Recent Jobs Openings at PPS

Minimum Requirements

Education: 

• Grade 12.
• Degree/diploma Computer Information System/ Information Technology/Data Analytics related.
• HR degree/diploma would be an advantage.

Experience:

• 5-8 years Reporting and HR System Administration working experience.
• Data manipulation experience within an HR environment.
• Gathering functional requirements and developing technical specifications.
• Compiling test cases and conducting User system’s testing.
• Creating and delivering presentations.
• Conducting user training.
• Developing work processes.

Knowledge and Skills: 

• Knowledge of human resources processes, principles and systems.
• Database Administration rules, standards and governance.
• Work Processes Design.
• In-depth knowledge in the use of the latest MS Office package, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Internet, Outlook.
• Ability to write complex and advanced formulas and macros.
• HR Systems

Competencies: 

• Strong administration organisational skills.
• Ability to plan and organize effectively.
• Ability to solve problems.
• Ability to take initiative.
• Assertive.
• Attention to detail.
• Analytical.
• Client Service Orientation.
• Target-Driven.
• Ability to innovate 

Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting & Database Management:

• Maintains accurate HR Data and ensures that one source of PPS Group master data exists for each HR Process/functionality (e.g. recruitment, L&D, ER, EE & Diversity, Rem & Benefits etc.).
• Continually and randomly audit HR Data to ensure its integrity and accuracy.
• Ensures the alignment of naming conventions and standards of the PPS’s employee database across all subsidiaries.
• Responsible for gathering, processing and translating qualitative and quantitative people data into meaningful information for informed workforce planning by leadership to enhance effective business operations through its people data analysis.
• Design and produce standard and customised reports for various users (e.g. HR Monthly, quarterly and annual statutory reports and any other reports requested by the business).
• Supports the HR Community and line management by designing customized reports as and when required.
• Continually evaluates and improve current reports, identify opportunities for improvement in line with HR best practice and trends.
• Serve as the expert in people analytics, advance the use of complex analytical techniques and statistical thinking across HR function and provide coaching and training on the use and interpretation of metrics.

HR Information System:

• HRIS maintenance and implementation as well as oversee the digital transformation of the processed within Human Resources.
• Research and recommend functional HR system solutions to enhance the existing HR system and other related systems.
• Document HR systems requirements in line with the requirements of HR Functions as and when required.
• Liaise with the I.T. department and the appointed HR system vendor with regards to any systems functionalities and specifications.
• Actively participate in the implementation and any enhancements of the HR system.
• Compiles User test cases, ensures that all User Acceptance Testing is conducted on various HR Modules to be implemented and prepare system testing reports.
• Provider appropriate end users HR systems training to all HR business partners and other HR stakeholders.
• Administer users access and permissions.
• Action all audits’ points raised against the content and maintenance of the database.
• Address and escalate all HR systems queries to the system vendor, I.T. Department and HR management.
• Ensure that the service provider delivers service as agreed in the Service Level agreement (SLA).

Reward and Remuneration Analysis:

• Proactively identify and analyse needs of the business by conducting research into remuneration trends and best practices.
• Explore and research best practice in pay models to better manage jobs (job families) and pay levels to improve pay parity across Business Units and the subsidiaries.
• Participate in salary surveys and the management of the entire process, including analysis of data and benchmarking.
• Ensure that benchmarking guidelines are set for the business and work closely with HR and line managers to ensure that benchmarking is done effectively and provide recommendation where necessary.

Stakeholder management:

• Partner with the HRBPs, line managers and teams to understand the organisations structures.
• Effectively communicates the org design principles aligned to business requirements; use opportunities to promote dialogue, shared understanding, and consensus.
• Collaborates with key business stakeholders in sharing insights to improve reward principles.
• Strong interface and adept at handling key business issues on behalf of the Head Reward.

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Education:

• Matric
• BCom, B.Eng, BSC Eng, BSC Informatics or related degree/diploma
• Linux operating environment is advantageous
• Web: HTML, HTML5, XML, CSS is advantageous

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience on Java 7 and JEE (Servlets, JSP, EJB, REST and SOAP , JPA/Hibernate), JBOSS, MS SQL Server
• Advantageous - Struts, Spring, HTML5, Angular JS, JSON
• Knowledge of and exposure to SDLC / Change Control / Release Management
• 1 – 2 years’ experience with Build tools ie. Maven

Knowledge and Skills:

• Good computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio/Aris, Project)
• Troubleshooting
• Service Delivery Orientated (Possess sense of urgency)

Competencies:

