Career Opportunities at Old Mutual South Africa

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.

Closing Date

23 February 2023

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Job Description

• To provide excellent client service and financial education and to achieve targets through the marketing and selling of Old Mutual and other products. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results through own efforts
• Meets monthly sales targets in terms of lending and other products. Meets collections and arrears targets in terms of lending products. Educates clients on responsible use of credit and effective money management. Establishes a new business pipeline through marketing, lead generation and tracking. Adheres to internal, regulatory and legislative governances to ensure quality business and mitigate risk. Facilitates intra branch referrals by building mutually beneficial relationships with other business units. Provides excellent face to face and telephonic service to customers. Builds sustainable relationships that enhances the brand. Delivers on daily production standards and adheres to service and quality standards

Education

• Matriculation Certificate (Matric) (Required)

Closing Date

28 February 2023

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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 leads

Closing Date

01 March 2023

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Job Description

• This role manages a sales team and distribution strategy and is accountable for the sales targets and profitability of the team, over periods of up to a year.

The position has been identified as a FAIS position and falls within the ambit contemplated by FAIS related to Category B. The successful candidates must therefore comply with all FAIS requirements, including the Fit and Proper requirements of Honesty and Integrity (e.g. be clear of any offence relating to fraud, dishonesty and/or any professional misconduct) as well as competence and relevant qualifications.

• Manages sales & expense budget for a sales team in a branch against set targets.
• Responsible for distribution strategy of products within a branch.
• Accountable for local marketing.
• Identifies & creates coordinated sales opportunities.
• Responsible for external networking & relationship building with key door openers.
• Ensures delivery of customer value.
• Manages, develops, appoints & trains sales advisors.

Job Requirements

• Gr12 (Matric)
• FAIS Compliant
• Product category experience 1.3/1.5/1.20
• Previous Managerial experience essential
• Knowledge and exposure to Group Schemes advantageous
• (Internal) Successful completion of MODP
• (External) Managerial qualification - advantageous
• Own Transport
• Updated CPDs

Education

• High School (Grade 12) (Required)

Closing Date

25 February 2023

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Job Description

• To provide excellent client service and financial education and to achieve targets through the marketing and selling of Old Mutual and other products. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results through own effort.
• Meets monthly sales targets in terms of lending and other products.
• Meets collections and arrears targets in terms of lending products.
• Educates clients on responsible use of credit and effective money management.
• Establishes a new business pipeline through marketing, lead generation and tracking.
• Adheres to internal, regulatory and legislative governances to ensure quality business and mitigate risk.
• Facilitates intra branch referrals by building mutually beneficial relationships with other business units.
• Provides excellent face to face and telephonic service to customers.
• Builds sustainable relationships that enhances the brand.
• Delivers on daily production standards and adheres to service and quality standards

Education

• Matriculation Certificate (Matric) (Required)

Closing Date

01 March 2023

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Job Description

• Defines and monitors adherence to architectural standards for the development, deployment and management of application, information, communication and technology infrastructure. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results over periods of up to 1 year.
• Defines and maintains architectural standards for the development, deployment and management of application, information, communication and technology infrastructure. Governs and assists solution development to ensure conformance to the Group ICT architectural standards. Governs and assists in the Life Cycle Management of solution to promote adherence to OMSA ICT Principles and synergy across Old Mutual plc. Researches material, sells concepts and encourages business to assess and refocus both its business and IT strategy. Provides consulting to Group Technology project teams and clients. Governs development, evolution and maintenance of a detailed OMSA ICT architecture through the involvement of relevant stakeholders, as well as key internal and external forums. Provides long-term management of the Group ICT Architecture Strategy. Provides input to OMSA ICT Strategy, Policies and Principles. Ensures that the Group ICT architecture aligns with OMSA ICT strategy and is presented and approved through the Group Architecture processes. Acts on expert advice, and is a key player and sometimes leader in large-scale contract negotiations.

