Job Description

Full job descriptionWho are we?Sanlam Life and Savings (SLS) is focused on serving our retail and corporate clients in South Africa and further developing our strategic advantages in the South African market. Sanlam Life and Savings consists of the following business units Retail Mass, Corporate, Risk and Savings, Glacier and various business enabling functions. The Sanlam Life and Savings Office provides strategic direction, coordination and support to the four clusters, as well as performing governance oversight that includes assurance provided by second line of defense functions in SLS, to enable us to meet our business objectives.Role DescriptionThe Actuarial Consulting Unit (ACU) focusses on: Automating and streamlining actuarial processes to improve efficiency and reduce the (human) effort required by the (normal) BAU production teams;Aligning disparate processes between different teams, clusters, and products within the actuarial domain;Facilitating the integration of new workflow items, such as those arising from acquisitions, into standard processes;Conducting ad-hoc analyses and investigations as requested by various stakeholders.Providing relief and support to production teams when bottlenecks occur.Identifying, researching, and implementing value-add initiatives to enhance actuarial operations.Productionizing value-add initiatives, including those developed by the Business Intelligence (BI) analytics team.Improving the format and insights derived from reporting processes and reports;