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What will make you successful in this role?

Administer The Following Processes

• Facilitating and tracking the updates to the GTI Service Line Risk registers
• Consolidating the SLM risk registers into the GTI Risk register.
• Scheduling the following meetings:
  • SLM Risk Meetings
  • GTI Manco Risk meeting
  • GTI Risk and Audit Forum
• Obtain and distribute reports and inputs required for the above meetings along with the agenda and minutes.
• Act as secretary for the GTI Manco Risk and Audit and Risk Forum meetings.
• Schedule and facilitate the review of risk artefacts like:
  • Risk Management Policy
  • Risk Appetite
  • GTI Approval framework.
• Risk acceptance process: Validate requests received; update the risk register; facilitate the approval process; escalate where required; schedule and facilitate the review process of previously accepted risks.
• Assist with the creation of more automated ways to execute risk management processes (Sharepoint workflows etc)
• Manage the IT Governance artefacts and review cycles (Sharepoint policies)
• Manage the Third Party Risk Management Platform, assisting businesses in executing risk assessment campaigns
• Follow up and report on progress related to actions from Cloud and Third Party Risk Assessments
   

Additional Requirements

• A minimum of 2 to 5 years Microsoft Office experience (Excel/Word and Powerpoint)
• Minute Taking
• Exposure to risk management disciplines and processes.
• Some exposure to Risk Management Platforms would be beneficial.

Qualification And Experience

• Degree or Diploma with 2 to 4 years related experience.

Knowledge And Skills

• Security Auditing
• Business Requirements Definition
• Risk Management
• Security Compliance
• Business Processes

Personal Attributes

• Action orientated - Contributing independently
• Decision quality - Contributing independently
• Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
• Optimises work processes - Contributing independently

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What will you do?

This specialist role collaborates with the legal consultant and other relevant internal stakeholders, where applicable to provide a comprehensive and effective financial needs analysis, in a written format, of the external client’s current financial context and possible recommendations. The Financial Planning Analyst will engage with a number of elements relating to the client’s requirements, such as Business Assurance Planning, Estate Planning and Retirement Planning - where relevant, with the aim of providing a legislatively compliant analysis of the external client’s current financial scenario, with relevant recommendations. This role focuses on primarily supporting the legal consultants who work with financial intermediaries, who advise High Networth clients.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Conduct financial needs analyses and drafting of plans by:
  • Gathering appropriate information regarding client’s needs and requirements
  • Analysing all relevant information obtained
  • Generating quality recommendations that are legislatively compliant

• Create financial plans and solutions for presentation to clients through the Intermediaries or legal Consultants
• Review and enhance work processes
• Build and manage relationships with stakeholders
• Conduct research, develop and facilitate discussions or training when needed
   

Qualification & Experience

• Grade 12 with Mathematics
• B.Com LLB or LLB / qualified attorney ( B.Com LLB preferred as a result of the commercial / numerical focus)
• Post graduate Diploma in Financial Planning or in process
• 3-5 years’ relevant experience in Financial Service environment, specifically experience in Financial and Estate Planning
   

Knowledge And Skills

• Financial calculations, projections, analyses
• Financial Services Industry Knowledge
• Sanlam Product Knowledge (retirement, investment and estate planning, business assurance). Must do annual Product accreditation on all relevant Sanlam products
• Knowledge of income tax laws
• Knowledge of estate planning environment / estate administration process
• Knowledge of retirement rules and business assurance
• Financial markets and instruments
• Compliance laws and relevant requirements for Financial Services
• Computer skills (MS office i.e. Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
   

Core Competencies

• Being resilient
• Collaborates
• Cultivates innovation
• Customer focus
• Drives results

Personal Attributes

• Builds networks
• Business insight
• Manages complexity
• Persuades
• Decision Making
• Flexibility and Adaptability
• Action & Results Orientated
• Plans and aligns
• Optimizes work processes
• Communicates effectively
• Nimble learning
• Good analytical and conceptual thinking abilities
• Good relationship building and communication

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.