Closing Date

10 March 2023

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Job Description

• Enable and manage the end-to-end customer servicing capability for SMEgo and other SME platforms as required.
• SMEgo is a new digital platform (across Web and App) that will enable the relevant jobs to be done within the OML SME strategy, and help SMEs run and grow their businesses as OML aims to penetrate this market.
• You will need to understand the relevant platform features, user journeys, and technical aspects of the platform(s) to be able to respond to and resolve customer, staff, and 3rd party (e.g. funder) queries in a timeous and professional manner.
• Manage any escalation needed between product owners, delivery teams, and relevant partners (e.g. funders). You will also gather and report on insights to enhance the customer servicing capability of the platform.
• Please note that this is a 6-month contract position
• The primary role will be to provide support to the Solutions Owners in maintaining and enhancing the customer servicing journey through engaging directly with SME customers for onboarding on SMEgo, assist with funding applications and addressing funding related queries.
• Engaging directly with Funding partners to address platform bugs
• Providing insights from SME customers and funders to improve customer experience
• Supporting SME customers needing assistance to purchase business insurance, transact on SME e-Markets and navigate on SME SmartStart
• Deliver world class service to our customers which will include internal stakeholders within the business, the technology team as well as partners and customers
• Engage with our customers telephonically, via email, and other future channels (e.g. web chat)
• Responsible to manage mailboxes including the telephonic and WhatsApp service line
• You will be required to understand and resolve business and technical queries across multiple platforms and stakeholders (internal & external)
• Manage the query escalation process end-to-end (i.e. 2nd or 3rd Tier support) with multiple stakeholders
• Adhere to SLA and response times
• Align to processes and policies as part of the Corporate Servicing team
• Report on queries daily and weekly using Excel/Word/PowerPoint
• Gather and provide insights (customer and partner) to enhance the customer support feature
• Attend relevant Agile ceremonies to keep up to date with new features and enhancements

Job Requirements

• Matric
• Relevant IT and/ Commerce qualification or certification preferable
• 1-2 years’ experience as a customer service consultant, desktop support, or technical support
• Financial Services industry advantageous
• Analytical skills required
• SME customer support experience advantageous
• Excellent communication & written skills are essential
• Must be proficient on MS Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Must have attention to detail and be organised
• Will be required to work on some weekends and after hours
• Shift work may be required
• Ability to work under pressure

Closing Date

28 February 2023

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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 leads

Closing Date

23 February 2023

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Job Description

• This role is accountable for ensuring that the operations function supports the company strategy and achieves the company plans and strategies directing, coordinating and administering key enabling operational functions across the business. This role is accountable for achieving the OMF Business Plan results through senior managers and their teams over periods of 3 years. Provides a healthy balance between governance and entrepreneurship.
• Designs and executes on the OMF Operations strategy.
• Accountable for the operational success of the business including the management of banking operations, lending operations, IT infrastructure support and branch network properties management to the OMF branch network and Old Mutual entities.
• Ensures Operations compliance with goals, policies and objectives, regulation and legislation.
• Identify and minimise Business Operations risk.
• Represents OMF on executive committees & forums and the OMF Board, providing strategic input into the annual OMF strategy formulation, business planning and budgeting process. Co-accountable as member of the Executive Committee team for the execution of the OMF Business plan.
• Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to deliver an integrated sales and servicing operating model through optimised efficiencies, innovation, process improvements and technology infrastructure enablement.
• Analyses and reviews business performance against plan and recommends strategic initiatives for operational efficiency and business optimisation.
• Accountable for SLAs between OMF and other Group companies / third parties to ensure scale and cost benefits.

Requirements/Criteria:

• 10 years experience in managing an operational function at a Senior Management Level or Operations Head level in the financial services / banking industry, specifically unsecured lending and transactional banking
• Degree in Finance, Business Management, Engineering or related field
• Extensive knowledge of unsecured lending and transactional banking

Competencies:

• Strategic
• Strong Collaboration
• Thought Leadership, Now and Future Vision
• Negotiation Skill, Persuasion and Adaptability
• EQ
• Customer First
• Executing
• Innovation
• Leading with Influence
• Learning
• Relating

