Latest Recruitment at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

Within the Digital Channels system area, the Senior Java Developer must work together with Business Analyst, UX & Content Teams, System Architect and managers to understand the overall business need and the requirements, design the system solution using various approaches and technologies, implement the designed solution in the system with high quality source codes.

The Senior Java Developer will support the projects throughout the project life-cycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release and post release support.

The Senior Java Developer in the Digital Channels area must be technically able support and maintain the deployed applications on dev, test and production environments.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality
• Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency
• Perform accurate development estimation
• Produce technical specifications and designs
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work under minimum supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Can help with quality assurance and provide comments
• Present to senior stakeholders
• Offer support and guidance to peers
• Perform analysis at a strategic level and understand principles of business, technical and enterprise architecture

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Passionate about technology and development.
• Results oriented with the ability to work under pressure and juggle multiple concurrent projects with changing priorities and deadlines
• Analytical thinking
• Personal organisation and time management skills
• Technical and business writing skills
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Communication skills (written, verbal/presenting and listening)
• Stress management
• Customer focused
• Results oriented
• Able to resolve conflict
• Creative
• Innovative
• Self-driven
• Attention to detail
• Ability to build relationships with people from all different backgrounds and at different job levels

Education and Experience

Minimum

• Matric/Grade 12 and formal Java qualifications.
• 6 years Java systems development experience
• Java EE knowledge and experience
• Experience with SOAP and REST services
• Unit testing and mocking frameworks
• Source control, experience with GIT
• Experience with industry standard Application Servers (preferably WebLogic)
• Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns

Preferred

• IT related Degree or Diploma (BSc/BTech or similar).
• Angular Framework
• Spring Framework
• ORM/Hibernate/JPA experience
• JMS, Tibco EMS experience
• Oracle and PL/SQL knowledge
• SOAP and REST (XML/JSON)
• Presentation layer development (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, GWT, Spring MVC)
• Experience with Business Rules Management Frameworks
• Experience using formal modelling languages (UML, etc) and modelling tools (Enterprise Architect, Visual Paradigm etc.)
• Exposure to Agile principles and methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Test Driven Development

Advantageous

• Honours degree
• DevOps/Continuous integration
• Exposure to the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo and Bitbucket)

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                             
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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Key Purpose

Within the Application Platform Services system area, the Java Developer must work together with Business Analyst, UX & Content Teams, System Architect and managers to understand the overall business need and the requirements, design the system solution using various approaches and technologies, implement the designed solution in the system with high quality source codes.

The Java Developer will support the projects throughout the project life-cycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release and post release support.

The Java Developer in the Application Platform Services area must be technically able support and maintain the deployed applications on dev, test and production environments.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality
• Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency
• Perform accurate development estimation
• Produce technical specifications and designs.
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work under minimum supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Can help with quality assurance and provide comments
• Present to senior stakeholders
• Offer support and guidance to peers
• Perform analysis at a strategic level and understand principles of business, technical and enterprise architecture

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Passionate about technology and development.
• Results oriented with the ability to work under pressure and juggle multiple concurrent projects with changing priorities and deadlines
• Analytical thinking
• Personal organisation and time management skills
• Technical and business writing skills
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Communication skills (written, verbal/presenting and listening)
• Stress management
• Customer focused
• Results oriented
• Able to resolve conflict
• Creative
• Innovative
• Self-driven
• Attention to detail
• Ability to build relationships with people from all different backgrounds and at different job levels

Education and Experience

Minimum

• Matric/Grade 12 and formal Java qualifications.
• 3 years Java systems development experience
• Java EE knowledge and experience
• Experience with SOAP and REST services
• Unit testing and mocking frameworks
• Source control, experience with GIT
• Experience with industry standard Application Servers (preferably WebLogic)
• Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns

Preferred

• IT related Degree or Diploma (BSc/BTech or similar).
• Angular Framework
• Spring Framework
• SQL and ORM experience
• Presentation layer development (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, GWT, Spring MVC)
• Experience using formal modelling languages (UML, etc) and modelling tools (Enterprise Architect, Visual Paradigm etc.)
• Exposure to Agile principles and methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Test Driven Development

Advantageous

• Honours degree
• DevOps/Continuous integration
• Exposure to the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo and Bitbucket)

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                             
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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Job Purpose 