Closing date: 18 February 2020

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Output/Core Tasks

• Identify, analyse and define business requirements for long term insurance quotations and New Business; Write the Business Requirements Specification (BRS); Prepare and use case specifications supported by appropriate diagrams with the identifications of test conditions and ensure integration of changes into process environment.
• Conduct post implementation reviews to ensure that processes have been successfully implemented, are being adhered to and identify any refinements required.
• Understand the interrelation of processes between different areas of the company and formulate recommendations, where appropriate, for reform and improvement of these process flows.
• Make recommendations for the enhancement or replacement of existing software and/or home-grown solutions / applications used within SIL with modern, practical, cost-effective solutions in order to give SIL a competitive edge.
• Identify opportunities where new technology; digital developments and/or automation can be value adding in SIL. Develop and maintain work management and resource planning statistics for departments and seek to continually improve and monitor the integrity of the underlying data.
• User testing.
• Production support.
   

Qualifications

• Relevant accredited degree, diploma or courses, e.g. Business / system analysis, etc.
• User experience design; Human centred analysis and design; will be beneficial.
   

Experience

• At least 3 years’ relevant Business Analyst experience within the Life Insurance environment.
• Work experience in a New Business department, Product development or Benefit Claims environment will be beneficial
• Practical experience of implementing new technology; digitisation; automation; etc. Application of project management principles
• Excellent MS Excel skills
• Ability to articulate complex or technical concepts and issues in business terms
   

Competencies

• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and presentation skills
• Analytical, Conceptual and Innovative thinking
• Planning and organising
• Influencing, directing and gaining commitment
• Relationship building
• Results driven
• Teamwork
• Adaptability
• Client Centricity
   

Knowledge And Skills

• Business and IT Data Analysis
• Business Requirements Definition
• Quality assurance and testing
• Impact analysis
• IT governance and compliance

Core Competencies

• Being resilient - Contributing independently
• Collaborates - Contributing independently
• Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently
• Customer focus - Contributing independently
• Drives results - Contributing independently

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.

Closing date: 21 February 2020

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What will make you successful in this role?

• Perform formal penetration tests on web-based applications, networks and computer systems
• Conduct physical security assessments of servers, systems and network devices
• Design and create new penetration tools and tests
• Probe for vulnerabilities in web applications, fat/thin client applications and standard applications
• Pinpoint methods that attackers could use to exploit weaknesses and logic flaws
• Employ social engineering to uncover security holes (e.g. poor user security practices or password policies)
• Incorporate business considerations (e.g. loss of earnings due to downtime, cost of engagement, etc.) into security strategies
• Research, document and discuss security findings with management and IT teams
• Review and define requirements for information security solutions
• Work on improvements for security services, including the continuous enhancement of existing methodology material, monitoring capabilities and preventative controls.
• Provide feedback and verification as an organization fixes security issues
• Although the focus is on Offensive security this role will work closely with the defensive security disciplines (Blue Team) and assist in development of systems to automate and improve response times of this team as well.

Additional Requirements

• Minimum 3 - 5 Penetration testing experience
• Scripting skills like Perl, Javascript, SQL
• Python coding
• .Net Coding skills
• Experience working with Kali toolset and other open source and COTS hacking tools
• Grade 12
• Completed a pen testing course like HBN, CEH, OSCP or SANS 504, SANS 560, SANS 561 (or equivalent experience)
• The incumbent will be required to Certify his/her skills be completing certification exams over time (CEH/GPEN/OSCP) etc.

Qualification And Experience

• Degree or Diploma and/or required Certification with 3 to 5 years related experience.

Knowledge And Skills

• Incident Investigations
• Document Auditing
• Risk management
• Reporting and administration
• Quality, compliance and accreditation

Personal Attributes

• Interpersonal savvy - Contributing through others
• Decision quality - Contributing through others
• Plans and aligns - Contributing through others
• Optimises
• work processes - Contributing through others

Core Competencies

• Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others
• Customer focus - Contributing through others
• Drives results - Contributing through others
• Collaborates - Contributing through others
• Being resilient - Contributing through others