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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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Do you have what it takes to run a successful business?
We are looking to partner with individuals who are interested in building and growing their own businesses. The ideal candidate is someone with financial services experience, as well as experience in recruiting, managing and motivating a team of advisers.
As an Authorised Principal, you will be responsible for building your own business by recruiting and managing a team of financial advisers on Sanlam’s behalf.
We know how daunting it can be to start your own business, so this partnership will give you the necessary support to get your business off the ground. Sanlam will assist you in doing a feasibility analysis and provide you with a business plan
Benefits of being an Authorised Principal:
Entrepreneurial independence.
Operating under the Sanlam Developing Markets Limited FSP License.
Excellent service fee structure.
Transparent contract.
Access to industry expertise.
Sanlam pays financial advisers.
Comprehensive business support.
Compliance requirements – costs are shared.
Ongoing training for the Franchise.
Associated with a 100 year old leading brand.
Competitive product range.
Access to key accounts support.
Vesting manager support.
Minimum requirements:
Grade 12/ Matric
Industry recognized qualification
Business degree NQF Level 7
RE1 and 5
2 years’ experience in the financial services industry
Post graduate qualification will be an advantage
The following will be an added advantage:
Leadership qualities
Energetic and a motivator
Have business acumen and the ability to grow and develop people
Activity management
Existing relationships within Government
Have a strong network and recruitment skills
Knowledge of the lower to middle class
Area and Regional management experience within insurance industry
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.
What will you do?
We're looking for a talented, passionate Intermediate PHP Developer to work on MiWay’s ever-growing technology-stack and applications. The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning and developing world-class solutions within a cross-functional team. We're looking for a developer to contribute towards sustainable, intuitive and functional solutions that meet business needs. The candidate will have an impact on the technical direction of our applications and shape the success of the customer experience.
Our department’s purpose is to deploy working software, that adds business value, daily. In order to achieve this, we require team members to be open and comfortable with active participation in reviewing code and standards, supporting production to maintain its stability and have a good problem-solving approach to understand and solve a wide range of issues. We are all professionals sharing the same purpose so we should not intend offence or take offence when communicating, especially when handling constructive criticism from one another. We hold each other accountable so we can support and grow each other.
What will make you successful in this role?
5+ years of working experience as a software developer
Last previous years of working experience should be as a PHP developer
At least 1-year working experience in implementing solution using PHP 7.3.x or higher
Working experience with JavaScript, VueJs, React, or Angular
Working experience with Symfony 3+ or other MVC orientated frameworks
Working experience using Git for code versioning and code reviews in tools like Bitbucket or GitHub
Good understanding of software development design patterns
Deliverables include, but will not be limited to
Plan, design & develop solutions within a team
Conduct or assist with code quality reviews of solutions
Conduct or assist with troubleshooting and debugging of developed solutions in development and production environments
Attend and provide input in team and stakeholder meetings relating to technical and architecture requirements
Conduct internal knowledge sharing sessions on developed solutions and best practises
Contribute towards well documented, quality, tested and reusable code, ensuring development is followed through to completion that is in accordance with team standards and the solution specification
Competencies Required
Knowledge and Skills
Personal Attributes
Build a successful career with us
Core Competencies
Turnaround time
Deadline to apply is 8 September 2021
Our commitment to transformation
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 and 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.
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.
What will you do?
Taking the lead in Business Analysis, this role will be responsible for analysing business processes, systems and procedures, assessing the business model and its integration with business intelligence in order to get valuable business insights from various data sources and visualise these insights in a useful and organized manner.
We are looking for an individual with experience in using a variety of data tools, analysis methods and data visualization to turn data into actionable insights with demonstrable business impact.
You will assist in specifying complex business rules using the specified toolsets to enable the data modellers to create complex analytical models. Hence, they need to understand and continuously seek to build knowledge of data and information.
The person fulfilling this role will not only design data models, but also test the outputs, investigate & devise solutions in line with best practice. A high competency in problem solving capabilities is thus essential. They should be able to communicate business information to technical teams, as well as be competent in communicating challenges and solutions to the team.