Closing Date

22 February 2023

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Job Description

• The Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for proactively sourcing, screening, interviewing, and placing qualified candidates, partnering with our hiring managers throughout the full candidate life cycle.
• The ideal candidate will thrive in a dynamic, high-performance environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to sourcing strategies/campaigns e.g., LinkedIn
• Proactive identification and research to identify potential candidates (talent mapping)
• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, from advertising, shortlisting, interviews, vetting and offer  
• Engage with Human Capital Business Partners (HCBP’s) to understand critical, scarce, and future hiring needs through proactive sourcing and talent pool development.
• Manage recruitment system - Workday.
• Ensure candidate tracking processes using recruiting metrics to ensure an amazing candidate experience.
• Prepare relevant talent analytics which informs talent initiatives, analyse and report on hiring and employment data.
• Build and maintain relationships and service levels with internal and external partners.
• Execute the full recruitment process source to placement and ensure the co-ordination of new employee orientation, employee benefits sessions and contribute thought leadership to induction and onboarding framework.
• Serve as brand ambassador at various events (career fairs or professional conferences and recruiting events).
• Responsible for Actuarial graduate recruitment & onboarding initiatives
• Manages final years Actuarial Science bursary students – ensure a smooth transition to the world of work  

Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• At least 5 years’ experience as a Talent Acquisition Specialist and/or proven experience recruiting Actuaries.
• In-depth knowledge of candidate sourcing techniques for active and passive candidates
• Workday experience would be advantageous.
• Experience conducting competency-based interviews
• Hands on experience using social media and niche professional networking sites
• Knowledge of labor legislation

The ideal fit for this role will have the following skills and characteristics:

• A team player with a passion for excellence and a sense of urgency who knows how to follow through with processes and project timelines
• Strong multi-tasking, organizational, and time management skills - used to juggling many roles at once
• Able to maintain internal and external relationships with a diverse range of personalities, cultures, and departments \
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong decision making and analytical skills
• The ability to work well under pressure
• Solid relationship building skills
• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills

Skills

• Building Relationships, Candidate Sourcing, Candidate Tracking, External Relations, Onboarding, Proactive Approach, Project Schedules, Sourcing Strategies, Taking Initiative, Workday

Education

• Bachelors Degree (B) (Required)

Closing Date

01 March 2023

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Job Description

• This role is responsible for direct sales of products to, and servicing of, burial societies and are individually accountable for achieving results through own efforts.
• Sells to burial society only.
• Operational role responsible for direct selling and servicing of clients.
• Ensures retention of current business.
• Main contact is with executives of committees - part of the community structure.
• Receives salaries and bonuses, does not operate on commission.

Closing Date

23 February 2023

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Job Description

• This role is responsible for direct sales of products to, and servicing of, burial societies and are individually accountable for achieving results through own efforts.
• Sells to burial society only.
• Operational role responsible for direct selling and servicing of clients.
• Ensures retention of current business.
• Main contact is with executives of committees - part of the community structure.
• Receives salaries and bonuses, does not operate on commission.

Education

• Matriculation Certificate (Matric) (Required)

Closing Date

23 February 2023

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Job Description

• Old Mutual’s Actuarial Infrastructure Team (AIT) is a Centre of Excellence situated in Cape Town and Sandton. The team is responsible for the design, development and maintenance of actuarial models, data repositories and process automation for the Financial Reporting & Pricing functions in Old Mutual’s life assurance businesses.
• The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question
• In addition to focusing on the models, the team is responsible for IT solutions & governances supporting the actuarial models and processes. Meeting IFRS17 actuarial requirements is a significant challenge for the team in the coming years.  These responsibilities require suitably skilled actuaries to deliver.
• As a key member of our team, the immediate challenge will be developing and implementing efficient modelling & IT solutions including process automation for all business requirements with specific focus on the requirements from the new IFRS17 accounting standard.

Key Result Areas:

• Finding and implementing solutions for modelling and reporting challenges (primarily for IFRS17)
• Designing, implementing and maintaining appropriate IT solutions in support of the actuarial reporting function
• Designing and maintaining databases for the management of all actuarial reporting data
• Working on projects spanning across several business units
• Identifying opportunities for standardisation and improved efficiency through automation or process changes
• Implementing and maintaining data and model governances

Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:

• Actuarial student with a minimum of 9 exam credits   
• At least 2 years relevant work experience
• Excellent programming skills
• Passion for models, programming, IT & data
• Proven process design and automation skills
• Creative problem-solving skills with the ability to design appropriate models and IT/process solutions
• Able to give recommendations on best practices on design
• Able to grasp complex requirements quickly
• Be able to work efficiently and accurately
• Able to communicate well and be understood by others
• Deadline driven and highly motivated
• Be able to deliver various responsibilities in parallel
• Works well in a team with the aptitude to promote team goals

Following will be advantageous:

• Experience with SQL, SSIS, VBA & C#/C++
• Experience with Prophet development & DCS
• Knowledge of IFRS17 (e.g. development & infrastructure.

