Responsibilities:
- Gather and interpret requirements from key stakeholders/customers in line with business analysis frameworks.
- Analyse and understand the business’ requirement and through a structured or adaptive approach, validate and translate these into a macro/master Product Backlog for Solution Delivery planning & enablement.
- Contribute to translating the business goals into capability design in line with business architecture.
- Act as a liaison between key stakeholders/customers and the project team to determine customer needs and translate these into business requirements.
- Oversee the quality delivery of requirements and business process specifications that meet the agreed deliverables in line with best practices and business process.
- Collaborate closely with solution teams and a variety of end-users to ensure requirements compatibility and end-user satisfaction.
- Participate in the conceptual solution design process to make recommendations to create and enhance solutions that are innovative, duplicable and sustainable and solve complex business problems.
Requirements:
- Related degree / BA certification (preferred) Product owner certification (preferred)
- BA experience will be preferred
- In depth knowledge of Life Insurance products and processes
- Experience in the Life Insurance industry
Requirements:
- IT-related Degree
- AWS Certification and experience
- Must have managed a team of 3 and more members
- Must have Big Data experience
- Must have at least 5+ years of Data Engineering experience
- Own the design, development, and maintenance of ongoing metrics, reports, analyses, dashboards, etc. to drive key business decisions;
- Make recommendations for new metrics, techniques, and strategies to improve team performance and measurement in the future;
- Define the data elements and data structure that teams should leverage to enable analytical and reporting capabilities for our business development team;
- Design and influence operational best practices for reporting and analytics to enable the team to scale;
- Prepare and deliver business reviews to the senior management team regarding progress and roadblocks;
- Work with engineering and the data warehouse to enable the appropriate capture and storage of key data points;
- Enable effective decision making by retrieving and aggregating data from multiple sources and compiling it into a digestible and actionable format;
- Participate in strategic & tactical planning discussions.
Requirements:
- BCom/BSc or relevant tertiary qualification;
- 5+ years' experience in business and data analysis, solutions design & testing, data modelling;
- 3+ years’ experience in leading high performance teams.
- Fluency in a programming language (R, Python, SQL);
- Experience with common data science toolkits , such as R, SAS, Alteryx, Knime etc;
Requirements:
- Relevant Legal Degree - Essential
- Admitted to practice as an attorney or advocate - Essential
- Postgraduate qualification
- 3-5 Years post admission experience as a legal advisor in the insurance and financial services industry
- Experience in the insurance industry specifically short term and long insurance essential
- Knowledge about the laws applicable in the financial services industry
- Knowledge about the basic principles of financial planning
- Knowledge about the product and services offered in the industry
- Knowledge about the principles of contract drafting
- Working knowledge about the litigation process
Responsibilities:
- Budgeting, monthly management accounts and annual reporting
- Management of staff with reporting lines into the successful candidate
- Preparation of a monthly EXCO report on the status of the business
- Oversee the marketing team to stimulate product growth
- Manage and track complaints, identify root cause and address accordingly
- Coordination of the monthly Ops meeting
- Coordination of system development and product development
Experience and Qualifications:
- Tertiary Qualification advantages
- RE 1 (FAIS Compliant)
- At least 7 years in the financial services industry with specific focus on product and solution development and a strong ability to design and manage workflow processes
- Minimum 10 years managerial experience
- An exceptional eye for detail
- An ability to work accurately under pressure
- The ability to lead a multi-tiered team with focus on quality
Some Responsibilities include:
Manage the technical aspects of the solution delivery and systems within the domain.
Understand the focus and direction of the business area; prioritising and driving delivery that helps to achieve this.
Define the technical direction for the domain and ensure the design of solutions and delivery.
Work closely with the domain owner of the domain.
Involvement in the running of the domain, including sprint planning, design, drive delivery, retros, understand the root cause of issues/instability
Responsible for the quality of technical solutions, maintenance of standards and managing impact/risk introduced by changes across domains.
Review code and approve changes before deployment to production.
Assist with technical analysis, root cause analysis and designing preventative actions.
Oversee the choice of application and approach to development for the delivery of new system/technical solutions by the developers.
Experience:
Degree or diploma in computer science, computer engineering, information science or related technical discipline.
Experience with managing a development team and driving team delivery.
Knowledge of computer science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms.
Experience in interacting with business users to understand their requirements and managing the implementation of system changes.
