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UX Digital Designer

A large financial Service Company based in Johannesburg seeks a UX Digital Designer with:

Role Purpose:

This role is for an inquisitive, creative all-rounder who is as at home with UI design and UX process flow as they are with graphic design. The designer will primarily conceptualise, create and implement digital campaigns (banners, landing pages), geared towards educating the customer and driving feet to the company and its partners. In addition, the designer will need the UX know-how to be able to understand a technical spec and break down complex concepts into easy-to-use process flows within their UI designs. The designer will also need to apply this same type of user-centric thinking to pitch presentations, email newsletters and the occasional print layout (posters, brochures, invites).

Minimum Requirements

Matric
Relevant Creative/Technical Degree, Diploma or Certificate
5 years Extensive Design and Development Experience
Mobile and App Interface Design
Illustration skills (vector & 3D)
Extensive experience with Adobe programmes: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Adobe Muse, Adobe After Effects, Invision
Mac

Responsibilities:

Strong conceptual design and research skills, with an extensive body of work to showcase
Strong understanding of design principles
Understanding of web, desktop and mobile usability principles
Working within the parameters of the company and brand guide lines
Broad understanding of internet related technologies and standards
Good knowledge of web development and CMS packages
Strong computer skills – keeping abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly design programs such as Adobe Creative Suite
Contributing to brainstorming sessions
Creativity, originality and passion for learning
Collaborate with product owners, developers, and marketing to define the best possible experience for the user
Communicate design ideas to stakeholders, developers and product owners through task flow diagrams, user journeys/scenarios, as well as low and high fidelity wireframes and mock-ups
Work with development teams to execute best design solutions within technology constraints
Determine user needs by conducting user interviews with real users
Facilitate usability testing and evaluate user feedback to further improve the concept or existing products
Ability to actively listen and extract relevant, key information from stakeholders and execute according to brief

For more information please contact Theodorah 011 234 7680, alternatively email your updated CV to theodorah@esmartgroup.co.za

If you do not receive a response within 2 weeks please consider your application declined.

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UI/Interactive Designer

A large financial Service Company based in Johannesburg seeks a UI/Interactive Designer with:

Role Purpose:

The ideal candidate must have proven design examples of responsive grid-based layouts, strong work portfolio that demonstrates systematic and creative design thinking, as well as a deep understanding of UI/UX best practices and principles. Must be able to create conceptual hi-fidelity prototypes that translate a journey into user-focused and intuitive products, interfaces, platforms for mobile and web. Someone with rapid prototype experience that is highly conceptual and idea-focused to drive concepts across various platforms. The candidate must be able to translate a series of static screens/flows to working prototype.

Minimum Requirements

Matric
Relevant Creative/Technical Degree, Diploma or Certificate
3 years Extensive Design and Development Experience
Mobile and App Interface Design
Prototype/Front-End UI Screens Flows
Extensive experience in software: Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Muse, Adobe After Effects, Adobe CS6/Creative Cloud Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, InVision & Photoshop
Mac

Responsibilities:

Ability to extend concept through various digital executions and an understanding of rapid prototypes and the parameters in which digital design falls
Working collaboratively with Creatives, UX or Developers to deliver digital output of the highest quality and to brief
Exceptional user interface design skills and an understanding of responsive, interactive and user-focused interface design
Extensive knowledge and experience in Interactive prototyping (InVision, Framer etc.)
Strong computer skills and experience – keeping abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly design programmes mainly Adobe Creative Suite: XD, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
Experience in Interaction designing, animation and must be able to design vector Illustrations
Agency experience in designing cutting-edge websites, CMS, apps, interfaces and/or digital campaigns (including banners, microsites, emails) with a strong understanding of web, desktop and mobile usability principles
Working within the parameters of the company & brand guidelines
Proven understanding of typography, layout, colour and grid structure
Broad understanding of internet related technologies and standards
Proactive contributor within the ideation process
Creativity, originality and high attention to detail
Deliver work that meets the needs of the user, yet adheres to strict design principles
Collaborate with product owners, developers, and marketing to define the best possible experience for the user
Communicate design ideas to stakeholders, developers and product owners through task flow diagrams, user journeys/scenarios, as well as low and high fidelity wireframes and mock-ups
Work with development teams to execute best design solutions within technology constraints
Determine user needs by conducting user interviews with real users
Facilitate usability testing and evaluate user feedback to further improve the concept or existing products
Ability to actively listen and extract relevant, key information from stakeholders and execute according to brief

For more information please contact Theodorah 011 234 7680, alternatively email your updated CV to theodorah@esmartgroup.co.za

If you do not receive a response within 2 weeks please consider your application declined.

