Old Mutual Limited (OML) is a premium African financial services group that offers a broad spectrum of financial solutions to retail and corporate customers across key markets in 14 countries.
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Job Description
Design and Implement market leading, fit-for-purpose products that are optimally priced to support the growth and development of the business. Lead the financial analysis for each developed product in the portfolio and establish targeted assumptions of ongoing progress for growth in volume and price. Draft and maintain underwriting guidelines and training documents.
Design and Implement market leading, fit-for-purpose products that are optimally priced to support the growth and development of the business.
- Define and implement initiatives that will improve or develop innovative and / or fit-for-purpose products to enhance the customer experience.
- Implement the consolidation of products and migration to the business systems working closely with internal stakeholders (incl. application of regulatory demarcation rules).
- Track and report on all product performance, utilisation & profitability with support from Pricing, Business Intelligence and Finance.
- Leverage deep understanding of business processes and product constructs to enhance or design new products and services using existing or identified systems that will meet the changing needs of the customer across the value chain.
- Understand the end-to-end customer value chain to identify and implement opportunities to improve the profitability of the product offering through risk-based selection and / or product rationalisation / design.
- Ensure that defined underwriting standards are upheld and that technical underwriting controls are managing the identified risks.
- Identify competitor intelligence and perform market research including detailed analysis of information supporting product development initiatives.
- Collaborate with actuarial, underwriting and marketing functions to ensure the relevance and marketability of solutions, soliciting and incorporating meaningful input in the product development process.
- Closely monitor the developments in the insurance marketplace, financial landscape, and regulatory environment to incorporate into current and future product designs.
- Support learning and development for any new products to help articulate differences in product features/benefits.
- Deliver and implement new products at a high efficiency level- liaising between different divisions and department ensuring all aspects of the new products have been considered and are being attended to, including wordings, marketing, system development and reporting.
- Approve above mandate referrals by combining research outcomes, past experience, intuition and commercial / business acumen to fully understand the risk and the impact of the referral.
Continuous improvement to ensure effective service
- Ensure statutory and legislative knowledge is always current in order to advise the business on corrective solutions to mitigate risks and to improve the customer experience whilst complying with governance requirements.
- Ensure adherence to organisational policies, practices and procedures.
- Identify solutions to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.
Service delivery to ensure customer satisfaction
- Maintain service, quality and desired outputs across the business process by ensuring compliance to tactical policies, procedures and standards.
- Establish productive operational relationships with key stakeholders in the various channels and administrative teams.
- Develop work routines in line with operational plans / schedules in order to manage achievement of service delivery goals.
- Share knowledge on, and participate in the creation of new standards, control systems and procedures to maintain service delivery.
Ensure cost efficiency through financial and corporate governance
- Contribute to the development and implementation of fit for purpose budgets.
- Manage supplier relationships, and budgets associated with projects.
Manage quality people practices
- Align own behaviour with the organisation culture and values.
- Share and transfer product, process and systems knowledge to colleagues and team members.
- Collaborate and work with the business to deliver required service levels.
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Job Description
Minimum Requirements:
- Namibian Citizenship;
- A minimum qualification of grade 12 with approximately 4 years' experience in the life insurance environment;
- A sound knowledge of Individual Life products and mainframe competence (Life) would be advantageous;
- Excellent client care orientation;
- Ability to listen and integrate information;
- Attention to detail;
- Computer literacy.
Job Description:
- Providing quality service and client care;
- Providing support to brokers and consultants;
- Handling all general queries;
- Administering client information;
- Executing routine administration procedures to ensure immediate operational excellence in response to requirements;
- Providing direct or indirect service to customers and intermediaries;
- Performing general office functions;
- Using standard administrative techniques to coordinate own work;
- Collaborating effectively with others to achieve personal results;
- Adhering to service and quality standards.
- Keep accurate records of all NB issued cases in a single report;
- Keep all records of completed FIA docs received and captured on the above report;
- Keep record of all outstanding/incomplete FIA docs on the report mentioned in the first bullet;
- Identify trends for example brokers who regularly fail to submit the FIA documentation;
- Submit updated report to Compliance and BD Manager;
- Regular audits from Compliance with regards to quality and progress.
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Job Description
Markets Old Mutual services and products to brokers or clients. Convinces brokers to sell Old Mutual products and services. Markets Old Mutual value proposition. Develops and tries to find new business. Builds relationships with brokers.
Skills
Client service oriented, Communication Skills, Learning and Development (L&D), New Businesses, Strong interpersonal skills
- Organized and self-driven
- Knowledge of Reinsurance Treaty, Facultative wording and Reinsurance slips
- Good analytical skills
- Computer knowledge
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Good understanding of general Insurance products, Value Propositions
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The role of Software Engineer – Junior IOS Developer is responsible for the development of high-quality mobile solutions. This role requires participation in the development and maintenance activities of software and other digital applications or services. The incumbent will be expected to develop user-centered software and contribute to developing technical specifications. This role requires fundamentals in engineering practices, an analytical and data-driven approach to problem solving, while following DevOps, SRE and Cloud Based practices.
