SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIAL RISK INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (SASRIA) VACANCIES

SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIAL RISK INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (SASRIA)

COMMITTEE SECRETARY

DETAILS
Closing Date: 2023/08/04
Reference Number: SAS230724-1
Job Title: Committee Secretary
Job Type: Permanent
Division: Governance and Secretariat
Department: Secretariat
EE Occupational Levels: Level 4 & 5: Skilled, Technical and Academically Qualified
Location - Town / City: Sandton
Location – Province: Gauteng
Location – Country: South Africa

Job Advert Summary
Job summary statement/purpose
Assist in the facilitation and administration of Committee Secretariat duties in the company as outlined in the Companies Act, Governance Codes, and Prescripts and as guided by PFMA and other relevant regulations.

Minimum Requirements
Qualifications

3 Year diploma / law degree / and or studying toward CIS

Experience

3 - 4 years relevant experience

Duties and Responsibilities
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS (DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES):
1. Meeting Management
Development of the annual meeting plan.
Provide for the proper recording of minutes in relation to the Board Committees, Executive Committee, and other Management Committee meetings.
Recording of conflict-of-interest declarations at meetings.
Follow up on signature of meeting minutes and filing of signed committee minutes.
Ensure the correct constitution of the governance structures of the company including the Executive Committee and other Management Committees.
Participate in assessment of the effectiveness of the board, Committee structure and that of Management Committees.
Ensure meetings have quorum and reschedule if required.

2. Compliance with regulations and other governance codes

Adherence to CIPC, FSB and National Treasury compliance dates.
Facilitation of performance assessment of relevant committees and committee members, where applicable.
Requesting information for reporting to the relevant regulatory bodies.

3. Query referrals

Attending to queries in relation to Board Committees and related compliance issues.
Processing secretariat queries.
Delivering queries to the appropriate person to resolve

4. Ad hoc Duties

Perform any reasonable task as and when required by the Manager.

POLICY
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DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

DETAILS
Closing Date: 2023/08/04
Reference Number: SAS230721-1
Job Title: Database Administrator
Job Type: Permanent
Division: Business Change and Technology
Department: Infrastructure
EE Occupational Levels: Level 4 & 5: Skilled, Technical and Academically Qualified
Location - Town / City: Sandton
Location – Province: Gauteng
Location – Country: South Africa

Job Advert Summary
Job summary statement/purpose
The primary role of the database administrator's (DBA) is to ensure that data is available, structured, protected from loss and corruption, and easily accessible. The DBA will be expected to manage, maintains, and secure data in one or more data systems to ensure that users can perform business-related analyses. This role will be responsible for data storage, display, utilisation, and analysis.

Minimum Requirements
Qualifications

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or IT relevant Degree
Microsoft certified Database Administrator (Added Advantage)
Cloud Certification (Added Advantage)

Experience

Relevant database certificates
Insurance background (Added advantage)
Minimum of 5 year’s proven MS SQL Database Administration
MySQL experience (added advantage)
Knowledge and experience with database Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO).
Business Intelligence experience - Power BI (added advantage)
Knowledge and experience with backups, restores and recovery models (Preferable)
Knowledge and experience of High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) options for SQL Server.

Duties and Responsibilities
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS (DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Database Software Installation

Collaboration on the initial installation and configuration of a new database either SQL/ MYSQL.
Setting up the hardware and deploying the operating system for the database server, and installation and configuration of database software.
Handling of data transfer from the existing system to the new platform.

2. Database Maintenance

Manage SQL and MySQL Server databases to support various applications during projects and production.
Maintenance of database servers and updating of processes/SOPs.
Ensure high levels of performance, 97% availability and sustainability.
Ensure that databases logs are tracked, issues are resolved on time.
Works closely with IT Project Managers, Business Analysts, Enterprise Architects, Suppliers, Infrastructure team and development teams.
Provide support to Application Productions team, Application Developers and Infrastructure team.
Participates in the configuration, tuning and troubleshooting of the databases in use in Development, QA and Production.
Performs backup recovery through testing and ensure database are backed up accordingly.
Participates in IT patch management to mitigate any application risks.
Provide support for business-critical systems; and perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities.

3. Database Security

Know the potential weaknesses of the database software and the company’s overall system and minimise risks.
Implementing best practices to minimize risks.
Ensuring that there are audit logs should there be any security breach.
Recommend best security practices for Databases to achieve business objectives, advise on risk assumptions for any variances granted, and provides alternatives to achieve desired end results.

4. Monitoring and Reporting

Database Performance monitoring and resolution Implement and maintain storage, archiving, backup, and recovery procedures function correctly.
Monitor database health and its performance on a regular basis.
Produce reports on various database e.g., capacity, availability, job run etc.
Provide Business Intelligence (BI) Dashboard support.
Provide necessary support for business Intelligence function through access management.

5. Policy Holder Data Acquisition

Support business with Policy Holder Data acquisition programme by ensuring data is collected and availed for reporting purposes.
Provide support for Policy Holder Data to enable business for data management.