An understanding of data management solutions and a keen sense of the strategic value of information to an organisation will be of importance.
You will be responsible for the end-to-end tasks within the business analysis framework working with business representatives, product owners, etc. to define and elicit requirements, analyse data and design reports/dashboards.
What will make you successful in this role?
Strategic Impact
• Support the Business/IT in delivery of engagement / project, in specific area of competency
• Raise issues with manager as identified in area of focus that may affect the quality of delivery or timelines of the engagement
• Assist in development of client presentations / discussion documentation
• Raise solutions to address issues in area of expertise that may enhance / renew service offerings to client
• Ability to identify opportunities within business that can be improved by using Advanced Analytics and Business Intelligence.
• Perform data profiling of data contained in source systems
• Provide detailed analysis of all data implemented into the database
• Provide the data mapping and associated transformation rules for each data item
• Ensure that the business requirements and subsequent development activities are supported by accurate information.
Analysis and Visualization
• Interpret data, analyze results using analytical techniques and design reports and/or dashboards(wireframes)
• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets
• Use data to answer key questions about the business.
• Own and maintain dashboards, ongoing reporting, and ad hoc requests from the organization.
• Support and maintain the project documentation
Stakeholder Engagement
• Ability to interact comfortably with different levels of management
• Displays emotional maturity in all dealings with clients and fellow work colleagues
• Facilitate requirements gathering workshops with the business
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to analyse information needs, functional requirements and business processes
Coaching/Mentorship
• Share expertise and knowledge with team members and assist where possible to ensure quality and timeous delivery of work
• Mentor junior members of the team
• Proactive learner.
Qualification and Experience
• Diploma/Bachelor Degree (Information Systems; Statistics; Data or Computer Science; Engineering) or equivalent (preferred but not essential)
• Functional experience in analytics, data visualization or reporting
• 6 years of experience performing Business analysis
• Experience with Data Visualisation tools and techniques (e.g. SAP Business Objects and PowerBI) is an advantage
• Experience Extracting data or Querying data in database from Data Visualisation software or Structured Query Language (SQL) skills
• Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings for stakeholder use
• Experience working with data in various data sources and databases
• Ability to translate business requirements into non-technical terms
• Demonstrated experience in handling large data sets and relational databases with proven SQL skills
• Ability to help clients reduce the gap between current and desired state of risk analytics capabilities through targeted assessments and data-driven enhancements
• Ability to form valid, actionable, and data-driven risk insights by applying advanced data analysis techniques
• Business experience in financial services would be advantageous
Knowledge and Skills
Personal Attributes
Build a successful career with us
Core Competencies
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.
What will you do?
This is a senior management role, reporting to the Head: Infrastructure, Platforms and Operations at Sanlam Group Technology (SGT).
The role is primary accountable for:
The provision of cost effective, efficient, stable and secure network infrastructure shared services including Data/Voice/Video network (WAN/LAN/WLAN) for all participating businesses in the Sanlam Group, across the geographies of a global organisation as per agreed services levels focussed on Infrastructure as a Service Platforms.
Defining and implementing the SGT Shared Network strategy and delivering networking infrastructure services supporting the Sanlam Technology strategy. The role will work closely across the Sanlam Group businesses, vendors, business partners and Public Cloud Service Providers to design and implement a clear roadmap for ensuring delivery of On-premise Private and Hybrid infrastructure services.
Understanding and deep curiosity about emergent IT and Infrastructure trends, notably software-defined network, Infrastructure as Code, Hyper-convergence, DevSecOps, Containerisation, Micro services, some application coding skills in addition to systems knowledge.
Rigorous budget, cost recovery and charge back mechanisms and procedures.
Continuous standardisation, consolidation and optimisation of shared networking across the Group.
Delivery on the Software defined strategy for WAN and Data Centre including the technology, process and engineering to enable and maintain it.
Managing outsourced services delivery and relationships.
Engaging with Sanlam Group Business Units to understand their strategy and business requirements to ensure alignment of the SGT services offered.
