brand refreshes and other communication requirements for the realisation of the outlined strategy
• Support the leadership team in handling PR engagements, through briefing media, planning talking points, and arranging schedules
• Ensure internal communications are current and relevant to support the development of the desired team culture
• Plan and co-ordinate the execution of events as required to meet the communications strategy.
• Ensure an appropriate communication plan is in place and implemented so that Next176 being recognised as a notable player in the entrepreneurial and corporate innovation ecosystem in at least all of Old Mutual’s markets.
• Manage the events calendar for Next176 ensuring that events are well planned and timed to deliver maximum value through tangible results and outcomes
• Have a good understanding of Next176 business and associated ventures to ensure appropriate application of a communication and events strategy
• Actively research and keep up to date with digital and industry trends and recommend new ways communications can be enhanced within our business.
• Review new technologies and keep business at the forefront of developments in communication

Stakeholder Management

• Identify, build and maintain sustainable relationships with relevant partners in OML, professional bodies and/or regulatory bodies, to support the implementation of communication and marketing solutions
• Manage relationships and evaluate performance of service providers and external consultants and ensure all the services are delivered in line with the agreed standard and cost
• Maintain and coordinate marketing and communication activities across Next176 and OML to ensure compliance and synergies to ensure we meet our objectives
• Coordinate relationships with other stakeholder groups and associates who influence internal and external marketing communication implementations. This includes designated communication partners from OML group.
• Manage agency and partner relationships to ensure the best quality support and service delivery.

Reporting and Insights

• Ensure that the impact of communication and events initiatives and track and report adoption and outcomes resulting from such initiatives
• Analyze key metrics and provide insights and recommendations to business

Governance

• Ensure adherence to the Next176 brand strategy and governance processes, ensuring compliance with relevant Old Mutual governance processes and forums, where appropriate
• Ensure appropriate quality assurance processes are in place

Financial Management

• In consultation with the various teams and stakeholders, develop and manage the marketing budget, review and solicit the required approvals for expenditure in line with set budget, identify and implement cost efficiencies
• In consultation with the various teams and stakeholders, develop and manage the marketing budget, review and solicit the required approvals for expenditure in line with set budget, identify and implement cost efficiencies

Skills

• Digital Marketing Platforms, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Marketing Communications (MarCom), Social Media Communications, Social Media Technologies, Strategic Communication

Education

• Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies (BCoMS): Marketing

Closing Date

27 February 2023

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• We are looking for self-motivated and dynamic individuals who have a passionate entrepreneurial spirit to join one of Africa's leading insurance companies.

The role at a glance is about championing our valued customers to achieve their lifetime goals by identifying their financial needs, providing sound financial advice, recommending and implementing "fit for purpose" financial plans and solutions.

• Responsible for the procurement of new business
• Expand sales of products and services with existing customers
• Work mainly on own lead.

20 February 2023

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Carries out and leads the Experience Design activities that will inform and execute Digital Strategy through user centered design approach. This involves the support of user research, interaction design, prototyping and user testing activities in their various guises as well as the management of experience design standards, methods and frameworks.

• Scope, Manage and plan the User Experience Design activities
• Ensure that use of knowledge management and collaboration platform(s) for UX design processes, tools and artefacts
• Manage processes that facilitate easy and continuous user engagement at testing facilities for research and testing
• Work with Digital Products Owners, Ecommerce, Digital Analytics, Digital Marketing and Digital Operations that product design decisions are always customer Led.
• Participate in knowledge sharing between different tribes, feature teams.
• Provide feedback and updates to the methods and protocols established in the integrated digital experience design capability.
• Leverage the measurement framework for the experience performance of Old Mutual Limited touchpoints and that the analysis drives design decisions and continuous improvements.
• Monitor and shape digital experience design work output through standardized and integrated design methods across the various design disciplines, resource allocation and optimisation on a regular basis.
• Ensure that all decisions are data led through regular user testing and reporting, customer research and insights and the application of data analysis techniques.
• Work as needed with customers and users to understand their needs in order ¿to build the right things and build the right things right¿.
• Work with product owners across the Digital business to understand market needs & vision; work with teams to quickly translate that vision into designs for working software.
• Contribute through design and reliable research insights to the bench strength capable of sustaining Old Mutual Digital and Customer-Led ambition.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Agile / Lean methodologies and the structures and processes required for continuous delivery.
• Ensure effective documentation and communication of design are created via prototypes, workflows, journey maps, wireframes, mockups, story definition, usability findings and UI designs.
• Ensure that design is holistic across its dimensions and that the final experience outcome is a composite whole of the various disciplines in the design process.
• Continuous Evangelisation of the digital experience design practice within the digital capability.
• Contribute towards the management of design (standards, patterns, components, tools etc.) and knowledge (customer, business, trends,
• metrics etc.) frameworks that form the basis of the Old Mutual digital experience design environment.
• Establish continuous learning and growth within the digital experience design practice, ensuring that it stays current with modern trends.