Our apologies for the inconvenience caused

Business Analyst Team Lead

A large financial Service Company based in Cape Town seeks a Business Analyst Team Lead with:

Role Purpose:

To work closely with the project managers and business technology specialists in developing the appropriate solution to meet the business need. To provide guidance and leadership to subordinates to deliver on business objectives. To act as auditor of documents and models produced by other Business Analysts to ensure quality; consistency and completeness of information. To be an active participant for the life of the project through all phases and will be required to mentor Business Analysts and to advocate for the business whilst working closely with a variety of internal and external business partners.

Minimum Requirements

Matric
Degree/Advanced Diploma in IT
Experience in Agile Environment ( Agile software development environment)
5 – 8 years Financial Services Experience
6 – 10 years working experience (business or IT) of which at least 2 years in a leadership role
4 years practical experience of the business analysis discipline

Responsibilities:

Ensure proper financing of the function by providing input into the compilation of budget, in line with finance requirements, based on planned projects and deliverables.
Manage and control budget for cost centre, improve efficiency and productivity.
Achieve project deadlines and quality requirements.
Ensure transformational targets are met, contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in company culture building initiatives, business strategy, and CSI.
Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise, ensuring personal and professional growth.
Understand and embrace the company vision and values, leading by example and improve culture survey results and address issues raised.
Deliver a world-class service by creating a client service culture and support the implementation of business optimisation improvement.
Add value to the business by encouraging team to generate innovative ideas and by sharing knowledge.
Help business stakeholders identify and clarify their goals and IT requirements, encourage debate and constructive discussions.
Build sound professional relationships and achieve client satisfaction objectives.
Build sound professional relationships with suppliers and stakeholders.
Achieve business performance targets within required risk and compliance parameters.
Ensure work is allocated with clear accountability and meet all agreed risk and compliance targets.
Ensure corrective action is taken regarding quality, consistency and completeness of information.
Manage performance of staff by implementing performance agreements and ensuring a clear vision.
Mentor and coach staff on identified performance gaps.
Ensure that Business Unit stays abreast in field of expertise and deliver on the expectations from stakeholders by tailoring development needs as identified.
Create environment of teamwork.
Maintain a high performing team by identifying talent pool through career conversations, using the talent grid principles, and by developing talent retention programmes.

For more information please contact Bongiwe 011 234 0404, alternatively email your updated CV to bongiwe@esmartgroup.co.za

If you do not receive a response within 2 weeks please consider your application declined.

Our apologies for the inconvenience caused

Information Security Analyst

A large financial Service Company based in Cape Town seeks an Information Security Analyst with:

Minimum Requirements

7-10 years’ experience
Working in a bank as a lead
CISCO certification
CCIE certification (nice to have)
Good knowledge and good experience
Really need to be confident
Cape Town based
Firewall & network design
SA Citizen

Role Purpose:

This individual will be part of a team responsible for design, installation and maintenance of all network security infrastructure related. Applicants must have vast experience with the latest architectural network and network security design concepts, in-depth network routing and switching, implementation and troubleshooting. A keen understanding and insight to industry technologies, evolutions, pitfalls and trends is also a must.

Responsibilities:

Network design and researching the latest concepts/vendors
Proposing improvements where applicable (solutions)
Installing, maintaining and upgrading network security devices
Documenting network security topologies and installations (investigation)
7+ years’ experience in network security
In depth knowledge of network security systems and standards
Multiple vendor experience (Cisco (1), Palo Alto, F5, Check Point (2))
Protocols (BGP, EIGRP, TCP/IP, IPSEC, OSPF, OTV)
Layer 4-7 Content Devices (load balancers)
Network monitoring concepts (SNMP and Syslog Monitoring)
VPN technologies and encryption methods
Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

For more information please contact Sinisa 011 234 0388, alternatively email your updated CV to Sinisa@esmartgroup.co.za

If you do not receive a response within 2 weeks please consider your application declined.

Our apologies for the inconvenience caused

Threat Intelligence

A large financial Service Company based in Johannesburg seeks a Threat Intelligence with:

Minimum Requirements

A passion for Cyber Threat Hunting, research, and uncovering the unknown about threats and threat actors
Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical field such as Computer Science, Information Security, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, etc.
Ability to understand big data and query languages (Splunk, SQL, etc.)
Experience setting up infrastructure to support Hunt Team operations
Previous experience working in the financial industry
CISSP
5 years+ of background in information security, cyber security or network engineering

Role Purpose:

In this highly visible role, candidate will perform research and analysis searching for indications of advanced threat actors existing on the network. Analyse available data sources, security tools, and threat trends and lead security analysis techniques to identify attacks against the enterprise. Works with the greater Information Security team to operationalize new and innovative techniques of discovering advanced threat actors. This role is operational and requires that active threat hunting occurs daily complete to remediation of the attack vector.