Skills

• Actuarial Services, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), SQL

Education

• Bachelors Degree (B): Actuarial Science (Required)

Closing Date

01 March 2023

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Job Description

• We are looking for someone who works independently. Works on software engineering projects using available frameworks and tools and establishing plans for projects with on-time and on-budget project goals. Primary role in Software Development in line with agreed plans and strategies.

Delivery

• Actively participate in the planning, estimation and sizing of epics, features, stories to be delivered

• Delivery of a well-structured and standard designed solutions within the timelines agreed with the delivery team

• The management and optimization of applications for maximum speed and scalability

• Contribute to the retrospective reviews to introduce efficiencies which will ensure quicker delivery with high quality to our clients

Job Requirements: Experience and Qualifications

• IT Related Degree

• 5+ years’ experience working as a software developer

• Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements.

• Experience in microservices architecture and RESTful API services

• Familiarity working with Cloud Technologies (AWS)

• Knowledge of frontend JavaScript frameworks such as Angular / ReactJS

• Knowledge of CI/CD practices

• Scaled Agile experience

• Jira Knowledge / experience

Skills:

• Analytical mindset and good problem-solving skills

• Proficient knowledge of one or more: Java, JavaScript

• Oracle PLSQL (an advantage)

• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability

• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests

• Data migration, transformation, and scripting

Closing Date

03 March 2023

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Job Description

• To provide excellent client service and financial education and to achieve targets through the marketing and selling of Old Mutual and other products. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results through own efforts
• Meets monthly sales targets in terms of lending and other products. Meets collections and arrears targets in terms of lending products. Educates clients on responsible use of credit and effective money management. Establishes a new business pipeline through marketing, lead generation and tracking. Adheres to internal, regulatory and legislative governances to ensure quality business and mitigate risk. Facilitates intra branch referrals by building mutually beneficial relationships with other business units. Provides excellent face to face and telephonic service to customers. Builds sustainable relationships that enhances the brand. Delivers on daily production standards and adheres to service and quality standard

Closing Date

28 February 2023

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Job Description

• To provide excellent client service and financial education and to achieve targets through the marketing and selling of Old Mutual and other products. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results through own efforts
• Meets monthly sales targets in terms of lending and other products. Meets collections and arrears targets in terms of lending products. Educates clients on responsible use of credit and effective money management. Establishes a new business pipeline through marketing, lead generation and tracking. Adheres to internal, regulatory and legislative governances to ensure quality business and mitigate risk. Facilitates intra branch referrals by building mutually beneficial relationships with other business units. Provides excellent face to face and telephonic service to customers. Builds sustainable relationships that enhances the brand. Delivers on daily production standards and adheres to service and quality standard.

Closing Date

28 February 2023

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Job Description

• Old Mutual is looking for a Senior Data Engineer who will design and implement scalable and robust processes to support the data engineering capability. This role will be responsible for implementing and supporting large-scale data ecosystems across the Group. This thought leader will use best practices in cloud engineering, data management and data storage to continue our drive to optimize the way that data is stored, consumed and ultimately democratized. The incumbent will also collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation with use of the Data Engineering practices to facilitate the improvement in the way that data is stored and consumed.
• Design and implement scalable and robust processes for ingesting and transforming complex datasets.
• Designs, develops, constructs, maintains and supports data pipelines for ETL from a multitude of sources.
• Creates blueprints for data management systems to centralize, protect, and maintain data sources.
• Focused on data stewardship and curation, the data engineer enables the data scientist to run their models and analyses to achieve the desired business outcomes
• Ingest large, complex data sets that meet functional and non-functional requirements.
• Enable the business to solve the problem of working with large volumes of data in diverse formats, and in doing so, enable innovative solutions.
• Design and build bulk and delta data lift patterns for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data.
• Ensure that all data solutions support the organisation’s cloud strategy and aligns to the data achitecture and governance including implementation of these data governance practices.
• Engineer data in the appropriate formats for downstream customers, risk and product analytics or enterprise applications.
• Development of API’s for returning data to Enterprise Applications.
• Identify, design and implement robust process improvement activities to drive efficiency and automation for greater scalability. This includes looking at new solutions and new ways of working and being on the forefront of emerging technologies.
• Work with various stakeholders across the organisation to understand data requirements and apply deep technical knowledge of data management to solve key business problems.
• Provide specialised support in the operational environment with all relevant support teams for data services.
• Effective management of demand across the various data streams and use cases.
• Create and maintain functional requirements, system process and system specifications in support of data architecture and detailed design specifications for current and future designs.
• Support test and deployment of new services and features.
• Provides technical leadership to a team of intermediate and junior data engineers, and Quality Assurance engineers.
• Ensure robust collaboration and alignment with Group Solution, Data and Security Architects and manages engagement with business stakeholders effectively.

