Latest Vacancies at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

• To apply lateral thought and experience in order to assist in establishing and maintaining an independent risk oversight function, by providing effective challenge, generating insightful analyses and producing reliable reporting.

Minimum Experience

• 3 - 5 years experience in a similar environment, of which 1 -2 years at a junior specialist level

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Finance Economics and Accounting

Additional Minimum Qualifications

CFA, PRM or FRM is advantageous.

Outputs

Process

• Accountable for the improvement of quality, service and work outputs, continuously recommending improvements.
• Plan for the organisation of work outputs and process improvement activities in light of a specific situational context related to the area of specialisation.
• Proactively identify area of specialisation related problems, determine cause and effect and recommend the best option to implement corrective action based on previous experience.
• Ensure a thorough understanding of the liquidity risk profile of LGL at all times, including all factors which could contribute towards a change in the risk profile.
• Apply independent thought to current positioning and share insights, thoughts and concerns with relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure that all material risks are monitored and reported on a regular basis and in a timely manner and also escalate control gaps to appropriate forums.
• Monitor, escalate and define corrective actions required for all liquidity risk related breaches/excesses.
• Seek to enhance and expand risk reporting capabilities to add value to the business and to establish a robust risk reporting environment.
• Oversee and facilitate the production and distribution of daily risk reporting.
• Facilitate the effective implementation and roll-out of changes to risk oversight environment including risk reporting.
• Review all new product proposals submitted by retail or corporate BUs with the intention of identifying new liquidity risk exposures.
• Ensure that limits are calibrated to be in line with the Risk Appetite statement and that the limits evolve with the business.
• Keep abreast with regulatory developments related to liquidity risk and how these may impact Liberty.
• Seek to establish close relationships with various stakeholders within LibFin and Liberty in order to facilitate the establishment of an integrated liquidity risk function.
• Ensure effective transfer of knowledge to fellow team members.

Customer

• Provide specialist expertise and advice to internal/external customers, that builds strong relationships and creates a favourable impression aligned to Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles.

Finance

• Adhere to financial controls, governance and compliance policies and processes throughout an area of specialisation, contributing to cost efficiency.

Learning and Growth

• Contribute positively to human capability improvement, related to knowledge optimisation and associated with area of specialisation.

Governance

• Comply to risk and governance policies, implement and provide subject matter input to the development of related processes, applicable to the area of specialisation.
• Produce regular reporting to governance committees such as ALCO and LibFin Risk Forum.

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Purpose

• The purpose of the role is to analysis, design, develop, test, and implement appropriate and efficient solutions that integrate with the core Compass application. These solutions must be efficient and delivered according to provided specifications, standards, and procedures, using various tools and languages but within the architectural standards and guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse, design, build, test and implement solutions for the Compass Interfaces based on requirements.
• Communicates effectively with stakeholders to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions with project management/Agile Release Trains (ART's).
• Facilitates/participates in code/design review sessions.
• Investigate system problems and support the Application Managed Services (AMS) team in remediating production issues.
• Creating functional and technical specifications/user stories.

Additional Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for the team and business users.
• Review test plans and the test book for each project release before User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Conduct unit/integration testing to ensure that the design was aligned and designed according to the technology business requirement specifications.
• Provide support for the quality assurance testing team.
• Play an active role in supporting of other Compass Developers.
• Collaborate with other developers/architects and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyse trade-offs between usability and performance needs.
• Gain a deep understanding of the Compass Retail product offering.
• Multi-tasking, be a collaborator and have an attitude of "owning" a problem or task.

Minimum Experience

• Must have a minimum of 5 years Oracle PL/SQL experience.
• Must have Oracle forms experience.
• Micro Focus Cobol experience would be an advantage.
• Compass experience would be advantageous.
• Experience in the finance/insurance industry preferable.
• Working knowledge of AGILE.
• Compass application knowledge.

Minimum Qualifications

• Tertiary education, preferably BCom (IS) or B.Sc. (Computer Science) or IT diploma equivalent would be an advantage.

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Purpose

• To provide advice and support in area of specialisation and enable the design, creation, development, documentation & testing of programs.

