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Since our establishment in 1918, Sanlam has been a prominent part of the South African business landscape. We have always held a long-term view of how business adapts to the demands of the environment in which it operates. Today, in a dynamic world, we see an evolving set of social, economic, political and environmental imperatives that require our skilfu...
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Who we are
Safrican is a respected life insurer with a footprint in South Africa and a subsidiary in Eswatini. Safrican has over 2 million principle lives covered and more than 7 million lives assured, The Company has grown from strength to strength since 2004.
Job Purpose
To support the Actuarial Analysts in pricing and product development to ensure the financial stability of the Company. The pricing junior analysts will prepare and analyse data for pricing adequacy, product development and enhancement for the continued profitability.
Formal Qualifications
• BSc/BCom (Mathematics/Mathematical Statistics/Actuarial Science).
• Progress with actuarial exams would be beneficial
Working Requirements and Knowledge
• 1-year experience in the Life insurance industry would be beneficial but not a requirement.
• MSOffice (advanced Excel knowledge), VBA and SQL
Key Responsibilities
• Data clean-up for pricing and experience investigations
• Assisting Actuarial Analyst with quotes and renewals
• Monitoring of claims ratios
• Ad-hoc projects
Behavioural Competencies, Skills and attributes
• Ability to work independently, work across teams and collaborate with various stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical skills
• Good decision making and problem-solving skills
• Good communication skills
• Sound judgement
• Time management skills with reliability in terms of adherence to deadlines
• Ability to work under pressure
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Accurate and efficient
• Proactive and disciplined
Our commitment to transformation
Safrican 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. Safrican Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.
Who are we?
Sanlam Specialised Finance (SanFin) is responsible for creation of shared value for Sanlam, its shareholders, policy holders, and societies with in which it operates by managing financial risk, developing financial products, and balance sheet optimisation, pursuing investments and financing opportunities in assets, sectors, markets, organisations, and geographies that enable maximum return within acceptable risk parameters.
What will you do?
Working mainly within Legacy / Procedural and ERP Application Environment designs, codes, tests, debugs and corrects programs in development in OO environments. May also provide support and maintenance of computer systems. Produces complex program specifications and implements system enhancements. Works within a strict framework of programming standards and may give input into programming standards and applies Main Frame, Desktop and Embedded Technologies. Delivering results with IT development language and types such as Java and C++.
What will make you successful in this role?
Develop and maintain innovative solutions to meet business and integration requirements.
Provide technical support to the business relating to in house developed applications and integration processes.
Participate in every aspect of the system development life cycle.
Assist in the design of applications and processes.
Develop and maintain integration between required systems.
Ability to write quality technical specifications.
Develop innovative solutions using SanFin approved coding languages and operating systems
Understand and implement SanFin software development life cycle
Maintain coding standards
Maintain existing applications/processes
Provide support to production applications/processes
Qualification and Experience
Degree or Diploma with 6 to 8 years related experience.
Knowledge and Skills
Personal Attributes
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
Turnaround time
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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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