Job Opportunities at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

• This is a regional (Area)based sales management role that manages a team of vested Financial Advisors (approx. 10) with 24 months+ experience. The position is based in North Coast-KZN. The role undertakes to recruit, support, and develop (coach and train) the EFA’s to build their successful practices and generate compliant advice-based sales. This role also contributes to the overall management/leadership of the branch by serving as a member of the Area MANCO.

Key Result Areas ​

• People Management:  Recruitment and Selection of financial advisers; development & coaching of advisers & Performance Management (building and sustaining a productive team)
• Sales Management:  Strategy and business plan execution and evaluation; Drive, monitor and report sales, Practice Management, Compliance, and risk management
• Financial Management:  Apply business acumen to financial decision; Undertake budget/expense
• Managing the existing business processes (i.e. conservation, outstanding business, financing, administration, and client care).

Qualifications and Experience required

• Matric or equivalent
• Must be FAIS compliant with a certificate in Financial Planning or an equivalent qualification with 120 relevant credits at a minimum NQF level 5.
• Must have passed RE 5 level 1.
• Previous experience as a Sales Manager is preferable.
• Be accredited on all products that PFA distributes as well as accreditation on other optional products.
• Preferably 24 month’s service as a Financial Advisor.
• Have strong administrative capabilities.
• Should be comfortable in applying the sales process.
• Should be able to apply the six-step financial process.
• Having difficult conversations and being assertive.
• Coaching of others

Competencies

• Strategic
• Innovation
• Customer First
• Leading with influence
• Collaboration (Relating)
• Decision Making
• Execution
• Personal Mastery
• Technical /Business Competencies

Critical Skills and qualities

• Coaching/training/development
• People/performance management
• Planning, organising and monitoring
• Analytical thinker
• Interpersonal/communication
• Goal setting and execution
• Sales and marketing focused
• Able to motivate and inspire
• Business and financial acumen

Closing Date

07 April 2023

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Job Description

• This is an intermediate development role and the incumbent must work with limited supervision . Accountabilities for this role include basic systems analysis, interpreting and executing test plans and developing specifications. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results through own efforts.
• Assists solution construction including programming, systems testing and correction of programme models.
• Interprets and executes test plans, or assists in developing test plans in conjunction with Systems Analyst, Senior Analyst Programmer or Business Analyst.
• Develops technical specifications / program specifications and some systems documentation.
• Responsible for basic systems analyst functions.
• May assist with analysing system design requirements.
• Advises Management on effective applications, covering areas such as maintenance, support, man-machine interface and data management requirements.
• Provides sizing and scoping for development work required
• May take the task lead with smaller work initiatives
• May coach and mentor junior / new staff (programmer).
• Works with limited supervision

Qualifications, Skills and Experience required:

• Matric certificate with relevant tertiary qualification
• AWS developer associate certification.
• AWS Serverless development
• 4+ years of software development preferably within insurance, banking, or telecom industries
• 4+ development of mobile android apps
• Expertise in .Net Core (Java & Kotlin and NodeJS a bonus)
• Understanding of event driven architecture
• Experienced in working with APIs
• Experience using Git
• Test-Driven Development is one of our key practices.
• Performance testing (Locust/JMeter/Gatling etc.)
• Static Analysis / Code standards (Linting)
• Contract testing (e.g. Postman, Neman)
• Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) are required

Closing Date

31 March 2023

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Job Description

• This role establishes and monitors financial reporting systems, and prepares financial reports. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results through own efforts.
• Establishes and monitors financial reporting systems. Maintains records of transactions made by the business unit. Prepares accounts, statements, invoices and tax returns. Provides information on organisation or company management and financial systems for financial reporting purposes. Prepare budgets, plans and cash-flow forecasts. Prepares and writes financial reports. Assists audit teams with audits. May supervise accounts administrators. Controls, corrects and reports on accounting links to the ledger Administers maintenance on the ledger (accounts, cost centres, etc.).

Closing Date

28 March 2023

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Job Description

The HC Consultant role focuses on implementing the people plan for the designated client area. The HC Consultant is responsible for partnering with their clients and providing advice/guidance, across the full scope of HR practices and ensuring the correct implementation of HR processes. The successful candidate will be individually accountable for achieving results through the self, over periods of 3 months-1year.

• Provides HR support and advise to internal clients based on a deep understanding of client needs.
• Analyses HR data and provides recommendations for HR interventions and improvements that will enhance people performance.
• Supports HRBPs in the implementation of organisational development, effectiveness and employee engagement initiatives when required.
• Supports the implementation of change initiatives when required.
• Implements people plan initiatives and HR processes in your respective client areas.
• Delivers with discipline the HR Calendar in client areas according to agreed timelines.
• Contracts with clients for delivery over a period of 3 months to 1 year.
• Adheres to HR controls and protocols.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years’ experience within a similar role
• Experience within the financial services industry will be advantageous

Skills

• Employee Engagement Strategies, Human Resources Processes, Human Resource Strategies

Education

• Bachelors Degree (B): Human Resources Management (Required)

Closing Date

03 April 2023

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Job Description

• Old Mutual Group Assurance Products (GAP) is a leader in the Group Risk Products market. This market position has been achieved through a focus on consistency in service excellence and product innovation.
• Old Mutual Group Assurance Products is seeking an experienced and technically proficient actuarial student to fulfil the role of a Senior Actuarial Specialist within the Technical Pricing team.
• The incumbent will be responsible for performing experience investigations, and developing group insurance pricing bases that support the profitable pricing of new and existing business, whilst incorporating pricing analytics to maintain a competitive advantage.

