About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

Invest

Discovery Invest is an ever growing fast-paced and dynamic environment that provides innovative products. This environment thrives on customer engagement and customer experience as well as mutually beneficial relationships with our brokers and other stakeholders. It is important for our employees to provide world class service to our internal and external clients, thereby ensuring long and sustainable relationships.

Key Purpose

The primary function of this role is to analyze and implement Business Process-and-System enhancements for Discovery Invest by facilitating and managing business initiatives in accordance with best practice and standards.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Conduct analysis of the Actuarial Product specs and translate the requirements into Business requirements needed for Systems development.
• Compile the Functional Requirements Specification: Design and document the User-interface, reports (quote and proposal), field functionality, business and product rules and process enhancements for Discovery Invests new Business Quoting system called Adviser360.
• Assist with the testing and validating of the functionality of the technical solution against the Functional Requirements Specification, thereby ensuring that the business requirements are delivered in the implemented solution.
• Collaborate, negotiate and co-ordinate with various stakeholders to produce and obtain sign off of Business requirements documents to ensure business processes are developed and improved.
• Act as a consultant on the Adviser360 new business system.
• Conduct root cause analysis and investigation of production defects to ensure that Adviser360 operates efficiently.
• Interfacing between the business client and the development team with regards to the business and functional requirements.
• Adherence to the deadlines set for the Functional Requirements Specifications needed for each Implementation Cycle.
• Report and provide regular updates on the progress of current tasks to stakeholders and line manager, to ensure delivery of Business initiatives.
• Root cause analysis of bugs to reduce and eliminate future risk.

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proactive
• Solutions Driven
• Must have pride in their work and a desire to deliver perfection at all times. Quality is non-negotiable
• Able to establish a collaborative relationship with the systems area
• Tenacity
• Logical Reasoning
• Integrity
• Confident
• Strong work ethic
• Ability to multi-task and execute multiple projects while meeting agreed upon deadlines
• Self-development

Additional Attributes

• Manages Complexity
• Balances Stakeholders
• Optimizes work processes
• Resourcefulness

Education and Experience

Education

• Matric with pure mathematics, with a minimum grade C
• Business Analysis certification a plus
• BSc Computer Sciences / Information Systems or equivalent tertiary qualification (Advantageous)

Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Life or Investment Industry.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a BA or systems analytical role
• Linked investment structured product knowledge (LISP)
• System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Knowledge of Discovery Invest Products (advantageous)

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                             
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.