ROLE & QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS:

• Matric, with a degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics or Engineering.
• 5+ years of data engineering experience 
• 5+ years of experience with any data warehouse technical architectures, ETL/ELT, and reporting/analytics tools including , but not limited to , any of the following combinations (1) SSIS and SSRS,  (2) ETL Frameworks, (3) Data conformance, (4) Cacheing, (5) Spark (6) AWS data builds
• Essential skills Glue, EMR, S3, EC2
• Matllion and RedShift a bonus
• The candidate having DBA ability and knowledge across at least 2 platforms (example: TSQL, SAS, PSQL, IBM VSAM, DynamoDB and DB2) will also be beneficial.
• Tends towards Full-Stack engineer with experience across a broad spectrum of technology domains, technologies and Engineering practices
• Highly Proficient in at least one of Python, Java, C/C++ or similar
• Should be Proficient in bash/ksh, perl, SQL
• Experience with R, AWS, XML, json, cron
• Experience with designing and implementing Cloud (AWS) solutions including full use of all APIs available.
• Experience with Dev/OPS architecture, implementation and operation.
• Knowledge of Engineering and Operational Excellence using standard methodologies. Best practices in software engineering, data management, data storage, data computing and distributed systems to solve business problems with data.
• Experience in applying SAFe/Scrum/Kanban methodologies.
• Knowledge and understanding of business process management lifecycle which covers the design, modelling, execution, monitoring, and optimization as well as business process re-engineering.
• Strong problem solving skills demonstrating the ability to exercise judgment in solving technical, operational, and organizational challenges.
• Identify issues proactively and present solutions and options leading to a stable and resilient resolution.
• Expert programming, performance tuning and troubleshooting skills, using the latest popular programming languages such as python, scala, java and suite of Microsoft languages C# and F# preferable

Closing Date

22 February 2023

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Aspires to be a Financial Advisor

• 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.

Education

• Bachelors Degree (B), High School (Grade 12) (Required)

Closing Date

22 February 2023

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Job Description

• Responsible for improving strategic, financial and operational decision making across the business.
• This role works as a member of the Finance team and will play an integral part in the business success by working directly with the product and finance leaders, leading financial planning, business forecasting and performance reporting, and driving strategic analysis around key business initiatives.
• Manage the Business Performance activities for the business, including Monthly reporting, Planning and Forecasting.
• Forecasting the Business capital and liquidity requirements and identifying initiatives to optimize them.
• Ownership of monthly business performance reporting, ensure the financial performance including risks and opportunities are clearly communicated to Exco, Board and Management.
• Ownership of the business’s Financial models used in Planning and forecasting process, ensuring accuracy and completeness of models. Challenge assumptions and work closely with business.
• Identify and lead initiatives to improve, automate and scale forecasting and reporting tools and processes.
• Business partner with business functions (e.g. Accounting, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, Sales and Marketing, and others) to analyse and report on the financial impact of decisions across the company.
• Prepare analysis and support communication to product leaders, board members and executive staff.
• Develop the financial model for the business build/running the business and ensure accurate reporting in line with forecasts