Discovery Bank is recruiting an exceptional architect for a strategically important project.  This person will drive ongoing design and development of a highly performant, scalable system that combines data science, microservices and leading-edge marketing technology to improve business outcomes.  If you enjoy designing and building robust and performant systems and enjoy taking ownership, if you want to learn continuously, bring us your openness, enthusiasm and attention to detail and we’ll build great things together.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to 

• Collaborate with the RnD, development, marketing, business, data and operations teams to:
• Understand the goals and vision of the project stakeholders
• Balance long-term design thinking with near-term goals
• Develop the architecture of a scalable, high-performance microservices solution that integrates with many systems and technologies
• Building SQL / Java solutions
• Document all architectural artifacts

Education and Experience 

• IT related Degree or Diploma (BSc/BTech or similar) 
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a solutions architect
• Experience with containerized environments (Openshift/Kubernetes/Docker) advantageous

Personal Attributes and Skills 

• Strong architecture experience
• Strong software development understanding
• Openshift / Kubernetes / Docker
• Integration via REST, SOAP and messaging platforms (e.g. IBM MQ)
• Strong database / SQL Server experience
• CI/CD pipelines, e.g., Jenkins
• Understanding of marketing technology / next-best-action / nudges advantageous
• Agile principles and methodologies
• Ability to think creatively and pursue innovative, alternative approaches
• Strong focus on the business outcomes
• Ability to deal with complexity, ambiguity and constant change
• Passion for personal development and growth, with a high learning potential
• Commitment to excellence and high quality delivery
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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Job Purpose

Responsible for Network Security and technology management to ensure continuous protection of the Bank’s information systems from internal and external threats. The key purpose of the role is network security; however, the incumbent is expected to expand to other cyber security domains such as access management, end point protection etc.

Areas of responsibility may include but are not limited to

• Support and maintain various network security technologies including Network security, Firewalls, Denial of service Protection, Intrusion prevention/Detection, Network access control, Web Application Firewalls, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Content filtering, Email and Internet/browsing Security
• Continuously review technology policy configuration to ensure maximum protection and compliance enforcement.
• Review and recommend technology improvement initiatives.
• Ensure network security controls/design enforce compliance requirements such as PCIDSS.
• Security strategy discussions on key projects within the organisation
• Quality assessment and implementations of all configurations and equipment
• Security Incident and Event Management, and investigations of all networks related security events and incidents.
• Assist and drive planning and implementation of all network and other security technology
• Advise the business of security risks and important infrastructure requirements
• Implement and install new network security devices and their appropriate updates
• Troubleshoot new and existing infrastructure
• Manage the reporting of security technologies
• Execute security projects
• Perform operational risk assessments and provisioning of daily requests such as firewall rule changes, mail and internet access and whitelisting requests, endpoint protection and DLP whitelisting requests, VPN access and other network related access, firewall management and compliance using firewall management tools, etc

Technical Competencies

• Ability to work according to project deadlines, under pressure and cope with a highly stressful environment.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure related problems
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail is essential
• Self-motivated, self-thinker and pro-active
• Deadline driven and willing to work overtime when necessary
• Sound work ethics
• Team player with leadership skills
• Strong Reporting and Data Analysis skills
• Value driven – Urgency, Integrity

Education and Experience

• CISSP
• 5+ years of relevant Network Security Management experience in an enterprise environment
• Must possess a strong knowledge of Cisco an Paloalto technologies
• 3+ years of Dos protection and WAF support in enterprise environments
• Knowledge of vulnerability management and Configuration Security
• Knowledge of Cloud security will be advantageous.
• Knowledge of Privileged Access Management will be advantageous.

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YAP Programme

Have you got the skills to join the discovery young achievers programme?

Discovery is offering the opportunity of a lifetime to South Africa’s brightest, young talented people. This is your opportunity to join our cutting-edge call centre. We are looking for dynamic, results driven people who are passionate about quality and service delivery.

The successful applicants will join the programme and be fast tracked through the call centre. Once you have achieved all the goals we set out for you, you will get the opportunity to serve as a Customer Relationship Manager or Team Leader in our service business.

To join our team you must preferably have experience as a call centre consultant, including the ability to handle a broad range of customer service inquiries including offering assistance to both business customers and consumers.

