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About the Organisation
UAP Old Mutual Life Assurance is a leading provider of life insurance and investment solutions in East Africa, committed to helping individuals and businesses protect their financial futures. With a strong reputation for trust and reliability, the company has earned widespread recognition for its customer-centric approach and innovative financial products. Known for fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and dynamic work culture, UAP Old Mutual Life Assurance offers its employees a chance to grow professionally while contributing to the organization’s purpose of improving the financial well-being of its customers.
With a rich history dating back to 1947, the company has evolved through key mergers and partnerships, including its acquisition by Old Mutual in 2015, to become a market leader in the region. UAP Old Mutual Life Assurance’s business model focuses on delivering accessible and innovative life insurance products tailored to meet the diverse needs of its clients. The company operates across multiple African countries, reaching a wide customer base and continuing to expand its footprint. Core values such as integrity, innovation, customer focus, and responsibility underpin the company's operations, while its commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) is reflected in initiatives supporting community development, financial literacy, and sustainability. For more information, visit www.uapoldmutual.co.ug.
The UAP Old Mutual Group is an integrated Financial Service business comprising Faulu Microfinance Bank, UAP and Old Mutual. The Group, which is operational in East Africa services to more than 1.2 million customers across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and South Sudan. The UAP Old Mutual Group now comprises of three key players as a result of the acquisition of a controlling stake in Faulu in 2014 and UAP in 2015 by Old Mutual. The acquisitions resulted in Old Mutual Kenya UAP Holdings and Faulu Microfinance Bank, forming one of the largest financial services groups with a growing footprint in East and Central Africa. UAP and Old Mutual have been major players in the financial services market in East Africa for decades. The two entities have vast experience in Insurance, Investment, Asset Management and Banking, and are passionate about helping our customers achieve their financial goals.
Kampala, Uganda
Full Time
Job Title
Business Analyst Configuration OMALU Job at UAP Old Mutual Group
UAP Old Mutual Group
Job Description
Job Title: Business Analyst Configuration OMALU
Organisation: UAP Old Mutual Insurance
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Configure the OIPA System to build features according to business requirements and accepted design protocols.
Perform investigations to understand defects, incidents reported by business users at the technical configuration level.
Participate in feature design sessions with the business analysts and Subject Matter Expects.
Attend to service requests from users related to the OIPA system and the attendant underlying platforms. Eg Running sql scripts and generating ad hoc reports.
Manage ongoing system changes as requested by the business including patch and version upgrades.
Provide input in efforts to size and quantify effort to build or make changes to the OIPA system.
Perform merge, release and code deployment processes in liaison with the release management team.
Ensure all best practices are maintained in configuration and responsible for delivering reusable configurations to ensures re-use and sharing at Pan-Africa level is optimized.
Stakeholder engagement and facilitate client support meetings.
Conduct user training on the OIPA system.
Ensure technical integrity of the solution and that all system changes align with coding standards and principles to ensure adherence to IT governance standards.
Provide input in guaranteeing the integrity of the system from an IT and business risk perspective.
Providing access to business users on the OIPA system.
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
Qualifications:
University Degree (Computer Science)
Good Knowledge of ORACLE
Good Knowledge of Database Support [SQL]
Good Knowledge of Business analytics.
2-3 Work Experience
Translates business requirements into detailed functional specifications that undergo business stakeholder review.
Responsibilities
Requirements Management
Identify, elicit, and document project/process requirements, using appropriate modeling technique, if required. Analyze requirements and validate with original users, eliminating confusion. Define the testing scripts and verification criteria to ensure requirements are met. Maintain documentation and traceability throughout project.
Data Collection and Analysis
Conduct research using primary data sources, and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
Database Specifications
Provide information and comments on suitability during the approval process for database specifications to ensure all agreed standards and protocols are followed and data integrity is preserved.
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.
Business Requirements Identification
Collect business requirements using a variety of methods, such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis, to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.
Feasibility Studies
Contribute to and support feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective, and document findings.
Horizon Scanning
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.
Enterprise Business Analysis
Interpret the business need and identify solution recommendations to business problems at a business unit level.
Business Case
Carry out feasibility and assessment work for proposed and current projects to contribute to the development and continuous review of business cases.
Documentation and Backup
Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard, and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur.
Culture of Innovation
Support a culture of innovation by contributing to solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration, such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons.
Personal Capability Building
Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Skills
Adaptive Thinking, Adaptive Thinking, Analytics Software, Approval Processes, Authentication, Business, Business Case Development, Business Cases, Business Intelligence (BI) Analysis, Business Problems, Business Requirements, Business Requirements Analysis, Business Requirements Elicitation, Coaching, Collaboration, Computer Literacy, Current State Assessment, Database Reporting, Databasing, Data Compilation, Data Controls, Data Integrity, Development Planning, Documentations, Feasibility Studies {+ 7 more}
Competencies
Action Oriented
Business Insight
Cultivates Innovation
Decision Quality
Ensures Accountability
Manages Complexity
Nimble Learning
Optimizes Work Processes
Education
NQF Level 7 – Degree, Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalent: Information Technology (Required)
How to Apply
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to submit your application and complete Curriculum Vitae by applying online through visiting Old Mutual’s e-recruitment jobs portal at the web Apply Button below.
Deadline: 16th December 2024

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