Key Requirements

• Good knowledge of an object-orientated programming language (required)
• Proven report writing, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills (required)
• Self-starter who is capable of working independently
• Research and problem-solving skills
• Sense of urgency and a can-do attitude
• Collaborative mindset
• Experience with Papyrus Objects / Papyrus Designer / Business Designer (preferred)
• Oracle skills and an understanding of scripting (preferred)
• Knowledge of ISIS Papyrus platform (current version 7.52) (nice to have)
• Experience with webservices SOAP adaptor / MQ series adaptor (preferred)
• Understanding of REST webservice calls (preferred)
• Experience with XML and JSON data files (preferred)

Minimum Experience

• 3 - 5 years experience in a similar environment, of which 1 -2 years at a junior specialist level

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Information Technology and Computer Sciences

Process

• Apply relevant research methodologies, tools and techniques to effectively and purposefully gather information.
• Understand the interdependence and integration of different systems and related processes to apply practically in an area of work.
• Provide specialist advice and support in area of accountability to ensure that identified solutions and recommendations are appropriate and effective.
• Gather specification and related information in order to inform the architectural design of IT systems.
• Provide constructive and timeous feedback on work progress and problems encountered to relevant stakeholders.
• Research and examine current systems and consult users to obtain information to inform possible improvements.
• Write software and develop documentation and related operating manuals to increase the utility value of systems.
• Develop and deliver technical design solutions according to agreed standards that address business requirements within an agreed timeframe.
• Accountable for the execution of specialised work including the improvement of quality, standards and outputs within defined work routines and operating procedures.
• Proactively solves problems, determines root-cause and applies solutions in line with guidelines and providing the necessary information to solve problems related to area of specialisation.
• Plan for own task execution and advises on improvements related to area of specialisation.

Customer

• Ensure own understanding and adherence to customer service delivery and Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles to provide specialist support and guidance.

Finance

• Adhere to specified standards, policies and procedures to prevent potential losses/wastage related to the area of specialisation.

Learning and Growth

• Contribute positively to own area-specific knowledge improvement associated with area of specialisation.

Governance

• Comply to set governance and compliance procedures and processes related to an area of work and continuously identify, rectify and escalate risks where necessary.

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Purpose

• To provide specialist advice and support with regards to legal matters to prevent any legal implications or consequences for the company, through the execution of predefined objectives as per agreed SOPs.

Minimum Experience

• 2 - 3 years experience in a similar environment

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• LLB Degree 

Admitted as an attorney.

• 2-3 years' experience in a legal role in Life insurance. Africa experience is a must
• Working knowledge and understanding of the insurance and financial service sector.

Outputs

• Commercial thinking and business acumen with an awareness of commercial objectives of the organisation.
• A good working knowledge of the legislation and regulations impacting the various jurisdictions in Africa
• Ability to negotiate settlements, resolve disputes and produce possible solutions.
• Ability to proactively identify issues that may affect the business.
• Applying effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication methods to achieve desired results
• Presents ideas effectively to individuals and groups.
• Confident and assertive with an understanding of themselves and the impact they have on others.
• Continuously learns and improves through applying an open and proactive approach to work.
• Shows pride and a love for the work that they perform.
• Attention to detail required, Analytical thinking.
• Results, solution and execution focused.
• Organized, Initiative and deadline driven.
• Self- management (planning, prioritizing & time management).
• Ability to efficiently deal with high volumes of work and work well under pressure.

Process

• Collate information to serve as input to managerial reporting or decision making related to an area of specialisation.
• Apply relevant research methodologies, tools and techniques to effectively and purposefully gather information.
• Understand and apply existing best practice frameworks to assist in the implementation of identified subject matter processes and standards.
• Provide specialist advice and support in area of accountability to ensure that identified solutions and recommendations are appropriate and effective.
• Assist with the monitoring of the future regulatory and legislative environment whilst providing advice on existing regulatory issues.
• Contribute to effective dispute resolution whilst minimising the risk (both financial and reputational) to the business/organisation.
• Accountable for the execution of specialised work including the improvement of quality, standards and outputs within defined work routines and operating procedures.
• Proactively solves problems, determines root-cause and applies solutions in line with guidelines and providing the necessary information to solve problems related to area of specialisation.
• Plan for own task execution and advises on improvements related to area of specialisation.

Customer

• Ensure own understanding and adherence to customer service delivery and Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles to provide specialist support and guidance.

Finance

• Adhere to specified standards, policies and procedures to prevent potential losses/wastage related to the area of specialisation.

Learning and Growth

• Keep up to date with own area of expertise to develop and maintain own professional knowledge base in order to provide effective support and advice.
• Interact proactively with others for the purpose of continuous knowledge sharing; and integration of own new knowledge.
• Contribute positively to own area-specific knowledge improvement associated with area of specialisation.

Governance

• Ensure that org. documentation such as marketing material, media announcements and standard documentation are legally sound and meets business needs.
• Prepare and review legal documents to prevent any legal implications or consequences for the company.
• Comply to set governance and compliance procedures and processes related to an area of work and continuously identify, rectify and escalate risks where necessary.