To join our Programme you need:

• Degree in BCom Management or Finance
• Must have previous Leadership Experience
• Experience in a fast-paced service environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to operate effectively under pressure and cope in a fast paced environment
• Ability to meet deadlines
• To have passion for service
• To be a self-driven individual

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Job Purpose

Implementation of a compliance risk management process that includes the identification, assessment, management, monitoring and reporting of compliance risks that are faced by the relevant business unit.

Key Responsibilities

• Management of the Group Compliance Framework as a relevant to the applicable Business Uit and advising on processes and suitable control frameworks to implement strategic regulatory obligations
• Provision of strategic guidance and support to the Business Units on the implementation of new and changed regulatory obligations and with the aim of ensuring that business objectives (strategic and operational) are aligned to the regulatory framework and exposure profile of the business
• Managing the Regulatory Profile and engaging with the Executive Management team on any incidents and exposures relating to its regulatory obligations
• Oversight and management of staff and all staff related activities 5. Development and oversight of reports as well as setting of reporting standards to provide accurate pertinent compliance reports
• Development and oversight of reports as well as setting of reporting standards to provide accurate pertinent compliance reports
• Project management in support of compliance requirements, implementation of systems, procedures, policies and training requirements
• Effectively manage and streamline processes in a structured environment.
• Maintain effective relationships with stakeholders and escalations.

Education, Knowledge and Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Legislative Knowledge and interpretation
• Authoring policies and other documents 
• 4 years compliance specific experience with 3 years’ experience in the management, implementation and maintenance of Compliance Frameworks, including staff management.
• Experience in drafting Compliance Risk Management Plans and conducting Compliance Monitoring
• Experience in management and review of CRMPs and identification of compliance risk

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply

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We are looking for an exceptional financial leader with solid financial consolidations and finance systems experience in financial services. Must have an excellent understanding of insurance, banking, health and investments, and experience in building and leading a high-performance team. This is a rewarding, challenging role in a complex environment and will best suit a motivated self-starter, who is resilient, a quick thinker, and able to hit the ground running.

Areas of responsibility

• Production of all consolidated financial numbers (IFRS and non-IFRS) for all scenarios (actual, forecast, budget)
• Advise finance teams on the consolidation impact of complex transactions, and ensure relevant consolidation entries have been accurately captured
• Own all consolidation entries for the group, and ensure entries are valid, accurate, appropriate, and complete
• Ensure the consolidated disclosures are accurate and complete
• Produce relevant proofs for the group consolidation
• Review of segment submissions for completeness and accuracy
• Ensure group calculations have been accurately captured in segment submissions
• Own and maintain the group chart of accounts mapping
• Manage month-end actual and forecast reporting requirements and timelines
• Understand requirements of users of the consolidation and ensure reporting templates meet requirements
• Ensure optimal functioning and performance of the group wide finance systems (group reporting tool, general ledger, analysis tools)
• Spec all changes to Finance Systems, ensure appropriate testing and approvals, and manage the change control process for all metadata changes
• First line support for Group Finance Systems
• Approval and bi-annual review of user access for finance systems
• Manage all system downtime to ensure minimal interference with reporting processes
• Work closely with Group IT to ensure optimal system performance, upgrades and security
• Work closely with Business Finance Systems owners to ensure optimal integration where required
• Preparation of functions workplan, and alignment to overall team workplan
• Recruit and retain talent, team management, build talent pipeline
• Support the reporting optimisation function - key part of the EPM implementation team
• Implement finance processes and relevant controls over areas of responsibility and ensure adequate documentation thereof
• Ensure internal controls are adequate and appropriate to manage risks
• Support the CFO, Office of the CEO and other key stakeholders
• Build solid relationships and work collaboratively with the Discovery Group Finance team, Group IT and business finance teams

Profile

• Exceptional CA(SA) with solid experience in complex consolidations for a listed entity and finance systems - non-negotiable
• Experienced in building a high-performing team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Very strong understanding of finance processes and finance systems
• Ability to translate technical accounting concepts into practical application
• Ability to grasp complex concepts quickly
• Growth and improvement mindset, ability to face challenges
• Meticulous, organized, deadline driven, disciplined
• Impeccable attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to build relationships
• Advanced Excel knowledge and experience

Qualifications

The candidate should be a qualified CA (SA) or similar with minimum 10-12 years of experience.

