Underwriting Administrative Assistant

3 hours ago

Cape Town, South Africa Sanlam Full time

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

**WHO ARE WE**
- Santam Re, based in Cape Town South Africa and operating globally, presents a company culture that is committed to fostering genuine connections with people.- With over 106 years of experience, Santam is Africa’s leading general insurance company with a market share exceeding 24% in South Africa. Our reinsurance business, Santam Re leads with a culture and work environment that truly provides meaningful opportunities for personal and professional growth. This is a contributing factor to Santam being recognised this year, and for the fourth consecutive year, as a Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute, the only general insurer in South Africa to achieve this rating.- This speaks volumes about our focus on best people practices, as well as our commitment to optimising and improving our business performance by selecting employees who are ready to thrive and perform with purpose.- We recruit and invest in people who are driven to make a positive impact in the reinsurance industry; those who believe in collaboration and dedication, passion and performance, and with values and objectives that align to inclusivity and unlimited growth.- Profitable growth is key to Santam Re’s success, reason why we are intent on further strengthening our actuarial and underwriting expertise which are at the core of our business model. We have built our reputation on being strong in technical analysis, on being able to grasp the nuances of emerging markets, high quality service delivery and in the provision of optimal portfolios that respond to the needs of our

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