Job Openings at Sanlam

Who are we?

Sanlam Group Technology is responsible for the provision of a digitally enabled technology service as a group COE, drive business and transformation and provide group-wide digital and data architecture. We operate the various technology platforms and shared services, ensure Cyber and Information Security resilience, and act as technology governance and risk orchestrator for technology across Sanlam.

What will you do?

• Analysis of change requests received

• Provide recommendations man-day estimates for implementing changes

• Design prototypes for change requests

• Design Web Interfaces (graphic design) if applicable

• Maintain existing programmes according to change requests

• Produce appropriate software programs that satisfy the specifications 

• Test own programs / artefacts to ensure correctness

• Test Interfaces to other systems

• Debugging of programs

• Provide test information to Testers

• Implement changes into the Production environment

• Document changes implemented and programs

• Updates of data model documentation

• Problem solving, root cause analysis and user assistance (functional)

• Technical support / assistance to others on own programs / systems

• Provision of user guides / training material

• Provide hands-on training for own system

• Provide standby / support (if and when applicable)

• Correct errors / bugs in production

What will make you successful in this role?

 

Qualifications:

• Relevant IT Qualifications (degree or diploma) 

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience within application development 

• Proven record of exceptional work performance

• Experience with Agile methodologies will be a strong recommendation 

 

Knowledge:

• Understanding of the SDLC Methodology 

• Understanding of Microsoft C# in the context of the Microsoft.NET framework

• Basic understanding of UML (Class, Activity, Entity Relation Diagrams, etc.)

• Understanding of OO concepts, design principles and patterns

• Good knowledge of the following technologies will be a strong recommendation:

•    .NET C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET
•    MVC, MCF, LinQ
•    HTML, CSS, XML
•    JavaScript, JQuery, Json
•    Ajax
•    SQL 2012 and /or Express
•    Angular

• Understand and code XML, XSD, HTTP and SOAP protocols

• Knowledge of Persistence frameworks (XPO would be beneficial)

• Basic understanding of Microsoft Patterns and Practices

• Problem Analysis and Problem Solving Techniques

• Impact Analysis Techniques

• Documentation Frameworks, Tools and Standards

• Coaching / Mentoring Techniques

• Understanding of Domain Driven Design concepts

• Understanding Planning ,Software design 

• Software Quality and metric

• High level understanding of Enterprise Test Methodology

• Sound knowledge of the Financial Services industry will be a strong recommendation

• Kentico CMS (would be beneficial)

 

Competencies:

 

• Strong analytical & numerical ability

• Problem solving skills

• Conceptual thinker

• Good communication people interaction / interpersonal  skills

• Action / results orientation

• Quality Assurance orientation

• Knowledge seeking / Continuous learning 

• Building and Maintaining relationships

• Customer Service

• Adaptability

• Strong team work orientation

 

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Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping  our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters – Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others

Customer focus - Contributing through others

Drives results - Contributing through others

Collaborates - Contributing through others

Being resilient - Contributing through others

Turnaround time

 

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. 

Closing date: 6 August 2021

Our commitment to transformation

The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity.  This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa.  The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.

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Who are we?

Sanlam Group Technology is responsible for the provision of a digitally enabled technology service as a group COE, drive business and transformation and provide group-wide digital and data architecture. We operate the various technology platforms and shared services, ensure Cyber and Information Security resilience, and act as technology governance and risk orchestrator for technology across Sanlam.

What will you do?

• Analysis of change requests received

• Provide recommendations man-day estimates for implementing changes

• Design prototypes for change requests

• Design Web Interfaces (graphic design) if applicable

• Maintain existing programmes according to change requests

• Produce appropriate software programs that satisfy the specifications 

• Test own programs / artefacts to ensure correctness

• Test Interfaces to other systems

• Debugging of programs

• Provide test information to Testers

• Implement changes into the Production environment

• Document changes implemented and programs

• Updates of data model documentation

• Problem solving, root cause analysis and user assistance (functional)

• Technical support / assistance to others on own programs / systems

• Provision of user guides / training material

• Provide hands-on training for own system

• Provide standby / support (if and when applicable)

• Correct errors / bugs in production

What will make you successful in this role?

