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Role Description

Looking for an intermediate to senior native IOS mobile developer to develop native iOS software as part of a project team for a customer. The ideal candidate will be expected to be self driven, take ownership and enhance/improve the existing codebase. The ideal candidate will be able to get up to speed with an existing project code base, evaluate and take ownership of it and move forward. It is a requirement to take leadership responsibility for the IOS project.

 

Salary

• R50,000 - R60,000 per month (Negotiable based on experience)

 

Responsibilities

• Developing quality software
• Input into project planning and strategy as required
• Management of stakeholder expectations to ensure satisfied customers

 

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of development experience
• Minimum of 2 years of native development experience (iOS Swift)
• Relevant B.Sc or B.Eng university degree; Hons. or higher is preferable. Good academic performance, exceptional in software development / programming courses
• Dependable, responsible and collaborative
• Supportive team player
• Fast learner
• Self driven
• Self-motivated and able to demonstrate initiative
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to explain your approach and the process you follow
• Excitement about technology

 

Non-Technical Skills

• Able to work well in a team as well as individually
• Attentive to detail, and able to think creatively outside the box
• Able to accurately estimate effort on tasks, prioritise work and deliver to deadlines
• Excited about learning, pushing technical limits and finding new solutions
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills

 

Nice-to-haves

• Back-end
• Devops
• Web front end
• Software Architecture

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Role Description

This is a unique opportunity for a career change into offshore investment, or simply the next step in your financial career where you can really determine your own success and lifestyle/income balance. In addition to being able to dictate your own working agenda and setting a work-life balance that suits you, you will also enjoy the significant rewards that a successful career in wealth management can bring – rewards that are in direct relation to the work and effort you put into your business. Of course, throughout the process, we will be there to offer guidance and support, and help you make the transition from new starter to successful Wealth Manager. The ideal applicants will have discipline, sound academic ability, excellent communication skills and the ability to work within their own personal and professional networks to build up a portfolio of clients who are confident to invest in the services provided.

 

You do not need to have offshore investment experience to be considered for this role as full training will be provided, however a sound understanding and interest in markets and investments (offshore investments in particular) would be greatly beneficial. The company offers second to none coaching and development to enable candidates to achieve substantial earnings whilst building a valuable client base. Candidates do not require a client base to join, however the individual should have an ability to network and obtain referrals from booked appointments and satisfied clients. Excellent output based remuneration is on offer. The company offers fee based, independent wealth advice and investment management services to private individuals.

 

Salary

Commission based. Once established, average earning potential from commission will depend on you; minimum average = R40,000 per month. This is a fantastic opportunity to be trained up in a highly rewarding and lucrative career that will also ultimately give you absolute lifestyle freedom as a self-employed Wealth Manager, as well as an opportunity for individuals with real entrepreneurial flair and ambition; you must be willing to take some risks and put in the work to be rewarded with a very interesting and very lucrative career.

 

Responsibilities

• Advise the company’s clients on all aspects of offshore financial planning and wealth management
• Adopt a holistic approach in managing long-term relationships with these clients to deliver suitable, independent and beneficial ongoing financial planning and wealth solutions to meet their short and long-term objectives in the offshore markets
• Develop and deliver the agreed business targets whilst remaining compliant and meeting clients’ needs
• Maintain an effective client base management system to provide excellence in customer service and quality holistic advice

 

Requirements

• Ideally investment and wealth management experience
• BCom qualification or similar finance qualification
• RE5 certification (compulsory)
• Proven ability to deal with new and existing clients on a fee basis
• A thorough understanding of wealth management practices and processes and the ability to communicate them clearly and effectively
• Technical/product knowledge and effective communication of wide ranging holistic financial planning strategies & solutions
• Highly motivated, entrepreneurial and target driven individuals

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Role Description

Looking for sales agents required to sell property. The more work that goes in on a daily basis will result in a greater output of monetary reward. Payment of commission to agents will take place on FICA, not on transfer of the property. Thus, agents will be paid regularly for their sales made. In comparison to other agencies in South Africa, where payment would usually only be made after transfer. The company provides agents with sufficient sales stock, so your primary focus is on selling stock.