• Self-motivated and ability to use own initiative, with ability to work without supervision
• Quality Orientation
• Analytical thinking & decision-making ability in a moderately complex environment.
• Problem solving skills (analysis and business / process solution design).
• Interpretation of information in a clear and concise manner
• Interpersonal communications skills and presentation skills.
• People networking and good, rapid relationship & team building.
• Innovative
• Strong personal characteristics, energy, drive, focus, motivation, responsibility
• Strong aptitude for teamwork (Contributes to the teams success)
• Outcomes Driven

Duties and Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities: 

• To engage in technical scoping sessions with a clear mandate of defining and agreeing the technology, design & tools
• Responsible for producing working implementation (code) from functional / technical documents like a functional specification.
• To ensure appropriate use of tools and applications that is in place to support the development process and SDLC.
• Interacting and maintaining good relationships with business stakeholders (business users, project management resources, testing and training teams)
• Performance Management – To engage with leadership
• To engage leadership and take initiative around career growth & training
• Software Development and Testing
• Database administration & manipulation to create SQL statement, etc.
• Unit testing
• Integration testing of code
• Demonstration of knowledge of best practice and project standards for coding

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Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in information systems or Computer engineering/science
• Microsoft MCSE certification
• CISSP
• Cloud Certifications Beneficial
• Security Certifications Beneficial

 Experience:

• Minimum 10 years’ working experience in IT area.
• At least 3 – 5 years of Cybersecurity, IT Risk or Governance experience In large IT environments.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience identifying threats and developing appropriate protection measure
• Has good experience with large scale distributed systems and Cloud architecture.
• ITIL Service Management Experience
• Experience in IT Infrastructure Platforms
• Extensive technical know-how of security network devices (switches, antivirus, firewalls, cryptography, SIEM) and any other security networking hardware or software tools
• Proficient in all aspects of using a computer, ie MS Office package etc.

 Knowledge and Skills (maximum of 10):

• Knowledge of IT Security and Risk Management frameworks, policies, standards and technologies – ISO27001/2
• Malware Management Knowledge.
• Vulnerability and Patch Management
• OS/Application VM Knowledge
• Web monitoring solutions
• Data leakage on end points
• Virtual server protection
• Database monitoring
• Desktop Firewall and IPS solutions
• EDR Solutions

Competencies:

• Analysis
• Change Management
• Client Focus
• Creative and Innovative Thinking
• Effective Communication
• Quality Orientation
• Results orientation
• Teamwork

Duties and Responsibilities

Key Competencies, duties and responsibilities:

• Have a comprehensive understanding of cyber security defense-in-depth concepts
• Understand defense-in-depth point technologies
• Understand cyber security incident and alert response processes
• Have a strong infrastructure, network, database and application understanding to support cyber security decision making and lead security investigations.
• Configure, implement, and maintain all security platforms and any other related technology, such as anti-virus, routers, Anti-SPAM, switches, intrusion detection or intrusion prevention, firewalls, cryptography systems, SIEM, and MDM
• Plan and appraise ongoing assessment cyber security technologies including antivirus, application controls, firewall, SIEM, VPN, SSL, intrusion detection or intrusion prevention and other network component policies
• Guarantee network security best practices are executed through auditing: router, change control, switch, firewall configurations, and monitoring
• Responsible for periodic vulnerability testing, and lead remediation projects
• Articulate systems and methodologies as well as reply to security-related events and support in remediation efforts
• Coordinate and oversee log analysis for company managed services offerings to ensure customer policy and security requirements are met
• Maintain network security devices to enable pro-active defence of networks within a managed service SOC environment, providing protective monitoring to multiple commercial customers
• Work with customers to form and fix appropriate policy and signature rules. This comprises tuning and development of the creation of custom intrusion detection and SIEM signatures and rules, including the efficient on-boarding and understanding of varying customer log sources into SIEM environments
• Work in collaboration with appropriate stakeholders to ensure customers have devices that are fully operational and secure
• Work under strict change control processes to ensure only authorized changes are made to device
• Working with other teams in the organisation as a technical resource in all technical matters, such as educating and replying to clients on issues ranging from features, functionality to integration, specifications, and installation.

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Formal Qualifications:

• A relevant Bachelors degree or equivalent qualification is required
• CFP would be advantageous
• South African driver’s license and must have own transport

Experience and Knowledge:

• Insurance industry-related knowledge and experience would be advantageous
• Knowledge of the PPS product range and PPS membership would be an advantage

Computer Literacy:

• Computer Literate (MS Office Package)

Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Skills:

• Relating to customers within a diverse market
• Communication in writing.
• Communicating orally with good presentation skills.
• Quality orientated.
• Reliable.
• Customer focussed.
• Resilient
• Results driven.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Have a very focused approach toward becoming a professional Financial Planner.
• Host financial workshops for students and young professionals.
• Educate existing clients on sound financial principles.
• Guide students and young professionals to make the correct financial choices from the start.
• Liaise with a PPS Marketing Specialist on all marketing activities and workshops on campus.
• Make appointments with existing PPS student members to discuss the PPS student product range and benefits.
• Build a client base by selling the PPS student product range to PPS student members.
• Adhere to the regulation and compliance process of the financial industry. 
• Stay up to date and excel in terms of qualifications and knowledge of the financial industry.
• Must be willing to be mentored and trained by experienced managers in this newly developed model. 