 

Qualifications:

• Relevant IT Qualifications (degree or diploma) 

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience within application development 

• Proven record of exceptional work performance

• Experience with Agile methodologies will be a strong recommendation 

 

Knowledge:

• Understanding of the SDLC Methodology 

• Understanding of Microsoft C# in the context of the Microsoft.NET framework

• Basic understanding of UML (Class, Activity, Entity Relation Diagrams, etc.)

• Understanding of OO concepts, design principles and patterns

• Good knowledge of the following technologies will be a strong recommendation:

•    .NET C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET
•    MVC, MCF, LinQ
•    HTML, CSS, XML
•    JavaScript, JQuery, Json
•    Ajax
•    SQL 2012 and /or Express
•    Angular

• Understand and code XML, XSD, HTTP and SOAP protocols

• Knowledge of Persistence frameworks (XPO would be beneficial)

• Basic understanding of Microsoft Patterns and Practices

• Problem Analysis and Problem Solving Techniques

• Impact Analysis Techniques

• Documentation Frameworks, Tools and Standards

• Coaching / Mentoring Techniques

• Understanding of Domain Driven Design concepts

• Understanding Planning ,Software design 

• Software Quality and metric

• High level understanding of Enterprise Test Methodology

• Sound knowledge of the Financial Services industry will be a strong recommendation

• Kentico CMS (would be beneficial)

 

Competencies:

 

• Strong analytical & numerical ability

• Problem solving skills

• Conceptual thinker

• Good communication people interaction / interpersonal  skills

• Action / results orientation

• Quality Assurance orientation

• Knowledge seeking / Continuous learning 

• Building and Maintaining relationships

• Customer Service

• Adaptability

• Strong team work orientation

 

#LIWRAP

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping  our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters – Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others

Customer focus - Contributing through others

Drives results - Contributing through others

Collaborates - Contributing through others

Being resilient - Contributing through others

Turnaround time

 

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. 

Closing date: 6 August 2021

Our commitment to transformation

The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity.  This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa.  The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.

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Who are we?

• Sanlam Private Wealth crafts customised investment portfolios for high net worth private clients, charitable institutions, trusts and corporate entities.
• With assets under management and administration of more than R151 billion, we offer a comprehensive and integrated suite of wealth management solutions. These include equity, retirement and offshore investment portfolios, fiduciary and tax services, an equity-backed finance offering, a global stockbroking service and derivatives trading. 
• At Sanlam Private Wealth, our clients are at the core of everything we do. For this reason, we employ people with passion – individuals who thrive in an entrepreneurial, high-energy environment.

Sanlam Private Wealth is part of the Sanlam Investments Group, a leading investment and wealth management business in South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia and Europe.

Overview

• This is an exciting opportunity to join a senior portfolio manager in servicing an existing client base, but will also provide you the opportunity to build your own client book over time. The successful candidate will work closely with the senior portfolio manager with the prospect of becoming part of the succession planning within the branch. The candidate should preferably be a local person with a strong network in the region.

What will you do?

• Portfolio Construction
•  Modeling & re-balancing portfolios
• Preparation of review documentation
• Calculation of portfolio returns
• Trading
• Implementation of client portfolios
• Execution of local & offshore portfolio trades
• Investment and redemption of Collective Investments
• Submission of offshore orders
• Backup trader
• Client Interaction
• What will make you successful in this role?
• Passion for the markets
• Client Interaction / Client Centricity
• Portfolio Management / Research
• Stockbroking /Trading
• Administration
• Well networked in the area

Qualification and experience

• B. Com
• CFP or CFA will be an advantage

Knowledge and skills

• Proficient in MS Office (i.e. Word, Excel etc.)
• Excellent numerical acumen

Personal qualities

• Strong numerical orientation
• Highly organized with a high level of customer focus
• Accurate and detail orientated
• Critical and analytical capability
• Ability to perform well under pressure and show maturity, confidence and resilience
• Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills
• Pro-Active approach to work, clients, problem solving
• Learning agility and curiosity
• Assertive
• Passionate ownership for results

