Company: Santam
Location: South Africa
THE ROLE
A position for a Underwriting Administrative Assistant exists in the Santam Reinsurance (Underwriting) team, based at our offices in Tygervalley, Cape Town.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
- Contract management and administration support which includes but not limited to checking of contracts and loading thereof onto requisite systems
- General admin support for the smooth running of various processes that impact the team and client engagement.
- Payments processing and co-ordination
- Arrangement of travel and accommodation for the team, including reconciliation of travel expenditure
- Provide support for co-ordination of audit related actions for the team.
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Matric (Tertiary education would be advantageous)
- Minimum 3 years experience in an Administrative Support role, ideally within an insurance environment
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Attention to detail
- Building network and good relationships
- Concise communication skills
- Computer literate and good working knowledge of MS office
- Problem solving
- Learning and researching
- Teamwork
- Understanding of underwriting is a key advantage
- Planning and organising
- Conflict management
- Project co-ordination ideal
- Time management
- Prioritisation
- Stakeholder management
COMPETENCIES
- Client focus
- Collaborative
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Innovative
- Drive results
- Interpersonal savvy
- Optimising work processes
- Reporting and administration