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong knowledge of capital and liquidity frameworks
• 3+ experience in similar role
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Exceptional financial modelling skills
• Strong experience with visualisation tools (Tableau/ThinkCell)
• Commercial awareness
• Strong analytical and inquiring mind
• Excellent communication skills

Skills

• Communication, Excel, Financial modelling

Education

• Chartered Accountant: Accounting

Closing Date

24 February 2023

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Job Description

• The key focus of this role is to generate qualified leads for the Financial Advisors. The incumbent is accountable for achieving results through own efforts.
• Direct Financial Advice is the telephonic advice business unit within Old Mutual. 
• We are looking to expand our current team of Support Paraplanners who focus on making qualified appointments for Financial Advisors. The role involves calling customers from qualified databases and reviewing their financial situation. 
• We need consultants who are good at engaging customers telephonically, good at data gathering and able to identify needs and opportunities. You will also need to be good at partnering with the Financial Advisor to help reach the required outcome. 
• You will need to be able to hit stretching weekly lead and call targets. Experience in a high volume call centre or financial sales environment will be important. The benefits include a fixed salary together with the ability to earn additional monthly incentives based on your sales results. 

Key result areas and work descriptors: 

Sales/ Productivity 

• Sells Old Mutual advice proposition over the telephone.  
• Achievement of leads targets and objectives within tight business disciplines and processes 
• Identifying new creative means of achieving campaign goals (within compliance regulations)  
• Ensures compliance to process & procedures to minimize business risk 
• Adherence to script content and requirements 
• Keep abreast of new technology and processes being implemented within the area 
• Quality management of ALL outputs, with the end customer in mind 
• Adapt and change to fit in with changing business operational requirements 

Continuous Learning 

• Managing information regarding new products, rate changes, rulings, training updates etc. 
• Keep abreast of developments and trends in the Individual Life Industry – self learning 

Role Qualifications and Competencies: 

• Matric 
• Min 12 months experience in a sales or service unit within the Financial Services industry  
• Proven sales track record would be advantageous 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills 
• Strong customer focus 
• Goal and sales results driven 
• High on initiating action to convert leads into appointments 
• High quality orientation  
• Effectively meeting client needs; and giving customers a great Old Mutual brand experience. 
• Develop approaches that best position products, services and financial advice to prospective clients to illustrate the customer value proposition.

Closing Date

24 February 2023

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Job Description

• In this role, you will work as part of a small Business Partner Team that consolidates and analyses profits and new business numbers, assisting in forecasting, business planning and financial reporting. You will be required to assist in preparing regular commentary based on these numbers for management reports.
• Preference will be given to suitably qualified candidates in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question
• You will work with a diverse team across the Corporate Segment business, which will allow opportunities to build a network across the actuarial and finance space. These relationships will help in resolving issues that may arise.
• An individual who has strong analytical skills, excellent communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with people at all levels of the organisation are invited to apply for this role. This role requires a motivated and energetic candidate who is good at working on tasks under tight deadlines and who can work independently to deliver insights on ad hoc business projects.

Key Result Areas:

Financial and Monthly reporting

• Check the quality and reasonability of input data received
• Check consolidated results for reasonability
• Understand and explain profit drivers
• Continuously evaluate the appropriateness of how results are presented and update as needed
• Write commentary and prepare slides on the drivers of segment profits

Business Planning and Forecasting

• Produce/check detailed metrics for business planning purposes
• Understand the drivers, risks and management actions implicit in the business plan
• Contribute to management discussions on business planning
• Write commentary on the consolidated segment forecast and plan

Thought leadership for actuarial reporting

• Assist with ad hoc projects and information requests from the business
• Continuously improve existing processes and models with the aim of improving overall efficiency

Strategic Support

• Assist with assessing and supporting various strategic projects that drive the business forward
• Manage one staff member in fulfilling these tasks.

Role Qualifications, Skills and Experience required:

• Qualified actuary or senior actuarial student with at least 4 years of actuarial work experience
• Strong technical skills and attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills – ability to work in a team and across teams
• Good communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Ability to plan and prioritise
• Motivated self-starter who shows initiative, is proactive and looks for ways to improve existing processes
• Able to complete tasks within agreed timelines with limited guidance
• High levels of drive, energy and innovation
• Willing to learn and grow
• Experience of IFRS17 reporting would be an advantage

Please note that the appointment may be made at a lower/higher role size depending on the successful candidate’s experience and exam progress.