Responsibilities:

Must understand typical threat actor profiles, the typical indicators associated with those profiles, and be able to synthesize the two to develop innovative techniques to detect threat actor activity.
Must demonstrate knowledge of tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with malicious insider activity, organized crime/fraud groups and both state and non-state sponsored threat actors.
Must be able to critically examine an organization and system through the perspective of a threat actor and articulate risk in clear, precise terms.
Analyse available data sources, security tools, and threat trends and lead security monitoring and analysis techniques to identify attacks against the enterprise
Ability to analyse logs, normalize and perform automated log correlations utilizing big data analysis or hunt tools to identify anomalous and potentially malicious behaviour.
Strong experience with Digital forensics on host or network from malware perspective, ability to identify anomalous behaviour on network or endpoint devices.
Experience with information security tools such as an enterprise SIEM solution, IDS/IPS, endpoint security, and security monitoring solutions.
Self-starting, organized, proactive, and requiring minimal management oversight.
Ability to quickly learn new and complex concepts.
Strong analytical skills/problem solving/conceptual thinking/attention to detail.
Ability to work effectively with peers and multiple levels of management.
Well organized, thorough, with the ability to balance and prioritize competing priorities.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills across multiple levels of the organization.
Experience in Incident Response.
Experience with either Red team or Blue team operations and ability to think both like an attacker and defender.
Experience with one or more scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Perl etc.)
Perform memory analysis
Perform malware analysis
Experience with computer exploitation methodologies

For more information please contact Sinisa 011 234 0388, alternatively email your updated CV to Sinisa@esmartgroup.co.za

If you do not receive a response within 2 weeks please consider your application declined.

Our apologies for the inconvenience caused

Senior Internal Auditor

A large financial Service Company based in Johannesburg seeks a Senior Internal Auditor with:

Minimum Requirements

Relevant Degree (BSc or Bcom) or BTech (IT)
Relevant tertiary qualification
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information
Systems Auditor (CISA) advantageous
3-4 years General Computer Controls/ ACR experience, knowledge of frameworks (Cobit, ITIL etc.).

Role Purpose:

To conduct internal audits to provide information used to provide independent, objective assurance to the Company Group Limited Board of Directors via the Group Audit Committee including Old Mutual Plc., that the governance processes and management of risk and systems of internal control, are adequate and effective to mitigate the most significant risks, both current and emerging, that threaten the achievement of the Group’s objectives, and in so doing help improve the control culture of the Group.

Responsibilities:

Participate in workshops to understand existing business processes.
Investigate, analyse and generate automation ideas for business case.
Drive efficiency gains, cost savings, improved quality and user experience
Manage billable hours allocated to each audit by capturing time on timesheet system (Team Tec) to ensure cost effectiveness and to ensure work delivered is billed appropriately to stakeholders.
Track audit deliverable milestones by managing timely delivery of audit on SharePoint to ensure deliverables are met within agreed timeframe.
Compile and maintain structured engagement plans for all stakeholders, to ensure that to determine client needs and expectations and build trusting and professional client relationships.
Interpret and ensure understanding of implications of client needs and expectations to ensure these are met.
Provide information and feedback to the internal and external clients to meet business needs and build collaborative relationships.
Conduct pre-audit investigation by attending meetings and conducting research to understand the
Business environment.
Analyse all business documents, results and reports to identify high risk areas.
Conduct one on one meetings with key stakeholders to gain understanding of the area to be reviewed and consider other relevant input in order to document process flows and identified risks and controls (RACM).
Participate in the development of the Audit Planning
Memorandum to ensure completeness and relevance.
Compile audit planning documents (audit plan memorandum, risk and
control matrix) through engagement with stakeholders, to identify scope of audit and to ensure work is completed according to plan, within agreed billable hours and according to Group
Internal Audit (GIA) methodology.
Coordinate and manage audit by monitoring timelines, milestones and deliverables to ensure appropriate contingencies are implemented so that audit can be performed as per agreed scope

