Apollo Life Assurance Employment Opportunities

Position: Project Manager - ICT

Type: Contract (March - December 2012)

Summary

The successful candidate shall be responsible for successful implementation of IT system for all our core lines of business.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and manage Project documents.
• Manage the participation of all Project stakeholders.
• Ensure the effective control of Project and Project changes.
• Create a software quality assurance plan for the project, proper usage of existing intellectual property and update quality project deliverables.
• Manage timescales and resource requirements.
• Track and manage application requirements.
• Document relevant business, functional and non-functional requirements.
• The identification and management of project risks and issues
• Monitor costs, timescales and resources used.
• Project Management documentation templates.
• Project assurance and review methods.

Requirements:Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in computer science, commerce or business administration.
• Recognised project management qualification/certification e.g. Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Minimum 8 years professional experience
• Minimum 4 years PM experience

Position: Actuarial Officer

Summary

The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the Head of Finance for management and financial accounting with respect to quality actuarial input a valuations and development, design, maintenance, enhancement and pricing of Apollo life’s products.

Key Responsibilities

Typical responsibilities will require from the successful candidate to:

• Reserving calculations
• Actuarial liabilities
• Analysis of actuarial surplus and actuarial liabilities
• Capital adequacy requirements
• Producing projections for budgeting and model office purposes for new product development
• Various statutory returns and other compliance-related tasks
• Asset-liability matching process
• Bonus investigation for making bonus recommendations
• Liaison with statutory actuary on year-end actuarial valuations
• Developing models and other modelling requirements for products
• Product strategies for new ventures and business partnerships
• Organise surveys from different segments of customers for new and existing products

Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree Actuarial Science/Studying towards completion of Actuarial Qualification/Qualified Actuary.
• 2 to 4 years experience (with respect to the above responsibilities) in individual life insurance, group a credit life insurance, pension a annuities
• General understanding financial accounting

Position: Head of Individual life Insurance Business

Summary

Reporting to the C.E.O., the successful candidate will be responsible for the overall performance of the individual life insurance business line which includes product development & delivery, production, operational efficiency, customer service and profitability.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement sales and marketing strategies to meet set targets
• Oversee processing of underwriting, proposal/policy administration and reinsurance
• Supervise timely payment of claims and reinsurance reconciliation
• Ensure all customer queries are promptly addressed
• Ensure that the agency force is continuously well trained with requisite skills.
• Development of new products and enhancement of existing products
• Support local marketing activities and integrate with all Company public relations activities
• Review on market and competitor activities
• Administer branch activities
• Executive management reports
• Compliance to the regulatory any other legal requirements

Requirements:

• B.comm degree (marketing option preferred). MBA is an advantage
• FlMI orACII
• 5+ years experience at a senior management level in a individual life insurance business

How to apply

If you are qualified and up to the challenge, please send an updated Curriculum Vitae (Ms Word version) to recruitment@apollo.co.ke clearly stating the job position as the subject.

Include your daytime contact, current & expected remuneration.

Deadline for application is 30th December 2011.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.