Financial Advisor
Purpose
Selling Britam products across all
lines of business to prospects and providing excellent customer service.
Responsibilities
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Doing presentations to prospective
clients and selling to them suitable insurance products or other products
according to their needs.
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Meeting sales targets as may be set
by the company from time to time.
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Ensuring high persistency of payments
through follow ups and reminders.
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Maintaining close relationships with
clients and updating them on the status of their policies, new products and any
other information they may require.
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Initiating and following through
premium collection procedures such as collecting cheques and other payment authority
documents.
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Dedicated customer service to clients
at all times including assisting the client to effect changes on their
policies.
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Promoting the company brand and
making sales during activations and other company events.
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Attending branch and unit meetings as
may be required by the branch manager or unit manager.
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Maintaining regular contact with
clients and providing additional insurance policies or other products whenever
needed.
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Developing and maintaining a wide
network of friends, special interest groups and social clubs necessary for
forming a base of marketing and referrals.
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Learning and using the company
software available for financial advisors in generating quotations and customer
service.
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Delivering of policy documents to
clients in good time.
Qualifications
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KCSE Mean grade of C- and above or
equivalent
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University degree/Diploma is an added
advantage
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Candidate should have a minimum age
of 23 years
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Demonstrate good written and oral
communication skills
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Experience in sales is an added
advantage
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Certificate of proficiency is an
added advantage
How to Apply
If you are interested in the above
job and you have the qualifications send your CV and a cover letter outlining
why you are the best candidate for this job to facareers@britam.com. Indicate in the subject your preferred town or Britam
branch
Closing Date:
Sunday, December 31, 2017
Senior (Payments) Accountant
The role holder will manage the overall coordination and
evaluation of the Accounts Payable function through supervising and
coordinating activities of the team and managing stakeholder relations whilst
efficiently ensuring adequate controls, accuracy and timeliness of all payments
to vendors, investors and employees.
Responsibilities
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Manage Accounts Payable including the
team in the function, Britam vendors, liaise with the rest of the teams in the
organization and other stakeholders such as tax authorities, auditors, etc;
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Ensure vendor, utility, investors
(holders of shares and bond), employees, any related tax payments, etc. are
handled efficiently;
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Support the financial reporting
process by managing accounting in accounts payable including the month-end
closing of the AP sub-ledger and appropriately recording the intercompany
balances resulting from vendor payments while ensuring accuracy and timeliness;
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Develop, implement and maintain
systems, procedures and policies, including accounts payable functions to
ensure continuous improvement in efficiency and effectiveness and the adherence
to company guidelines;
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Provide accounting guidance and
assistance to the AP team and internal teams that interact with AP;
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Act as a liaison between the company,
government, external accountants and other stakeholders to provide necessary
information as well as ensuring proper documentation is maintained for
historical purposes.;
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Prepare and recommend the function’s
operating and personnel budgets for approval and monitor spending for adherence
to budget; and
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Deliver on performance requirements
as defined in the departments’ strategy map, balanced scorecard and Personal
Scorecard.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in finance,
accounting or a business related field
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CPA(K) or other similarly recognized
accounting profession qualification
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4-5 years of accounting experience in
a large complex organization with proven and demonstrable
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Knowledge of ERP AP system and/or
experience of using Oracle Financials. Evidence of implementing new systems
would be an advantage
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Strong computer and business
solutions software skills
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Strong analytical and problem solving
skills
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Analytical skills
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Proactive experience of change
management
How to Apply
Closing Date:
Friday, October 20, 2017
Friday, October 20, 2017
Project Manager, CRM & Digital
Channels
Responsibilities
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Undertake project initiation
activities including preparing a project charter and business case for assigned
projects;
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Translate the project mandate into a
detailed concept document, defining benefits, analysing interested parties, and
defining deliverables;
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Responsible for providing
strategic project planning, including resource planning, preparing a
comprehensive project schedule and project budgeting;
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Mobilise project team consisting of
internal business users, IT experts, business partners and third party
suppliers;
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Lead the project team in execution of
project activities ensuring required quality standards are adhered to. Coach
and mentor respective project team members to ensure delivery as and when
required;
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Vendor management to ensure project
is delivered on time, on scope and within budget;
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Project risk management including
carrying out risk assessments and designing and implementing risk mitigation
strategies;
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Develop and execute a communication
and change management plan for the project;
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Develop and execute a stakeholder
management plan to ensure project success;
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Update the project plan and other
project governance artefacts as the project progresses, assess risk, resolves
issues and reports/escalates accordingly to project stakeholders;
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Manage project CAPEX and OPEX
budgets;
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Provide periodic project status
reports to project stakeholders;
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Employ business analysis, system
design and system testing methodologies to manage quality of project
deliverables ensuring business requirements are fully met;
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Ensures appropriate handover of the
project to the business & IT support teams including the documentation of
lesson learned and a project close-out report;
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Ensures proper integration (by
appropriate communication and documentation) of the deliverables into existing
IT infrastructure and business processes; and
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Deliver on performance requirements
as defined in the departments’ strategy map, balanced scorecard and Personal
Scorecard.
