Job Opportunities at Old Mutual

Supports the IT organization in developing, implementing and maintaining stable and resilient IT environment by driving best practice and instilling the appropriate level of quality assurance, governance and compliance relating to: End-to-end Monitoring, Disaster Recovery, Backups, High Availability, Unsupported Systems, Vulnerability Management, Capacity Management, Strategic Fit, Architecture Documentation and Single Point of Failures. The role will fundamentally support the Lead Resilience Engineer.

Main Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance to IT requirements through proper communication, regular practice checks. This includes all new IT projects, production applications and application enhancements.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert in IT methodologies, policies and standards relating to End-to-end Monitoring, Disaster Recovery, Backups, High Availability, Unsupported Systems, Vulnerability Management, Capacity Management, Strategic Fit, Architecture Documentation and Single Point of Failures. He/she will be the steward of IT these artifacts. New and existing services must align with the documented policies, processes and standards
• Coordinates with internal stakeholders on technology compliance. Represents IT from, but not limited to, Information Security, recovery and technology risk perspective. Ensures proper analysis and timely findings/responses/mitigation in a consistent and factual manner; establish & follow the escalation or reporting process.
• Ensures IT service compliance and resilience through regular monitoring, analysis, investigation and proposing technical recommendation for the strengthening and protection of business technological assets, data, etc
• Preparing and presenting progress reports on the current state of the IT risk and control environment.
• Support the identification of improvement opportunities of the curriculum. Develop and present proposals to Lead Resilience Engineer to articulate opportunity, benefits and risks to organization, as well as provide and implement options and plans.

Minimum Qualifications/Experience

• A Bachelor degree holder in Information Technology or any business technology related field
• Familiar with ICT Business e.g., Consulting, Managed Services, Cloud Services, etc
• Exposed in facets of IT e.g., Projects, Delivery Support, Infrastructure, Software Development, etc.
• At least 3 years relevant experience in Industry standards for IT Governance and controls frameworks e.g., COBIT, ITIL/ITSM, Project and Software Development, ISO, InfoSec/Data Privacy, among others
• Must have performed an IT audit or familiar with Information Security, Data Privacy, Information Systems Audit requirements and other IT risk management or due diligence practices
• Communications skills at all levels (written, spoken, presentation, etc.)

Additional Qualifications/Experience (preferred, Not a Requirement)

• CBCI/AMBCI
• Business Resilience

Competencies Required

• Customer First (Practice)
• Executing (Practice)
• Innovation (Practice)
• Leading with Influence
• Learning
• Relating
• Strategic

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Job Description

This role manages a sales team and distribution strategy and is accountable for the sales targets and profitability of the team, over periods of up to a year.

The position has been identified as a FAIS position and falls within the ambit contemplated by FAIS related to Category B. The successful candidates must therefore comply with all FAIS requirements, including the Fit and Proper requirements of Honesty and Integrity (e.g. be clear of any offence relating to fraud, dishonesty and/or any professional misconduct) as well as competence and relevant qualifications.

• Manages sales & expense budget for a sales team in a branch against set targets.
• Responsible for distribution strategy of products within a branch.
• Accountable for local marketing.
• Identifies & creates coordinated sales opportunities.
• Responsible for external networking & relationship building with key door openers.
• Ensures delivery of customer value.
• Manages, develops, appoints & trains sales advisors.

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This role will provide the opportunity to develop in-depth knowledge of OM products and the implementation and transition to IFRS17 reporting, as well as the opportunity to learn cutting edge data management tools. The position will further offer regular opportunities to engage with and present results and outcomes to various stakeholders and management at a senior level.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• IFRS 17 implementation and Transition to BAU: Assist with implementation of IFRS 17 in Personal Finance as well as analysing and effectively explaining key drivers of results to management.
• Finance & Risk Reporting, Capital and business insights: Performing and reviewing regular quarterly valuations for financial reporting and submissions to the regulator.
• Development of new data processes: Assist with the implementation of the actuarial data process and enablement of business insight capabilities.
• Process and model improvement: Critically Reviewing current processes and actuarial models with a view of continuous improvement
• Projects: Support the delivery of relevant projects objectives as and when these arise.
• Collaboration and Business Insights: Extract insights and understand the drivers of key financial metrics for business consideration. Effectively collaborate with business and other specialized areas such as Accounting, Product Development and Balance Sheet Management

REQUIREMENTS:

• Actuarial student with 9 exam credits
• At least 2 years actuarial experience
• Strong technical skills
• Strong detail orientation coupled with the ability to see the “big picture”
• Interest in financial modelling software

Please note that the appointments may be made at a lower role size depending on the successful candidates’ experience and exam progress.

