Job Openings at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• The successful candidate will act as a Group Financial Accountant in the SanlamAllianz Group Finance Team and will report to the Senior Financial Manager. 

What will make you successful in this role?

Responsibilities will include, amongst others, the following:

• Processing and reviewing of foreign subsidiary financial results in HFM (Hyperion financial management) for monthly reporting, interim review process and year-end close process
• Analysis of multiple foreign subsidiary management accounts and financial statements
• Cluster financial consolidation including processing of consolidation journals and elimination of intercompany balances
• Compilation of financial statements in terms of IFRS and preparation of note disclosures for year-end close process
• Cluster financial consolidation of forecasts and budgets
• Ensure effective controls and procedures are in place and focus on process improvements to drive automation and new ways of working
• Interactions with internal and external auditors 
• Involvement and support for specific improvement projects to enhance the financial close process and implement best practices across the Group
• Co-ordination, planning & communication with internal and external stakeholders in respect of reporting requirements and processes
• Lead and contribute to a high-performing accounting team

Qualification and Experience

• Qualified CA(SA) or equivalent
• 0 to 4 years post qualification experience

Knowledge and Skills

• Good working knowledge of IFRS principles and standards and group consolidations (IFRS17 experience/basic understanding is an added advantage)
• Experience in the emerging markets environment will be an advantage
• Oracle HFM experience will be an added advantage
• Process management skills (able to review existing processes and procedures, making recommendations for rationalisation/improvement, and implement them operationally)
• Ability to speak French will be advantageous

Personal Attributes

• Ability to deal with competing priorities and be resilient
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal 
• Analytical and conceptual thinking (solving of complex problems)
• Building and maintaining relationships with external and internal clients
• Pro-active individual with the ability to work independently as well as a member of a team
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and to meet stringent deadlines
• Attention to detail

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What will you do?

• To perform the role of a banking and finance / general corporate / private equity and fund attorney in a legal team, providing professional legal advice and risk management services to internal clients to mitigate Sanlam Alternative Investments’ (“SAI”) legal risks.

What will make you successful in this role?

Providing legal advice:

• Participating in the relevant committees and reporting on legal or reputational risks.
• Structuring, negotiation, documentation, and on-going management of legal aspects of transactions within a risk framework acceptable to SAI and Committee’s conditions.
• Provide commercially viable solutions to technical issues.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating corporate, banking, security and finance documentation across the debt, properties, empowerment, and equities sectors such as - committed bilateral and syndicated loans, risk/funded participation agreements, guarantees and indemnities, letters of credit secondary debt trading documentation.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating on transactions related to project finance, equity-based investments, private equity, fund finance, empowerment funding and venture capital.
• Reviewing and negotiating cross-border and international transactions.
• Advising on distressed debt and restructurings.
• Advising on insolvency and litigation issues.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating non-core business documentation.
• Preparation and updating precedent and know-how systems.
• Providing training to the business on topical areas of law.

Manage stakeholder relationships:

• Build and maintain effective relationships with relevant stakeholders and users.
• Develop trusting professional internal relationships by keeping relevant stakeholders and users informed of any new changes to the law which may impact their business.
• Develop and manage professional relationships with external clients, external legal counsel and external legal advisors representing client interests. 

Manage internal processes:

• Maintaining and updating legal templates.
• Ensuring sound and efficient legal processes.
• Drafting of high-quality legal agreements.
• Ensuring company’s risk is adequately identified, mitigated and/or managed.
• Providing guidance to SAI lender / financing representative and operations on financial close processes.
• Regular reporting to the SAI Head of Legal on workload, turnaround times and skills development.
• Proactively identifying areas for business and legal improvement.
• Project managing plans identified for improving legal efficiencies.
• Management of appointing, briefing, and monitoring of outside legal counsel whilst containing costs.