Build a successful career with us

• We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its business clusters – Sanlam Personal Finance, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Sanlam Investments, Sanlam Corporate Santam, Miway, as well as the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Turnaround time

• The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. 
• To be considered for the above opportunity please upload your detailed CV on or before 10 August 2021
• Please note that if you are not contacted within 2 weeks after the closing date your application has been unsuccessful

Our commitment to transformation

• The Sanlam Group is committed to transformation and embracing diversity and our employment equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society as well as people with disabilities.

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What will you do?

• Responsible for the timely and effective response to IT user queries and problems through the receipt and logging of problems and the co-ordination of rapid and appropriate responses for higher-level problem resolution and advice on both new and established systems. Gives telephonic training on systems. Conducts trend analysis of series data to determine common occurrences and recurring issues. Determines absolute cause of problems by either recreating the issues in a test environment or reviewing system design.   Co-ordinates and ensures that adequate training is provided for users. Acts as liaison between users and information technology department on problem areas, managing client expectations. May manage the incident to completion.

What will make you successful in this role?

• The Assistant Team Leader supports the Service desk team leader to ensure that the team is meeting customer service level agreements and managing incident restoration. This entails monitoring and reporting, scheduling of agents, day to day management of the team when Team leader is not available and also representing the Service Desk in meetings. It is also expected that the Assistant Team Leader assist with the coaching and mentoring of the team and the coordination of training of New Agents and attend to the ongoing training of the existing team to ensure quality of Service

Outputs/Core Tasks
People Management

•     Assist with the Day to day management of Service Desk Team 
•     Assist with the development of inter and intra team processes that promote efficiency and ongoing communication
•     Promote a culture of learning and information sharing

Managing Service Level Agreements (SLA)

•     Ensuring that agreed upon SLA’s are met 
•     Identify SLA exceptions and breaches
•     Investigate SLA exceptions breaches
•     Report on the root causes of exceptions and breaches 
•     Manage a variety of tasks and activities which may require adjustments to priorities in order to satisfy business needs

Escalation Management 

•     Act as Co- escalation point for End Users and as well as  technical escalation point for Team members
•     Coordinate and manage internal team escalations to oversee the incident to completion

Client Engagement 

•     Support existing clients with service delivery 
•     Assist with the Onboarding of New Clients and to ensure BAU Readiness which will enable Service Desk to support the New Clients

Quality Assurance

•     Assist with measurement of the quality of Service delivered by the Agents and identify Training needs

Reporting

•     Assist with Daily, Weekly and Monthly Reporting

Qualifications
    Matric

•     A+ or any entry level IT qualification as well as ITIL Certification will be to the advantage of the successful candidate

Experience

•     Understanding of ITIL working practices
•     Computer literate
•     Previous experience in a Call Centre and/or Service Desk Team leader role for at least 2 years 
•     Knowledge of the Sanlam and or Santam Applications and Systems will be to the advantage of the successful candidate 
•     Broad knowledge of IT Products, services and terminology
•     At least 2 years’ people management experience managing a helpdesk or a call centr

Knowledge and Skills

• Client Delivery and incident handling
• Reporting and Administration
• Technologies
• Business Requirements Definition
• Problem Tracking Tool

Personal Attributes

• Action orientated - Contributing independently
• Decision quality - Contributing independently
• Optimises work processes - Contributing independently
• Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
• Builds effective teams - Contributing through others
• Communicates effectively - Contributing through others

Build a successful career with us

• We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping  our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters – Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

• Being resilient - Contributing independently
• Collaborates - Contributing independently
• Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently
• Customer focus - Contributing independently
• Drives results - Contributing independently

Turnaround time

• The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. 

Our commitment to transformation

• The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity.  This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa.  The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.

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Who are we?