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Qualification

• Matric
• Relevant BDegree or NQF 5 Diploma (preferred)

Experience

• 2 - 3 years’ experience in Personal and Commercial Lines Short Term Insurance
• 2 Years’ experience in underwriting of short term insurance business.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly excel   
• Knowledge of FAIS and Financial Service Regularity Enviornment             

Knowledge

• Financial Services Regulatory Environment
• Thorough understanding of FAIS 

Duties and Responsibilities

Underwriting Administration:

• To Review and approval of personal lines mandates
• Assistance with cover structuring and Explanation
• General underwriting support to sales and operations teams
• Re-insurance - ensuring that accumulations are within reinsurance limits
• Monitor system minimum and maximum limits
• Record Keeping of issues

Personal Underwriting:

• General Underwriting Support to Sales and operation teams
• Monitor system minimum and maximum limits

New Business and Policy Management:

• Survey reviews, Interpretation and implementation
• Keep Survey Register up to date

Existing Business Policy Management:

• Post claim endorsements (Endorsements after claims)
• Removal of Endorsements after proof of repairs

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Formal Qualifications:

• Matric (Grade 12).

Experience and Knowledge:

• At least 2 years of experience in the Financial Services or Life Assurance industry in an administrator role.
• Basic knowledge of the Life Assurance or Financial Services industry.

Computer Literacy:

• MS Office package, particularly, Internet, Outlook, and Excel.

Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Skills:

• Careful.
• Helpful.
• Conscientious.
• Consistent.
• Responsive.
• Client service orientation
• Target-driven

Duties and Responsibilities

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Upload and follow up on the following queries: premiums, change of beneficiary, debit orders, letters of authority, change of broker, amendments, change of DOC, change of details, claims, etc.
• Check and capture applications:
• Within 4 hours of being received.
• With a 95% accuracy level.
• Support functions include performing daily routine procedures.
• Monitor incompletes and service requests and communicate outstanding applications and Aftersales Service requests started.
• Communicate outstanding requirements after the request has been uploaded.
• Complete an annual assessment on appropriate systems.
• Provide administrative backing to the Life Specialists and directly to intermediaries.
• Provide quotations and statements of benefits to intermediaries.
• Take ownership of service level standards and ensure they are achieved consistently.
• Assist the Life Specialists in organising broker workshops.
• Ordering necessary forms and brochures for the office when needed.

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Education:

• Com Accountancy degree is a requirement.

Experience:

• 5-6 years’ experience within a financial services environment, preferably in the Insurance
• Industry advantage     
• Strong reconciliation experience is required.
• Experience in the use of Microsoft Office applications (Word and Excel etc)
• Proficient in MS Office - Advanced Excel

Knowledge and Skills:

• General knowledge of insurance legislation/rules advantage
• Exposure in dealing with members, brokers, and advisors an advantage.
• IT Skill: Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office Package at a Moderate level.
• Strong sense of commitment to the organization’s goals and values
• Good business sense
• Basic knowledge of accounting and financial principles
• Fast learner with the ability to rapidly assimilate and utilize new information and skills
• Time management skills

Competencies:

• Analytical and be able to make prudent business decisions.
• Flexible and adaptable in changing and challenging circumstances
• Fast learner with the ability to rapidly assimilate and utilize new information and skills.
• High level of accuracy and be able to operate efficiently under pressure.
• Attention to detail.
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Must be self-motivated.
• Time management skills
• Be a team player and take responsibility for own development initiative.

Duties and Responsibilities

Operational Process  

• Quality Assurance of documentation and assisting with processing billings and collections accurately and timeously.
• Preparation premium refunds and cancellation refunds
• Liaising with internal stakeholders to ensure most up to date banking details are linked to the premium paying account.
• Liaising with IT where required to rectify Billings systems issues.
• Managing and investigating Billings exceptions and Current account credit balances.
• Resolution to internal and external request within Service level agreement
• Providing support and assistance to team members

Accounting

• Reconciling bank statements, pacs system and billings reports.
• Prepare daily / month end journal files.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations.

Stakeholder management

• Provide support to the broader Life Operations teams.
• Establish, maintain, and build relationships with key stakeholders.
• Liaison function with internal and external department
• Assist with year-end requirements and audit queries.

Additional Accountabilities

• Respond to queries and investigations within agreed SLA.
• Adherence to process control and service levels agreements.
• Performing other duties assigned from time to time by the manager.