Vacancies at Liberty Group South Africa

Job Description

• The primary role is to provide technical support to Liberty’s equity and interest rate non-linear ALM portfolios in managing market risk, day-to-day processes, and interfacing with stakeholders.
• The role will expose the successful candidate to an array of financial instruments such as equity derivatives, interest rate derivatives, and government bonds.

Qualifications

• Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma (NQF Level 7) in Finance, Economics, or Accounting.

Experience

• Proven experience within a fast-paced trading or financial markets environment
• Exposure to Asset and Liability Management (ALM) portfolios
• Ability to manage day-to-day portfolio activities
• Strong capability in monitoring risk and P&L
• Experience executing market-facing hedging strategies

Additional Information

Behavioral Competencies 

• Strong communication skills 
• Proactive self-starter 
• Strong presentation skills 
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving 
• Collaboration and stakeholder engagement 

Technical Competencies

• Information Gathering
• Reporting and Interpretation
• Financial Acumen

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Job Description

• To execute the audit process effectively within relevant stakeholder environments by demonstrating a clear understanding to independently and objectively provide assurance and advice that enables client centric risk management.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Audit

Experience Required

Internal Audit

• 1-2 years
• Working with data Experience analysing and interpreting data and understanding IT controls.
• 3-4 years
• General business and or audit experience.
• Experience within the investment or asset management is essential

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Examining Information
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Meeting Timescales
• Producing Output
• Team Working
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Audit Project Management
• Audit Report Writing
• IA Data Analysis
• IA Technology Application
• Internal Auditing
• Maintain IA Professional Practices

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Job Description

• To develop, maintain and manage the strategic execution of the Source Control and Execution Function, as it pertains to auditing and testing of controls and proactive mitigation of potential risks, to ensure that business is undertaken in a compliant manner to avoid operational losses, fines, penalties or reputational damage to the organisation and enables the competitive advantage of the organisation.

Essential Functions

• Collaborate and engage functions across the business, contributing and providing expert insights in terms of source control and execution, in line with the agreed policies, procedures and service level agreements, in order to achieve strategic objectives
• Continuously review and take action based on information provided by Direct and Indirect reports, regarding matters such as statistics, dashboards, reports, risks, escalations, technology and system issues as it pertains to Source Control and Execution.
• Develop, implement and enhance systems and processes that will ensure the effective and proactive identification, evaluation, review and reporting of risks across products, process and technology
• Develop, and ensure the implementation of the Source Control Framework and associated controls with the relevant product, process and technology stakeholders.
• Drive and advise on best practice processes and systems for business areas to effectively monitor, audit and control adherence, conformance and compliance to policies, processes and standards in order to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory laws.
• Drive and develop solutions to address instances of non-compliance, follow-up and ensure the implementation of the compliance solutions by the relevant stakeholders. to proactively safeguard the business against reputational risk and financial losses.
• Drive the development, digitisation, implementation and enhancement of required controls across product, process and systems.
• Drive the implementation & maintenance of a control register to ensure all stakeholders effectively execute on the agreed Source Control Framework.
• Lead and manage the Source Control and Execution function according to the lean leadership and employee engagement principles, including employee lifecycle from recruitment through to exit, performance management, training and development, discipline and grievance management, retention and reward and people administration, to ensure a high-performance culture.
• Maintain and implement the Source Control Framework, covering strategy, policy, process, procedures, standards, guidelines, training, objectives, metrics and governance, to ensure consistency of implementation and the alignment to the changing business requirements and best practices and standards.
• Manage, monitor and control cost in line with the Control Assurance and overall CIB budget by ensuring sound financial practices. and optimisation of processes and systems within the business through sound financial principals.
• Oversee and advise on the collection and capturing of Source Control and other data, such as Audit reports, across all domains to ensure the information is reliable and therefore will effectively guide critical business decisions.
• Produce aggregated and reliable reports regarding the performance of all associated controls and formulate pertinent observations to enable the effectiveness of critical business decisions.
• Provide expert advice to Senior Stakeholders, on the required minimum standards, strategies, projects, plans, initiatives, reporting and other relevant activities to ensure all business areas effectively comply with internal standards and legislative requirements as it pertains to the Source Control Framework and Strategy.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: 

Preferred And/Or

• First Degree Business Commerce Required
• Qualified Actuary / Post Graduate Degree Business Commerce Preferred

Experience Required

• 3-4 years' Experience in managing and leading a diverse team, driving performance and deliverables through performance management and strategic objectives, targets and plans, developing and strengthening the capabilities within the team.

Required

• 8-10 years Strong and broad knowledge and experience in a spectrum of Retail Long Term Insurance products, operations, systems and processes, with strong focus on operational risk and controls, systems and processes related to risk and investment insurance products.