Role Requirements:

• +5 Years’ experience as a Senior UX Designer/Lead
• A track record of leading and inspiring design teams
• Experience setting up user research programs and testing methodologies that drive design decisions.
• An online portfolio that demonstrates your results, process, and way of thinking about user experience and product design

Closing Date

25 February 2023

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Job Description

• The role requires an experienced Reward Professional to shape and drive the Reward agenda for Old Mutual’s Africa Regions (OMAR) portfolio)

Working in a matrix comprising the OMAR portfolio Human Capital Team, Country Human Capital Teams, and the OML Group Reward Team, the incumbent will:

• Serve as the Reward lead and subject matter expert for the Old Mutual Africa Regions (OMAR) business.
• Embed OML Group Reward governance frameworks.
• Partner with Line of Business Executives, in-Country Teams and Group Functions to deliver on critical reward priorities to enable the business strategy.
• Leverage internal and external data and analytics to analyse reward patterns and outcomes to enhance attraction, retention and high performance.
• Design, plan and ensure disciplined execution of strategic Reward initiatives.
• Define and embed disciplines, capabilities and activities that support the business through appropriate operational practices.

Key Performance Areas

Reward Strategy

• Working in partnership with the OML Reward function, OMAR Human Capital and Reward Partners across the countries and the Central Team, provide thought leadership, define and design a fit-for-purpose, competitive reward strategy and underpinning constructs for the OMAR portfolio and/or specific countries, balancing interests of Group cohesion, market relevance and business outcomes.

Governance, Risk and Compliance

• Work in partnership with the Group Reward function, Country Human Capital Partners and Corporate Secretariats to guide on the desired consistency and strategic focus for country Remuneration Committees.
• Ensure all OML Group Reward Governances are fully communicated and socialised for understanding and alignment with key stakeholders.
• Work with Country Human Capital and Reward partners to ensure compliance with key governances and controls; and to identify, assess and mitigate for potential reward-related risks.
• Conduct required communications, change and training exercises as required, to ensure shared understanding of key policies, governances and controls.
• Support key stakeholders with audit actions and risk assurance exercises as required.

Strategic Initiatives, Advisory and Consulting

• Partner with country Executive and Human Capital Teams to provide guidance and support on key Reward issues requiring specialist input.  These may include, but are not limited to guidance on navigating required remuneration governances and approvals, the construction of more complex offers, specific remuneration challenges relating to attraction and retention, etc.
• Assist with the conceptualisation and proposal developments around specific initiatives agreed to address more complex Reward issues.  Design and drive programmes of action to execute on agreed initiatives.

Operations

• Oversee the preparation, planning, execution and approvals for all key Reward exercises across the portfolio, in line with Group requirements, milestones and timelines.  These include, but are not limited to Annual Remuneration Review, Incentive Programmes, Share Grants, Dividend Payouts and Vestings.
• Drawing from OML Group policy and practice, standardise, optimise and improve the effectiveness of Reward practices and key cycles across the OMAR portfolio, embed principles of disciplined execution and continuous improvement.
• Build own and others’ capability in Reward-related modules on the Group’s Human Capital Management System (Workday); and work in partnership with the relevant Group functions to ensure fitness of purpose for OMAR-specific nuances.
• Support the OMAR MD and Human Capital Executive with Executive Team Reward matters (set cycles, appointments, exits, retention, etc.)

Analytics and Insights

• Guide and define the most appropriate market benchmarking approach for OMAR.
• Commission and oversee appropriate research, benchmarking and market insights to drive the Reward strategy across the portfolio and individual markets.
• Provide regular reporting and insights on key Reward-related metrics, with proactive recommendations for risks and/or improvement opportunities.

