Job Vacancies at AVBOB South Africa

Description

RESPONSIBILITIES  INCLUDE:

• Arranging of all funerals and cremations
• Obtain and complete all legal documentation for funerals and cremations
• Maintain all funeral records
• Offer counselling and comfort the bereaved families
• Handle payments and invoicing
• Marketing and sales of Funerals, Tomstones and AVBOB insurance products
• Render client service and assist with complaints

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS  REQUIRED  FOR  THE  POSITION:

• Grade  12
• Driver’s  license,  own  reliable  transport  and  cell  phone
• Clear credit and criminal record
• Comply with FAIS legislation for registration as Fit and Proper individuals:
• Applicants who entered the industry as follows: 
• From years 2004 – 2007 requires 30 credits on NQF 4 obtained by 31 December 2009.
• From years 2008 - 2009 requires 30 credits or 60 credits on NQF 4 obtained by 31 December 2011 or full FAIS            recognised qualification obtained by 31 December 2013
• All those appointed in the industry from the year 2010 onwards require a full FAIS recognised qualification

EXPERIENCE  REQUIRED  FOR  THE  POSITION:

•  Business and functional experience in the funeral industry will be a advantage

SKILLS  REQUIRED  FOR  THE  POSITION:

• Good communication, analytical, planning and organising skills
• Time  management and administration skills
• Computer literate

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Description

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

• Ensure effective administration, monitoring and reporting of all performance management processes and system.
• Integrating Performance Management with all HR Talent Management activities.
• Effective administration and facilitation of organisational and development projects. Including: Succession Planning, Career Pathing, Accelerated Development and Mentorship and other OD related projects as stipulated in the OD budget and calendar.
• Assist in facilitating any change initiatives within the Group by providing guidance and relevant tools and resources.
• Assist in developing and implementing new systems and processes and applying well developed and established OD techniques.
• Preparation, presentation and submission of the OD yearly budget to the OD manager.
• Effective monitoring of the OD budget by ensuring accurate record keeping on monthly basis.
• Ensuring that all the job descriptions are accurate and updated in collaboration with hiring managers and other stakeholders.
• Building rapport with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide coaching, guidance and support to the team to ensure productivity. · Assist to develop and implement change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage of required changes.
• To assist in developing plans and efforts to anticipate and minimize resistant behaviors from employees and stakeholders who are impacted by the changes.
• Support and coach people managers and supervisors as they help their teams through their transitions
• Supports project managers and project teams to integrate change management activities with their project plans.

Requirements

• Relevant Degree / Diploma or equivalent
• Intermediary HR system Experience
• 3-5 years proven experience in Performance management
• Advanced Excel

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Description

• Evaluate and process broker applications within the department turnaround times and process any outstanding requirements and facilitate background checks.
• Update the application status on the systems and communicate application status with relevant stakeholders.
• Reconcile broker codes and ensure codes are allocated correctly, facilitate record keeping of all documentation and correspondence of broker.
• Evaluate, process request to broker contracts, compile an addendum and send for authorisation.
• Communicate any broker changes to all stakeholders to effect changes and file all documentation in brokers file once amendment is finalized.
• Generate termination and suspension letters to brokers not meeting the required standards and ensure that all brokers’ investigations are recorded and reported to management.
• Facilitate the annual Personal Service Provider status verification of contracted brokers to ensure compliance with Tax legislations and facilitate administration of BBB-EE.
• Investigate received broker request from business stakeholders, New Business and Complaints department.
• Request the broker issued business report and scrutinize for any alarming patterns that propels for investigation, compile and refer the preliminary investigation report to Forensic department for an in-depth investigation.
• Communicate the final forensic report to the broker and broker consultant, thereafter refer to the fit and proper committee for review.
• Provide administration support to brokers, external broker call centers, group schemes and benefits.
• Assist with department functions in case of a team members’ absenteeism and assist with branches enquiries.

