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What will you do?

Key Responsibilities:

• Administration of Retirement Funds and maintenance of member level transactions across functional systems and functional areas within SEB Core.

• Supervision of and sign-off on correctness of administrator(s) processing, recording, reporting and related compliance matters.

• Adhere to service level agreements. (Internal and external)

• Adhere to internal controls and procedures in place.

• Professional verbal and written communication and reporting to clients. (Internal and external)

• A thorough understanding of and compliance with the Pension Fund Act, Fund Rules and Income Tax Act and any other relevant legislative requirements.

• Investigate, resolve and respond to ad hoc operational requirements, internal and external. (Verbal and in writing)

• Identify and inform Management of any issues. (Escalation)

• Handle all internal and external client requests and enquiries in a professional manner.

• Monitor the work management system and escalate critical incidents.

• Foster and maintain the relationship with internal departments e.g. Internal auditors Fund accounting, Legal.

• Effectively manage and coordinate the daily workloads and work functions of a small team.

• Provide Assistant Manager with input on the team members training needs on business processes and systems

What will make you successful in this role?

• Matric/Grade 12 

• 3 to 4 years Employee Benefits Experience

• A relevant tertiary qualification will be advantageous 

• Certificate of Proficiency (COP) or Introduction to Retirement Funds (IRF) qualification will be advantageous

Qualification and Experience

• Grade 12 with 3 to 4 years related experience.

Knowledge and skills

• Previous retirement fund experience

• Proficiency in MS Office (word, excel, power point)

• Conflict management at supervisory level

Behavioral Competencies

• Strong attention to detail and proactive attitude

• Strong ability to organize and prioritize

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

• Results focused and displays energy when performing tasks

• Time management skills

• Ability to work independently

• Innovative and demonstrates initiative

• Ability to perform well under pressure and meet deadlines

• Inter-personally skilled

• Ability to collaborate and pull information together

• Proactive attitude and a team player

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

• 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. 

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What will you do?

• Perform overall architecture design, performance tuning and implementation of  Data analytical solutions.
• Implement end-to-end data analytics solutions (Investigate, recommend and implement data ingestion and ETL performance through visualization) for large-scale, complex client environments.
• Work with application developers to ensure that data model is aligned with application design.
• Work with business architecture to ensure that the data structures in place meet the business requirements.
• This function requires Strategic Execution in decision making, required actions involved and the impact thereof.

Qualifications and Experience required

• Matric.
• Relevant Application Certifications, Optional (Computer  Degree).
• No less than 10 year's experience in architecting, developing, and deploying ETL workloads.
• No less than 10 year's Data and Information Architect.

Matric.

• Relevant Application Certifications, Optional (Computer  Degree).
• No less than 10 year's experience in architecting, developing, and deploying ETL workloads.
• No less than 10 year's Data and Information Architect.

Knowledge and Skills

• Business Systems Requirements Definition
• Emerging Technologies
• Project Management
• IT Architecture Standards and Procedures
• Profile source data and determine all source data and metadata characteristics

Personal Attributes

• Organisational savvy - Contributing through others
• Manages complexity - Contributing through others
• Plans and aligns - Contributing through others
• Optimises work processes - Contributing through others

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

• Being resilient - Contributing through others
• Collaborates - Contributing through others
• Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others
• Customer focus - Contributing through others
• Directs work - Contributing through others

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.

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Overall Role Purpose

• The Automation Tester or Engineer will design automation tests. Duties will include and are not limited to designing automation scripts and finding solutions for automation problems.  the successful candidate should also be committed to developing skills in order to provide up-to-date solutions and be innovative and forward-thinking.  It is key to function on an executive level in terms of decision making.

What will you do?