Stakeholder and People Management

• Manage relationships with third party providers and consultancies, where applicable.
• Develop and leverage professional networks within (across functions) and outside the organisation.
• Drive high performance and provide direction, development, coaching and mentoring to functional teams in a dual reporting structure.
• Build capability and strengthen the talent and succession pipeline for areas under responsibility.

Qualifications and Experience Required:

The role requires a competent Reward professional with experience shaping and driving a strategic Reward agenda across multiple jurisdictions, disciplined execution of both operational and strategic initiatives, and with a demonstrated record of accomplishments across pan-African markets.

• Relevant postgraduate degree – Human Capital, Chartered Accounting, Actuarial and similar will be considered as advantageous.
• Global Remuneration Professional (GRP) certificate would be an advantage.
• Minimum 6-8 years’ working experience, ideally in Financial Services (but not essential) with specific experience required in Reward Management (compensation and benefits), and at least 2-3 years management experience.
• Must have experience working across the African continent.
• Experience with preparation and participation in Remuneration Committees is a requirement, including the drafting of RemCom papers.
• Experience managing due diligence and / or remuneration and benefits alignment exercises relating to mergers and acquisitions would be an advantage.
• Knowledge and experience dealing with expatriation packages would be an advantage.
• Solid commercial and business acumen.
• Strong data and analytics and modelling capabilities.
• Advanced computer literacy, particularly Excel.
• Experience leading others directly as well as influencing and delivering indirectly through others (experience in a matrix organization; excellent relationship building, influencing and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a complex, fast paced and challenging environment; adaptable, open to change and ambiguity.
• Ability to self-manage, with strong planning and organising skills, time management, personal accountability and results orientation.
• Must be able to travel across Africa, as required.

Closing Date

21 February 2023

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Job Description

Key focus of the role:

• Develop and Execute an integrated communications strategy (internal and external) end-to-end.   Partnering with portfolios within the Chief Operating Officer organisation, provide leadership and guidance to ensure that all Communication aligns with the business strategic objectives.

Role Description & Key Result Areas:

• Develops and executes the direct communication strategies and plans
• Produces material for specific communication projects aligned with the overarching communication strategy
• Responsible for internal and external communication media and content in portfolios
• Responsible for continuous improvement / review of the communication mechanisms based on business requirements
• Responsible for staying abreast of communication trends and provides thought leadership on improving best practice and best in breed
• Responsible for supporting business strategy creating and implementing change management communication strategies
• Manage distribution lists and email management platform 
• Ensures brand alignment between OML, Chief Operating Officer organisaatsion and business unit messages
• Ensures brand adherence in business units
• Responsible for conceptualizing and planning events (internal, employee engagements, campaigns)
• Networks and builds relationships with executive teams, senior leadership teams and key stakeholders in other lines of business
• Demonstrates the ability to work independently and take direction from others, solve problems with limited supervision, prioritize tasks and meet deadlines

Qualifications and experience:

Role Requirements

• Relevant University Degree (essential)
• Minimum 5+ years relevant experience in developing /implementing an integrated Communication strategy
• Financial Services industry experience advantageous
• Strong Stakeholder Engagement experience at Exco level essential
• Experience in cross organizational internal communication and media communication essential
• Experience in communication frameworks in Agile organizations advantageous

Competencies

• Strategic
• Innovation
• Collaboration
• Learning
• Leading with influence
• Execution
• Customer First

Education

• Bachelors Degree (B)

Closing Date

18 February 2023

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Job Description

• This role resides within the Strategy, Execution and Enablement team, ensuring all loan accounts are reconciled and balanced. The person will be responsible for the reconciliation and collections of all system loan accounts. The person will also be responsible for interacting with Accounts Receivables Clients and maintenance and support of the respective AR Processes.

Key Result Areas

Account Processing

• Prepare all system loan account reconciliations
• Investigate and clear imbalances utilizing Accounting Knowledge and Principles
• Following up on all loan account outstanding balances and ensuring these are cleared at Month-End
• Inter- and Intra-company (AGIS) collection processes, including Client support and query management.
• Monitoring and processing of all loan account journals. Ensuring the accuracy and completeness of these Journals.
• Liaising with the Human Resources team regarding the HR loan account and ensuring this is maintained accordingly.
• Prepares accounts, statements and invoices
• Assists Audit teams with audits.
• Uploading of customer billing and payments
• Capturing and allocation of payments
• Loading of customer master data.
• Processing of net settlements between balancing entities.
• Providing adhoc support to team and larger team
• Engage and support stakeholders with query resolution.
• Provides business with monthly reports

Financial Reporting

• Provides business with monthly statements.
• Establishes and monitors financial reporting systems.
• Provides information on organization or company management and financial systems for financial reporting purposes.

