BDO Wealth Advisers (www.bdowealth.co.za) has an opportunity for Certified Financial Planner® professionals. The Financial Planner will have a direct reporting line to Managing Director, BDO Wealth Advisers, and will be based either in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town or Durban.

We are Financial Planners with a difference. BDO Wealth Advisers offers a full range of wealth advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, companies and estates. We are in business to help our clients get to the right solutions so we can positively contribute to their lives.

Our approach is grounded in helping our clients make good financial choices, in all aspects of their lives. We guide our clients by walking with them along their life journey, helping them live the best life possible with the money they have.

As a BDO Financial Planner you will be responsible for:

• Advising new and existing clients on their personal financial planning. BDO adopts a holistic lifestyle financial planning approach, using cash flow modelling and target investment returns to balance the longevity of lifetime capital.
• Establishing new client relationships with an appointment of BDO Wealth Advisers as their financial planner. The primary focus for new client acquisition will be to establish alliance with BDO South Africa Partners, Directors and Managers.
• Engaging with a range of complimentary professional services, both within and external to BDO South Africa, to address clients holistic financial planning and wealth management needs.
• Maintaining professional, advisory relationship with clients.

Qualifications:

• CFP® professional designation
• FSCA Regulatory Exam 5 (Representative)

Experience:

• Licensed Financial Services Provider Representative with applicable license designations, namely FSP categories 1.1 to 1.5, 1.7 to 1.14 and 1.18.
• Minimum 3 years client advisory experience in personal financial planning as lead relationship holder to a portfolio of clients

Client portfolio requirements:
Preference will be given to Financial Planners that have an existing, unencumbered client portfolio that can be transferred to BDO Wealth Advisers.

Remuneration:
Remuneration comprises both fixed and variable components.
Fixed annual salary on a CTC basis. Salary is aligned to experience and client portfolio profitability.
Variable incentive linked to portfolio profitability and annual growth in portfolio fee income.

Applications:
Send an email to BDOCareersWealth@bdo.co.za or click on the button below.

Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape

Contract Type: Permanent

Occupational Level: Professional

Reference: BISpec_MIR

Appointment Date: As soon as available

Remuneration: Market Related

 

Role Description

Moonstone Information Refinery requires the services of a Business Intelligence Specialist. The role requires the individual to structure and analyse data for the purpose of producing reports and to develop and implement suitable BI solutions, in collaboration with internal stakeholders within the Moonstone Group of Companies.

 

Main Responsibilities

• Standardise data collection and interpretation within the Moonstone Group
• Make recommendations towards application analysis and data modelling designs
• Generate reports and provide Management with recommendation on data analysis findings
• Create and maintain reporting and data structures to various Business Units
• Collaborate with Management and Business Unit heads on BI needs and solutions
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders for continuous improvement and automation initiatives
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and strategies to optimise business and financial performance
• Create an internal awareness culture by providing guidance and direction on the use of data reporting, the application of BI systems and data collection processes
• Provide guidance to employees at all levels on how to make optimal use of data

 

Minimum Requirements

• 5+ years working experience in the field of business intelligence and business analysis
• Knowledge in the technical aspects of business intelligence, including data modelling and data management
• Intermediate to advanced expertise in the Microsoft BI solution offerings
• Formal university qualification, relevant technical qualification, BI or SQL qualifications will be an advantage

 

Job Required Knowledge & Skills

• Understanding of the financial services field is advantageous
• Knowledge of semantic models / layers
• Knowledge of designing frameworks and data structures for reporting and analysis
• Proficient in the use of query and reporting analysis tools
• Intermediate VBA, Python or equivalent coding skills
• Advanced Power BI skills
• Advanced Excel skills (Up to date with latest developments)
• Intermediate M-Query (Power Query)
• Beginner Power Pivot
• Intermediate T-SQL
• Beginner/Intermediate Power Automate
• Intermediate SSIS (SQL Server integration services)
• Intermediate SSAS (SQL Server analysis services)
• Intermediate/Advanced DAX
• Intermediate knowledge of best practice and reporting database architecture
• Beginner/Intermediate SQL server administration skills (SSMS – SQL Server management services)