6. Research and continuous improvement

Research identify and recommend database improvements.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

DETAILS
Closing Date: 2023/08/03
Reference Number: SAS230714-1
Job Title: Chief Financial Officer
Job Type: Permanent
Division: Finance
Department: CEOs Office
EE Occupational Levels: Level 8: Executives
Location - Town / City: Sandton
Location – Province: Gauteng
Location – Country: South Africa

Job Advert Summary
Job summary statement/purpose
The role is required to provide Financial Leadership to Sasria, ensuring that Strategic and Operational objectives are successfully achieved.
Contribute to the effective financial management by providing financial leadership, directing divisional financial activities and business plan development, and controlling accounting practices, including the timely preparation of financial reports, forecasts and business performance analysis. Contribute to the overall strategy around functions for the firm, advising on growth, areas of cost waste and oversight and control over investment spend in CAPEX and Strategic Investment.

The CFO has 8 main responsibilities:

Corporate portfolio strategy and capital allocation;
Challenging business unit strategy and performance;
Balance sheet, liquidity and capital management;
Financial and management reporting;
Tax optimization;
Managing external stakeholders; and
Leadership of the finance division and promoting a value-orientated culture.
Member of the Board of Directors of SASRIA in terms of SASRIA’s Memorandum of Incorporation,

Measures of Success:

Financial benchmarks, especially long-term total shareholder returns relative to peers and the firm’s short- and medium-term performance on growth, earnings and return on capital.
Balance sheet performance measured against solvency, liquidity and cost of capital targets.
A strong internal “value management” culture, internal and external stakeholders understanding the firm’s strategy acknowledgement of the firm as being value oriented.
Adherence to functional budget and the cost-effectiveness of the function compared with peers.
Efficient implementation of investment strategy and process.
Compliant procurement process delivering on SASRIA’s BBBEE strategy.
Enabling performance of the Board of Directors.

Minimum Requirements
Qualifications

Bcom/ BAccSci Degree.
Honours in Accounting or Postgraduate qualification NQF 8
Chartered Accountant (SA)

Experience

Minimum 5 years Senior Management experience in the financial sector environment, specifically interfacing between the CEO and Board
Experience in the Non-life / Short term insurance industry will be an added advantage

Duties and Responsibilities
1. Corporate portfolio strategy and capital allocation.

Support the development of the firm’s strategy through the strategic planning process, advising the CEO and business heads.
Reinforce an institutional focus on:

Shareholder value and capital management, in addition to revenue and earnings;
Longer term horizon 2 and 3 growth strategies;
The solvency and rating aspiration of the firm

2. Challenging business unit strategy and performance

Advise and challenge business unit strategies through the strategic planning process
Help drive superior operating performance.

Define segment specific KPIs against which performance is measured.
Challenge and agree on short-term operating activities, plans and budgets.
Translate plans into a balanced score card based on corporate and segment KPIs.
Regularly monitor, discuss, and challenge, operating performance with the CEO and business unit leaders through monthly/quarterly business reviews.
Effective reporting to and information sharing with the Board of Directors.

3. Balance sheet, liquidity, and Capital management

Optimise the capital structure and other financial resources against external constraints set by regulators and those set internally by the firm’s own risk appetite.
Define the optional target capital, financing and liquidity profile of the firm:

Set the mix between Tier 1 and other forms of capital, the level of financial leverage, the allocation of operational leverage to the business and the desired liquidity profile of the firm;
Keep within the solvency and liquidity constraints imposed by regulators;
Define and keep within the risk appetite of the firm, especially with respect to the firm’s target solvency, rating and liquidity profile

Manage the firm’s capital and liquidity profile through:

Capital market transactions, including capital raising and dividend policy etc. and
Cash and liquidity management.

Define and implement the high-level asset/liability management strategy of the firm:

4. Financial and management reporting

Ensure the cost efficient, well controlled and error-free financial reporting process to meet all external reporting requirements.
Develop an efficient and controlled management reporting process focusing on a limited number of corporate KPIs required to steer the firm and evaluate performance.
Discuss the efficient production of additional, operational KPIs required by the firm, coordinating the development of reporting systems as appropriate.

5. Managing external stakeholders

Build and maintain external stakeholder relations, especially across:
Regulators (Financial Services Board) and supervisors on their perception of the capital required as well as the adequacy of the liquidity and profit of the firm;
Financial analysts and investors (National Treasury) on the performance of the firm and how value is created;
Manage the link between Finance, Business Heads, and the CEO function.
Become the “go-to” person for all key senior stakeholders for all Finance matters.
Provide feedback and updates on financial/business matters into the Executive and Board Committees.

6. Leadership of the finance division and promoting a value-oriented culture

Inculcate a value management culture across the firm through training, incentives and setting the “tone at the top”.
Develop personnel in the finance functional network through talent management, job rotation, cross-functional staffing etc.
Develop skill in the finance functional network, especially in terms of technical skills, business acumen and communication skills, through training, work experience etc

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