Technology Strategy Execution and delivery of business requirements.
Knowledge of contracting trends, licensing models, and traditional and emerging contract and
Vendor performance models.
Strong project and process management skills, with the ability to handle multiple vendors and multiple contracts, as well as a wide range of tasks.
Knowledge of best practices for IT contract negotiation tactics and strategies.
Inventory accuracy in support of our security, billing and recovery objectives per instance.
A zero tolerance attitude to non-compliance of security framework including patch management, hardening, user access reviews and technical debt.
Outputs
An understanding and deep curiosity about emergent IT, Networking and Infrastructure trends as referenced above.
Achievement of stringent SLA’s and mean time to restore of 2 hours for business critical systems.
Accurate inventory of all networking platforms provisioned in Sanlam Group Data Centers and Cloud platforms.
Accountable for the provision of cost effective, efficient, stable and secure networking shared services for all participating businesses in the Sanlam Group, across the geographies of a global organisation as per agreed services levels.
Ongoing Cost optimisation.
Expense and income management.
Agile solutions delivery for new business requirements.
Managing Shared Network Infrastructure risks on behalf of businesses.
Providing support for all business change initiatives where IT support and guidance is required.
Maintain and enhance technical hybrid cloud and software defined networking platform.
Accountable for request, incident, problem, change, release processes and configuration management adherence for areas of responsibility.
Expose networking API’s to enable self-service provisioning of compute and networking infrastructure.
Support the development of future roadmaps
For technologies that the business is accountable for.
Development of Policies, Standards, Procedures and Guidelines for responsible areas.
Management of business partners
Risk Management including the avoidance of repeat audit findings.
People Management
Customisation of solutions for diverse business requirements
A constantly declining unit price if networking infrastructure components measured budget to budget each year.
Ensuring continuity (Resilience Engineering) of all Sanlam Core connectivity platforms delivered through SGT.
Align network platforms ways of work with Data Driven Lean and Agile solutions delivery for new business requirements
Instil a culture of automation in all provisioning and lifecycle tasks for on premise, and cloud provisioned network platform services.
Build a competence of scripting and automation within Networking Platform team to enable future efficiencies
Enable and Integrate Networking Infrastructure (on premise and cloud based) to development environment practices for improved DevOps experience
Ensure proper integration of security practices and toolsets into the Networking Platform environment for proper security protection (patching, vulnerability, authentication, event, intrusion protection, etc.) for on premise and cloud protection
Ensure use of cloud based toolsets for vulnerability protection, policy compliance and patching where appropriate to supplement Sanlam provisioned tools.
Enable strategy and decision making of the correct networking platform, together with easy integration between on premise and respective cloud platforms.
Networking Platform Design in support of deployments for Africa Operations and related technology risks on behalf of the business.
Knowledge and Experience
Extensive (10+ years) technical, operations, risk and business management experience in complex large technology environments (at least 10 years of which 5 years is in a senior management role
Understanding the current state and strategic direction of Networking Infrastructure.
Understanding software defined networking and automation.
Understanding and experience of Cloud competencies.
Understanding and experience of Cisco product suite, WAN, UTP Cabling, Knowledge of the Network service providers’ technologies, Wireless .
Understanding the business climate and technology needs in the global enterprise, servicing multiple client requirements.
Understanding and experience of IT cost management and charge out mechanisms.
Understanding of Software Defined Data Center technologies and operating models.
Extensive experience in managing Vendor and outsource relationships including risk and financial management.
In depth experience in the IT environment across the areas of responsibility including but not limited to networking, physical datacenters, remote sites, and enterprise data centre technologies and services.
Dealing with enterprise customers and Global suppliers and vendors.
Negotiation across the geographies and cultures of a global organisation.
Experience of a multi-vendor, multi-Client Environment.
Management and recovery on large Infrastructure budgets.
Extensive experience in managing service level agreements.
Extensive expereince of managing project oversight.
Rest of Africa experience would be valuable.
Qualifications
Personal Attributes
Build a successful career with us
Core Competencies
Turnaround time
Our commitment to transformation
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