Responsibilities
- Follow Agile methodologies (SCRUM / Kanban)
- Work in a DevOps culture
- Work closely with multi-skilled and cross-functional teams e.g., architects, developers, UX designers, business
- Participates in team design, scoping and prioritization discussions
- Contributes to and develop technical specifications and software application architecture and designs
- Build cloud based functional mobile applications at an enterprise level
- Build Front-end and/or back-end solutions on the mobile digital channel/platform
- Writes secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects.
- Assumes responsibility for the state of the code you both inherit and produce.
- Responsible for getting designs and code reviewed,
- Writes unit tests and tests code thoroughly
- Classifies, stores, and handles data in accordance with Old Mutual policies
- Clearly documents software to ensure that future generations of developers understand the intention behind the features and components built.
- Knowledgeable of and implements coding design patterns
- Review and refactor code according to coding standards
- Provide after-hours support of applications (you build it, you run it)
- Understands the maintenance characteristics, runtime properties, and dependencies of the team’s software, including hardware platform, operating system and build dependencies.
- In the event of a problem, troubleshoots, researches the root cause of problems, and thoroughly resolve defects.
- Continuously develop skills
- Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind teams' software.
- Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions
- Understand and contribute to the technical roadmap and vision of the Digital & Data team
- Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind the team’s software.
- Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions
- Research and share programming/technology-related advances to team(s)
- Build and test software prototypes
Experience & Qualifications Requirements
- Matric certificate with relevant tertiary qualification
- 2+ years of experience in Android mobile application development
- Knowledge of, and experience in mobile frameworks and technologies such as:
- Swift 5 on IOS for Native App Development
- Xcode/AppCode
- Kotlin (advantageous)
- Containerisation technologies e.g., Kubernetes, Docker
- CI/CD Tools e.g., Jenkins, AWS Code Commit
- AWS (preferred) or another cloud provider such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform
- IaC technologies e.g., Terraform/Cloudformation
- Collaboration tool e.g., Confluence, Jira, Microsoft Teams, Slack
- Familiarity with architecture styles such as Microservice and Serverless architectures
- Critical thinking, root cause identification skills and attention to detail
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly
- Good communications skills and a team player
- Comfortable with pair programming
- Possess commercial and business awareness
- Ability to understand, communicate and/or translate complex procedures to colleagues
- Takes ownership of problems (even when outside own domain), proposes solutions, and either takes ownership for their resolution or ensures a clear hand-off to the right owner
COMPETENCIES
- Customer focus
- Attention to detail and big picture
- Action Oriented
- Continuous Improvement
- Conflict management and resolution
- Multi-function team collaboration
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Job Description
The My Old Mutual team is a dynamic division within Old Mutual Limited, which seeks to drive digital engagement with customers by being at the forefront of digital development and innovation. Old Mutual’s longstanding history and unquestionable success in the financial industry, provide a solid foundation for expansion of its digital platform. The Digital & Data team applies customer-focused design thinking, agile and lean development methodologies, and continuous delivery practices.
The role of Software Engineer – Senior Android Developer is responsible for the development of high-quality mobile solutions. This role requires participation in the development and maintenance activities of software and other digital applications or services. The incumbent will be expected to develop user-centred software and contribute to developing technical specifications. This role requires fundamentals in engineering practices, an analytical and data-driven approach to problem solving, while following DevOps, SRE and Cloud Based practices.
Responsibilities
- Follow Agile methodologies (SCRUM / Kanban)
- Work in a DevOps culture
- Work closely with multi-skilled and cross-functional teams e.g., architects, developers, UX designers, business
- Participates in team design, scoping and prioritization discussions
- Document & Design solutions at an Application Level with guidance from seniors
- Participates in team design, scoping and prioritization discussions
- Contributes to and develop technical specifications and software application architecture and designs
- Build cloud based functional mobile applications at an enterprise level
- Build Front-end and/or back-end solutions on the mobile digital channel/platform
- Implement complex Business Features and solutions autonomously
- Contribute to the technical roadmap and vision of the Digital & Data team
- Understand, communicate and/or translate complex procedures
- Writes secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects.
- Assumes responsibility for the state of the code you both inherit and produce.
- Responsible for getting designs and code reviewed,
- Writes unit tests and tests code thoroughly
- Classifies, stores, and handles data in accordance with Old Mutual policies
- Clearly documents software to ensure that future generations of developers understand the intention behind the features and components built.
- Knowledgeable of and implements coding design patterns
- Review and refactor code according to coding standards
- Refactor complex code to improve maintainability
- Provide after-hours support of applications (you build it, you run it)
- Understands the maintenance characteristics, runtime properties, and dependencies of the team’s software, including hardware platform, operating system and build dependencies.
- In the event of a problem, troubleshoots, researches the root cause of problems, and thoroughly resolve defects.
- Drive monitoring and alerting for solutions
- Continuously develop skills
- Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind teams' software.
- Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions
- Understand and contribute to the technical roadmap and vision of the Digital & Data team
- Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind the team’s software.
- Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions
- Research and share programming/technology-related advances to team(s)
- Build and test software prototypes
- Provide higher-level technical and programming support to fellow-developers/engineers
- Mentor and coach developers
- Research and recommend programming-related advances to team(s)
- Create and test software prototypes
Experience & Qualifications Requirements
- Matric certificate with relevant tertiary qualification
- 4+ years of experience in Android mobile application development
- Knowledge of, and experience in mobile frameworks and technologies such as:
- Kotlin/Java
- Android Studio
- Spring Framework
- Containerisation technologies e.g., Kubernetes, Docker
- CI/CD Tools e.g., Jenkins, AWS Code Commit
- AWS (preferred) or another cloud provider such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform
- IaC technologies e.g., Terraform/Cloudformation
- Collaboration tool e.g., Confluence, Jira, Microsoft Teams, Slack
- Familiarity with architecture styles such as Microservice and Serverless architectures
- Critical thinking, root cause identification skills and attention to detail
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly
- Good communications skills and a team player
- Comfortable with pair programming
- Possess commercial and business awareness
COMPETENCIES
- Customer focus
- Multi-functional team collaboration
- Data-driven and attention to detail and big picture
- Action Oriented
- Continuous Improvement Management
- Automation
- Problem Finding and Solving
- Conflict management and resolution
- High EQ
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Job Description
The My Old Mutual team is a dynamic division within Old Mutual Limited, which seeks to drive digital engagement with customers by being at the forefront of digital development and innovation. Old Mutual’s longstanding history and unquestionable success in the financial industry, provide a solid foundation for expansion of its digital platform. The Digital & Data team applies customer-focused design thinking, agile and lean development methodologies, and continuous delivery practices.
The role of Software Engineer – Intermediate Android Developer is responsible for the development of high-quality mobile solutions. This role requires participation in the development and maintenance activities of software and other digital applications or services. The incumbent will be expected to develop user-centered software and contribute to developing technical specifications. This role requires fundamentals in engineering practices, an analytical and data-driven approach to problem solving, while following DevOps, SRE and Cloud Based practices.
Responsibilities
- Follow Agile methodologies (SCRUM / Kanban)
- Work in a DevOps culture
- Work closely with multi-skilled and cross-functional teams e.g., architects, developers, UX designers, business
- Participates in team design, scoping and prioritization discussions
- Document & Design solutions at an Application Level with guidance from seniors
- Participates in team design, scoping and prioritization discussions
- Contributes to and develop technical specifications and software application architecture and designs
- Build cloud based functional mobile applications at an enterprise level
- Build Front-end and/or back-end solutions on the mobile digital channel/platform
- Implement complex Business Features and solutions with minimal guidance
- Generate, contribute and drive technical documentation according to OML guidelines
- Understand, communicate and/or translate complex procedures
- Writes secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects.
- Assumes responsibility for the state of the code you both inherit and produce.
- Responsible for getting designs and code reviewed,
- Writes unit tests and tests code thoroughly
- Classifies, stores, and handles data in accordance with Old Mutual policies
- Clearly documents software to ensure that future generations of developers understand the intention behind the features and components built.
- Knowledgeable of and implements coding design patterns
- Review and refactor code according to coding standards
- Refactor complex code to improve maintainability
- Provide after-hours support of applications (you build it, you run it)
- Understands the maintenance characteristics, runtime properties, and dependencies of the team’s software, including hardware platform, operating system and build dependencies.
- In the event of a problem, troubleshoots, researches the root cause of problems, and thoroughly resolve defects.
- Continuously develop skills
- Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind teams' software.
- Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions
- Understand and contribute to the technical roadmap and vision of the Digital & Data team
- Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind the team’s software.
- Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions
- Research and share programming/technology-related advances to team(s)
- Build and test software prototypes
- Provide higher-level technical and programming support to fellow-developers/engineers
- Mentor and coach junior developers and trainees
- Research and recommend programming-related advances to team(s)
- Create and test software prototypes
Experience & Qualifications Requirements
- Matric certificate with relevant tertiary qualification
- 3+ years of experience in Android mobile application development
- Knowledge of, and experience in mobile frameworks and technologies such as:
- Kotlin/Java
- Android Studio
- Spring Framework
- Containerisation technologies e.g., Kubernetes, Docker
- CI/CD Tools e.g., Jenkins, AWS Code Commit
- AWS (preferred) or another cloud provider such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform
- IaC technologies e.g., Terraform/Cloudformation
- Collaboration tool e.g., Confluence, Jira, Microsoft Teams, Slack
- Familiarity with architecture styles such as Microservice and Serverless architectures
- Critical thinking, root cause identification skills and attention to detail
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly
- Good communications skills and a team player
- Comfortable with pair programming
- Possess commercial and business awareness
COMPETENCIES
- Customer focus
- Attention to detail and big picture
- Action Oriented
- Continuous Improvement
- Conflict management and resolution
- Multi-function team collaboration
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