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Job Description
- Extensive experience (5 to 10 years) in Retirement Fund management.
- Proven expertise in attending and actively participating in Board of Trustee meetings.
- Skilled in preparing, analysing, and presenting comprehensive Board reports.
- Ability to interpret complex data and effectively communicate insights to the Board of Trustees.
- Strong track record in managing and maintaining professional relationships at the Board of Trustee level.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, with the ability to analyse and model financial data.
- Deep understanding of process management within retirement fund operations.
- Demonstrated leadership capabilities with the ability to guide and influence stakeholders.
Manage the development and implementation of processes, systems, and infrastructure to ensure high quality and timeliness of operations in areas such as account services, international securities, transaction processing, and loan support/credit approval.
ResponsibilitiesOperations Management
Oversee an operational area with guidance from senior colleagues. Could involve responsibility for development or delivery (or both).
Business Planning
Contribute to the development of annual and longer-term business plans; forecast performance against business key performance indicators (KPIs); develop business cases for key activities/projects; and estimate the financial and human resources required to deliver performance targets.
Leadership and Direction
Communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these and to do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
Performance Management
Develop and propose own performance objectives; take appropriate actions to ensure achievement of agreed objectives, using the organization's performance management systems to improve personal performance. Or manage and report on team performance; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members and hold people accountable for achieving them, taking appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team/personal objectives.
Retail Service Operations
Supervise a team providing administrative and service operations support and have deep expertise in the service operations provided by that team.
Work Scheduling and Allocation
Develop short- or medium-term work schedules in order to achieve planned commitments. Approve overtime or use additional resources as needed.
Improvement/Innovation
Identify shortcomings and suggest improvements to existing processes, systems, and procedures, then deliver a plan for a small element of a change management program with guidance from a project/program manager.
Policy Development and Implementation
Help develop procedures for an area of the organization and monitor their implementation.
Recommendations
Advise others on how to design new processes and systems that meet professional standards.
Internal Communications
Execute a communications plan within established internal communication systems and procedures.
Organizational Risk Management
Ensure the organization is not exposed to undue risks by using risk management systems to achieve specific goals within a designated area of the business.
Budgeting
Deliver a budget for an area of the organization or conduct complex analyses on budget progress in other areas of the organization.
Organizational Capability Building
Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs. Plan and implement actions to build their capabilities. Provide training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.
Operational Compliance
Maintain and renew a deep knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, and ensure own work adheres to required standards. Or identify, within the team, patterns of noncompliance with the organization's policies and procedures and with relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, taking appropriate action to report and resolve these and escalating issues as appropriate.
Skills
Action Planning, Advanced Microsoft Excel Skills, Agile Project Management, Change Management, Executing Plans, Large Group Presentations, Legal Practices, Occupational Safety and Health, Oral Communications, People Leadership, Policies & Procedures, Professional Presentation, Project Delivery Management, Safety Management, Servant Leadership
Competencies
Builds Effective TeamsCommunicates EffectivelyCustomer FocusDirects WorkDrives EngagementDrives ResultsEnsures AccountabilityFinancial Acumen
Education
Matriculation Certificate (Matric) (Required)
Closing Date
06 March 2025 , 23:59
The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.
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Old Mutual Limited is a listed company on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and has secondary listings on the London, Malawi, Namibia and Zimbabwe stock exchanges. As a Pan-African financial services company, we are focused on Africa, her needs and her people.
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