•     Write, design, and execute automated tests by creating scripts that run testing functions automatically for Backend, Frontend and API automation
•     Maximize test coverage for the most critical features of the system
•     Determine the priority for test scenarios and create execution plans to implement these scenarios
•     Write documentation for automated processes including test plans, test procedures, and test cases
•     Build/Maintain test automation frameworks which are fit for purpose and applicable to project scope
•     Log and document bugs in the tracking system
•     Set up Continuous Integration.
•     Researching issues in software through testing
•     Collaborating with QA Analysts and Software Developers to develop solutions
•     Keeping updated with the latest industry developments
•     Perform test scheduling and execution (manually/automated)
•     Identify and create test data
•     Perform test case preparations and design, assist with the scripting of automated test cases, conditions and checkpoints 
•     Develop test scenarios to test each software component and demonstrate the business condition under test and the expected results
•     Perform test reporting based upon coverage and clearance statistics
•     Perform test documentation compilation
•     Identify and analyse defects, log defects and track defect resolution within release time frames
•     Risk identification and reporting
•     Perform scope and test effort estimations
•     Analyse risks, develop contingencies, and plan testing accordingly

What will make you successful in this role?

    Testing Knowledge &Tools

•         Knowledge of automated testing frameworks and implementations for backend and frontend testing
•         Experience with integrating with the Selenium library or equivalent frameworks
•         A firm understanding of and flair for exploring and utilizing the latest CI/CD, DevOps and Automation Testing technologies and best practices
•         Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
•         Strong knowledge of SQL and scripting
•         Mapping and Comparison tools
•         Experience with non-gui test frameworks and SoapUI / Postman

    Testing Processes

•         Working knowledge of Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
•         Working knowledge of Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC)

    System Knowledge

•         Working knowledge of software engineering best practices and frameworks
•         Workflows
•         Rules Engines
•         Databases
   

Qualifications and Experience

•     B.Sc Degree in Computer Science, Software Development, or a related field
•     ISTQB/ISEB qualification will be an advantage
•     Previous experience as a Test Automation Engineer
•     Strong experience and proficiency in programming languages such as C# and JAVA
•     2+ years Automation Testing experience

Knowledge and Skills

• Regression testing and scripts
• System testing, analysis and reviews
• Business Requirements
• Logs and tracks and resolves defects

Personal Attributes

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

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

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

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.

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What will you do?

An exciting new opportunity exists in the MiWay Actuarial team. We are continuously looking to enhance the way we quantify risk, price and design our products. Come join the team and be part of the challenge.

Assists the Chief Actuary with valuations in a financial services institution.  Responsible for premium rates and all other statutory valuation work.  Responsible for the activities of a department or a specific function or area e.g. supervision of actuarial staff, actuarial students and clerical staff.  In Pension Fund Industry would be appointed as Fund Evaluator with responsibility for checking fund calculations and doing complex presentations to clients.  In a Consulting environment would clarify client requirements and translate actuarial concepts into client-friendly terminology, meeting all reporting requirements.  May also be involved in product development.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Bachelors degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematical Statistics or related field

• 2 years in short term price optimisation, pricing, product development or related role

Deliverables include, but will not be limited to

• Build GLM demand models

• Improve current processes and expand optimisation capabilities

• Perform ad hoc analysis and queries related to optimisation and LTV (lifetime value)

• Embed LTV as a metric within the different areas of the business

• Provide actuarial support to the Client Services Department

• Manage a team of high-performing professionals

Competencies Required

• Analytical and critical thinker with a curious mind

• Detail-oriented

• Excited to learn new techniques and technologies, and continuously tackle new challenges

• Keen to drive adoption of metrics to change the way a business operates.

• Competency in the following programming languages would be advantageous: MS SQL, Oracle, Python, C++

• An mathematical understanding of constrained optimisation would be advantageous

• Agile and willing to change priorities as business needs change

• Able to work alone and as part of a team

Knowledge and Skills

• Actuarial Problem Solving
• Actuarial Negotiation
• Business knowledge
• Business analysis

Personal Attributes

• Business insight - Contributing through others
• Optimises work processes - Contributing through others
• Develops talent - Contributing through others
• Self-development - Contributing through others

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

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

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. 
• Deadline to apply is 22 September 2021

Our commitment to transformation

At MiWay we believe in cultivating a positive and dynamic working environment that gives you freedom and opportunity to succeed. MiWay is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This is what drives us to achieve a multicultural workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, reflective of the demographics of our society.