 

Specific Professional Competencies

• Strong business acumen and the understanding of consumer behaviour, trends, etc.
• Analytical thinking
• Attention to detail
• Adhering to principles and values
• Planning and organizing
• Decision making and initiating action
• Formulating and editing
• Networking skills
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Adapting and responding to change
• Learning and researching
• Working with people

 

When submitting your application, please ensure to include the following:

• Cover letter (please outline your interest and how you will be a good fit for this position)
• Resume
• Qualifications
• Salary expectations
• Notice period
• Kindly quote the reference listed above

 

Closing date for applications: 13 August 2021

Only suitable applicants will be contacted. Should you have not received a response by 31 August 2021, please consider your application unsuccessful.

On Board Financial Services is an authorised financial services provider (FSP 12566) specialising in Short Term Insurance – Personal and Commercial lines. We are looking for a positive  team player who would be able to render an exceptional service to our clients.

The claims consultant is responsible for the following, including, but not limited to –

Main Responsibilities

• Handling personal and commercial claims from registration – to settlement / closed status
• Reporting and handling of motor and non motor claims
• Assisting and arranging roadside assistance or any other emergency assistance
• Communicate with clients, the responsible party, their insurers and various other parties involved in the claims process by telephone and written communication
• Ensure effective and timely claims management and settlement (in line with the SLA agreement)
• Maintain claims filing system effectively and efficiently
• Update client on the progress of the claim
• Advise clients on claims issues
• Ad hoc duties assigned by management from time to time
• Detailed and accurate note are always to be kept
• Ensure professional communication to clients at all times
• Telephone etiquette – answering / making calls correctly ensuring professional communication at all times
• Claims status and notes to be updated daily
• Compile and submit outstanding claims report weekly

Personal Requirements

• Be a positive person and team player
• Broker environment experience essential
• Short Term Insurance Qualification NQF 4
• 3-5 years experience working in Personal & Commercial Motor and Non Motor insurance industry
• Proficient use of Excel / Word / MS Outlook
• Email and Telephone etiquette essential

 

Contact: Clint Magerman

Email: clint@onboard.co.za

DOMESTIC UNDERWRITING – COOKE FULLER GROUP – KLOOF AREA

The ideal candidate should be an assertive, deadline orientated individual with strong administration and good interpersonal skills.

Requirements: Matric; minimum 5 years’ experience in the Short-term Insurance sector; computer literacy (MS Word, Outlook and Excel); must be FAIS qualified with Regulatory Exam completed.

Responsibilities and duties will include but are not limited to:

• Quotations
• Issuing of new business
• Processing policy endorsements
• Monthly / Annual renewal processes

Please submit CV to greg@cookefuller.co.za

 

Responsibilities:

• Registration of claims.
• Assisting in arranging roadside assistance or any other emergency assistance.
• Gathering all relevant supporting documents to further the claims process.
• Information must be submitted to Insurers immediately upon receipt & excess all SLA timeframes.
• Daily follow up on claims process with the Insurer.
• Regular feedback to clients until claim is finalized.
• Improving turn-around times on claims by delivering service excellence.
• Ensure that claims item is deleted with Insurer after finalization of claim.
• Ensure adherence to claims & underwriting guidelines according to Standard Operating procedures.
• Compile and submit outstanding claims report.
• Data capturing, ensure data integrity on all systems, and drawing of reports.
• Attend to general correspondence and e-mails to Insurers according to company standards.
• Attend to client queries where it is required.
• Assist clients with claims related problems and ensure they are resolved.
• Policy Administration including review and maintain ongoing instructions and client portfolios.
• Receive and execute tasks and instructions via email, electronic voice, and telephone.
• Obtaining and negotiating of quotes / premiums and doing comparisons.
• Drafting and ensuring FAIS compliance on policies for renewals and new business.
• Other duties as may be required from time to time.