Managed Transformation and Change:

• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals.
• Participate in the development and implement action plans to address issues raised in culture surveys to improve results.
• Participate in and support corporate responsibility initiatives.
• Achieve operational excellence by supporting the implementation of business optimisation improvement through team engagement.
• Encourage team to generate innovative ideas and share knowledge.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Banking knowledge
• Diversity management
• Governance, risk, and controls
• Legal risk and practice management
• Regulatory and legal principles
• Research and development
• Stakeholder management
• Business writing skills
• anagement information and reporting principles, tools, and mechanisms

Behavioural Competencies

• Good communication skills
• Continuous learning attitude
• Decision making ability
• Managing workload
• Technical / professional knowledge and skills
• Ability to operate independently
• Proactive approach
• To develop innovative and practical solutions and derive risk-based assessments of elements of the transaction
• Team orientated approach
• Ability to work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Motivated, self-starter
• Deadline orientated
• Accessible
• Responsive

Qualification and Experience

• LLB degree.
• Admitted attorney of the High Court with 5 or more years related experience, post articles.
• Experience as a legal advisor in a corporate legal department or attorney in a legal practice, with a focus on drafting and negotiating banking. finance and corporate contracts.
• LMA drafting and structuring.
• Experience of fund finance, project finance and mergers and acquisitions.
• Dual UK (or other) and RSA qualified attorney preferred but not required

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Key Responsibilities

• Provide analytical and technical support to the Group Head of Actuarial Function and HAFs across the group, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of actuarial work.
• Support the production, review, and challenge of actuarial components of regulatory deliverables (e.g. valuation reports, ORSAs and regulatory returns).
• Assist in the coordination and consolidation of group-wide actuarial processes, including capital calculations, technical provisions, and assumption setting.
• Perform independent analysis and challenge of results from local entity teams, highlighting key risks, trends, and issues for escalation.
• Contribute to the validation and ongoing enhancement of actuarial models, tools, and methodologies.
• Support group-level oversight activities, including monitoring adherence to actuarial policies, standards, and regulatory requirements across entities.
• Prepare reports and presentations for senior management and committees.
• Provide actuarial insights to cross-functional work such as product development, reinsurance strategy, and risk management initiatives.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of frameworks for assumption governance, experience analysis, and model risk management.
• Build strong working relationships across group actuarial, finance, risk, and local entity teams, promoting knowledge sharing and consistent best practice.

Qualifications

• Qualified Actuary
• Degree in Actuarial Science.
• 2 years related experience.

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Job Purpose 

• The successful candidate will be part of a team of project managers who are all responsible for the management of Business and IT projects, ensuring on time quality delivery according to agreed business requirements and parameters.

Key Outcomes

The following outcomes will be expected to be achieved by the Senior Project Manager: 

• Management and administration of IT and Business projects with respect to scope, timelines, resourcing and risks to ensure delivery according to agreed project parameters 
• Communication of strategic vision, business benefits and value to be gained by achieving the project objectives to project team members and beyond project team, including reporting of project status and risks to all stakeholders 
• Setting and management of expectations relating to projects 
• Building and managing relationships with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients, to ensure operational service delivery is maintained and business impact minimised 
• Planning, co-ordination and facilitation of project work according to agreed priorities 
• Management of project delivery, progress tracking, project risks and issues management 
• Management of changes to the agreed project scope and/or timeline to preserve business commitments and re-alignment of project objectives with regards to scope and timeline in the event of change 

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualifications within the field of Project Management, such as PM Diploma, PM degree, PRINCE2 qualification or PMP, will be an advantage.
• Experience in managing digital transformation projects/programs will be advantageous.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in Project Management with demonstrable ability to apply any methodology or tool suited to the context and nature of the project and environment.
• At least 5 years’ experience within a financial services company within an IT development environment using Agile methodologies will be an advantage. 
• Knowledge of and competent in applying project management principles.
• Knowledge of business products and processes and systems development life cycles.

Competencies

• Proficiency in organising, co-ordinating and collaborating across diverse teams and perspectives 
• Problem-solving thinking skills 
• Performance driven and results oriented 
• Communication skills and well versed in verbal and writing abilities 
• Work equally well independently and as part of a team 
• Contributing to team success 
• Client service oriented 
• Influencing and gaining commitment 
• Negotiating skills 
• Adaptability 

Attributes

• Honesty, integrity and respect 
• Positive enthusiastic can-do attitude 
• Teaming 
• Persistence and resilience 
• Driven to perform under pressure 

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification and Experience

• Degree or Diploma with 8 to 12 years related experience.

Knowledge and Skills

• Project Planning
• Service standards and business requirements
• Project Management Tools
• Reporting and Administration
• Quality, compliance and accreditation