• Sanlam Developing Markets (SDM) (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanlam Life Limited) is one of the top financial services providers in the South African entry-level and emerging middle market. It aims to understand the unique requirements of clients and offers a wide range of simple and affordable financial solutions that cover needs such as funeral insurance, savings for education, life cover and personal accident plans. In terms of the Sanlam Group Governance Policy, SDM is managed by the SA Retail Mass cluster, which is part of the Sanlam Life and Savings cluster within the Sanlam Group. There are four businesses within the SA Retail Mass cluster, namely; Group Benefits, Individual Life, Safrican Insurance and African Rainbow Life.

What will you do?
The Head of Human Capital plays an integral role on the Retail Mass leadership team in executing the people agenda.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Partners with the Retail Mass leadership team on all matters related to people, culture and transformation; providing sound people advice, insight and guidance. 
• Development of an aligned, professional and proactive Human Capital team who deliver against the agreed HC and business deliverables.  Provide mentoring and coaching support to the current HC team to enable learning and growth.
• Responsible for the effective management and delivery of quality human practices and processes including recruitment, total reward, learning and development, talent management, employee assistance, and performance management. 
• Driving Talent Management practices across the Retail Mass business and driving key Talent Acquisition strategies focusing on specific competencies and skills in the fields of actuarial, digital, sales and accounting
• Delivery and execution on the transformation agenda – development of plans and support to the leadership in ensuring Retail Mass is experienced as a place of diversity and inclusivity
• Support and drive, together with the Retail Mass leadership team, a culture of delivery and execution across the business  
• Management of key stakeholder relationships, internally and externally.  (Across the cluster, the broader Group, key external service providers, industry peers)

Qualification and Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualification.
• Post graduate qualification will be advantageous e.g. Honours, Masters in Organisational Psychology or MBA
• Minimum 7 years’ management experience in a Human Capital discipline. 
• Experience in working with a Business Unit leadership team would be an advantage.                                      
• Experience in dealing with regional Human Capital teams would be an advantage.

Knowledge and Skills

• Sound knowledge of HC related legislation, BCEA, LRA, etc. 
• Working knowledge of HC best practice.
• Experience of managing HC related projects from concept to sign off and implementation. 
• Ability to lead change in the organisation.
• Strategic planning 
• Risk and governance management
• Leading others and resource management
• Drives transformation and change organisational design and development

Personal Attributes

• Organisational savvy - Contributing strategically
• Manages complexity - Contributing strategically
• Drives engagement - Contributing strategically
• Business insight - Contributing strategically

Core Competencies

• Cultivates Innovation by creating new and better ways for the organisation to be successful.
• Client Focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Drives Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Flexible and Adaptable - Rebounding from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations.
• Being resilient - Contributing strategically

Build a successful career with us

• We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping  our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters – Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Turnaround time

• The closing date for applications is 2 August 2021

Our commitment to transformation

• The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.

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Role purpose:

This role will support the development and execution of the marketing strategy for Sanlam Credit Solutions (SCS).

• The role is responsible for scrutinising the competitor landscape and stay up to date with global trends for similar platforms.  The successful applicant must have a passion for and sound comprehension of digital business platforms, understand what drives client behaviour and how to interpret it to the benefit of the digital business. Understanding client behaviour by analysing on platform behaviour and growing SCS’s client base via digital marketing to both the open market and the Sanlam client base are all core to the role.

Output/Core Tasks:

• Continuous analytics and agile campaigning.
• Continuous input into improving the user experience on the platform and elevating the competitive edge .
• Execute and coordinate all digital marketing activities of Sanlam Credit Solutions.
• Plan, communicate and execute the different SCS digital campaigns and initiatives in line with the annual Sanlam Life calendar/schedule.
• Engage with digital media agencies and ensure the development and execution of the digital marketing strategy.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure execution of digital marketing activities in support of the achievement of business goals.
• Ensure brand consistency and protection of digital properties.
• Track and report campaign and online marketing success through effective measurement metrics.  Make recommendations for improvement and take corrective steps.
• Identify trends and communicate learnings and intelligence of online marketing capability to the business.
• Manage expenses and budget.
• Liaison with the SCS JV partner being Intelligent Debt Management (IDM) on digital campaigning and digital re-engagement strategies.