Education

• Bachelors Degree (B): Actuarial Science (Required)

Closing Date

07 March 2023

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Job Description

• Old Mutual Rewards team has an exciting opportunity for an Automated Test Engineer interested in contributing to the growth and development of Old Mutual’s Rewards Programme in South Africa and other African markets.
• As the Automated Test Engineer in the Old Mutual Rewards team, the key focus areas for this role are to enhance and maintain an existing test framework. You will form part of a multi-skilled test team and will require the following to be considered:

Test Automation Scripting

• Translate manual test cases into automated scripts for regression tests
• Analyze manual testing and prioritize accordingly.
• Write, maintain and execute Automation scripts using UFT. Any other automation tool experience would be advantages
• Perform code review sessions.
• Setup demos when required.
• Ensure that test scripts are readily available for regression testing all the time

Manual Testing

Review Requirements and design manual test cases

• Execute test cases when required.
• Log all defects into a defect management tool (e.g. Jira)
• Follow up on code fixes that will require further testing.

Communication

• Communicate with all the stakeholders timeously in order to understand and execute the activity at hand efficiently
• Ensure good understanding of the requirements before implementation
• Defects reported without ambiguity

Requirements:

• 3 year IT Tertiary qualification
• At least 2 years experience in a similar role
• (ISTQB Certification / equivalent)
• HP Test Suite
• Test Case design & Analysis
• API Testing

Education

• Matriculation Certificate (Matric) (Required)

Closing Date

03 March 2023

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Job Description

This role focuses on managing a portfolio of existing clients, including some key strategic clients, by providing contracted post-retirement medical aid (PRMA), Business Consulting, and other services. The role requires you to build and maintain relationships with clients and in so doing retain existing client business and grow client accounts. The role focuses on strengthening Old Mutual’s Corporate’s position in the market through an advice led approach and forms part of our middle management category.

• Manages and delivers consulting and advice services according to contracted service levels
• Provides PRMA, business consulting, general employee benefits, secretarial, benefit, actuarial, communication, investment consulting, risk benefit and legal consulting services to existing clients
• Develops consulting and account development strategies for clients in the portfolio
• Responsible for retention and growth of business against targets
• Market / Business Development using new and enhanced products, solutions and services to clients
• Manages take-on of new clients
• Provides input to OM Corporate to enable products and services to be enhanced and developed, in particular those that relate specifically to the specialist PRMA and Business Consulting portfolio.
• Builds, maintains and manages client relationships.
• Develops, leads and manages junior staff
• Meets overall OMCC objectives by supporting team members
• Provides input to OM Corporate to enable product and services to be enhanced and developed.

Job Requirement

• Matric
• Tertiary qualification – degree in commerce, finance, engineering, business science
• FAIS compliant – RE5 advantageous
• Min of 5 yrs financial services experience essential
• Experience in PRMA (post-retirement medical aid) is a strong preference
• Experience in an employee benefits and/or investment consulting environment advantageous
• Experience in project & solution management is a strong preference
• Stakeholder management and excellent communication skills essential
• Full range of software and systems skills essential
• Management or leadership skills advantageous
• A flair for versatility is be preferred

Closing Date

08 March 2023

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Job Description

• Suitably qualified candidates are invited to apply for the above position in a vibrant Claims Assessing Team in Pinelands, Cape Town. If you are a dynamic individual, with high energy and positive attitude, read more about this exciting opportunity.
• This Claims Assessing Development Program position prepares participants for a career in claims assessing, through a robust in-house training program. The claims assessing trainees will learn about our assessing philosophy, business unit products, specialist technical knowledge to evaluate and manage the validity of contracts and determine and manage the liability of claims.
• The Claims Assessing Development Program will span over a period of twelve (12) months. During the 12 month period, candidates will be assessed by way of examinations, audits, assignments and practical application of knowledge. As knowledge base increases, participants will gradually be given more responsibility within the department. Trainee Assessors on the Development Program will begin by selecting and accepting risk and/or liability on behalf of the organization and evaluates proposals and medical evidence against business rules and practices.
• At the end of the twelve month period comprehensive audits will be conducted to establish overall quality of work and decision making capability. Success will be measured by a predetermined minimum pass rate.