Review own audit plan to ensure alignment to support the achievement of GIA strategy, objectives and values.
Identify training opportunities and career progression for self through input and feedback from management, to improve personal capability and to stay abreast of developments in field of expertise.
Ensure all learning curriculum activates are completed within specified timeframe to ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities.
Share professional knowledge with team to improve team efficiency.
Provide input into management recruitment processes of subsidiaries through review of short-listed applicants, to ensure alignment to business objectives and group requirements in terms of skills and competence.
Facilitate new starter training, methodology specialist skills training by coordinating, planning and organising the attendance of relevant delegates to ensure professional competence and alignment to objectives.
Participate in Company Culture building initiatives (eg. Staff surveys etc.) Contributing to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals.
Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (eg. Green Strategy).
Identify opportunities to improve or enhance business processes and methodologies by researching, developing, implementing and recommending improvement initiatives and effective ways to operate and add value to Company.
Identify areas of non-compliance with laws, regulations, and guidelines through audit work performed.
Provide timely guidance and feedback by identifying audit issues to ensure others comply with laws, regulations, and guidelines to improve the control culture.

For more information please contact Sinisa 011 234 0388, alternatively email your updated CV to Sinisa@esmartgroup.co.za

If you do not receive a response within 2 weeks please consider your application declined.

Our apologies for the inconvenience caused

Senior IT Audit Manager

A large financial Service Company based in Johannesburg seeks a Senior IT Audit Manager with:

Minimum Requirements

Relevant BComm or Bsc degree (Computer Science, Informatics)
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) advantageous
3 – 5 years Management experience
Big 4 Banking experience preferably
Application Controls experience – Not just one application, must have experience across different applications
General Controls experience – Have knowledge of CoBit and ITIL frameworks
Information Security OR Data analytics experience (one or the other essential)
Financial Services experience (preferable)

Role Purpose:

To manage and lead a team of professionals to deliver the annual audit plan thereby providing reasonable assurance to stakeholders that key risks are being mitigated through adequate and effective management controls in accordance with Group Internal Audit (GIA) methodology.

Responsibilities:

Comply with regulatory and corporate governance expectations of internal audit functions;
Report on issues related to the processes for controlling the activities of the Group, including potential improvements to those processes;
Report periodically on the measurable performance of GIA, including audit plan delivery and financial performance;
Accountable for the delivery and measurable performance of GIA, including audit plan delivery against financial targets;
Provide insights from the outcomes of internal audit work to appropriate governing bodies, including the GAC and Board Risk Committee;
Maintain an open and constructive relationship as a Trusted Advisor with senior internal and external stakeholders including the Institute of Internal Audit, SARB, External Audit and Business Executives.
Build an effective team and performance of staff by implementing performance agreements and ensuring a clear vision.
Ensure that staff stay abreast in field of expertise and deliver on the stakeholder expectations.
Create an environment of teamwork that contributes to Group Internal Audit (GIA).
Build rapport and understand client current business reality, requirements, risks and expectations and consider key and/or emerging risks in annual audit plan.
Identify and consider internal and external factors to develop and update annual risk based audit plan with clear levels of accountability
Build trusting relationships and improve credibility and quality of audit outputs by achieving team objectives through engaging with staff, peers and other departments.
Ensure that billable hours, budgets and resources are optimally planned and quality audits are delivered.
Deliver projects cost effectively and monitor the productivity of resources.
Execution and file completion of audits as per the audit plan.
Ensure improved productivity and the delivery of projects within agreed timelines.
Ensure transformational target are met.
Deliver world class service through others by creating a client service culture.
Achieve operational excellence and support the implementation of business optimisation improvement in GIA.
Identify and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and guidelines and improve control culture.
Review the quality, relevance and commerciality of assignment audit reports.
Actively participate in the Group’s Combined Assurance Model.
Build a high performance team through managing resources, retention of critical staff.
Manage performance of reports and hold them accountable for managing the performance of their reports by taking corrective action as required, recognising and rewarding team.
Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work and team are consistently and accurately maintained.

For more information please contact Sinisa 011 234 0388, alternatively email your updated CV to Sinisa@esmartgroup.co.za

If you do not receive a response within 2 weeks please consider your application declined.

Our apologies for the inconvenience caused

Process Analyst Team Leader

A large financial Service Company based in Johannesburg seeks a Process Analyst Team Leader with:

Role Purpose:

To drive strategic and tactical aspects of discovering; validating; documenting and communicating business-process-related knowledge through modelling; simulating and analysing current and future states by focusing on complex business outcomes using technical expertise that are in line with the company strategy.