Role Requirements:
 

Qualifications:

• Relevant Marketing qualification – minimum 3-year qualification
• Microsoft Office suite, Excel
   

Knowledge and Experience:

• Market research and reporting
• Digital Marketing
• Data management and analytics interpretation
• At least 5years relevant industry experience, specifically Retail Credit business
• At least 5 years Digital Marketing experience
• At least 5 years Brand management experience
• HTML; Google Analytics, AdWords, DoubleClick suite, D 365

Competencies:

• Business Insight
• Action orientated
• Plans and aligns
• Builds networks
• Excellent Communication skills
• Negotiation skills
• Decision making skills

Sanlam Competencies:

• Being resilient
• Collaborates
• Cultivates innovation
• Customer focus
• Drives results

Build a successful career with us

• We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping  our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters – Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. 

Closing date: 6 August 2021

Our commitment to transformation
 

The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity.  This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa.  The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.

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Who are we?

• Sanlam Developing Markets (SDM) (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanlam Life Limited) is one of the top financial services providers in the South African entry-level and emerging middle market. It aims to understand the unique requirements of clients and offers a wide range of simple and affordable financial solutions that cover needs such as funeral insurance, savings for education, life cover and personal accident plans. In terms of the Sanlam Group Governance Policy, SDM is managed by the SA Retail Mass cluster, which is part of the Sanlam Life and Savings cluster within the Sanlam Group. There are four businesses within the SA Retail Mass cluster, namely; Group Benefits, Individual Life, Safrican Insurance and African Rainbow Life.

Who are we? 

• Sanlam Developing Markets Limited (SDM) (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanlam Life Limited) is one of the top financial services providers in the South African entry-level and emerging middle market. It aims to understand the unique requirements of clients and offers a wide range of simple and affordable financial solutions that cover needs such as funeral insurance, savings for education, life cover and personal accident plans. In terms of the Sanlam Group Governance Policy, SDM is managed by the Sanlam Sky sub-cluster which is part of the Sanlam Personal Finance cluster within the Sanlam Group. There are four businesses within the Sanlam Sky sub-cluster, namely; Group Benefits, Individual Life, Safrican Insurance and African Rainbow Life.

 

Sanlam Values 
The ability to demonstrate, understanding and apply our Sanlam values is embedded in all roles.  Applicants must exhibit their commitment to the values as part of the application process.

•     Lead with courage
•     Serve with pride
•     Care because we respect each other
•     Act with integrity & accountability
•     Grow value through innovation & superior performance

 

What will you do?

•     Activity management of representatives. 
•     Prospecting for Representatives. 
•     Production management on a daily basis concentrating on quality and quantity. 
•     Conducting training - Theoretical and practical in field. 
•     Facility liaison. 
•     New facility identification.

Qualification & experience 

•     Grade 12

    meet the qualification requirements in line with their DOFA: 

• Individuals who joined the industry prior to 2010 must have obtained their 30 or 60 credits or alternatively obtained a full qualification as per the FSCA’s list of recognized qualifications.
•  Individuals who joined the industry from 2010 must have obtained a full qualification (120 Credits at NQF Level 4 for Categories B1 and B2) as per the FSCA's list of recognized qualifications at the point of recruitment. 
•     It would be advantageous for the individual to meet the following criteria but not compulsory: In order to register for the Retail Pensions Category the Manager must have obtained a full qualification (120 Credits. at NQF level 4 would be required and NQF level 5 would be advantageous Categories B1 and B2) as per the FSCA's list of recognized qualifications at the point of recruitment.

RE 5 required from date of appointment)

Class of business (COB): 

• Should the candidate have been deemed Fit and Proper for Tier 1 by 01 April 2018, the candidate is then deemed competent for Class of Business. All applicants that were still under supervision for any competency requirement pre or post 01 April 2018 will be required to have obtained Class of Business prior to appointment. If a potential candidate has not completed Class of Business they are still deemed to be under supervision and cannot be appointed as a Sales Manager.

