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Gerrit Hill
Financial Services Professional/Aspiring Business Analyst
Roodepoort,GP
Summary
Driven student leveraging studies in Risk management,compliance and business analysis seeks real-world experience as Business Analyst. Offers strong interpersonal and task prioritization skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Portfolio Management Consultant
Aon Risk Solutions
01.2010 - Current
- Risk & Control Assessment – ensure that all identified operational risks of allocated branch and functional group are mitigated by adequate controls through proper risk assessment methodologies
- New Products, Policies and Procedures Approval – participate in the review and approval process by identifying control weaknesses or process gaps and providing meaningful recommendations and corrective measures in any new product or policies and procedures proposal
- Key Risk Indicators (KRI) – ensure that key risk areas are properly identified and monitored
- Operational Loss Database & Reporting – maintain the brokerage operational loss events database, recommend process improvements and implementation thereof
- Manage the implementation of operating procedures as well as monitor the quality, service standards and operational processes related to the applicable product or solution
- Ensure statutory and legislative knowledge is always current in order to advise the business on corrective solutions to mitigate risks and to improve the customer experience whilst complying with governance requirements
- Establish productive operational relationships with key stakeholders in the various channels and administrative teams
- Share knowledge on, and participate in the creation of new standards, control systems and procedures to maintain service delivery
- Analyse short term accounts to make decisions based on individual risk characteristics, exposure analysis, hazard recognition and controls
- Eview new business and make sound underwriting decisions to write profitable business
- Etermine acceptability of renewals utilizing loss control inspections, loss experience reports, Google Maps and internet tools as well as any other information available to make sound underwriting decisions
- Eview and revises pricing and coverage to ensure premiums charged are commensurate with the exposure
- Esponsible for thorough documentation of underwriting decisions
- Eview daily correspondence, reports, endorsements, loss control reports and publications pertaining to responsibility
- Xamine loss notices, desirability of risk notices from claims and recommends appropriate action
- Aintain a specific class of business within specified territory and assigned agents following company guidelines and procedures
- Lace facultative reinsurance for risks exceeding the reinsurance treaty capacity with the company
- Eview the underwriting decisions made by underwriting assistants or anyone in a support role to ensure the quality of the decision is in line with business practices
- Onduct training sessions for the team leveraging experience and skills to help teammates learn and gain new skills and insights
- Prepared a variety of different written communications, reports and documents to ensure smooth operations.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Drove operational improvements which resulted in savings and improved profit margins.
- Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results.
- Created spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting.
Education
Lancea Vale Senior Secondary School
01.1993 - 01.1998
Higher Certificate - Insurance Studies
Milpark Business School
01.2018 - 01.2019
Certificate Program in Business Analysis - undefined
Milpark Business School
B.com - Risk management and compliance
01.2021 - 01.2023
Skills
Product Portfolio Management
Risk management processes and analysis
Operational Data Management
Software
Interests
Coding, Robotic process automation, Machine learning and AI
Timeline
B.com - Risk management and compliance
01.2021 - 01.2023
Higher Certificate - Insurance Studies
Milpark Business School
01.2018 - 01.2019
Portfolio Management Consultant
Aon Risk Solutions
01.2010 - Current
Lancea Vale Senior Secondary School
01.1993 - 01.1998
Certificate Program in Business Analysis - undefined
Milpark Business School