Personal Effectiveness

• Accepts and lives the company values.
• Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality over periods of 1 day to a maximum of three months.
• Makes increased contributions by broadening individual skills.
• Collaborates effectively with others to achieve personal goals
• Accepts and lives the company values

Requirements, Qualifications and Experience required

• BCom/Business Science degree(preferrable)
• Minimum 3 years working experience in financial services
• Oracle experience advantageous
• Accounts Receivables(Required
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work with large volumes of data
• Strong analytical skills
• Good communication skills
• Able to assimilate a significant amount of information
• Able to work under pressure in a stressful environment
• Motivated self-starter
• Team player
• Proficient in Excel

Closing Date

25 February 2023

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Job Description

• This role manages a team of financial and client relations consultants and all processes in a branch to ensure achievement of objectives and drive overall branch performance. Individually accountable, over periods of 1 day to 3 months for ensuring sales targets and objectives of the team are achieved.
• Supports and motivates the consultant team in the branch to drive sales and service of insurance and lending products, as well as referrals and collections and effectively communicating and setting clear expectations on targets and required outcomes.
• Manages the branch as a profit centre, ensuring the appropriate balance of products sold, service and expenses.
• Manages and supervises the consultant team through effective performance appraisal, handling of disciplinary issues, and monitoring of staff attendance.
• Conducts manager reviews and ensures policies, procedures and company values are adhered to in all branch operations, and that there is a compliance of processes for audit purposes and deal proactively with any non-compliance.
• Ensures that consultants are properly trained and internal capabilities are developed through the identification of talent, ongoing informal and formal coaching and mentoring and the structuring of effective development plans focused on both sales and soft skills.
• Plans and monitors daily and future activities and progress to identify any impact on targets and productivity and ensure all operations run smoothly and efficiently.
• Maintains branch operations through effective expense and cost management in support of branch profitability.
• Ensures that all people resources, systems and equipment are in place, functional and comply with the corporate identity to promote professionalism and efficiency of the branch.
• Achieves superior customer service and client centric behaviour through resolving client queries and complaints promptly, professionally and effectively.
• Manages the relationship with internal & external stakeholders (RMM, i-Wyze, Octogen, PFA, etc.) and to effectively manage the referral process between business units.
• Proactively identifies new business or sales opportunities and actively and effectively market the products and services to ensure business growth.

Closing Date

25 February 2023

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Job Description

• This role contributes to the broad financial strategy, maintaining a long-term focus on the future financial direction of the business. It is individually accountable for the execution of the financial strategy through Managers and their teams, over a 3-5 year period
• Executive director on the OMF Board and key contact for Board deliverables
• Contributes to, and implements, broader financial strategy across the business.
• Has a long term focus on future financial direction of the business.
• Translates strategy into business plan.
• Accountable for preparation of financial reports, results and commentary.
• Manages financial and operational performance.
• Responsible for planning and forecasting.
• Sets operational policies for the business, develops and takes accountability for a business plan.
• Manages financial resources (including capex) and required return decisions
• Accountable for the treasury function and for setting the funding strategy and plan
• Optimize capital, funding, liquidity and interest rate risk
• Ensures best financial operating practice and compliance.
• Review business models and economics of various business areas and make recommendations to Guidecom.
• Responsible for audit liaison as well as tax, legislative & statutory requirements.
• Influences business on corrective actions required on issues raised by financial manager.
• Looks for opportunities to minimise the tax liabilities of the organisation and to improve business efficiencies.
• Responsible for preparation of consolidated annual financial statements.
• Responsible for investor relations and fund stakeholder management.

Requirements: Skills, Qualifications and Experience required

• Chartered accountant
• 10 years + experience in financial services senior management roles
• 8 Years + technical lending / credit experience including IFRS9
• 8 Years + technical treasury (capital/liquidity/funding etc) experience
• Active participation in Board meetings essential and proven business partner to senior executive teams.

Closing Date

18 February 2023