Minimum Requirements

Matric
Relevant Degree in Economics or IT
5 -10 years relevant Process experience with 3 years management experience

Responsibilities:

Management of information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
Employee training and development by coaching and mentoring
Manage Internal Processes
Strategic planning and analysis
System Development Life Cycle(SDLC)
Modelling-EPC/BPMN/UML
Process management and measurements
Manage Financial Results, Transformation and Innovation
Manage Stakeholder Relationships and produce client focused process design

For more information please contact Bongiwe 011 234 0404, alternatively email your updated CV to Bongiwe@ esmartgroup.co.za

If you do not receive a response within 2 weeks please consider your application declined.

Our apologies for the inconvenience caused

Master and Reference Data Management Specialist

A large financial Service Company based in Johannesburg seeks a Master and Reference Data Management Specialist with:

Minimum Requirements

Professional Qualifications, Bachelors in Information Systems, Informatics, Computer Science
DAMA certified data management professional (CDMP), Six Sigma Black Belt , TQM, ISO9000 etc
3 -8 years’ experience in Financial Services with at least 3 years Data Management experience.
Broad Understanding of Data Management Body Of Knowledge (DMBOK)
Understanding of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Role Purpose:

The creation and maintenance of the enterprise frameworks, standards, processes and procedures applicable to the management of master and reference data for the organisation. This role will ensure that Master and Reference data practices are aligned to industry, and mature the practice and entrench within operations.

Responsibilities:

Creation and maintenance of the enterprise frameworks, standards, processes and procedures applicable to the management of master and reference data for the organisation.
Consult on enterprise frameworks, standards, processes and procedures applicable to the management of master and reference data.
Ensure that Master and Reference data practices are aligned to industry, and mature the practice and entrench within operations.
Perform necessary change management, communication and train users in the processes as defined by the Centre of Excellence
Consult regarding new / changed requirements and issue resolution.
Perform root cause analysis and research on process exception and data issues
Gather, analyse and report on MRDM quality
Work closely with the business data managers (stewards), the project development teams and the user community to ensure that master and external / public reference data requirements are addressed and quality metrics are agreed.
Identify requirements for data quality and data integration for master data and external / public reference data entities.
Manage the data asset catalogue for external / public reference data
Define requirements with regards to Enterprise reference data management implementation supporting software and security roles and structures to enable the usage of the tool set.
Provide standard integration abilities to enable new consumers
Define Data Model Attributes, Classify them and define Hierarchies that are to be built and managed in the tool.
Facilitate the approval of tool loads for reference data, hierarchies & relationships
Ensure synergy between the operational reference data and the master data processes, integrated, unique and sharable across the enterprise.
Implement standard Process(s) to load and validate Enterprise reference data, synchronised across all business clusters and data sources.
Implement the base enterprise services for systems that consume reference data as per known user requirements.
Facilitate Data Quality and reporting requirements and identify any required data clean ups on sources before an import is done.
Facilitate the provision and distribution of a Business Glossary for reference data and put in place governance to maintain the glossary.(Link to metadata)
Understanding of data management processes and how they integrate in a corporate data management environment, like Data Quality, Data Integration and Metadata.
Able to demonstrate practical experience in working with Master and Reference, Data Quality, Data Integration and Metadata tools (Advantageous to be able to demonstrate practical experience in working with tools like IBM MDM, IBM RDM, SAP MDG or AB Initio).
Relevant regulatory knowledge, and understanding of banking and financial services master and reference data requirements

For more information please contact Sinisa 011 234 0388, alternatively email your updated CV to Sinisa@esmartgroup.co.za

If you do not receive a response within 2 weeks please consider your application declined.

Our apologies for the inconvenience caused

Information Security Analyst

A large financial Service Company based in Johannesburg seeks an Information Security Analyst with:

Minimum Requirements

Degree relevant to Information Security
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Security
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
SABSA Chartered Practitioner (SCP)
Certificates – CISSP
Preferred – Honours degree relevant to Information Security
5 – 10 Years Information Security
Advantageous experience – 5 Years Specialisation in a specific Information Security area
Identity and Access Management
Privilege Account Management
Financial payment systems
Agile security
SecDevOps
Application Security
Integration security

Role Purpose:

Candidate with broad security knowledge, with the ability to design secure solutions. Candidate must be able to work in a flexible and dynamic environment where Information Security is critical. The main purpose of the job is to apply security design to new initiatives and projects. Also ad hoc security consultation to existing solutions.

Responsibilities:

Security design
Security consultation
Security design documentation
Project documentation review
Security research

For more information please contact Bongiwe 011 234 0404, alternatively email your updated CV to bongiwe@esmartgroup.co.za

If you do not receive a response within 2 weeks please consider your application declined.

Our apologies for the inconvenience caused