Required

• Total number of years' experience 12 years

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies - Essential

Behavioural Competency Description

• Articulating Information Is articulate in giving presentations is eloquent and explains things well projects social confidence when articulating information
• Checking Things Is meticulous in finding errors; ensures accuracy by being thorough and checking details; produces high quality work by being detailed.
• Developing Strategies is focused on developing strategies; thinks in the longer term and anticipates trends; envisages the future and adopts a visionary approach
• Directing People Is comfortable leading people; coordinates and directs groups; seeks to control things
• Establishing Rapport Builds rapport and puts people at ease; is engaging and welcomes people; finds it easy to make friends
• Examining Information Analyses and processes information; asks probing questions; strives to find solutions to problems
• Exploring Possibilities Is conceptual when developing ideas; applies theories to problem solving; prefers

Technical Competencies:

• Advanced Modeling & Data Science
• Actuarial Software Expertise
• Product Knowledge 
• Promote Good Governance, Risk & Control
• Regulatory & Financial Acumen
• Specialized Valuation & Reserving
• Strategic Planning and Reporting
• Technology Planning and Roadmaps
• Data Visualization

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Job Description

• To provide a high level of service across the different death claim types through various communication channels to our customers, by assessing, communicating and resolving queries across the various claim types as per the multi-skilling Journey.  
• To Act as a subject matter expert on the assessment of claims per section 37c of the Pension Funds Act and a clear understanding of other claims within the employee benefits space..

Qualifications

• Field of Study: Finance and Accounting

Experience Required
Insurance Legacy & Enablement

• Insurance
• 1-2 years
• The role requires an individual with minimum of 3 years insurance industry experience.
• Minimum of 2 years death claims experience would be required as a minimum.
• Group risk insurance product knowledge of at least 1 product for an Insurance Consultant Level 1.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Following Procedures
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks
• Meeting Timescales
• Providing Insights
• Taking Action
• Team Working
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Client Knowledge
• Client Retention
• Client Servicing
• Client Value Propositions
• Insurance Principles
• Insurance Products & Services

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Job Description

• To design, code, test, debug, and maintain programs in development environments. Apply agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineers result. Work within a strict framework of programming standards under supervision of senior technical resources.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Information Technology

Experience Required

Software Engineering

• Technology
• 5-7 years
• Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions.
• 8-10 years
• Proven experience in modern engineering practices i.e. dev ops, agile etc., Proven experience across multiple, broad IT Engineering disciplines, with demonstrated specialisation in at least one. Experience within the required scope of expertise.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Embracing Change
• Examining Information
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks
• Producing Output
• Taking Action
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Agile Engineering
• API Engineering
• Automation
• Cloud Computing
• Continuous Delivery (CD)
• Continuous Deployment
• Continuous Integration (CI)
• Core Systems
• Data Engineering
• Design Thinking
• Error Budgets
• Incident Response
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Knowledge Management
• Microservices
• Non-abstract Large System Design (NALSD)
• Observability (Application and Web Analytics)
• Platform Engineering
• Policy as Code
• Post-incidence Analysis
• Reliability and Resilience
• Security Engineering
• Service Level Management
• Software Engineering Methods
• Software Engineering Tools
• Software Foundations
• System Integration
• Test-driven Design (TDD)
• Threat Modelling

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Job Description

• To lead and drive the growth of the Direct Sales channel that will facilitate the acquisition of new business within the Employee Benefits Market. This role is responsible for developing and executing strategies to attract and secure new corporate clients, expand market share, and strengthen the company's position as a trusted provider of comprehensive employee benefit solutions in South Africa.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
• Field of Study: Business Commerce, Communication, Finance and Accounting, Project Management

Experience Required
Sales

• Sales & Distribution
• 8-10 years
• In a senior business development or sales leadership role. Proven track record of securing large corporate clients and delivering substantial revenue growth. Strong understanding of retirement funds, group risk benefits, healthcare, and wellness solutions
• More than 10 years
• Experience in the Employee Benefits or Financial Services industry

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Checking Things
• Convincing People
• Developing Strategies
• Directing People
• Documenting Facts
• Empowering Individuals
• Establishing Rapport
• Examining Information
• Exploring Possibilities
• Interpreting Data
• Making Decisions
• Managing Tasks
• Producing Output
• Providing Insights
• Pursuing Goals
• Seizing Opportunities
• Team Working
• Thinking Positively

Technical Competencies:

• Actuarial and Commercial Integration
• Data Analytics
• Financial Analysis
• Insurance Products & Services
• Strategic Planning and Reporting