At least 8 years’ worth of professional development experience - able to perform at a senior developer leve
Requirements:
Exceptional skills in writing SQL for Microsoft SQL server, including stored procedures, UDF’s and other T-SQL Querying.
Experience with data integration, validation and reconciliation (SSIS or similar).
Expert knowledge of reporting technologies (SSRS, PowerBI or similar)
Experience with creating and maintaining cubes (SSAS)
Experience working in AWS Cloud implementation would be an advantage
Exposure to PostreSQL would be an advantage.
You will be responsible for:
Develop and test extraction, transformation and load (ETL) processes.
Define and capture metadata and rules associated with the ETL processes.
Adapt ETL processes to accommodate changes in source systems and new business requirements.
Required Skills And Experience
Certification in Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist and Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Business Intelligence Developer.
Minimum of 4 years direct work experience.
Demonstrated ability with SSIS ETL tools.
Strong ability to analyze user requirements into technical solutions according to specifications.
Strong understanding of relational database structures, theories, principles, and practices.
Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
Our client, A leading Insurance service provider is seeking to appoint a CLIENT SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR based at their Mafikeng, North West Office
The purpose of this role is to provide professional first line support to clients and sales support
Some key responsibilities include:
- Render client services
- Administrate Claims
- Advise clients on cancelations
- Administrate demutualization process
- Fit and Proper Requirements (FSB board notice in terms of FAIS)
Key requirements:
• Recognised Qualification as per the FSB
• RE 5 (please attached certificate to CV)
• Registration as an Employee Representative (FSB)
• 2 Years’ Experience in the Insurance Industry;
• 1 Year Client Services
• 1 Years’ experience in: Category A, B, C and retail benefits
The Data Scientist will engage with business stakeholders to understand, refine and document requirements. The Data Scientist will be responsible for developing and refining model into production solutions as well as for transforming data and test analytical models.
The ideal candidate is very detail-oriented, self-driven, and curious and has an appreciation for data driven-driven systems.
Requirements
Postgraduate degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, computer engineering or related technical discipline
Strong academic performance
Excellent understanding of machine learning and data analytic techniques
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
Highly detailed oriented
Experience working with Python and SQL
At least 1 years’ experience working on data science initiatives
Excellent development and software engineering skills
Experience with Kubernetes and Docker preferable
The Data Analyst/BI Support Analyst will be responsible for monthly extract, defect management, data monitoring and data integration and continuous improvement to support the Product Owner.
Requirements:
Data analysis and SQL skills and experience.
Experience working in Retail Investment Management is advantageous.
Fundamental analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
Excellent documentation & communication skills.
Our client, A leading Insurance service provider is seeking to appoint a SALES MANAGER based at the Worcester, Western Cape branch
The purpose of this role is to recruit, maintain and develop sales representative and brokers and set targets
Some key responsibilities include:
- Develop and maintain sales and marketing plan
- Perform recruitment and selection process for sales representative
- Conduct training to sales representative and brokers
- Maintain production targets and retain business
- Comply with FAIS requirements
Key requirements:
Regulatory Examination Level 5: Representatives
Regulatory Examination Level 1: Key Individuals
Class of Business (Long Term Insurance and Investments) (Depending on Date of Appointment as Key Individual in the industry)
CPD
1-year management and oversight experience in categories A, B1, B2, C and retail pension funds
2 years Project Management
2 years Insurance industry
If you are a strong Frontend Developer with good interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types and deal with
conflict in an effective way and looking to be part of an exciting team then this opportunity is for you.
The ability to work individually and with teams within an Agile context is important as well as your ability to influence best practices within teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Involved in technical analysis and design new features
Write elegant robust production code
Write unit, integration and acceptance tests for components
Improve and optimize the performance of existing systems
Help troubleshoot and debug root-cause errors
Mentor other developers
Key Requirements:
5+ years’ practical software development experience
2+ years’ experience using the following (or similar) client and server tech:
Frontend tech (client)
React (or similar modern JavaScript framework) (*latest preferred)
Webpack
ES6+, HTML5, CSS3
Backend tech (server + API)
Node, Express, Typescript
Go
Development tooling
Git
Linux
Docker
Kubernetes
Active development practices
Client/Server application development
Single Page Applications (SPA)
Unit and Integration testing
Microservices architecture
RESTful API's
Continuous Integration (CI)
An International Investment & Asset Management firm that has a reputation for being one of the best in the business, is growing their graduate intake as business is thriving. This opportunity is available to graduates who fulfil the below criteria,
This PERMEANT position will be within a Client Service Centred environment where graduates are offered all the support required to succeed and grow their careers and is based at their Head Office - Cape Town.
