Product Analyst

Recruiter:

ARCS

Job Ref:

PTA000842/BH

Date posted:

Friday, September 27, 2024

Location:

Centurion, South Africa

Salary:

950000 Annually

SUMMARY:
Our client in Pretoria is seeking a skilled Product Analyst to join their dynamic Product team. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills to support the execution of business strategy by clearly communicating product requirements to all stakeholders. This role serves as a critical link between actuarial product needs and the IT team, ensuring the effective development and maintenance of IT solutions. Strong interpersonal skills are essential, as the position requires engagement with actuarial, retail administration, and finance specialists. (Hybrid: 2 Days in Office)

POSITION INFO:
statisOur client is looking for a skilled professional to participate in the conceptual solution design process, offering recommendations to develop innovative, scalable, and sustainable solutions that address complex business challenges. The role requires close collaboration with stakeholders and solutions teams to ensure delivery aligns with evolving requirements. Responsibilities include managing change requests, resolving queries, participating in User Acceptance Testing, and ensuring solutions meet business needs. The ideal candidate will use scenario testing and test cases to validate all aspects of business specifications and processes.

Experience and Qualifications:

Must have 5 years life insurance or reinsurance experience with a Degree
Seeking a candidate who is not currently pursuing or planning to pursue further studies at this time.
3+ years’ experience working in Product Team in Long Term Life Insurance, or Re-Insurance
In depth knowledge of Life Insurance products and processes, with emphasis in Product Rules, Premium Rates & Charges, Values Calculations, Investments Structures
5+ years actuarial specialist experience
Experience / Certification in SQL
Advanced Excel
Agile methodology or similar
Workflow (e.g., AWD)
Testing methodologies & tools
Financial / Statistical mathematics
Strong Business Analysis skills, a working familiarity with the full product rules value chain will be required.

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