 

Salary

Commission based with a R10,000 per month advance. The advance is structured in the form of a ‘loan account’ requiring the agent to earn commission to pay back the advance before earning additional commissions.

 

Responsibilities

• Contact potential buyers
• Firm up pending deals
• Manage all deal related administration
• On site show houses
• Daily team meeting
• Daily, weekly and monthly targets

 

Requirements

• Sales experience
• Drivers licence and own reliable transport
• Laptop and cellphone

 

Advantageous Requirements:

• Worked in a Real Estate agency within South Africa
• Previous Fidelity Fund Certificate (FFC)
• Sales experience in property related business
• CRM experience (HubSpot would be very advantageous)

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Role Description

Looking for a Full Stack Developer to produce high quality software solutions. The ideal candidate will be part of a cross-functional team that’s responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment. As a Full Stack Developer, the candidate should be comfortable around both front-end and back-end coding languages, development frameworks and third-party libraries. This candidate should also be a team player with an eye for visual design and utility. Mobile experience (hybrid or native) would also be a plus.

 

Perks

• Work within a strong growing team
• Innovative, fast-paced and fun work environment
• Flexible, results oriented culture
• Daily meals at the office
• Great coffee at the office

 

Salary

• R45,000 – R70,000 per month (Negotiable based on experience)

 

Responsibilities

• Work with development teams and product managers to design software solutions
• Design client-side and server-side architecture
• Build the front-end of applications
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
• Write effective APIs (REST / GraphQL)
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software

 

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of development experience
• Relevant B.Sc or B.Eng university degree; Hons. or higher is preferable. Good academic performance, exceptional in software development / programming courses
• Independent Problem solver and analytical thinker
• Perseverance
• Ability to work under pressure
• Dependable, responsible and collaborative
• Supportive Team Player
• Fast learner

 

Technical experience

• Java/Kotlin, Spring, Spring Boot, NodeJS, Express
• Experience with Relational Database and NoSQL databases
• ReactJS, VueJS, Angular
• Android Development, IOS Development, Hybrid Mobile Development (React Native)
• Linux, Docker, Kubernetes
• CI/CD (eg Jenkins, TeamCity, Azure Pipelines etc)

 

Non-Technical Skills

• Able to work well in a team as well as individually
• Attention to detail, and able to think creatively outside the box
• Able to accurately estimate effort on tasks, prioritise work and deliver to deadlines
• Excited about learning, pushing technical limits and finding new solutions
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills

 

Nice-to-haves

• Devops (Monitoring, Docker, Kubernetes, Serverless)
• Experience with CD/CI
• Software Architecture

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Role Description

The financial accountant is responsible for the preparation, development and analysis of financial information. The accountant will maintain the accounting system in accordance with standard operating procedures and internal controls of the organisation. Responsibilities include cloud based bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, reconciliations, budgets, reporting and financial admin. The accountant will work closely with the financial manager to prepare various reports to internal and external stakeholders and ensure continuous improvement to the financial processes in line with best practices. Together with the financial manager, the goal is to build capacity in the finance department leveraging technology and cloud-based solutions to streamline processes for the operational teams and provide quality and timeous financial information to the leadership team to inform strategic decision making.

 

Salary

R25,000 per month (Negotiable based on experience)

Salary inclusive of the following benefits:

• 5% Pension Fund Contribution - employer
• Death and Disability Funds – employer
• Annual leave -  20 days

 

Responsibilities

Key performance metrics

• The accountant will be responsible for the on-time delivery of financial information according to the various reporting deadlines
• The financial manager will conduct monthly KPI sessions with the accountant assessing the following key metrics:
  • Complete and accurate recording of information

  • Quality on-time reporting

  • Interactions with greater team and external stakeholders

Compilation of monthly management accounts

• Correct allocation and tracking of expenses
• Tracking and reporting of expenses to regional teams
• Monitoring spending against budget
• Analysis of spending & recommendations for better cost management
• Preparing reports for exco and board

Accounting/processing/bookkeeping

• Processing invoices (using Xero and Receipt Bank)
• Capturing & tracking open purchase orders
• Bank reconciliations
• Account reconciliations
• Month end journals

VAT & Tax

• Detailed analysis of VAT
• Preparation of VAT reconciliations
• Submission of VAT returns to SARS (bi-monthly)
• Managing VAT & SARS queries, reviews and audits
• Submission of annual tax return

