Job Description

Bring your possibility to life! Define your career with us

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary Overall job purpose

To plan, manage and monitor the implementation of product development activities and processes in order to deliver on approved operational plans in an effective and efficient manner. This role supports sound management of business performance and financial risk.

Role requirements:
- Significant progress with Actuarial exams (at least 12)
- Ability to work independently, be self-motivated and passionate about executing effectively and with high quality
- Passionate about continuous improvement and disruptive innovation, whilst challenging the traditional ways of working
- Strong, professional and confident communication and networking skills
- Supportive of and passionate about a diverse working environment and working with colleagues with diverse cultural backgrounds
- Ability to engage with a range of different stakeholders



Key responsibilities

• Proven experience in developing insurance value propositions for market segments
• Understand the competitive landscape and general commercial and economic environment through market research in order to help inform product design
• Design and implement value propositions that consider the target market, profitability and sensitivity thereof, marketability, distribution method, competitiveness, risk characteristics, consistency with other products, administration systems, service standards, reputation, regulatory and industry requirements, reinsurance terms and capacity, and tax
• Maintain products throughout the product life cycle
• Conduct comprehensive product research and develop a strong product knowledge
• Develop a strong knowledge of best practice in relevant areas
• Develop business cases that are reliable, robust, and well tested
• Implement new reinsurance treaties and amendments to existing treaties
• Identify new opportunities resulting from post-implementation management information
• Identify and understand risks in the project and know the obstacles that are in the path, and put in place risk mitigation strategies
• Drive a customer-centric mindset across distribution, manufacturing, operations and service
• Demonstrate ability to apply experience to new problem areas, domains and challenges

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Actuarial Science

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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