Requirements

• Grade 12.
• Tertiary qualification
• RE1/RE5 will be a strong advantage
• Intermediate Computer Skills (Ms Office, Excel and E-mail)
• Extensive experience in providing administrative support
• Experience in coordinating projects will be an advantage
• Extensive knowledge of Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act & Regulations
• Ability to identify fraudulent/suspicious practices
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills to work with management and suppliers.
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure and still be effective

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Description

Requirement Gathering and Analysis:

• Review and document the current AVBOB business systems and create an “as-is” model, and draft a future state as solutions are added to AVBOB product offerings.
• Gather, validate, and document business requirements through collaboration with business stakeholders (primarily business project owner) to elicit, document, and analyse business requirements and objectives.
• Work with the project owner and other project stakeholders to identify issues, risks and project benefits (for benefit realisation management) of existing and proposed solutions and outline the impact each solution may have on the other areas within AVBOB.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and subject matter experts to define and document improved business processes.
• Documentation and Communication:
• Decipher, business requirements to translatable technical requirements to improve communication and understanding between business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Present (verbally or written) business requirements to various to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
• Solution design and collaboration
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to design and validate solutions that meet predefined project requirements and objectives.
• Perform user acceptance testing (UAT) from a business perspective, to ensure solutions meet business needs and validate against requirements. Additionally, approve and sign off designed solutions in coordination with the project owner.
• Stakeholder Management:
• Partner with stakeholders across business units to develop analyses of the required solution and document in a collaborative way, communicating effectively and efficiently with production, managerial, and executive teams.
• Collaborate with project managers to engage stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle, involving them in requirement gathering, review sessions, and user acceptance testing.
• Build and maintain relationships with business stakeholders, understanding their objectives, priorities, and challenges.
• Quality Assurance:
• Assist AVBOB business areas, in system testing, user acceptance testing, and validation of implemented solutions.
• Ensure that delivered solutions meet the specified requirements and are of high quality, as part of the of the AVBOB project delivery process.
• Process Improvement
•  Collaborate with the PMO to research, review and analyses the effectiveness and efficiency of existing requirements-gathering process and develop strategies for enhancing or further leveraging processes for continual improvement.
• Develop and utilize standard templates to capture requirements and specifications accurately and concisely.
• Project owners and collaboration
• Work with project owner and other team members to identify and establish scope and parameters of requirements analysis on a project-by-project basis to define the project impact, outcome criteria, and metrics (Acceptance criteria and benefit realization metrics).
• Project Management
• Identify and establish scope parameters of requirements analysis on a project-by project basis to define the project impact, outcome criteria and metrics.
• Communicate changes, enhancements, and modifications of business requirements to project managers, project owner and other stakeholder

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Relevant certifications in business analysis, such as Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP).
• 2-5 years’ proven experience as a Business Analyst or in a related role
• Proficiency in requirement gathering techniques, process modelling, and documentation.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies and software development lifecycle.

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Description

• Reception
• Typing
• Record keeping
• Handling of switchboard
• Client Services
• Data input and scanning of documents
• General office duties
• Handling of petty cash

Requirements

• Grade 12
•  1-2 years’ relevant office administration experience
•  Administration skills
•  Time management skills

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Description

• Recruit  up to eight high  quality insurance representatives in line with the business requirements.
• Ensure  that  appointed  representatives  are  adequately  trained.
• Manage  the eight insurance  representatives  optimally.
• Ensure that  the  set  insurance  sales  targets  are  reached.
• Ensure and  monitor  compliance  with  respect  to  FAIS/FICA/LTIA  and  all  other  relevant  legislation.
• Risk management.
• Develop and  expand markets.

Requirements  

• Grade  12.
• A  suitable  industry  entry  qualification  within  the  requirements  of  the  Financial  Services  Board.
• Comply with FAIS legislation for registration as Fit and Proper individuals.
•  All those appointed in the industry from the year 2010 onwards require a full FAIS recognised qualification.Clear ITC record.Clear criminal record.RE5  certificate.RE1  will  be  an  advantage.Valid driver’s  license,  own  reliable  transport  and  cell  phone.
• Proven  success  in  the  Marketing  of  Life  Assurance  for  at  least  three  years.
• Administration  skills.
• Computer  skills.
• Time  management  skills

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Description

We are looking to hire a financial manager to analyze market trends and various business opportunities from a financial perspective. You will be responsible for the preparation and reporting of accurate and complete financial results of AVBOB Financial Services and finance function that is specific to this entity under the leadership of Manager: Investment Administration.

You will be a strategic business partner for this entity providing sound (financial) advice to management. Work as a valued strategic partner to the business and are responsible for handling the monthly Group baseline accounting and financial analysis / reporting, managing effective and efficient controls, producing Group financial information for inclusion in board report in respect of AVBOB Financial Services.

