Jobs at Telesure Investment Holdings (TIH)

Job Purpose

• Develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialized utility programs. Analyze user needs and develop software solutions. Design software or customize software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency. May analyze and design databases within an application area, working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team. Provide development and investigative support to relevant stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Applications Software Maintenance

• Monitor and identify software defects and suggest corrections for approval by more senior colleagues to maintain fully functioning applications software.

Customer Support

• Carry out a range of customer support activities, including handling customer cases and enquiries that are more complex or outside the norm.

Application Software Development

• Contribute to development of existing and new applications by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Contribute to development of new applications to meet customer requirements.

Testing IT Performance

• Perform routine website/applications software tests and respond to call log process to monitor, diagnose, and correct performance issues.

Improvement / Innovation

• Implement improvements and provide feedback on them. Use change management systems and protocols to provide routine supportive services.

Information Security

• Support implementation of required security measures such as firewalls or message encryption, monitoring performance to notify security experts of any problems.

Personal Capability Building

• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media. Continue to learn new languages/technologies.

Operational Compliance

• Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.

Education

• School Grade 12  (Required)

Experience

• 1 -2 years' experience using the relevant programming language or technologies (Advantageous) Previous experience with a financial services environment (Advantageous).
   

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Job Purpose

• Deliver an efficient first line support to business to ensure tasks are directed to correct business areas for resolutions and to provide the relevant feedback to business.

Responsibilities

User Support

• Manage a medium user support area with guidance from senior colleagues, developing a user support plan and delivering activities and solving complex issues to meet user support standards.
• Ensure a timely and effective response and resolution to user queries an problems in line with service level agreement and provided processes.
• Provide technical support on IT and business-related projects as and when required.

Operational Compliance

• Maintain and renew a deep knowledge and understanding of the organisation's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, and ensure own work adheres to required standards. Identify, within the team, patterns of non-compliance with the organisation's policies and procedures, and with relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, taking appropriate action to report and resolve these and escalating issues as appropriate.

Client & Customer Management (Internal)

• Act as a business partner to important internal customers and managerelationships with them, while taking guidance from senior colleagues.
• Ensure a positive experience for internal clients by having courteous interactions with them.

Work Scheduling and Allocation

• Assign short-term work schedules to a team of subordinates in order to achieve expectations while following established timelines.

Administration

• Produce, update and provide best practice support on a wide range of MS documents, databases and other departmental systems to support the work of more senior colleagues.
• Provide administration service on client profiles, policy information reflected on web and exchange services when requested.

Data Management

• Help others get the most out of data management systems by providing support and advice.

Usability Testing

• Use product specifications to design test procedures and standards.
• Perform usability testing with new functions that go live in the Digital space.

Personal Capability Building

• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching. Develop and maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

Education

• Grade 12/ SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential)

Experience

• 6 or more years' experience in IT environment (Essential); Experience in a support role (Advantageous); Experience in Financial Services Industry (Advantageous).

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Job Purpose

• Develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialised utility programs. Analyse user needs and develop software solutions. Design software or customise software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency. May analyse and design databases within an application area, working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team. May supervise computer programmers.

Responsibilities

Application Software Development

• Develop the most complex existing and new applications by analysing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop new applications to meet customer requirements.

Improvement / Innovation

• Identify shortcomings in existing business practices, then suggest and implement improvements while developing and delivering projects or a work stream within the organisation's change management program. Involves working with guidance from senior colleagues.

Applications Software Maintenance

• Monitor, identify, and correct more complex software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software.

Testing IT Performance

• Perform website/applications software tests and respond to call log process to monitor, diagnose, and correct performance issues.

Information Security

• Implement and provide input on the design of required security measures such as data leaks, message encryption, monitoring performance to notify security experts of any problems.

Personal Capability Building

• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media. Continue to learn new languages/technologies.

Organisational Capability Building

• Provide coaching to team members to develop their skills.

Operational Compliance

• Identify, within the team, instances of non-compliance with the organisation's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these and escalating issues as appropriate.

Application Software Roadmap

• Contribute to and maintain road map to facilitate application software development and ensure the development work is prioritised in line with business requirements.

Customer Service

• Provide a quality service to customers while identifying opportunities to secure new business or support retention. Responsibilities may include processing cases, dealing with complex queries and investigating and resolving customer problems.

Education

• Grade 12/ SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential); A recognised software development certification/degree/diploma (Essential)

Experience

• 4 or more years experience using relevant programming languages or technologies (Essential) 
• Previous experience in a financial services environment (Advantageous).