Latest Vacancies at Hollard Insurance

Job Advert Summary
What we do:

BIMS is a team of Finance and Actuarial specialists who are responsible for the management of the Hollard Group Balance Sheets, as well as the Investment Holding Companies. BIMS enables the Group to meet its strategic objectives wrt e.g profit/return optimisation, growth and competitiveness, as well as long-term sustainability/resilience through governance.  We operate in the financial asset world and have a big variety of different investment types that are managed and reported on by the team.

What we want:

We are looking for a talented and reliable finance manager to play a crucial role in driving financial success. You will be responsible for all facets of BIMS finance and reporting including accounting, budgeting, risk management and enforcing compliance with finance-related and other laws, procedures and regulations such as tax filing and financial reporting. The role requires a direct interface with various stakeholders across the business and within the team so you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the business while leading a talented finance team.

What you will get in return:

You will have the opportunity to work for a high performing, high energy team in a challenging and dynamic role. You will be exposed to, and benefit from the experience of, many CA(SA)s, actuaries and finance professionals who have been in their roles long enough to know this is where they belong. Our culture promotes individual development to enhance our most important asset – our people.

Key Responsibilities 

Finance & Reporting Management

• Manage reporting on investment results and measuring of performance i.t.o group KPI’s through portfolio review and benchmarking.
• Overseeing proper accounting of transactions, while ensuring loans, preference shares and other instruments are properly managed.
• Overseeing accurate and timely completion and submission of all regulatory inputs and returns.
• Review and approve all work done by the management accountants and provide guidance where required.
• Manage Finance leadership on Process Efficiency, Business Performance Measures and Management, Analytical Support and Predictive Analysis.
• Manage initiatives to drive continuous improvement within the team.
• Manage compliance with the relevant laws and standards governing financial reports.
• Ensure that finance is always closely integrated with, and positively supports, business providing managers at all levels with insightful financial information that supports decision making that will enhance sustainable growth and keep in line with strategic objectives.
• Be the primary point of contact for, and with, Group Finance.
• Manage the annual audit process and manage auditor interface, while coordinating with other parts of BIMS.
• Manage the preparation of budgets and forecasts, ensuring timely submission to Group.

Risk Management

• Manage adherence to and enhance the financial and operational processes to mitigate financial and business risk.
• Ensure robust finance governance and continuous monitoring of financial activities.
• Ensure the quarterly CAM reporting is completed adequately.
• Be the primary point of contact with Group Risk.

Stakeholder Management

• Responsible for the finance team’s performance management, and for maintaining a high-performance culture through effective talent management.
• Engage continuously with finance staff, provide training, identify areas of improvement and manage the finance team to ensure optimal performance.
• Foster a culture of striving for better performance and managing accountability within the finance team.
• Manage stakeholder reporting – Shareholder, Regulatory, Exco and Board, ICOMM, etc

Required Knowledge and Experience

• 3-5 years’ experience in a Finance role.
• Strong stakeholder engagement experience
• Financial Services experience
• Insurance experience

Knowledge

• IFRS theory and application
• Proficiency in financial reporting and compliance
• Group accounting and consolidations
• Expertise in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint and experience in Power BI is desirable

Educational Requirements
Minimum:

• CA or equivalent

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Role Objectives:

• Generalist support to Head: Construction & Engineering
• Process all tasks assigned, within the set standards required thus contributing to the productivity of the company. 
• Enhance the image of the company through the continuous delivery of efficient and effective customer service.

Key Responsibities:

• General support to Head: Construction & Engineering
• Diary management:  Maintain electronic diary by prioritising.  Manage diary with regards to tentative bookings, confirmed bookings and cancellations.
• Reporting:  Provide necessary weekly and monthly reporting etc. Consolidate branch reports.
• Minutes:  Compiling minutes of monthly meetings.
• Filing:  Own and managers.
• Correspondence:  Compile own and manager’s correspondence.
• Telephone calls and e-mails:  Screening all telephone calls and e-mails and responding where appropriate. 
• Meetings:  Organise internal and external meetings - arrange venues, catering etc.
• Travel arrangements:  Co-ordinate travel arrangements.
• Functions: Co-ordinate BU functions.
• General: PowerPoint presentations, collation of management and board packs when required, assist in organising functions in the department, assist in fielding queries and complaints to ensure client satisfaction, ad-hoc projects, re-imbursements, ordering of corporate gifts, maintenance of electronic phone book.
• Staff reimbursements: Reconciliation, ensure approval and submission travel reimbursements.
• Support: Assist various role-players when required eg administrative assistant.
• TCF:  Ensure that customers are treated fairly

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Sound PA knowledge. Minimum 3 years’ experience.
• Sound knowledge of MS Office - including Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint
• Strong analytical skills
• Organisational awareness
• Self-management skills (can organise work, space, time)

Educational Requirements

• Matric
• Secretarial diploma advantageous

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Job Advert Summary

Reporting directly into the Head: Long-term Corporate Actuarial, the role will be required to work on, provide direction and lead parts of business critical and strategic projects. The role supports and enhances BaU processes. It provides direct support to the Life Corporate Actuary and his direct reporting managers within his team on strategic priorities as and when these arise. 