Knowledge and skills 

•     At least 2 years sales experience of which at least 1 year must be within the financial services industry (Cat B1/Cat B2/Retail Pensions)
•      A minimum of one year management experience     
•      Where the appointment is an internal appointment, past performance must be checked to ensure that all company criteria was met

Personal qualities 

•     Good leadership skills.
•     Entrepreneurial with good business acumen.
•     Strong action orientation
•     Good written and verbal communication skills.
•     Ability to make decisions.
•     Initiative and innovativeness.
•     Planning and organizing.
•     Achievement orientation.
•     Negotiation skills.
•     Coaching and enabling skills

Our aim is to help you build a successful career with us

• We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realize their worth. Through its business clusters – Sanlam Personal Finance, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Sanlam Investments, Sanlam Corporate Santam, Miway, as well as the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development. 

Turnaround times
The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.  

• The Sanlam Group is committed to transformation and embracing diversity and our employment equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society as well as people with disabilities. 

The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.

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Who are we?

• The Sanlam Retail Affluent business (SRA) is dedicated to empower South Africans in the middle- and upper-income segments to be financially confident, secure and prosperous. With deep client understanding and a focus on excellence in technology, client and intermediary experiences, SRA delivers financial solutions including comprehensive financial planning, life- and disability insurance, credit solutions, savings and investments, retirement and fiduciary services that can be accessed through various platforms.

Business Description

• We’re in the business of planning for tomorrow. The never-ending pursuit of meticulously crafting our clients’ futures. We do this by truly appreciating the value of money and turning the materials we’re given into something more. It’s our trade and it is something we are passionate about. It’s what makes us Wealthsmiths™.

 

The Sanlam Retail Affluent (SRA) Actuarial team is driven by a vision to provide expert actuarial, business and risk management solutions to enable businesses to achieve their strategic objectives.

 

We drive this vision through a culture of high-performance, innovation, thought-leadership, proactivity and learning.

What will you do?

• Under direct supervision, performs assignments of actuarial-related duties such as preparing, performing and analysing actuarial research and audits. Other duties include collecting data from various databases and performing standard mathematical calculations.

 

Position Description:

• We offer opportunities to actuarial graduates who are looking to start their careers and qualify as actuaries. The Sanlam Actuarial Training Programme starts off with an unofficial ‘internship’ that lets you familiarise yourself with the inner workings of Sanlam by getting to know its products and systems. Once you have a good grasp of this, you will be exposed to more technical positions. We will help you develop your analytical abilities in order to further develop your actuarial skills.

 

Your actuarial exam results combined with your on-job performance will determine how quickly you progress and are exposed to more advanced areas of this side of Sanlam’s business.

 

Our comprehensive actuarial support programme includes great additional benefits such as:

• Study time during work hours
• Bursaries to complete your actuarial examinations
• Financial rewards for passing your exams
• Guidance and mentoring

 
What will make you successful in this role?
Requirements:

• South African citizenship
   

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science.
• Must qualify for exemptions of at least six (6) Actuarial examinations by the time you graduate.
   

Knowledge and Experience:

• Strong computer skills
• Above-average Microsoft Office skills are non-negotiable
   

Key competencies for success:

• Strong analytical ability and a structured approach to problem-solving
• Team player
• Ability to work accurately and with attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills
• Integrity
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Knowledge and Skills

• Actuarial Problem Solving
• Issues management
• Attention to detail and accuracy

Personal Attributes

• Self-development - Contributing independently
• Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
• Nimble learning - Contributing independently
• Tech savvy - Contributing independently

Build a successful career with us

• We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping  our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters – Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

• Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently
• Customer focus - Contributing independently
• Drives results - Contributing independently
• Collaborates - Contributing independently
• Being resilient - Contributing independently

Turnaround time

• The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. 

 

Closing date: 31 July 2021

Our commitment to transformation

• The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity.  This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa.  The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.