Qualifications
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University degree in Computer
Science, Information Technology, Engineering or equivalent
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Project Management Expertise:
Certification in AGILE, PRINCE2 or PMP would be an added advantage
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Minimum of 4- 6 years’ experience in
a similar role
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Experience in managing an Oracle CRM
implementation in a financial services organisation
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Business analysis and process design
experience
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Ability to customise project
management processes, tools, and templates as required for the project
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Expert on Microsoft Project
Management Tools.
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Excellent analytical and organisation
skills, including the proven ability to adapt to a dynamic project environment
and manage multiple concurrent projects.
How to Apply
Marketing
Job purpose
The role holder will be responsible
for developing and implementing the business units marketing strategy and
marketing plans. The role will report to the Group marketing Manager and the
business unit CEO.
Responsibilities
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Develop, implement and update
Marketing Strategy for the Business Unit in line with the corporate marketing
strategy.
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Develop, implement and review
annually the Business Unit Marketing plan.
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Lead market research efforts to
identify the gaps and viability of current and/ or existing products and
services.
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Design and implement tactical
marketing campaigns on all platforms at the Business Unit.
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Develop and manage the Business
Marketing budget.
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Lead in the creation and production
of all marketing collateral such as brochures, profiles, reports, merchandise
and advertising in line BU marketing plan.
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Overall responsibility for brand
management and corporate identity.
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Monitor and evaluate on effectiveness
of marketing campaigns and communications.
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Develop creative, media and PR
briefs.
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Maintain effective internal
communications to ensure that all relevant company functions are kept informed
of marketing objectives.
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Identify potential and support strategic
partner relationships for Business Unit marketing
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Monitor trends and opportunities in
existing and potential markets and categories and make recommendations
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Ensure content being uploaded and
published on all platforms meets the brand consistency guidelines
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Manage and coordinate all events at
the Business Unit level
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Coordinate new product development
and manage the product life cycle in the Business Unit
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Act as the Marketing champion at the
BU level to oversee signage and branding in all our branches
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Monitor competitor activity on
Digital, print, electronic platforms and advise business.
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Oversee signage and branding of all
branches.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or a
related field.
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4- 6 years working experience in a marketing
related field.
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Experience in marketing or corporate
affairs industry will be an added advantage
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Professional qualification–CIM, MSK
etc.
Technical and functional competencies
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Excellent customer service skills
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Ability to drive change
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Project Management
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Stakeholder Management skills
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Report writing ability.
How to Apply
Senior E-Channels & SOA Support
Analyst
Responsibilities
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Work with the application support
team for web services and Enterprise Services Bus (“ESB”) solutions;
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Support Oracle SOA, SOA composite
services, Oracle Service Bus and custom Java applications;
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Monitor the current e-channels
applications that includes Self-care, APPs & USSD Channels;
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Managing and ensuring availability of
all the Groups e-channel applications;
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Deploy, configure and validate SOA
composite applications;
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Assist to develop business
requirements, implement effective strategy and initiatives to enhance channel
features and customer experience;
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Generate and provide reports related
to e-channels applications;
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Configuration, clustering, load
balancing and tuning of middleware and e-channel platforms;
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Configuration of LDAP and SSO for
Fusion middleware and related products Administering, monitoring and securing
SOA Composite Applications and Instances
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Programmatically manage SOA Composite
Applications;
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Diagnose problems with SOA Composite
Applications;
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Manage interfaces between the
applications, other IT Operation teams, IT Dev group, and other corporate teams
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Install and maintain DEV, SIT, and
Production Java applications, J2EE application servers, and assure optimum
performance of the applications;
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Diagnose performance/connectivity
problems and errors. Provide 3rd tier support for production systems;
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Ensures that all SLAs are met;
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Document all the applications;
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Manage and configure Oracle Weblogic;
and
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Deliver on performance requirements
as defined in the departments’ strategy map, balanced scorecard and Personal
Scorecard.
Qualifications
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Degree in Computer Science or technical-related
field
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4+ years’ of IT experience including
Java, J2EE, XML, JavaScript and DHTML
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3+ years’ Oracle experience:
Oracle BPEL 11g, Oracle Service Bus 11g, Oracle ESB 11g, J2EE including
Weblogic, Web Services, Oracle SOA Suite 11g, , Oracle Database 11i, SOA
process performance tuning
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2+ years’ of IT experience in
implementation of middleware applications.
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Background in business process
analysis, system requirements, as well as data modeling and detailed functional
design.
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Certification in Oracle SOA and
Oracle BPM
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2+ years’ experience with web servers
and application servers e.g. Apache, IIS, Apache Tomcat, JBoss, WebSphere, and
WebLogic.
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Familiarity of Oracle Business
Intelligence (OBIEE), EBS Analytics, WebCenter Portal, Single Sign On (Oracle
Identity Governance Suite and/or Oracle Access Management Suite Plus), and
building dashboards in relation to SOA activity is a plus.
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Certification in Fusion, IBM
WebSphere or TIBCO Middleware
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Highly skilful in installation and
administration of clustered H/A middleware environments
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Knowledge in other areas of Oracle
Fusion Middleware, like Oracle SOA Application Gateway, Oracle Data Integrator
(ODI)
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UNIX user skills, preferably AIX.
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Experience with e-Channels
applications will be an added advantage.
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Working experience of preferable
Fusion Middleware
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Understanding of Java EE
technologies, particularly JAX WS, JAX RS
How to Apply