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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We are looking for an exceptional financial leader with solid financial planning and analysis experience in financial services. Must have an excellent understanding of insurance, banking, health and investments, and experience in building and leading a high-performance team. The successful candidate will have an outstanding understanding of the complexities of long-term insurance. This is a rewarding, challenging role in a complex environment and will best suit a motivated self-starter, who is resilient, a quick thinker, and able to hit the ground running.

Areas of responsibility

• Interrogating the financial environment to develop critical insights into the operational performance of the Group and each of its subsidiaries
• Own cash flow reporting for the Group, including the development of segmental cash flows and cash flow forecasting
• Own the non-IFRS key performance metrics, including the definition of data, consistent use of naming conventions and the central data repository
• Ownership of the end-to-end annual budget process
• Support the strategic long-term capital planning
• Manage the forecast process, including the implementation of rolling forecasts
• Understand business drivers and perform scenario analysis – a good understanding of reserving and the impact of yield curve movements, general shifts in mortality, lapses, etc will support the ability to provide a range of possible outcomes
• Group consolidated variance analysis and reporting
• Support variance analysis and reporting at business unit level
• Obtain a detailed understanding of stakeholder needs and translate into clearly defined reporting requirements
• Develop and generate standard and ad-hoc reports to meet reporting requirements
• Perform exco, audit committee and board reporting
• Support reporting and analysis of expenses
• Recruit and retain talent, team management
• Support the reporting optimisation function - key part of the EPM implementation team
• Define and support the performance dashboard design and implementation
• Implement finance processes and relevant controls over areas of responsibility and ensure adequate documentation thereof
• Support the CFO, Office of the CEO and other key stakeholders
• Ad hoc analysis and reporting as required
• Work collaboratively with the Discovery Group Finance team and business finance teams

Profile

• Exceptional CA(SA) with solid financial planning and analysis experience – non-negotiable
• Experienced in setting up a function and building a high-performing team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Very strong understanding of finance processes and finance systems
• Ability to grasp complex concepts quickly, and translate analysis into meaningful commentary
• Growth and improvement mindset, ability to face challenges
• Impeccable attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to build relationships
• Advanced Excel knowledge and experience

Qualifications

The candidate should be a qualified CA (SA) or similar with minimum 10-12 years of experience.

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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Key Purpose

The outbound concierge consultant significantly enhances the member’s experience by promoting and facilitating the use of digital servicing assets. This is done by engaging with the designated members through the most appropriate channels.

Key Outputs

• The successful individual will be required to perform on, but not limited to the following key outputs:
• Orientate designated groups of Health members to digital channel platforms, before they realise the need for information and assistance.
• Gauge the members existing level of digital proficiency.
• Build the necessary understanding and skills required by the member to navigate and use the digital channels and platforms.
• Make use of a multi-channel approach in engaging with the members.
• Improving client experience
• Manage and facilitate resolution of client queries and issues in relation to accessing the digital channels and platforms.
• Continuously staying abreast of all digital servicing tools within the business and ensuring that the functionality is fully understood so as to ensure our members receive the best service.
• Gather data and information on client needs and experiences of the existing digital channels and platforms.
• Provide structured feedback to relevant stakeholders regarding digital channel  enhancement opportunities and evolving members needs.
• Servicing our members in a customer centric way to ensure that we live by our service principles
• Ensuring excellent quality service to all members

Competencies

• Behavioral Competencies
• Digitally savvy
• Ability to sense and interpret levels of readiness to adopt a particular digital channel.
• Customer Centric
• Ability to transfer and relay information on various levels
• Probes for further information or greater understanding of a problem
• Can facilitate skills transfer using multiple channels
• Adapts to changing circumstances
• Promotes ideas on behalf of self or others
• Takes initiative, acts with confidence and works under own direction
• Initiates and generates activity
• Upholds ethics and values
• Demonstrates integrity
• Establishes good relationships with members
• Assertive and confident
• Diplomatic and tactful
• Speak fluently (accent neutral) English/Afrikaans

Knowledge

• Experience in an outbound tele-sales environment
• Experience in the financial services industry 
• Discovery Health product experience

Skills

• Time Management
• Verbal and written communication
• Interpersonal skills

Qualifications & Experience

• Essential
• Matric
• Min 3 years’ call centre experience
• Knowledge of the Discovery systems
• Proficient in MS Office suite

Advantageous

• Minimum 12 months experience dealing with members/brokers
• Minimum 12 months credit control or related financial experience
• Face-to-Face experience
• Relevant tertiary qualification

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.