Open Positions at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

• The Business Analyst will fill the role of being a vital link between the Data Management Information Technology capacity (i.e., FRID) and business objectives by supporting and ensuring the successful completion of analytical, building, testing, and deployment tasks of FRID's software products features. The Analyst will be required to help the team members to map, analyze and document the technical requirements.
• Additionally, the Business Analyst will have a responsibility to coach and train newly-on boarded entry-level and junior Business Analysts on the Knowledge Areas defined by the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK). 

Responsibilities

• Gathering user business requirements by meeting with business users,
• Coordinating and facilitating various project workshops,,
• Creating to-be view (solution design) of the business, system, and data perspectives,
• Developing Contextual, Conceptual and Logical views,
• Preparing source to target mappings for the ETLs,
• Developing pseudo-code and code for functional requirements,
• Developing procedures, packages, schedule jobs, once ff extracts,
• Supporting half-yearly valuations including data checks, business recon, assisting business queries, business report extracts, etc.
• End-to-end experience with testing framework including strategy planning, environment-setups, test planning, verification, validation, scripting, execution, and review,

Additional Responsibilities

• Requirement Management Lifecycle - analysing, evaluating and solutioning functional as well as non-functional requirements,
• Proficiency in handling business, system, and data troubleshooting
• Developing strong, sustainable relationships with users & project teams,
• Leading the quality assurance of all team deliveries,
• Leading and coordinating internal audits,
• Assisting senior management teams and coordinating external audits
• Analysing and time to time reviewing operating procedures and policies,

Experience

• Minimum 3 years Business Analysis experience.
• Experience in the delivery of large scale and complex custom development projects; and
• Minimum 3 years Business Process Modelling experience.
• Consulting background / experience would be an advantage.

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Purpose

• To provide specialist advice & support in the development & implementation of solution architect applications addressing problems on systems integration, compatability and multi platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for assisting in the establishment of an IT Architecture practice, and the adoption of an architecture and standards methodology.
• Manages activities that take place during solution ideation, solution design, and solution implementation.
• Reviews business context for solutions to company challenges as well as defining the vision and requirements for the solution, recommending potential options, (which may include RFIs, RFPs or prototype development), selecting the most optimal option, and the development of a roadmap for the selected solution.
• Communicates the architecture to the stakeholders and collaborates and coordinates with existing domain architects in the formalization and adoption of IT standards and procedures.
• Champions a structured approach to business application solutions.

Additional Key Responsibilities

• Directly assists in the development of a solutions architecture program including departmental roadmaps and project portfolios for IT systems architecture.
• Assures solutions not only are a fit for the specific purpose but also closely align with the standards guidelines of technology solutions.
• Influences changes to standards when necessary.
• Assists domain architecture team on solutions management and timing of financial spend for application solutions.
• Supports the architectural aspects of all application projects in peer IT portfolios.
• Directs the identification and recommendation of appropriate solutions, upgrades, replacements, or decommissioning options incorporating business and technology productivity, usability, and total cost of ownership.
• Develops and executes solutions which further reduce the percentage of time spent on reactive work.
• Provides analysis of security protection technologies as necessary.

Minimum Experience

• 3 - 5 years experience in a similar environment

Additional Minimum Experience

• Demonstrated ability to communicate the complexities of technical programs.
• Proficiency with information technologies in a secure network environment.
• Expertise with personal computers in a secure network environment and Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and SharePoint) or similar software.
• Experience in Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, Salesforce) - Similar platforms.
• Tracking the progress of projects.
• Documenting procedures, architecture principles, and patterns.
• Evaluating and implementing new technologies.
• Collaborating with other teams to improve business processes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Information Technology and Computer Sciences

Additional Minimum Qualifications or Certifications

• TOGAF Certification is mandatory.
• AWS, Azure, Salesforce (Experience).

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Purpose

• Design and execute a specialist direct distribution function to drive sales for Liberty CB across all product offerings and provide specialist sales advice and support in the strategic execution of direct sales to the large corporate sector.

Minimum Experience

• 5 - 8 years experience in a similar environment, of which 2 - 3 years at specialist level

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Generic Management

Additional Minimum Qualifications

• A relevant industry qualification e.g. CFP
• A relevant post-graduate qualification is preferable

Outputs

Process

• Accountable for contributing to strategy enablement and implementation and delivery optimisation across an internal value chain, through best practice development and implementation.
• Draw on own technical and/or professional knowledge and experience to proactively develop alternatives and identify optimal best practice solutions for tactical problems.
• Plan to deliver work outputs related to a service or operational area, Manages interdependent functional activities, and directs best-practice priorities, standards and procedures to ensure efficiency within area of specialisation.
• Deliver on key financial revenue metrics aligned to the Corporate Benefits strategy.
• Execute the institutional umbrella, risk and investment proposition strategy by managing key stakeholder and client relationships.
• Coordinate and lead in presenting feedback to larger and sophisticated clients in the market.
• Drive direct opportunities for new business, with a focus on securing and retaining new large clients for Liberty Corporate.
• Define and manage ad hoc and recurring projects aimed at effective product positioning and differentiation.
• Execute on strategies to create meaningful coverage of the distribution channels in terms of technical product support.
• Extract valuable behavioural patterns from the data for feedback into the product management and servicing process.
• Consolidate market insights and commentaries from various parties in the Standard Bank Group, including sourcing and preparing additional information pieces depending on the demand.
• Provide up to date industry insights, including competitor intelligence and comparisons.
• Identify and drive content to allow the sales force to position offerings appropriately and competitively against competitors' offerings.
• Anticipate future market changes, investigate internal trends (current and past) and identify unrelated industries' impact on the employee benefits landscape.
• Provide product and client insights to support decision-making and strategy.

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Purpose

• To provide specialist employee benefits consulting, in order to achieve predefined goals, through the execution of predefined objectives as per agreed SOPs.

Minimum Experience

• 2 - 3 years experience in a similar environment

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Office Administration

Additional Minimum Qualifications

• RE5

Ket Responsibilities

• Reviewing the Funds benefit structure at intervals agreed upon from time to time with the principal consultant
• Keep clients updated with developments in the employee benefit market / legislative changes
• Issuing of rate reviews
• Enhancing the current book of clients
• Maintaining existing client base
• Proper Employee Benefits Consulting

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Purpose

• To provide specialist advice and support in area of specialisation guarding against risk, in alignment with related scheme and policy conditions.

Minimum Experience

• 3 - 5 years experience in a similar environment, of which 1 -2 years at a junior specialist level

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Generic Management

Additional Minimum Qualifications

Outputs

Process

• Provide specialist advice and support in area of accountability to ensure that identified solutions and recommendations are appropriate and effective.
• Identify, diagnose and recommend improvements and provide specialist advice and support; ensuring that solutions are appropriate and effective.
• Create and update database/s with findings, recommendations and relevant information to enhance the identification of trends and analysis.
• Advise on the effective execution of underwriting standards and develop underwriters' skills to align the actual to expected mortality.
• Effectively assess risks within an area of underwriting authority as determined by the underwriting philosophy and or practice.
• Accountable for the improvement of quality, service and work outputs, continuously recommending improvements.
• Plan for the organisation of work outputs and process improvement activities in light of a specific situational context related to the area of specialisation.
• Proactively identify area of specialisation related problems, determine cause and effect and recommend the best option to implement corrective action based on previous experience.