KEY RESULT AREAS

Risk Management

• Be responsible for own claims assessment decisions, under the supervision of a mentor.
• Uses specialist technical knowledge to evaluate and manage the validity of contracts and determine and manage the liability of claims.
• Determines, selects and accepts risk and/or liability on behalf of the organisation.
• Evaluates proposals and  medical evidence against business rules and practices.
• Exercises discretion in decision making within standardised practice.
• Effectively handle all intermediary enquires and give advice regarding specific requirements and impairments.
• Accurately capture Claims assessment information into the product administration system.
• Gather and review information on risk exposures, and economic trends that may impact claim decisions

Client Service

• Provide written communication to clients, distribution channels and internal stakeholders.
• Keep abreast of developments and trends in areas of expertise.
• Uphold and maintain the image of Claims Assessing and Old Mutual by always maintaining the highest standard in client care.

Personal Effectiveness

• Develop critical assessing skills, through classroom, independent, and on-the-job training, determination of appropriate insurance coverage and conditions.
• Accountable for service delivery through own efforts.
• Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality
• Collaborates effectively with others to achieve personal results.
• Accepts and lives the company values.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Matric with Biology or Mathematics or Accounting
• Bilingual, English and one other official language- essential.  
• Completed medical / medically aligned degree, e.g. Nursing; Occupational Therap
• Physiotherapy, or a three (3) year related diploma would be an advantage
• Specialised medical knowledge through learning or experience will be advantageous
• PC proficiency
• Good problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong planning, organising and time-management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure whilst still maintaining a professional image.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Innovative and energetic, strong team player.
• Well developed, written & verbal communication skills
• Must be willing to work overtime where necessary

Closing Date

22 February 2023

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Job Description

To complement the existing cross-functional team, Old Mutual is looking for a DevOps Engineer who will design and implement scalable and robust solutions to support the data engineering capability. This role will be responsible for designing, implementing and operationalising the environment within Data Platform. Use best practices in cloud engineering, data management and data storage to continue our drive to optimize the way that data is stored, consumed and ultimately democratized.

• Assisting teams with custom integrations into the API.
• Improving and maintaining platforms.
• Maintain the performance and availability of the platforms you support
• Help support the diagnosis of production issues when they happen
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and innovation
• Work in a team with a “team first” mentality
• Deliver reusable service/infrastructure templates
• Educate developers about tools and practices
• Identify and remediate pain points in the application lifecycle

Required Skills, Experience and Competencies:

• Kubernetes exp
• Docker
• Linux/Windows servers
• A Computer Science degree
• AWS Cerfification
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Linux/Windows servers
• 3+ years of DevOps experience (ideally in the Fintech space)
• Knowledge of Software Development with Java
• Knowledge of AWS
• In setting up ELK
• Experience with CI/CD tooling (e.g. Gitlab CI, GitHub Actions, TeamCity, etc)
• Understanding of serverless technologies
• Collaborative team player
• Excellent troubleshooting and analysis skills
• Ability to manage time effectively

Closing Date

08 March 2023

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Job Description

This role manages a team in a technical environment, with some individual deliveries and is individually accountable for achieving results through others, over periods of 3 months to one year

• Manages daily operational delivery within the functional area.
• Delivers, maintains and enhances service / work standards and work quality via team leaders, within a given process/es.
• Manages an operational budget, employee well-being and morale and other people processes (such as Recruitment, Performance Management and Talent Management).
• Accountable for technical decision making of a function as well as management of work volumes / flow.
• Establishes and maintains client / customer relationships.
• Performs audits within Operations team and associated areas to ensure adherence to processes.
• Perform month-end reconciliations/audit checks
• Implement reporting templates and refinements as per requirements
• Take accountability for the implementation of a strand of an operational project
• Presents solutions in required format, operates at a sub-process level.

Skills and Experinence

• Tertiary qualification would be an advantage
• 3 Years Team Leader Experience
• Minimum 5 Years Summit Back end and Front End experience
• Minimum 5 Years Unsecured / Secured Lending Product Knowledge.

Closing Date

28 February 2023