Job Openings at Old Mutual

Job Description

• This role provides advice on a specific range of products to a specific allocated market and are individually accountable for achieving results through their own efforts.

What is a financial adviser?

• The role of a financial adviser is one that demands utmost professionalism, integrity and a customer-centric approach. An accredited financial adviser commands the respect and trust of those customers who are entrusting their and their families financial futures to them.
• The role calls for formal in-house training, the completion of the prescribed Regulatory exams, accreditation with the Financial Services Regulatory authority and requires continuous professional development.
• As an accredited financial adviser with Old Mutual, you will represent the ideals and values to which the company has subscribed for over 175 years – Integrity, Professionalism, Customer-first, Advice led.

What is required of you?

• Provide appropriate financial advice, in line with the customer’s resources and financial goals, to enable positive financial futures and protection of assets and estate.
• Provide pro-active, on demand financial service and advice to customers within your allocated customer markets.
• As a financial services professional, you will be accountable for maintaining superior service delivery to your customers, through effective personal time and task management. Importantly, the financial adviser profession requires continuous personal development through the attendance and completion of accredited courses and programmes.
• Providing relevant and appropriate financial advice, hinges on a complete understanding of the customer’s personal and financial circumstances – and their goals or dreams for the future. As such, interpersonal and communications skills in order to build solid relationships are fundamentally important.

What do we need from you?

• A Grade 12 (Matric) certificate
• FAIS compliance
• RE5 an advantage
• A valid Driver’s licence and your own car
• A clear criminal and credit check
• A minimum of 3 years working experience (preferably in sales)
• Proven computer literacy (MS Office suite)
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

What we can do for you!

• Assist you in reaching your career goals and dreams by helping you grow, develop and build on your future aspirations through quality training and support to reach your potential. We lead with our values, which is at the heart of the great things we do. We champion our customers and employees. We are passionate about diversity and inclusion for mutually positive futures throughout our business clusters – Old Mutual Finance, Retail Mass Market, Old Mutual Invest and Personal Finance. The Group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

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Job Description

Key focus of the role:

• Develop and Execute an integrated communications strategy (internal and external) end-to-end.   Partnering with a business unit within the Capability Cluster.  Provide leadership and guidance to ensure that all Communication aligns with the business strategic objectives.

Role Description & Key Result Areas:

• Develops and Executes the direct communication strategies and plans
• Produces material for specific communication projects aligned with the overarching communication strategy
• Responsible for internal and external communication media in a business unit
• Responsible for continuous improvement / review of the communication mechanisms based on business requirements
• Responsible for staying abreast of communication trends and provides thought leadership on improving best practice and best in breed
• Ensures alignment between OML, Capability Cluster and business unit message
• Ensures brand adherence in a business unit
• Networks and builds relationships with business unit senior leadership team and key stakeholders in other lines of business

Qualifications and experience:

• Relevant University Degree (essential)
• Minimum 5 years relevant experience, including a min. 2 years management experience.

Competencies

• Strategic
• Innovation
• Collaboration
• Learning
• Leading with influence
• Execution
• Customer First

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Job Description

• The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question
• Our roots are in insurance and actuaries continue to be a critical talent pool for us. In fact, we are one of the largest communities of actuaries in South Africa, and we continue to grow this capability across the African continent. As a key component of our journey to build a world class team of actuaries, we have set up an internal actuarial consultancy.
• We are now looking for talented, curious individuals to join us on the journey to shape the future of Old Mutual through our internal consultancy, doing great things, everyday.
• We are building an internal talent pool in our consultancy, providing the best of both the corporate and consulting worlds for our top talent. Roles within the internal consultancy will provide you with the opportunity to have a real and meaningful impact on the business, in an environment that supports innovation, experimentation, mentorship and learning. You will be able to build in-depth understanding of the different parts of our business though cross-segment and business exposure, a focus on solving real business challenges as well as new world-of-work flexibility in work arrangements.

Firm-wide exposure, cross-segment and business

• A focus on strategic projects and important business initiatives across Old Mutual, as well as supporting areas of high demand for actuaries. Helping to solve complex business challenges and to identify and unlock opportunities to drive extraction of value across the business / provide commercial insights
• Working in small dynamic teams with flat hierarchies where you see the impact of your work directly
• Genuine new world-of-work flexibility in work arrangements
• Outstanding learning and mentorship environment
• Part of a diverse team with different skills, background, experience and perspectives
• Opportunity to build a broad range of skills in addition to technical actuarial ability, including business and strategy awareness, stakeholder engagement, communications, collaboration, agile practices etc
• A springboard to a broader OML career
• Top performers with any level of experience are invited to apply.

The roles will suit balanced individuals with sound technical knowledge, an aptitude for commercial and innovative thinking and the ability to engage with a variety of stakeholders.
Previous experience of working in a consultancy or similar environment would be a strong advantage
Skills

• Aptitude, Consulting, Creativity, Teamwork, Technical Knowledge

Education

• Bachelor of Business Science (BBSc): Actuarial Science, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom): Actuarial Science