Qualifications & experience

• Short Term Insurance Qualification NQF 4
• Regulatory Examination Passed (RE 5)
• 3-5 years’ experience working in Commercial Lines (Motor/Non-Motor)
• Must have broker environment experience.
• Use of Excel/Word/MS Outlook, email etiquette
• Ability to work unsupervised. Work from home, meeting 1-2X per week.

Moonstone Information Refinery requires the services of a Managing Editor with extensive practical experience in the Financial Services Industry to manage its publications.  The candidate should ideally possess a talent for storytelling. Outstanding literacy skills, exemplary writing (grammar, punctuation, and editing) and clear reporting abilities are a must. The incumbent will need to refine and clarify sometimes complex issues, including legislation, product information and other industry related matters to its audience of Financial Services Professionals.

Main Responsibilities

The role will involve, but is not limited, to the following:

1. Produce meaningful content by staying abreast of industry developments through research and communication with the market;
2. Administering the day-to-day operations of Moonstone Publications*;
3. Generating story ideas;
4. Planning, assigning and editing of content;
5. Managing editorial calendars;
6. Writing, copying and monitoring and/or editing social media posts;
7. Setting questions for CPD purposes;
8. Assisting with and editing of company literature (e.g., product / service brochures).

* The publications primary to the role –

• Moonstone delivers 2 weekly newsletters to a distribution list of +- 37 000 subscribers
  • Investment Indicators (Mondays)
  • Moonstone Monitor (Thursdays)
• Moonstone.co.za – online traffic
  • Users: ±44 000 users pm
  • Pageviews: ±225 000 pm
• Moonstone Compliance Brief (bi-weekly)
• Self-Comply (Monthly)
• MBSE Newsletter (Monthly)
• MoonTalk – Internal Newsletter (Weekly)

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Degree in Multimedia Communications and/or related qualification
• Language skills: Advanced Business English
• Experience: At least 5 years’ experience working in journalism or content writing in financial services

Specific Professional Competencies

• Excellent communication and written skills
• Excellent writing, grammar, proof-reading and editing skills
• Attention to detail
• Organised and process driven
• Flexible
• Enthusiastic
• Team player who is results orientated
• Self-starter
• Trustworthy and accountable
• Solid presentation skills

Preference will be given to AA / EE applicants

When submitting your application, please ensure to include the following:

• Cover letter (please outline your interest and how you will be a good fit for this position)
• Resume
• Qualifications
• Salary expectations
• Notice period
• Kindly quote the reference: ManEditorMIR

Location:                                 Stellenbosch, Western Cape (Remote applicants will be considered)

Contract Type:                      Permanent

Level:                                        Mid-Management

Reference:                              ManEditorMIR

Appointment Date:             1 July 2021 or as soon as available

Remuneration:                     Market Related

Closing date for applications: 09 July 2021

Only suitable applicants will be contacted. Should you have not received a response by 31 July 2021, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Key Responsibilities:

• A love of whisky or dop in general!
• Increase business from existing client base
• Increase the acquisition of new clients
• Consistently achieve sales targets
• Conduct product presentations and training with clients
• Continuously follow up with clients to identify and close sales opportunities

Minimum Requirements

• Own reliable transport.
• Been around sales for a while and not sensitive to rejection

Knowledge skills and personal attributes

• Able to travel extensively
• Able to conduct him/herself in a professional manner.
• Ability to interact with clients and good interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
• Be reliable and trustworthy
• Well spoken and articulate, not an average salesman.
• Confident in virtual meetings, single, group and one on one interactions.

All applications must be emailed with the subject line #Analyst. to info@globallocal.co.za

Stone Hill Financial Services (Pty) Ltd (SHFS) – the Boland/Klein Karoo region’s leading financial services practice, is looking for experienced Financial Advisors/Brokers. Must be FCSA registered as CAT I Representatives and have minimum of 5 years’ experience in advice and sales, of some or all of the following products:

• life insurance
• short term insurance,
• investments – discretionary & non-discretionary
• Healthcare
• Employee Benefits

The advisor must:

• Be FSCA registered as CAT I Representatives .
• Be able to operate remotely, as relocation is not a necessity.