Key Responsibilities

Support to the BaU function

•  Assist with BaU activity in the Life Corporate Actuarial
•  Assist with automation of data source reconciliations and data controls
•  Work on ad hoc projects including 
  •  Process optimisation
  •  Process automation
  •  Capital optimisation
  •  Control enhancements
  •  Reporting enhancements
  •  Profitability drivers and value measurement

Support to Life Corporate Actuary and his direct reporting managers

•  Assist with insights required into the various businesses that cannot be obtained through BaU processes
•  Assist with the actuarial model development and optimisation initiatives
•  Assist with IFRS17 BaU embedment as well as refinement of reporting process
•  Be part of the Ledger transformation project and drive to completion
•  Assist with Iterative Risk Margin implementation as well as other capital optimization 
• initiatives

Business Insights and Enablement

•  Assist the Head of Corporate Actuarial to provide Exco and senior management with management information and business insights
•  Assist in embedding the alternative reporting metrics workstreams into the Business Units

Required Knowledge and Experience

• A minimum of 2 to 3 years relevant actuarial experience
• Preferably have prior Life Insurance valuation and capital experience
• Preferably been exposed to coding of actuarial models including being familiar with Microsoft
• Excel/VBA, SQL and/or other open-source coding languages e.g. Python
• Must have a successful track record of having worked on projects and adhoc tasks
•  In-depth knowledge of financial accounting, actuarial and related processes
• Ability to interpret and apply legislation and regulation in all operating environments.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Analytical thinking skills
• Strategic thinking skills   
• Educational Requirements
• Meet all the subject requirements for AMASSA (or international equivalent) 

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Job Advert Summary

• We exist to maximize value to customers and Hollard by making the right products available for customers, which includes both Life and Short term products
• The job role is within the Hollard Life business in the Product Actuarial team
• Role focus would be to assist and support the Product Manager in the development, pricing and management of primarily Individual Life Risk products, focusing on those sold through Advice-led channels
• Assisting and supporting the Product Manager and team in meeting divisional objectives

Key Responsibilities

• Support in research to aid in extracting conclusions that will enable the creation of the product customer value proposition (CVP)
• Define and review product specifications for new product developments
• Technical pricing (assumption setting, premium calculation, pricing review and financial business projections) of new products and benefits
• Ensure alignment of new and existing products to legislation, industry guidelines or codes
• Monitor ongoing performance of products and ensure benefit development objectives are met
• Providing sign-off of customer facing documentation and ensuring that these are compliant to Governance standards within Hollard
• Ad-hoc projects and investigations in support of business enablement
• Provide product support to other internal departments such as Operations and Distribution.
• Contribute to idea generation, product concept definition and evaluation of processes with stakeholders
• Redevelop products and deploy updates and enhancements based on feedback from all stakeholders, ongoing assessment of the effectiveness of product delivery and the performance of the product, as measured by the agreed key performance indicators
• Ensure completeness of the project plan for the implementation of changes/innovations

Required Knowledge and Experience

• 2 to 3 years of experience in financial services
• Preference to those with exposure to life insurance
• Ability to communicate to colleagues and management development or pricing of risk benefits
• Ability to persuade and influence people trough logical thought and reasoning
• Knowledge of Excel, VBA and SQL would be an advantage
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Technically strong
• Strong degree of common sense
• Passion for products, pricing and people
• Broad Life insurance knowledge
• Broad understanding of insurance distribution methods and administration systems
• Strong commercial acumen and insight into insurance business
• Confidence in communicating (Written and verbal), with the ability to tailor complex communication depending on the audience
• Critical thinking and sound questioning of concepts or ideas
• Sound relationships building skills

Educational Requirements

• 3-year degree in actuarial science
• Making good progress with the Technical subjects of a professional actuarial qualification, ideally all A100 and A200 credits

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Role Objectives:

The HC Advisor will be required to perform the role of a strategic partner to the assigned Divisions through integrating the people strategy and business strategy, and to provide HR operational management support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation of the HR strategy and delivering HR strategic objectives.
• Create a high-performance culture that enables the achievement of our strategic priorities.
• Maintain functional excellence, quality service and deliver value add to our customers.
• Build sound business relationships with internal and external customers through providing effective advisory services, accessibility, and on-time quality service.
• Continuously live, promote and act as custodian of the organizational values and culture.
• Effectively participate in change management activities adopting and utilizing agreed change management methodology.
• Work as the custodian of all people related policy and procedure providing effective advice, response and implementation.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• 3 - 5 years related experience
• psychometric assessment experience 
• Business acumen
• Business Writing
• HC Project Coordination
• HC Information Analytics
• Problem Solving
• Culture & Change Champion
• Change Management Facilitator
• Talent Management
• Understanding of how to create customer value proposition.
• Sound working knowledge of relevant HR legislation:  BCEA, LARA, EEA, SDA
• Demonstrates interdependence and team player qualities
• Managing Talent
• Enabling change and culture Transformation
• Getting the fundamentals of HR right (E.g. mastering people processes)
• Driving Employee Engagement
• Becoming a Learning Organization

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or organizational & industrial psychology

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Job Advert Summary

The Compliance Division within Group Compliance is looking for a Compliance Specialist to join their team. The Compliance Specialist advises and guides teams on the identification of relevant compliance risks and the development of compliance risk management plans.  

