Jobs at Old Mutual

Job Description

About Old Mutual 

• Old Mutual is a premium African financial services organisation that offers a broad spectrum of financial solutions to retail and corporate customers across key market segments in 14 countries. The lines of business include Life and Savings, Property and Casualty, Asset Management and Banking and Lending.

About GAP – Graduate Accelerated Programme

The Old Mutual Graduate Accelerated Programme (GAP) is aimed at graduates and postgraduate students seeking invaluable work experience.

What’s in it for you?

• We will partner with you to craft a great career with Old Mutual that is in line with your career aspirations
• Your voice is important to us and we will provide engagement platforms and tools to encourage meaningful dialogue
• You’ll be exposed to a great culture based on diversity and inclusion that forms a strong foundation of our values
• You’ll receive continuous coaching and development opportunities
• You’ll gain access to industry experts as mentors and coaches
• You’ll gain access to excellent learning and development opportunities
• You’ll have an opportunity to make a difference in the communities in which we operate
• You’ll benefit from a robust and structured programme

Where are the Old Mutual TechTalent graduate positions based?

South Africa positions are based in

•  Cape Town

Rest of Africa countries, positions are based in

• Zimbabwe
• Kenya
• Nigeria
• Malawi

Who can apply?

• Only South African citizens will be considered for roles based in Cape Town, South Africa
• Roles based in Rest of Africa will require relevant citizenship

More Opportunities 

• Our graduates are appointed into various roles across Old Mutual’s businesses
• Are you currently doing a post graduate degree or in your final year of study in one of the disciplines below? If yes, then we are looking for you!
• Bcom Information system
• Bcom (Honours) Information systems
• BSc in IT systems
• Bcom Computer Science
• Bcom in Business/Finance qualification with Technology modules 
• Diploma in IT (3 years)
• Advanced Diploma in IT
• We are inviting you to apply if you are interested in joining the Old Mutual family.

Minimum Requirements 

• Are you aged 26 or younger?
• Are you a citizen/eligible to work in the country of application?
• Are you able to work/relocate to any part of the country you are based in?
• Have you achieved a minimum of 65% average across your studies?
• Are you proficient in one or more of the following languages - Java , C#, C++, HTML, Python

Application process 

• Apply – Submit documents – CV, Transcripts, Grade 12 certificate
• You will / may go through automated screening questions
• Should you meet our requirements you will be requested to complete screening assessments
• Once you have done your screening assessments, we will then review your profile against our requirements
• You will be required to complete psychometric assessments, and move forward to interviews if successful

Skills

• C++ Programming Language, C Sharp (Programming Language), Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), Java, Python

Education

• Advanced Diploma (AdvDip): Information Technology, Bachelor Of Business Science In Information Systems: Information Technology (Required), Bachelor of Computer Science (BCoSc): Information Technology And Computer Science: Information Technology Management (Required), Diploma (Dip): Information Technology (Required)

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Job Description

• The Business Consultant markets Old Mutual products and services to brokers. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results through own efforts.
• Markets Old Mutual services and products to brokers.
• Convinces brokers to sell Old Mutual products and services.
• Markets Old Mutual value proposition.
• Develops and sources new business.
• Builds relationships with brokers.
• Develops marketing and action plans for brokers.
• Initiates and identifies sales opportunities using Brokers Client Base.

Skills

Education

• Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Matriculation Certificate (Matric)  (Required), National Diploma Marketing And Sales Management

Closing Date

• 4 June 2021

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Job Description

• This role provides advice on a specific range of products to a specific allocated market and are individually accountable for achieving results through their own efforts.
• 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.
• Provides advice in line with the customer value proposition & compliance framework.
• Develops, tracks & reviews business plan to meet individual performance targets.
• Works in specific allocated markets.
• Works with a specific range of products.
• Prospecting is limited.
• Receives a base salary & bonuses - no commission.

Closing Date

• 1 June 2021

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Job Description

• This role provides advice on a specific range of products to a specific allocated market and are individually accountable for achieving results through their own efforts.
• 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.