You will be working for a last standing company with strong values which are customer centric. In return for your services, you will be paid a competitive package, which includes pension fund contributions and a medical aid allowance. You will have access to personal services through the employee assistance program and wellness programs. You will be working for an organisation that values employee development and rewards excellent performance.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

ENTITY ACCOUNTING

• Under the guidance of the Manager: Investment Administration
• Manage the accounting processes applied in the entity ensuring compliance to overall timely, accurate and reliable financial information in accordance with IFRS. This includes:
• Manage the ordering and creditors payments processes to ensure that all transactions are authorised and accounted for correctly.
• Manage the asset register and capital expenditure process.
• Responsible that all reconciliations are prepared monthly and that reconciling items are cleared.  Review of reconciliations performed by accountants.
• Manage the general journal process and the posting of accruals, provisions and corrections within the delegation framework.  Authorise financial transactions in department according to the delegation of authority.
• Manage the other accounting processes applied to the entity ensuring compliance to overall timely, accurate and reliable financial information.
• Together with Credit Management ensure that provision for irrecoverable debt on loans is adequate and calculated applying IRFS principles.
• Ensure the transactions comply with the delegation of authority.
• Approve write-offs in terms of Delegation of Authority.
• Release payments and approve other transactions in terms of bank mandates and delegation of authority.
• Identify key risk areas in the accounting system and processes, assess impact, report and where necessary take corrective action.
• Identify the need for system changes and manage the process of software implementations, upgrades and enhancements and the related testing of the programs.
• Manage and control the entity’s daily cash-flow requirements to ensure that it has adequate cash balances available to fulfil its operational responsibilities.  Working with the Investment Administration Department manage the investment of excess cash and withdrawal of investments in accordance with the delegation.
• Ensure that all systems and documents required by the bank, auditors and actuary are in place and approved.

BUDGETING

• Under the guidance of the Manager: Investment Administration and in accordance with the approved guidelines:
• Manage the budget process for the entity. 
• As a business partner guide managers/ executives through the process. 
• Responsible to evaluate the budget items based on the assumptions and work with management that budgets are aligned to assumptions and principles. 
• Responsible to collate the forecast and budget (opex and capex) for the entity together with commentary for Exco and the Board. 
• Responsible that the approved budget is captured accurately (with phasing) in the accounting system.

MANAGEMENT REPORTING

• Under the guidance of the Manager: Investment Administration
• Responsible for the preparation of the monthly divisional management income statements, entity level income statement and balance sheets and other financial reports by the reporting deadline.  This includes providing draft responsibility statements to responsible managers.
• Analyse and interpret the financial results of the entity compared to budget and provide feedback and recommendations where necessary on a monthly basis.  Report on exceptions.
• Responsible that monthly management accounts are accurate and complete, including provisions, impairments etc.
• Provide the Financial Controller with draft report for inclusion in the Exco packs and the Board reports.

TAXATION

• Under the guidance of the Manager: Investment Administration
• Responsible for the income tax calculations of the entity.
• Responsible for the completion of all company income tax returns for the entity for review of the Manager: Investment Administration.  Responsible for submission by deadline.
• Responsible to calculate the provisional tax payments for approval based on actual results and appropriate forecast.  Responsible to submit these returns and ensure that provisional tax payments are effected by the due dates.
• Responsible that all taxes are accounted for accurately and applied to transaction correctly.
• Responsible to check and approve the VAT returns and ensure that these are submitted on time and that VAT paid on time. 
• Responsible to draft replies and deal with all audits, queries and communication with SARS.
• Responsible to identify all tax matters and risks related to the entity that require attention and ensure that these are dealt with.

ANNUAL REPORTING AND YEAR END

• Under the guidance of the Manager: Investment Administration
• Responsible for the preparation of the entity’s the annual financial statements in compliance with IFRS (and Group reporting standards).  Responsible to provide consolidation information to the responsible manager.  The impact of new IFRS statements must be determined well in advance, the “solution” approved and implemented, including the early audit of new detail disclosures.
• Responsible to meet year end reporting timetable.
• Responsible for provision of required information and explanations to external auditors as per timetable, and to build a good working relationship with the external auditors.  Possible and actual issues must be identified as early as possible, solutions determined and agreed with Finance senior management and implemented.
• Responsible for preparation of statutory returns for entity in respect of Statssa and NCR. 
• Responsible for the preparation of financial data in statutory returns to the Prudential Authority.
• Responsible to manage the process for agreed-upon-procedures external audits on any statutory return.

