Service Consultant

Who are we?
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 centred on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. What will you do?
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 centred on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. What will make you successful in this role?
The purpose of this position is to provide support to the Relationship Managers and is responsible for delivering quality service to customers, who could be either internal or external to Santam (including intermediaries, clients, partners and suppliers). The successful incumbent will provide support to address customer needs, concerns and issues

What will make you successful in this role?
- Prepare basic reports and statistics based on risk analysis.
- Communicate with internal stakeholders to provide information, feedback and follow through on queries and/ or instructions.
- Address unusual and non-standard customer issues including underwriting and commercial related queries.
- Task related decision making within set policies and procedures.
- Research to assist in addressing non-standard underwriting issues.
- Update Relationship Manager reports.
- Create client profiles for identified risks.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- Grade 12.
- FAIS compliance (60 credits Commercial Lines and

30 credits Personal Lines) preferred.
- RE 1.
- At least 2 years’ within the short-term insurance industry essential.
- At least 1 year Commercial Lines experience.
- Proven MS Excel experience essential.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Familiar with Word (basic), Qlikview, intranet and internet.
- Understanding and knowledge of Santam process.
- Understanding of all relevant customer support systems and processes related to all products.

Qualification and Experience
Degree or Diploma or Grade 12 with 1 to 2 years related experience. Build a successful career with us
We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future - your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters - Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office - the group provides many opportunities for growth and development. Our commitment to transformation
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.
The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.