*Completed University Degree in Economics or Investment or Financial Sciences or Business Managment within the last 2 years. (Graduated 2018 / 2019) or currently completing Honours through distance learning.
*Excellent academic degree transcripts and Matric maths with a GPA 70%
*Good knowledge and interest in Financial investment management
*Confident Communicator in English
*South African citizen
*Must be driven, passionate about being part of a team and working with people
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If you are interested in being considered, please submit the following:
>CV - highlighting any work / volunteer experience / achievements / Golden Key membership
>BCom academic transcripts - subjects and marks with GPA min 70% (Graduated in 2018 / 2019)
>Matric certificate - clear copy (passed Mathematics min 60%)
>ID - clear copy of South African ID card / licence / book
This opportunity is to start 1 September 2020
Good attitude and aptitude with enthusiasm to achieve.
Knowledge and experience in Personal Finance Industry
Appropriate degrees are an advantage but not a requirement.
At least 3 to 5 years project management experience
Experience in Software
Main Responsibilities
- Work with clients, internal IT and service providers according to the required processes and system solutions
- First line system support to clients
- Manage and participate in Operational Meetings and reporting
- Manage all client project scope changes
- Direct support to developers to clarify client requirements
- Manage and participate in tasks through each of the key areas of the SDLC, including classification, prioritisation, business requirements, design, testing, user training and deployments
- System and system environment administration, release management and configuration
- General System, Process and Client Communication
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve service quality, accuracy, compliance and productivity
- Develop skills to enhance personal effectiveness and efficiency
Client Services Manager (Account Manager)
A Client Services Manager, also known as an Account Manager, acts as the liaison between an organisation and its clients, and is responsible for the day-to-day management of particular client accounts. The Client Services Manager is the client point of contact to the organisation, and provides client support, technical assistance and general relationship management. This person works to resolve problems and ensures that products are delivered timely and as expected. This includes managing projects and programs in a professional manner, and being able to plan strategically. The Client Service Manager has an in-depth knowledge of the client business and the system services required.
The Client Services Manager may be in charge of one large client, or a number of smaller clients.
Personal attributes
- Self-motivated and energetic, with a proactive disposition to achieve objectives within deadlines
- Passion for excellence
- Embrace change positively
- Integrity
- Team player
Skills
- Leadership
- Ability to pay meticulous attention to detail
- Good communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Decision-making ability
- Lateral thinking ability
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Time management and organization skills
- Client Relationship management
- Life Insurance Knowledge or Pensions Industry Knowledge, or Lending Industry Knowledge, depending of the Division we are recruiting for
- Business and Systems Knowledge and Experience
- Understanding of the technical aspects of the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)
Experienced Scrum Master / Agile Coach Skill set:
- Solid Agile implementation experience
- Experience in change management
- Experience in the use of conflict management techniques (Non-Violent Communication by Rosenberg) and negotiation skills
- Background in Industrial and Organisational Psychology (Advantageous)
- Tertiary Education
- Must be a servant leader and have an attitude of self-empowerment – lead the team to selforganisation
- Encourages experimentation – safe to fail
- Excellent facilitator – leading and demonstrating to the team, the value of adopting agile values and principles (tends to lead the group without realising)
- Ability to establish trust and respect within the team
- Understands and facilitates the need for Transparency and Predictability
- Great communications skills
- Articulate use of the English language - the ability to express thoughts clearly
- Fluency
- Presentation skills
- Sense of humour
- Listens more speaks less
- Understanding of Team Development Stages – Tuckman’s model
- Situationally aware of current environment
- Broad understanding of the Software Development process which includes understanding IT terminology
- Continual self-improvement – growing your craft; blogs; scrum user groups/forums/gatherings; on-going professional development
- Personal traits
- Emotional intelligence (maturity)
- Assertive never quitting but always diplomatic, knowing when to back down and try a different path.
- Passionate and energised
- Investigative, analytical mindset for picking up anomalies and ability to derive solutions
- Committed with a strong sense of ownership
- Collaborative approach
Qualifications: PSM I or II, CSM, CSP