OTHER

• Represent Finance on management committees and projects as allocated/requested.
• Ensure that personal information is safeguarded in the department and that POPI requirements are met.
• Provide sound financial advice to management of entity.
• Any reasonable request

DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT

• In respect of all the departments under the incumbent’s control:
• Plan, select, develop and maintain suitable manpower capabilities for the function.  Identify critical skills essential for sustainability of service delivery and the development of succession plans.
• Develop, lead and maintain a motivated high performing team.
• Create and maintain a climate conducive to performance to ensure that the department delivers against objectives.
• Identify and timeously address functional related problems and opportunities.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders.
• Provide technical direction to the team.
• Mentor, manage and develop direct subordinates. subordinates – includes continuously providing feedback and coaching to ensure that your team members perform at optimum productivity levels.  Managing work allocation, training, problem resolution, performance evaluation, and the building of an effective team dynamic.
• Guide larger, cross-divisional teams outside of direct span of control.
• Manage the department in accordance with agreed policies and procedures, standards and legal requirements.
• Monitor and measure the department’s performance in accordance with the agreed upon metrics.
• Implement performance management in teams, through setting of smart targets that contribute to meeting the entity’s objectives, tracking and monitoring performance.
• Identify and timeously address functional related problems and opportunities.
• Provide technical direction to department.
• Identify, manage and report on operational risks and manage these risks.  Comply with the Group’s risk management policies.
•  Manage the department’s annual capital and operational budget.
• Fulfils all the required management responsibilities.

Requirements

• 3 Year Tertiary Qualification: (B Compt Accounting or equivalent).
• Completed Articles to become a Chartered Accountant.
• Intermediate level of proficiency relating to the MS Office Suite (in particular MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint).
• 5-10 years of accounting experience applying International Financial Reporting Standards.
• 5+ years of financial reporting and analytics experience.
• Supervisory experience.
• Advanced level of Accounting principles, processes and procedures.
• Extensive report writing experience.

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Description
The above-mentioned position exists within the Mmabatho Life Office. The incumbent will be responsible to ensure the effective management of a team of Financial Associates in order to achieve business objectives.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Recruit up to eight high quality insurance representatives in line with the business requirements
• Ensure that appointed representatives are adequately trained
• Manage the eight insurance representatives optimally
• Ensure that the set insurance sales targets are reached
• Ensure and monitor compliance with respect to FAIS/FICA/LTIA and all other relevant legislation
• Risk management
• Develop and expand markets

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:

• Grade 12
• A suitable industry entry qualification within the requirements of the Financial Services Board
• Comply with FAIS legislation for registration as Fit and Proper individuals

All those appointed in the industry from the year 2010 onwards require a full FAIS recognised qualification

• Clear ITC record
• Clear criminal record
• RE5 certificate
• RE1 will be an advantage
• Valid driver’s license, own reliable transport and cell phone

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:

• Proven success in the Marketing of Life Assurance for at least three years

SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:

• Administration skills
• Computer skills
• Good interpersonal skills and communication skills
• Time management skills

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RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Recruit up to eight high quality insurance representatives in line with the business requirements
• Ensure that appointed representatives are adequately trained
• Manage the eight insurance representatives optimally
• Ensure that the set insurance sales targets are reached
• Ensure and monitor compliance with respect to FAIS/FICA/LTIA and all other relevant legislation
• Risk management
• Develop and expand markets

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:

• Grade 12
• A suitable industry entry qualification within the requirements of the Financial Services Board
• Comply with FAIS legislation for registration as Fit and Proper individuals
• All those appointed in the industry from the year 2010 onwards require a full FAIS recognised qualification
• Clear ITC record
• Clear criminal record
• RE5 certificate
• RE1 will be an advantage
• Valid driver’s license, own reliable transport and cell phone

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:

• Proven success in the Marketing of Life Assurance for at least three years

SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:

• Administration skills
• Computer skills
• Good interpersonal skills and communication skills
• Time management skills

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Description

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Reception
• Typing
• Record keeping
• Handling of switchboard
• Client Services
• Data input and scanning of documents
• General office duties
• Handling of petty cash

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:

• Grade 12

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:

• 2-3 years’ relevant office administration experience will be a definite advantage

SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:

• Administration skills
• Computer skills
• Good interpersonal skills and communication skills
• Time management skills