Portfolio Manager - Sandton, South Africa - Guardrisk

Guardrisk

Verified Company

Sandton, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Introduction

To market Guardrisk's Life products and services to existing and prospective clients and to provide after-sales service to existing clients.

Role Purpose

To market Guardrisk's Life products and services to existing and prospective clients and to provide after-sales service to existing clients.

Requirements:

Matric.
Relevant tertiary degree and/or Insurance qualification. (Marketing team consists of individuals with various technical skills such as actuaries, attorneys, accountants.).
24 years experience in the insurance and finacial services industries.

Duties & Responsibilities

The work will consist of the following main functions:

Marketing Guardrisk Life to prospective new clients. Managing third-party cell captives, where products include amongst others funeral (individual and group), individual life and disability, credit life and investment products.

The responsibilities include:

Ensuring effective management of various stakeholders in the insurance value chain (cell owners, binder holders, intermediaries, consultants, reinsurers, administrators)
Reviewing cells' financials and managing revenue streams
Facilitating reinsurance renewals via the reinsurance department
Ensuring compliance with market conduct standards and relevant legislative requirements
Ensuring that legal contracting is correct, up to date and in place
Tending to client queries
Marketing and cross selling of Guardrisk Life's products and services to existing clients.
Assisting clients with product development for thirdparty risks.
Setting up internal processes for each client with all relevant internal technical areas such as finance, actuarial, underwriting, legal, risk, compliance.
Contribute to the enhancement and improvement of existing internal processes.
Keeping up to date with legislation and regulation in the life insurance market.
Network on industry matters to facilitate knowledge share and input to clients on their insurance businesses.

Competencies

Welldeveloped people skills
Ability to liaise with different stakeholders
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Negotiation skills
Critical thinking skills
Business acumen
Deadline driven
Strong implementation skills
Ability to understand and interpret financial statements and insurance valuation reports
Ability to work under pressure
Ability to operate both independently as well as play a role in the Guardrisk Life team and to contribute to the greater Guardrisk group.