Job Opportunities at Britam Insurance - 2 Positions

Job Description

• Undertake project initiation activities including preparing a project charter and business case for assigned projects;
• Translate the project mandate into a detailed concept document, defining benefits, analysing interested parties, and defining deliverables;
• Responsible for  providing strategic project planning, including resource planning, preparing a comprehensive project schedule and project budgeting;
• Mobilise project team consisting of internal business users, IT experts, business partners and third party suppliers;
• 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;
• Vendor management to ensure project is delivered on time, on scope and within budget;
• Project risk management including carrying out risk assessments and designing and implementing risk mitigation strategies;
• Develop and execute a communication and change management plan for the project;
• Develop and execute a stakeholder management plan to ensure project success;
• Update the project plan and other project governance artefacts as the project progresses, assess risk, resolves issues and reports/escalates accordingly to project stakeholders;
• Manage project CAPEX and OPEX budgets;
• Provide periodic project status reports to project stakeholders;
• Employ business analysis, system design and system testing methodologies to manage quality of project deliverables ensuring business requirements are fully met;
• Ensures appropriate handover of the project to the business & IT support teams including the documentation of lesson learned and a project close-out report;
• Ensures proper integration (by appropriate communication and documentation) of the deliverables into existing IT infrastructure and business processes; and
• Deliver on performance requirements as defined in the departments’ strategy map, balanced scorecard and Personal Scorecard.

Qualifications for the CRM & Digital Channels IT Job

• University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or equivalent
• Project Management Expertise: Certification in AGILE, PRINCE2 or PMP would be an added advantage
• Minimum of 4- 6 years’ experience in a similar role
• Experience in managing an Oracle CRM implementation in a financial services organisation
• Business analysis and process design experience
• Ability to customise project management processes, tools, and templates as required for the project
• Expert on Microsoft Project Management Tools.
• Excellent analytical and organisation skills, including the proven ability to adapt to a dynamic project environment and manage multiple concurrent projects.

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Job Description

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.

Accountant Job Responsibilities

• 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;
• Ensure vendor, utility, investors (holders of shares and bond), employees, any related tax payments, etc. are handled efficiently;
• 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;
• 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;
• Provide accounting guidance and assistance to the AP team and internal teams that interact with AP;
• 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.;
• Prepare and recommend the function’s operating and personnel budgets for approval and monitor spending for adherence to budget; and
• Deliver on performance requirements as defined in the departments’ strategy map, balanced scorecard and Personal Scorecard.

Qualifications for the Accountant Job

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or a business related field
• CPA(K) or other similarly recognized accounting profession qualification
• 4-5 years of accounting experience in a large complex organization with proven and demonstrable
• Knowledge of ERP AP system and/or experience of using Oracle Financials. Evidence of implementing new systems would be an advantage
• Strong computer and business solutions software skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Analytical skills
• Proactive experience of change management