Key behavioral skills and attributes required to fulfill this role:

• Self-motivated and energetic individuals who enjoy the challenge of tackling complex issues
• Ability to communicate effectively to diverse technical and non-technical audiences (written and verbal)
• Ability to complete tasks within agreed timelines and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
• Ability to plan and prioritise
• High level of accountability
• Willing to learn and grow

The incumbent will have an added advantage if he/she has the set skills listed below

• Knowledge of IFRS and Regulatory Solvency valuations
• Prophet experience
• SQL and Python programming skills
• Advanced MS Excel skills

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Job Description

Support clients in specific technology.

This role uses business and solution knowledge, in order to achieve client expected business results.

• The Consultant implements and supports modules to enhance the clients business functionality and overall performance, while maintaining a high degree of customer satisfaction.
• Design, configuration and testing in various modules
• Analyze the current business processes and scenarios of the client and develop solutions to meet the clients need
• Responsible primarily for successful implementation of solution, providing functional expertise, guidance, presentation, and instruction on products to clients.
• Carry out assignments requiring the development of new or improved procedures
• Proactively seek opportunities to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of solutions
• Participates in implementations
• Acts as liaison with client for troubleshooting: investigate, analyze, and solve software problems and map client business requirements, processes and objectives; develop necessary product modifications to satisfy clients needs.
• Maintain a thorough knowledge of the organization and adheres to all organizational standards
• Participates in ensuring the application version is current and relevant

Knowledge And Experience

• Have experience and knowledge of Oracle Finance Cloud
• Oracle Cloud Finance Cloud experience/knowledge
• Working knowledge of query tools (OTBI)
• Knowledge of System Administration functions like flex fields, workflow, profile options, value sets, request groups, responsibilities, menus, etc.
• Understanding of multi-organization and multi-currency functionality
• Prepare and maintain up to date Oracle processes, system documentation, and assist with end user training materials.
• Assist with implementation of new functionality or system enhancements including test script development and requirements gathering.
• Prepare Functional specs and take though the design approval process
• Have experience in logging Service Requests with Oracle to resolve problems.
• Have experience in doing research on Oracle website.
• ITIL experience

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Job Description

The Retail Protection Team is responsible for the design, development and maintenance of new and existing retail protection propositions across the lower and middle-to-high income markets in South Africa. Development support is also provided to our African businesses.

We are passionate about developing simple, yet innovative propositions that are relevant to our customer’s needs, deliver on their promises and ultimately enable our customers to achieve their financial dreams and goals.

Responsibilities of this role include the product development and ongoing support of the retail protection products in South Africa. The successful incumbent will be required to test product performance against specified rules, and to make alterations where necessary.

The role will support the current product ranges as well as any new and innovative propositions for our retail customers. This will require interaction with a wide variety of stakeholders – including senior management, sales, marketing, administration, IT, legal and compliance.

Key Result Areas:

• Ensuring that our product ranges perform as intended, by diagnosing and resolving issues identified in production.
• Collect and analyse information relating to product performance, translating this into business requirements for implementation where necessary.
• Providing support with commission rules testing
• Incorporate regulatory impacts into retail protection products
• Understand customer needs and the competitive landscape and designing innovative solutions in response.
• Ensuring client correspondence and marketing material are consistent with product rules.
• Provide general product support, including on key projects

Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:

• Actuarial student with a minimum of 9 exam credits and 2 years’ actuarial experience
• Product development experience would be an added advantage
• Business acumen and negotiation skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently, as well as in a team
• Ability to work on a wide range of deliverables over a given period of time
• Good time management to work towards deadlines

Skills

• Communication, Time Management

Education

• Bachelors Degree (B): Actuarial Science (Required)

Closing Date

• 10 September 2022

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Job Description

The focus for this role is the preparation of financial and management reports, provision of interpretation of financial data and predictive results, implementation of accounting processes, systems, and controls.

You will have a combination of strong business, financial, strategic, and analytical skills to ensure the provision of business and support services (Finance, Operations, Legal, and Risk management) is of a high standard and enables OMART to meet its objectives.