Provides advice in line with the customer value proposition & compliance framework.

• Develops, tracks & reviews business plan to meet individual performance targets.
• Works in specific allocated markets.
• Works with a specific range of products.
• Prospecting is limited.
• Receives a base salary & bonuses - no commission.

Closing Date

• 1 June 2021

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Job Description

• Provide quality front-end business intelligence systems development services for the Mutual & Federal Business Intelligence team under the guidance of the Technical Lead that will support and present information and/or findings to allow effective business decision-making within Old Mutual Insure
•  Extract data from the Warehouse Dimensional Marts and design and build front end processes that will satisfy the end user requirements.
•  Test programs and processes written to ensure that the desired end result is met with a strong emphasis of data and data management.

 Obtain Data for Business Analyst and/or Systems Analyst in order to satisfy ad hoc requests

•  Perform impact analysis;
•  Perform regression testing, if required;
•  Review business specification with Business Analyst;
•  Approve business specification;
•  Implement any changes required;
•  Retest functionality and address fixes required;
•  Conduct unit testing;
•  Develop functionality per specification

Closing Date

• 2 June 2021

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Job Description

• The Digital & Data team is a dynamic division within Old Mutual Limited, which seeks to drive digital engagement with customers by being at the forefront of digital development and innovation. Old Mutual’s longstanding history and unquestionable success in the finanicial industry, provide a solid foundation for expansion of its digital platform. The Digital & Data team applies customer-focused design thinking, agile and lean development methodologies, and continuous delivery practices.
• The Web Technical Lead oversees and leads the development of high quality designs and solutions. This role requires participation in technical designs and the development and maintenance of software and other digital applications or services. The incumbent will be expected to create prototypes, develop user-centred software, and advise on technical specifications. This role requires fundamentals in engineering practices, an analytical and data-driven approach to problem solving, while following the DevOps model.

ROLE & QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

• Matric, with a degree in Computer Science/ Engineering/ Mathematics or related
• 10+ years of experience in web application development
• Knowledge of, and experience in mobile frameworks and technologies such as:
• Containerisation: Kubernetes, Docker
• CI/CD - Jenkins, AWS Code Commit
• AWS (preferred) or another cloud provider such as AZURE or Google Cloud Platform
• Confluence, Jira
• Microsoft Teams, Slack
• Terraform
• .Net Core 
• NodeJS
• Kotlin
• Asp.Net Core framework
• Angular / Vue.js / REACT
• HTML / CSS/SCSS/Sass / Javascript / Typescript
• Kubernetes / Docker
• CI/CD - Jenkins
• AWS Services
• Front-end and/or back-end development across digital channels, and experience working with information architecture and design interfaces
• Familiarity with architecture styles such as Microservice and Serverless architectures
• Build cloud based functional mobile applications at an enterprise level
• Create and test software prototypes
• Develop technical specifications and software application architecture and designs
• Knowledge of coding design patterns
• Follow Agile methodologies (SCRUM / Kanban)
• Work in a DEVOPS culture
• Design the test strategy and/or test plans.
• Provide sizing and scoping for development work required
• Operate as a subject matter expert across program initiatives
• Responsible for the software development life cycle, taking the lead on software development projects
• Apply engineering principles for design, development, maintenance, testing and evaluation of software
• Management of development tasks
• Facilitate code design and code reviews
• Ensure that software development tasks are well coordinated
• Apply knowledge relating to the Architecture of relevant systems
• Develop and improve the tools to enable software development
• Balance trade-offs between design and implementation
• Identify issues that will enhance system quality, development and standard operating procedures
• Client engagement to drive new products/ features and to ensure operational excellence
• Work closely with multi-skilled and cross-functional teams e.g. architects, developers, UX designers, business analysts
• Drive technology design and implementation
• Enable rapid iteration
• Draft technical specifications
• Monitor application performance
• Operational support for product issues raised to the development team
• Ensure systems are scalable, robust and secure

Closing Date

• 28 May 2021