These positions may suit Advisors who are looking for a succession plan, are looking to merge their current operation with an established company, or simply are lonely working alone. In these situations, SHFS will consider the acquisition of the business book at mutual agreed commercial terms, with the advisor continuing to service their existing clients as well as generating new business.

This may also suit tied-agents wishing to broaden their horizons.

Contact:

• Leon Steenkamp (leon@stonehill.sa.com) or on mobile: 082 4140756; or
• Jeff Morgan-Hill (jeff@stonehill.sa.com) or on mobile: 082 8945062

Office:  023 614 1090

Location:                                Gauteng

Contract Type:                     Permanent

Job Level:                               Professional / Approved Compliance Officer

Appointment Date:            As soon as possible

Remuneration:                    Market related

Reference:                             MCOMCOGautengMAY2021

 

Role Description

The successful applicant will be appointed as a Compliance Officer with Moonstone Compliance (Pty) Ltd. Duties will include risk identification and management, strategic and operational commentary, monitoring and administrative support functions to mitigate the risk of non-compliance with legislation and regulations.

Job Specification

• Provide outsourced compliance and risk management services to clients and other entities within the financial services industry by facilitating the development, establishment and maintenance of a compliance risk management process
• Develop, implement and maintain compliance documents, policies and procedures
• Identify legislative risks and improving compliance awareness through risk identification, stakeholder engagement and creating strategies to effectively determine and manage the broader regulatory risk environment
• Assist with the establishment and maintenance of procedures on the identification, reporting and resolution of compliance and regulatory issues
• Receive, research, manage and respond timeously to client queries. Liaise with clients, prospective clients and industry role players
• Staying informed on applicable legislation, industry developments and internal procedures: Regular review of new and existing legislation, attendance of Moonstone Compliance Conferences and workshops, etc. Assisting with training new employees
• Actively sourcing and maintaining a panel of prescribed clients.
• General administrative duties including reporting

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to interpret and apply legislation, compliance monitoring, compliance risk identification and management, regulatory guidance, analytical reporting, policy and document development and implementation, communication, research and recordkeeping, digital and computer literacy
• Client relationship management, entrepreneurial mindset, effective and disciplined self-management (Function well under pressure, time management, adherance to deadlines, etc.), problem solving and creativity, critical thinking, and decision-making abilities

Minimum Requirements

• Non-Negotiable: Approved Category I Compliance Officer with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority with no supervision requirements. Please provide your Phase 1 CO approval number as part of your application.
• Preferred: Category II experience and approval
• Advantageous: Category IIA, III and/or IV experience and approval
• LLB / 4 Year Law / Commerce degree or equivalent that has been recognized by the FSCA for Compliance Officers
• Regulatory Examinations as applicable to the Categories of approval
• Minimum of 3 years’ working experience in a legal, compliance or financial environment
• Working knowledge of the financial services industry and legislation (FAIS, FICA, Insurance Act, FSRA, etc.)
• Computer literacy: Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook)
• Good command of written and spoken English and Afrikaans
• Must have a positive outlook, be presentable and self-motivated
• Valid driving license and own transportation as the incumbent will need to attend to meetings at clients’ offices
• As this position is not based in an office, the incumbent will need to have the required discipline and infrastructure to work from home or another location as agreed to

When submitting your application, please ensure to include the following:

• Cover letter (Please outline your interest and tell us how you will be a good candidate for this position)
• Resume
• CO APPROVAL NUMBER
• Qualifications
• Salary expectations
• Kindly quote the reference listed above

 

Closing date for applications: 24 June 2021

Only suitable applicants will be contacted. Should you have not received a response by 30 June 2021, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Wealth manager positions

GTC, one of South Africa’s leading advisory practices (formerly Grant Thornton Capital), has several vacancies for wealth managers. As a consequence of the counselling requirements of Section 36 of the Pension Funds Act, GTC is required to provide financial advice to numerous members on an ongoing basis. GTC’s proprietary technology platform sees that retirement fund members are communicated with through a combination of automated process and people engagement.