• Being an Assistant Management Accountant in OMART, this role will provide a strong support to the financial manager and broader reporting team
• Prepare financial results for various clients
• Prepare journals in order to prepare a trial balance monthly
• Assist with maintaining a strong financial control environment
• Work effectively within a team, whilst balancing own priorities
• Be flexible and responsive to changes in the business that impact financial processes and reporting
• Work to strict deadlines

Job Requirements

• Matric
• Tertiary finance qualification required, BCom Accounting preferable
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a finance function
• Insurance industry would be preferable
• Attention to detail
• MS Office with solid excel skills
• Stakeholder management & excellent communication skills required

Closing Date

• 09 September 2022

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Job Description

Accountabilities for this role include Strong Development skills, systems analysis, interpreting and executing test plans. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results through own efforts.

Works closely with senior software engineer and business analyst to maintain and enhance the Identity and Access Management system.

Assist senior software engineer with technical and business feasibility of the IAM solution and ensure that it fits within well-established patterns and guidelines laid down by the solution architect.

Role includes coding, implementations, testing and system enhancements.

• Includes providing technical and programming support
• Must be able to estimate timeline and prioritise to ensure that goals are met
• Ability to understand the solution and how it operates
• After Hours Standby is required for this Function
• Have a good working relationship with users, business analysts and other technical staff
• Works with little or no supervision
• Assists with best practices and design of new enhancements
• Mentors and upskill junior staff members
• Specifications Development
• Assists with analysis and design of web applications and databases.
• Develops technical specifications / program specifications and systems documentation.
• Responsible for systems analysis functions.
• Assists senior engineer on effective applications, covering areas such as maintenance, support, interface and data management requirements.
• Provides sizing and scoping for development work required.

System Testing

Assists solution construction including programming, systems testing and correction of programme models. Accountable for Drafting and Execution of Unit Testing plans, Assists in developing test plans in conjunction with Senior Analyst Programmer or Business Analyst.

System Programming

• Develops, tests and implements new systems and system changes in accordance with agreed coding standards and principles.
• Provides development solutions, which maintain the technical integrity of the solution. Performs data conversion.
• Documents system features and functionality. The above is done under limited supervision.

Quality Management

• Ensures that all system changes align with coding standards and principles
• Assists with ensuring technical integrity of the solution.

Minimum Qualifications/Experience:

• Matric, with an IT programming qualification.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• AWS Experience, Or Other Cloud PAAS Experience
• OO design and development experience (at least 6 years’ experience) using ASP.Net, C#.Net, Web Services, XML , MQ, AWS, Ping Identity, Unix
• Agile Software Development methodology, Team Foundation Server and Continuous integration advantageous.
• Good client/server understanding (COM/COM+) Good practical understanding and experience of XML, UML & industry standards/trends related to the integration environment.
• Practical experience in high volume capacity planning & performance tuning.
• Ability to deliver as per agreed time standards and work under stress
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Enterprise Integration experience advantageous.
• PING Identity, Or Other CIAM Solution Experience Advantageous
• Agile thinking and way of work to deliver at pace with incremental progress
• Business Agility

Closing Date

• 12 September 2022

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You will need to be able to hit stretching weekly lead and call targets. Experience in a high volume call centre or financial sales environment will be important. The benefits include a fixed salary together with the ability to earn additional monthly incentives based on your sales results.

Key result areas and work descriptors

• Sales/ Productivity
• Sells Old Mutual advice proposition over the telephone.
• Achievement of leads targets and objectives within tight business disciplines and processes
• Identifying new creative means of achieving campaign goals (within compliance regulations)
• Ensures compliance to process & procedures to minimize business risk
• Adherence to script content and requirements
• Keep abreast of new technology and processes being implemented within the area
• Quality management of ALL outputs, with the end customer in mind
• Adapt and change to fit in with changing business operational requirements
• Continuous Learning
• Managing information regarding new products, rate changes, rulings, training updates etc.
• Keep abreast of developments and trends in the Individual Life Industry – self learning

Role Qualifications and Competencies:

• Matric
• Min 12 months experience in a sales or service unit within the Financial Services industry
• Proven sales track record would be advantageous
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong customer focus
• Goal and sales results driven
• High on initiating action to convert leads into appointmentsHigh quality orientation

Closing Date

• 12 September 2022

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Job Description

Provide quality direct sales service that results in the production of business from new and existing sources, which contributes to the profitability and growth of the company. Manage the end-to-end customer experience for new and existing business by providing first line support to resolve queries.

Provide quality direct sales service that results in the production of business from new and existing sources.

