Underwriting Analyst

4 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Santam Full time

What will you do?

We have a position available for an Underwriting Analyst who will be based in Cape Town (Head Office) in our Client Solutions (Personal Lines Underwriting) department. What will make you successful in this role?

**The purpose of the role is to support with**:
Performance analysis of data and identification of corrective actions.
Engage with actuarial to drive growth and improve profitability.
Evaluate renewal outputs and monitor results.
Analyse and build statistical models for various sets of data on regular basis to assist in determining business trends.
Assist with report and process automation
Contact person for IT report support and log prioritisation
Pro-actively identifies phenomena to be tested and explored.
Monitor results of all action plans implemented.
Analytical support to internal divisions (Underwriting Services and C&P).
Report writing and presentations.
Manage data cleansing and data quality control. Qualifications and Experience

Degree or diploma in Statistics or Risk Management is preferred.
Advanced Computer Literacy (MS Office).
Experience with reporting tools (Power BI, Qlik, Business Objects, Cognos or similar)
Strong analytical capability is a requirement.
2 to 3 years general insurance experience will be an advantage.
Skills and Knowledge

Good communication and presentation skills
Relevant programming skills (SQL, Python, SAS, or R)
Experience working with relational databases
Ability to quickly comprehend complex concepts and table structures
Attention to detail
Analytical orientation
Systems thinking
Proactive and self-motivated
Good planning and decision-making skills
A good team player - integrates and shares knowledge and skills
Exceptional problem solving skills
Strong ability to manipulate and interpret data
Ability to perform under pressure
Time management and focussed delivery of deadlines
Displays keen insight and intuition
Writing and reporting
Takes initiative
Understanding the principles of Risk Management
Competencies

Client focus
Collaborative
Flexibility and adaptability
Innovative
Drive results
Action orientated
Analytical thinking
Information seeking
Data Analysis
Data modelling About the company

Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.
Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. We’re about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.
At Santam we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society. In achieving our employment equity goals we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.

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