Vacancies at Old Mutual Kenya

Job Description

Old Mutual is a dynamic and purpose-driven organisation where talented people come together to make a meaningful difference for our customers, communities and the markets we serve. We value diverse perspectives, collaboration and continuous growth, creating opportunities for our people to develop their capabilities while contributing to the success of a trusted African financial services organisation.

This role is responsible for the end-to-end design, development, testing and implementation of integration solutions, application components and supporting systems. The role includes conducting business and software analysis, maintaining and enhancing existing systems, and supporting the effective delivery of technology solutions. Where required, the role may also coordinate projects and related activities to ensure solutions are delivered effectively and continue to perform reliably.

Responsibilities

• OIPA Application Software Configuration
• Provide OIPA configuration services to develop new features and products by analyzing user stories and business requirements.

Applications Software Maintenance

• Monitor, identify, and correct more complex software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software for the OIPA application.

Design and Conceptualization

• Produce OIPA API integration designs to support digital products/services.
• Technical Developments Recommendation
• Discuss and recommend technical developments to improve OIPA system performance.

Team Leadership

• To lead a team of configurors to support a specific product line on the OIPA application.

Faults Diagnosis and Correction

• Provide defect/incident isolation and resolution to limit and address issues promptly.

Documentation

• Create and maintain complex technical and/or user documentation to a high standard

Operational Compliance

• Maintain and renew a deep knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, and ensure own work adheres to required standards.
• Identify, within the team, patterns of noncompliance with the organization's policies and procedures and with relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, taking appropriate action to report and resolve these and escalating issues as appropriate.Information Security

Implement required security measures, such as firewalls or message encryption.

• Provide input on firewall design, monitoring performance to notify security experts of any problems.

Horizon Scanning

• Explore and develop a detailed understanding of external developments or emerging issues and contribute to the evaluation of their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organization.

Analysis of "As Is" and "To Be"

• Document "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required.

Education

• NQF Level 7 - Degree, Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalent (Required)

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Job Description

Old Mutual is a dynamic, purpose-driven organisation where talented people come together to create meaningful impact for our customers, communities and the markets we serve. We embrace diverse perspectives, encourage collaboration and invest in the growth of our people, creating opportunities to build capability and contribute to the success of a trusted African financial services organisation.

The Feature Analyst supports the translation of business needs into clear user stories, functional specifications and requirements that enable effective solution delivery. Working closely with business stakeholders and Agile delivery teams, the role helps clarify requirements and contributes to the development of key artefacts, including acceptance criteria and process documentation.

The role supports a shared understanding of epics and features, ensuring clarity around the business need and the value solutions are intended to deliver. It provides an opportunity to build foundational expertise in functional analysis, stakeholder engagement and Agile delivery practices within a collaborative technology environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Feature Product Solution and Development | Product Development

• Analyze and evaluate the feasibility and relevance of proposed features and user stories aligned to business
  goals.
• Decompose epics into features and features into user stories with clearly defined acceptance criteria,
• Ensure alignment with program increments.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to refine product
  solutions.

Agile Backlog Management | Project / Program / Portfolion Management

• Review the backlog of work for a small projects and reprioritize the work and deployment of project resources to reduce costs and increase the value of the work delivered to the business.
• Manage and analyze requirements and validate with original users, eliminating confusion
• Identify, elicit, and document project/process requirements, using appropriate modeling technique, if required.
• Maintain documentation and traceability throughout project.

Business Requirements Identification | Information Techncoloty / Digital | Business Systems Analysis

• Support collection of business requirements using a variety of methods, such as interviews, document analysis, and workflow analysis, to express requirements clearly and succinctly.

Analysis of "As Is" and "To Be"

• Support and contribute to the documentation of "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required.

Feasibility Studies

• Contribute to and support feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective, and document findings.

Enterprise Business Analysis

• Identify solution recommendations to business problems when given fairly well understood business needs at a business unit level.

Customer Experience Mapping | Sales | General

• Perform and implement techniques, such as voice of the customer initiatives, journey mapping, and qualitative touchpoint analysis, to identify customer pain points, challenges, and hurdles.

Horizon Scanning | GENERAL | INNOVATION

• Explore and develop a basic understanding of external developments or emerging issues and contribute to the evaluation of their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organization.

Testing | Research and Development

• Provides input into test cases. Validates features against acceptance criteria.

Education

• Matriculation Certificate (Matric) (Required)