For those members seeking financial advice (ordinarily having recently joined or leaving a company sponsored retirement fund), these leads are passed on from GTC’s counsellors to wealth managers responsible for new business.

GTC seeks wealth managers to fulfil this advisory role. These positions are in each of the GTC offices around the country and accommodate financial planners with varying degrees of experience and expertise.

Based on GTC’s client engagement model, financial planners are dedicated to either the take-on of new clients or the servicing of existing clients. GTC is recruiting staff in both these roles.

1. New business development

The successful application for this position will provide financial advice and conclude new business from various sources, primarily from leads generated within GTC’s retirement benefit counselling programme whereby members have requested that they be contacted to receive advice regarding their retirement benefit.

It is envisaged that client leads will be allocated based on proven experience and advice capability. These leads are typically segmented on AUM under consideration – up to R10 million, between R10 million and R20 million, and above R20 million.

2. Client servicing

This position is focussed on servicing existing clients through GTC’s proprietary software, Altertude. Servicing is conducted on both a proactive and ad hoc basis, with obligations including:

• Protect, secure, and grow clients’ wealth by providing independent, holistic financial planning advice.
• Consult to, and service the portfolio of clients.
• Adopt GTC’s integrated approach to managing long-term relationships with clients.
• Develop and deliver the agreed business targets whilst remaining compliant and meeting clients’ needs.
• Retain current clients.
• Client servicing is undertaken in strict accordance with GTC’s house-view and internal policies.

FAIS compliance

• Adherence to FAIS, FICA and all other relevant legislation is, of course, obligatory.

Communication requirements

• GTC conducts business primarily in English and an advanced understanding and use of English in all forms of communication is essential. The ability to converse in Afrikaans or in the one or more of the common African languages will be advantageous.
• Liaison with all internal support departments within the designated GTC internal processes to ensure service delivery.
• Most new business opportunities, as well as many client servicing interactions are created and conducted through telephone and video. An appropriate telephone and online manner is therefore a pre-requisite.

Activity management

• Complete, validate and sign-off on daily tasks within GTC’s in-house Workflow system.
• Monitor activity progress.

Skills and experience required

The various positions available require differing experience and qualifications, with a minimum requirement of having attained the Regulatory Exam 5 (representatives), and currently being under supervision, through to experienced CFP’s, holding relevant tertiary qualifications.

• Category 1 or Category 2 registered representatives with the FSCA.
• Financial/commercially qualified graduate.
• A minimum of intermediate knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook). Advanced and proven sales, presentation, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Self-management with the ability to work under pressure, within a defined compliance framework.

Personal attributes

• Customer and results focused.
• Sales or servicing orientated (depending on the role fulfilled).
• Deadline adherence.
• ‘Self-starter’ with a high level of energy.
• Time management.
• Professional at all levels.
• Ability to investigate, analyse, reconcile, and solve problems.
• Ability to cope well under pressure.
• Well groomed, professional presentation.
• Uncompromising commitment to the client.
• Honesty.
• Confidence.

Remuneration

The new business function is significantly commission based, with a basic salary. Three different remuneration structures are available.

The client servicing function is primarily salary based, together with an incentive structure.

Office hours

While the client servicing positions are more conventionally office hours related, the new business position has working hours which are far more diverse and flexible.

Both positions will conventionally require a minimum of forty working hours per week. The new business positions, being largely commission based may practically take up more time than this.

GTC’s conventional office hours are between 08:00 and 17:00.

Please submit your application together with your CV to recruitment@gtc.co.za clearly indicating in the subject line whether you are applying for the new business or the servicing position, along with the reference number 682156.