• Identify and execute on innovative methods to build own insurance portfolio.
• Prospect for new clients through networking, cold calling and door to door canvassing.
• Manage and drive portfolio profitability and growth by ensuring that on-going service and support (amendments, renewals, and claims) provided to clients is delivered on time and improves the quality of the business underwritten.
• Conduct a comprehensive risk evaluation for the client.
• Provide solutions to clients by selling non-life products aligned to their needs.
• Continuously build client base to secure future portfolio growth.
• Identify and action on cross & up selling opportunities across all products.
• Sell according to agreed targets for the day, week and month.
• Maintain minimum agreed quote volumes.
• Maintain a minimum agreed quote to sales ratio.
• Maintain an agreed NTU – and Cancellation ratio.
• Perform after sales service tasks according to allocated portfolio of customers.
• Monitor and resolve escalated client queries and complaints timeously.
• Manage relationships with clients and ensure that Service Level Agreement standards are met or exceeded in all engagements.
• Retain existing business including renewal discussion in line business process and FAIS Code of Conduct.
• Create collaborative relationships with other departments (underwriting/pricing, and claims) to determine process improvements designed to enhance the customer experience and create easy, value peace of mind.
• Manage time and workloads to ensure that deadlines and targets are met.

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12 or National Senior Certificate.
• FAIS Compliant in Non-life Commercial product category.
• Minimum of 2 years experience’ in non-life insurance.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in Direct sales Valid Driver’s Licence with own reliable transport

Closing Date

• 09 September 2022

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Job Description

We are one of the top African Financial Institution leaders looking for an experienced CI/CD engineer. The Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) engineer will be responsible for builds, pipeline automation, and deploying code for all environments including Production. The successful candidate will join our excellent team of engineers who formulates solutions to the most intricate problems.

• Identify, internally or externally, technologies and patterns to deliver version control to development teams and apply the Old Mutual Cloud Security Controls Standard.
• Develop, scale, and control strategies, standards, guidelines, governance of Continuous Integration systems Own the design of the platform deployment system and associated tools, processes, role assignments, dependencies, and documentation.
• Ensure software configuration management tooling adheres to the Old Mutual Cloud Security Controls Standard.
• Join the ongoing design, implementation, and preservation of systems and tools across the on premise infrastructure and migrating to cloud stack.
• Own the execution/implementation of multiple Platform Engineering objectives.
• Craft and maintain Platform Engineering documentation, templates and style guides and assist software development teams to adopt standards during delivery.
• Work directly with the third-party vendors / enablers to fix infrastructural and environmental issues.
• Respond to and resolve support tickets in the Platform Engineering support queue.
• Facilitate AWS technical enablement workshops to the software development and architecture teams.
• Bachelor’s/ Tech Diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other IT related fields.
• 3-5+ years of experience TFS (Azure DevOps) in CI/CD engineering experience with a different skillset.
• Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle. Knowledge of DevOps advantageous.
• Hands-on experience in installing, configuring, operating, and monitoring CI/CD pipeline tools
• Knowledge of at least one high-level programming language: Java, Angular
• Knowledge in installing, configuring, operating, and monitoring software security pipeline tools
• Nexus Lifecycle Analysis (Scanning for Vulnerabilities)
• Understanding, learning and applying new automated build, test and deployment capabilities and help develop project teams towards integrating such solutions.
• Design, propose, facilitate organizational and process improvements as needed for supporting CI/CD pipeline automation.
• Participate in the design of service automation in cloud towards Infrastructure-as-code and engineering of new cloud technologies.
• Strong skillset on integrating and operating Static and Dynamic Code Scans for security testing, OpenSource Code Scan with pipelines.
• Ability to produce technical documentation.

Technical skills required:

• Experience in working with tools or of similar type as GITlab, Jenkins, Artifactory, SonarQube.
• Experience with Docker containers and Kubernetes and other types of Microservices and Container technologies highly preferred.
• Well versed in internet architectures, including web, application, and database components.
• On-hands experience with various Microsoft and open-source based platforms is a plus. (such as IIS, MsSQL, Apache, Tomcat, MySQL, Postgres, etc.)

Additional Qualifications/Experience (preferred, Not a Requirement)

• Shell (e.g. Bash) scripts are advantageous.
• Experience maintaining and working on Linux Servers
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate
• AWS Certified Developer Associate

Competencies Required

• Customer focus
• Multi-functional team collaboration
• Data-driven and attention to detail and big picture
• Action Oriented
• Continuous Improvement Management
• Automation
• Problem Finding and Solving