Required Knowledge and Experience
Minimum:

• 3-5 years Business Compliance experience in Financial Services
• Solid understanding and experience in Business Processes environment, eg claims, sales, distribution

Skills: 

• Relationship management
• Communication (written and verbal)
• Investigative/auditing abilities
• Analytical thinking
• Problem solving
• Process mapping
• Presentation
• Report writing
• Computer Literacy (MS Office)
• Planning and organising – project level
• Legislative analysis and interpretation
• Assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of controls
• Business Acumen
• Root cause analysis
• Intermediate: Excel & Word

Knowledge: 

• FAIS
• FICA (Money Laundering Laws)
• Long Term and Short Term Insurance Acts
• Pensions Fund Act
• POPIA

Key Responsibilities: 

• Assist teams to develop, implement and manage comprehensive compliance risk management plans through advising on:
• compliance requirements per business area
• identifying and rating the applicable compliance risks
• developing a compliance risk management plan
• the design of appropriate procedures and processes to manage identified risks
• implementing a continuous compliance risk monitoring process
• Perform effective monitoring and reporting of business compliance by conducting compliance monitoring reviews of high risk regulatory items within Business Units
• Distil new legislative requirements and effectively and practically translate the compliance requirements impacting on business operations, processes and practices to the management of those business areas.
• Proactively consult with business areas in order to align compliance requirement to current and future business activities.
• Facilitate compliance risk management workshops within teams to identify relevant regulatory risks.
• Review operational transactions, procedures and processes to determine whether they are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements.
• Identify and communicate compliance risk issues and/or irregularities and assess the adequacy and effectiveness of management’s proposed mitigation and prevention plans.
• Prepare reports on individual compliance monitoring reviews.
• Participate in and contribute to high level summary reporting to business units.
• Participate in and contribute to Board Reporting for the Group.
• Assist in preparation and submission of reports.
• Manage and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Liaise across all risk management areas of the business to deliver a combined assurance approach.

Educational Requirements
Minimum:

• Related Degree or IISA Licentiate/Associate - Legal or Auditing Degree (preferred)
• Compliance Management Certificate  an advantage (NQF 7) 

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Role Objectives:

•  Support to Broker Consultants in processing all sales transactions assigned, within the set standards and targets, required by the company thus contributing to the productivity and profitablity of the branch. 
•  Assist the Broker Consultant to develop and maintain effective business relationships with brokers in  order to attract develop and retain profitable business. 
•  Assist where required to interpret, explain and effectively market all Trucking products and services and  direct enquiries to the respective centres of excellence. 
•  Contribute to the growth and profitability of Hollard Trucking and Hollard Risk Bureau.
•  Enhance the image of the company through the continuous delivery of efficient and effective customer  service.

Key Responsibities:

•  Sales and Marketing: Assist the Broker Consultant to sell Hollard products to brokers and/or agents  using consultative selling techniques. Contribute to effective marketing of the Company products by  answering questions, resolve problems on topics such as policy status, billing, etc, and explaining new or  revised products and processes. 
•  Account Management: Support Broker Consultants to meet goals for volume and value of quality new business quoted and written within company guidelines, by managing all accredited brokers, process all quotes assigned, update quote register, all quotes to be sent to Broker Consultant who in turn will  forward to Broker, complete the new business worklist and responsible for follow up, processing all  renewals under 65% loss ratio for preparation to negotiate with brokers
•  Broker Consultant responsible  for final sign off, processing and following up all declaration letters, follow up and confirmation of surveys  and following up on
• Risk Recommendations – diary system to be used for this, prepare all new business  closings prior to handing over to underwriting for processing, answering of Broker Consultant’s telephone  in their absence. 
•  Risk Management: Credit control procedures, loss ratios, broker/agent agreements, ensure compliance  with rating, underwriting principles and reinsurance guidelines.
•  Underwriting/Risk Analysis: Analyse qualitative and quantitative data prepared by brokers to provide  approval for risk selection and acceptance, coverage and price.
• Recommend creative alternatives in  regards to rating plans, coverage and payment plans.
• Ensure reinsurance is in place where applicable.
•  Relationship Management: Interact frequently with brokers and/or agents and making sure they receive  the best service delivery.

Required Knowledge and Experience

•  At least 3 years’ Commercial insurance experience (Trucking experience would be advantageous)
•  Good communication skills (including writing and presentation skills)
•  Negotiation skills (internal & external)
•  Sales and marketing skills (Go-Getter attitude)
•  Relationship management skills (have the right approach with the right people – peoples person)
•  Analysis and interpretation of data pertaining to assigned books, reports and market conditions
•  Sound understanding of the TCF principles

Educational Requirements

•  Matric
•  NQF 4 Insurance qualification or equivalent advantageous
•  RE advantageous