Conservations Replacements Officer (Team Leader) Seeking a challenging role within the Financial and Insurance sector where I can utilize my 13 years of experience in different roles within the industry. Ideally to contribute my leadership and interpersonal skills to the company's benefit with all the knowledge I have gained. I am a motivated and quality driven individual who works well with a team as well as independently. I understand the dynamics of communication between both team players, management, and client base at large. I am organized and work well under pressure. I have a sound and broad knowledge of the tele-communications industry, long-term and short-term insurance industries. I am prompt, a great communicator and listen well. I Build relationships easily and I believe this is key in the age we live in. I am efficient and proactive. I enjoy dealing with clients face to face and telephonically including irate clients. I am enthusiastic and confident that my cheerful personality coupled with my experience would make me a great asset and ambassador for your organization.
Work History
Business Conservation Credit Control - Secondment
3 Years 4 Months
Discovery Life | Sandton | 06.2023 - Current
Recovering debts from Clients.
Being an expert communicator, to be able to liaise with both brokers/ clients and internal departments for the effectiveness of credit control procedures and processes.
Evaluation and reconciliation of complex financial statements received in our books.
Ensuring that targeted amount of debt is recovered.
Negotiating payment plans.
Performing Servicing duties to ensure that our clients are happy.
I have a secondment role in the Business Conservation Credit Control Team which I resumed in June 2023 to date (On an as - and-when needed time frame according to the demand of the backlog in their pools).
Conservation Replacements Officer (Team Leader)
11 Years 3 Months
Discovery Life | Sandton | 07.2015 - Current
Target driven & Client Service
Handling of compliance procedures and processes to ensure relevant compliance according to the regulation.
Notifying Franchises and external Insurers about the replacement of their policies as per the ASISA (Rule 19 of the PPRs) standards.
Investigating and assisting brokers and business consultants with the release of commission thereof.
Handling Billing and ensuring that deadlines are met.
Handling of cancellations of internal policies & claw backs.
Liaise with both external Insurers and internal departments to resolve the replacement challenges.
Recovering Diary management of a Financial Advisor, scheduling appointments, effective running, and facilitation of day-to-day activities Scheduling.
Servicing existing client policies on all the Discovery products in their books. (Life covers, short-term policies, Investment products and Vitality) for both individual clients and groups.
Assisting with the arrangement of medicals for clients in terms of new or existing policies.
Handling commission queries with divisional and Life offices.
Adhoc admin duties, supporting internal communication processes including liaising with other departments, procurement and suppliers. Ensuring that compliance procedures are followed.
Group Risk Sales Consultant & Office Manager
4 Years
Discovery Holdings | 01.2010 - 01.2014
Diary Management for the Franchise Director (Electronic & Manual).
Preparing for all Senior Management meetings and taking minutes.
Receive various scheme group life quote requests and capture quotes using Paradigm and Pricing systems.
Following up on health leads to target schemes for group life.
Assess quote to ensure they meet our minimum requirements to advise the client on procedures and progress.
Receive claims on benefits (Capital Disability, ICB, Funeral, Severe Illness benefit and Death) documentation to assess before sending off to the right department.
Updating and maintaining claims registers ensuring that accurate claim files are maintained.
Reconcile claim payments made with finance department.
Telephonic and email correspondence with clients and brokers with regards to progress of claims and quotes.
Collating and sending off monthly reports to stakeholders.
Daily monitoring of statistics on the system (paradigm)
Daily monitoring quotes on the SAM system for pricing purposes.
Sales Administrator & Cashier
5 Months
Coricraft | 10.2009 - 03.2010
Operating the cash tills, assisting walk in clients, monitoring store sales daily and dealing with the invoices.
Cashier & Switchboard Operator
11 Months
Game Centurion | 10.2008 - 09.2009
Operating cash tills and the switchboard to direct the call to the relevant departments.
Education
RE5
Moonstone | 07.2026
Tsingamo Management Consultant and People Development