Key Result Areas

• Performing regular mortality and morbidity experience investigations using modern and rigorous statistical techniques to develop group insurance pricing bases.
• Monitor the ongoing appropriateness of the pricing bases, ensuring that they remain relevant and fit for purpose.
• Maintain and improve the pricing analytics function of the business, enabling quick identification of trends in experience to maintain a competitive advantage.
• Develop and maintain pricing models using sound statistical/machine-learning techniques.
• Develop, enhance and maintain all aspects of experience-rating methodology and assumptions for large group risk schemes.
• Pricing large and complex group arrangements, ensuring that business is written on a competitive, but also financially sound basis.
• Automation of models and continuous improvement of business processes to enhance operational efficiency.
• Provide technical pricing support to the Product Development Actuary with regards to the development, maintenance and enhancements of group risk products.
• Training & development of junior actuarial students.

Requirements: Skills, Qualifications and Experience required

• Senior actuarial student making good progress with exams (exceptional candidates who do not meet this requirement may be considered)
• At least 3 years actuarial experience
• Group Assurance/Retail/Short-term pricing experience would be advantageous.
• Experience in the Group Risk or Employee Benefits industry would be a distinct advantage.
• Experience in using VBA, SQL, Tableau or Power BI would be an advantage.
• Experience in using R and Python would be a strong advantage.
• Experience in mortality and morbidity experience investigations preferred.
• Strong analytical and technical skills
• Good communication skills and have the ability to interact effectively
• Highly motivated and energetic self-starter who is good at working with complex tasks under tight deadlines

Skills

• Business Processes, Continual Improvement Process, Product Development, Product Innovations, Profitability, Statistical Analysis Techniques

Education

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

Closing Date

01 April 2023

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Job Description

• Accountable for driving the implementation robotic process automation across OMI. Provide support to the Digital Workforce team in delivering enterprise solutions focused on maximizing automation to support process efficiencies. Partner with business teams to map business processes, identify technical solutions, and optimize workflows by leveraging Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Cognitive tools, and Machine Learning solutions.

Implement robotic process automation to automate manual and repetitive tasks in order to increase efficiencies. Design business automation solution in partnership with IT and product owners while ensuring alignment with the agreed process flow.

• Design, develop and manager bots to automate manual business processes.
• Design process automation solutions in accordance with the automation technology design principles.
• Configure and test automated processes and objects, using automation principles that are efficient, well structured, maintainable and easy to understand.
• Effectively Utilize management information (MIS) and business intelligence (BI) to drive continuous improvement across the value chain.
• Build awareness of RPA technology enablers and their potential impact on business strategy.
• Collaborate across the entire value chain business to exploit efficiencies and economies of scale and to ensure a positive customer experience across customer segments.
• Identify and assess potential IT and business opportunities that can be delivered using RPA.
• Map the business processes and technology to the new solutions; Identifies gaps based on experience and recommended practices.
• Analyse, map, document, and streamline workflow processes to enable Digital Workforce to build solutions for attended and unattended BOTs.
• Implement Agile first methods that focus on delivering high value ROI solutions back to the business through rapid development and repeatable delivery frameworks
• Provide in-depth technical and business process improvement solutions
• Provide critical thinking and influence in developing and documenting streamlined processes and supporting technical infrastructure
• Conduct research and provide thought leadership in order to drive continuous improvement and ensure a competitive service and administration value proposition.

Continuous improvement to ensure effective service

• Ensure statutory and legislative knowledge is always current in order to resolve complaints, to advise the business on corrective solutions to mitigate risks and to improve the customer experience whilst complying with governance requirements.
• Ensure adherence to organizational policies, practices and procedures.
• Identify solutions to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.

Service delivery to ensure customer satisfaction

• Maintain service, quality and desired outputs across the business process by ensuring compliance to tactical policies, procedures and standards.
• Establish productive operational relationships with key stakeholders in the various channels and administrative teams.
• Develop work routines in line with operational plans / schedules in order to manage achievement of service delivery goals
• Share knowledge on, and participate in the creation of new standards, control systems and procedures to maintain service delivery.

Ensure cost efficiency through financial and corporate governance

• Contribute to the development and implementation of fit for purpose budgets.
• Manage supplier relationships, and budgets associated with projects.

Manage quality people practices

• Align own behaviour with the organisation culture and values.
• Share and transfer product, process and systems knowledge to colleagues and team members.
• Collaborate and work with the business to deliver required service levels.
• Actively share information with other team members regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas.

Job Requirements: Experience, knowledge & skills required

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5 – 8 years’ experience in designing, developing and implementing RPA bots which automate business processes.
• 2 - 3 years’ experience in end to end development of business process execution using RPA within the financial and insurance industry.
• Strong knowledge of IQ Bots and related data capture technologies to extract and digitize semi and unstructured data.

Closing Date

30 April 2023