Payroll

• Loading & processing payroll
• EMP submissions

Banking admin

• Supplier administration
• Loading of new suppliers on banking platform
• Capturing weekly payments

Donor reporting, fundraising proposals and adhoc requests

• Preparation of donor reporting
• Compilation of financial information for fundraising and grant proposals
• Preparation of Section18A certificates
• Reporting to other partners
• Team queries

Preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasting

• Preparation of initial budget inputs and quarterly forecasting
• Preparation of regional budgets and training to staff on analysing & measuring against budgets and forecasts

Design and implementation of new systems, processes and internal controls

• Research into best practice
• Improvements and implementation of standard operating procedures, financial policies across the organisation
• Design pilot/trial for new systems and implementation and monitoring

 

 

Requirements

• SAIPA / SAICA articles completed with relevant degree
• Minimum 2 years’ relevant post article experience
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Xero experience preferred
• Excellent computer skills and proficient in excel, word, outlook, and power point (google suite experience is a bonus)
• Non-profit experience is a bonus

 

Personal attributes

• Flexible and able to multi-task and adapt to changing priorities
• Can work within an ambitious, fast moving environment, whilst also driving towards clarity and solutions
• Demonstrating resourcefulness in setting priorities and guiding people and systems
• Ability to work under pressure and think on their feet
• Critical, outcomes & solution-based thinker
• Strong time management skills
• Attention to detail, sound administration skills and ability to work cooperatively with others
• Strong affinity and attention to process
• Energetic, proactive, self-starter who can initiative & work independently
• Willingness and openness to learn new things
• Enthusiastic about E-learning

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Role Description

The team is symbiotic in its nature, where all members are well capable of self-management and do not need to be micromanaged. Through synergy, aligned values and common goals they are able to continually broaden their horizons. From implementation to after sales support. This is a tight knit team that works seamlessly as a unit to ensure client satisfaction, and always aim to become even better at the business offerings. The SQL Debugger will provide technical support regarding a spectrum of software used within the business. You’ll be responsible for database management, sourcing system bugs and corrections. The ideal candidate must be capable of self-management.

 

Salary

• R30,000 – R60,000 per month (Negotiable based on experience)

 

Responsibilities

• Provide remote 2nd line support using diagnostic capabilities to identify the fault or problem
• Troubleshoot issues to identify the most appropriate resolution path
• Take ownership of incidents assigned to you and manage them through to resolution
• Resolve the majority of trouble tickets via the ticketing system
• Escalating issues to tier 3 developers should the need arise
• Assisting and upskilling other team members where required
• Ensure Service Level Agreements (time to respond and time to resolve) for tickets logged are met across all clients
• Investigate issues/changes, evaluate the risk and impact of the change and provide detailed quotation for the required work accordingly

 

Requirements

• Matric certification (essential)
• Extensive SQL (MySQL) knowledge (essential)
• Firm understanding of financial services and systems (essential)
• Logical and analytical thinker
• Strong software troubleshooting/debugging abilities
• Knowledge with trouble ticketing systems
• Ability to self-manage
• Critical thinking and ability to prioritize
• Previous experience in a client support role is advantageous
• Flexible working hours – willingness and ability to accommodate extended working hours to meet deadlines, etc.
• Good contactable references

 

 

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Role Description

Looking for a software developer specialising in test automation from mobile application to web technologies. The primary focus will be on developing automated tests for mobile and web applications using tools such as Cucumber, Selenium, Appium TestCafe etc. This candidate will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products is essential.

 

Salary

R40,000 - R80,000 per month (Negotiable based on experience)

 

Responsibilities

• Design and build automated tests for various mobile and web applications
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with a team to define and design critical path tests
• Identify and correct bottlenecks
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

 

Requirements

• 5 Years of experience preferred
• Proficient with developing automated tests

Any of the following:

• Javascript, Cucumber, TestCafe
• Selenium/Appium, Java/Kotlin, Swift, Instrumental Tests
• Experience with unit tests

 

Stack

• iOS Swift, JAVA, Kotlin
• Javascript
• Cucumber
• Android Studio
• XCode
• JIRA
• Slack
• Sonic CMS