Principal Officer at CA Global

Principal Officer Job Responsibilities

Board related functions:

• As a board advisor, you will provide critical advice to the board on current industry and marketing issues that are likely to impact the business;
• Interface between the Board and staff and other stakeholders to drive and communicate the company’s objectives.
• Ensure increased shareholder value to ensure business profitability.
• Develop and recommend annual corporate budgets for Board approval and prudently manage the company’s resources within those budget guidelines.

Company leadership:

• Promote sound corporate governance and ethical standards across the company.
• Advocate / promote organization and stakeholder change that drives the company’s mission and objectives.
• Provide strategic direction on new business opportunities for the company while actively seeking change opportunities for expanded growth.
• Provide leadership in development and implementation of specific strategic thrusts to enhance profitability and shareholder value.
• Keep abreast of and ensure corporate compliance with local legislature and regulator rules and requirements.
• Oversee all marketing and sales activities of the company.
• Effectively lead by demonstrating exemplary leadership behaviour, through personal involvement, commitment and dedication in support of organisational values.
• Drive a culture that guides and directs best practice, fostering an environment of continuous learning, improvement and cohesiveness.
• Enable a learning and growth culture whereby information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared between team members.
• Execute effective workforce planning practices to ensure that staffing requirements are accurately forecasted
• Create a positive work climate and culture to energise employees, give meaning to work, minimise work disruption and maximise employee productivity.
• Effectively manage performance within the team in order to ensure business objectives are achieved
• Encourage innovation, change agility and collaboration within the team and supervise heads of departments and evaluate overall performance of each.

Stakeholders and general public:

• Effectively manage day to day relationships with the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA).
• Company representative at all stakeholder forums and in all matters legal and economic.
• Maintain a proactive public relations policy which includes corporate social responsibility programmes thereby enhancing the corporate image.

Qualifications for the Principal Officer Job

• A minimum of 10 years working experience in the life insurance industry, five (5) of which should have been at senior management level
• University degree preferably business, marketing or insurance option
• MBA (Advantageous)
• Hold a full ACII qualifications
• Advanced Insurance Diploma is highly desirable.
• Must pass the local regulator’s “fit and proper” assessment