Senior IT Developer

at  Sanlam

WHO ARE WE?

Sanlam Specialised Finance (SanFin) is responsible for creation of shared value for Sanlam, its shareholders, policy holders, and societies with in which it operates by managing financial risk, developing financial products, and balance sheet optimisation, pursuing investments and financing opportunities in assets, sectors, markets, organisations, and geographies that enable maximum return within acceptable risk parameters.
Who are we?
Sanlam Financial Markets (“SFM”) is the business unit in Sanlam Group that is responsible for managing
shareholder credit, market, and liquidity risks, developing balance-sheet enabled products, and developing
solutions to optimize Sanlam’s balance sheet(s) to generate shareholder value. SFM works closely with the
Balance Sheet Management function of Sanlam to assist the Balance Sheet Management Function in its
pursuit of optimising returns on the Sanlam balance sheet.
The role may be based at Alice Lane Sandton or Tygervalley Cape Town

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

Degree or Diploma with 9 to 10 years related experience.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

IT Data Analysis
Project Oversight
Reporting and Administration
Quality, Compliance and Accreditation
Business Requirements Definition
Business Intelligence

WHAT WILL BE YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES?

• Develop and maintain innovative solutions to meet business and integration requirements
• Provide technical support relating to ETL (extract, transform and load) systems and in house developed processes
• Participate in every aspect of the development life cycle
• Assist in the design of processes
• Develop and maintain integration solutions
• Write quality technical and functional specifications
• Quality assure software development code
• Understand and implement SanFin software development life cycle
• Understand and implement according to SanFin policies and standards
• Develop and maintain coding standards
• Maintain existing applications/processes
• After hours support for SanFin Technical environment
• Perform Disaster Recovery tests on a bi-annual basis
• Provide support and guidance to developers

WHAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE?

• Good knowledge of Financial Markets and the Credit Risk Business will be an advantage
• Knowledge of data warehouse principles is required
• Experience in the following Database Management Systems is required