I thrive on performing at my utmost as I always provide service in a timely and professional manner, always to the benefit of the client and the organization I represent. I believe in observing the highest standards of good faith in all dealings, whether personal or professional.
· Ensuring all instructions received comply with the business rules and legal requirements.
· Liaising with all relevant role players e.g., Intermediaries/Clients/Broker Consultants etc. to obtain any outstanding information/documentation or to clarify instructions received.
· Inform the relevant role players via telephonic contact/fax/e-mail on the progress of their instructions received.
· Ensure that the Workflow System is always updated accurately with progress notes.
· Adhering to all relevant business processes.
· Capture all valid instructions received timeously and accurately on the Glacier processing systems.
· Ensure that I report suspicious activities timeously to the relevant Departments.
· Reporting of service failures timeously to the relevant Support Manager.
· Play a key role in fostering positive client relationships and the retention of clients.
· Build and establish relationships with internal departments to enhance organizational effectiveness and efficiency.
· Client service project involvement
· Resolving queries received from various stake holders timeously.
· Assist the Processing department where assistance is required.
· Validation for all PPS Investments LISP and Asset Management offering
· Processing applications for all product streams
· Coordination of Section 14 and 37 transfers
· Ensure that each intermediary is licensed to sell our Products
· Handling enquiries from client intermediaries and broader distribution force with first time resolution
· Maintenance of commission arrangements with intermediaries
· Management of documentation iro FICA & FAIS legislation and other regulatory requirements
· Ensure our client and intermediaries comply with all regulatory requirements
· Update client information on CRM
· Management of stakeholder relationships to ensure improved client experience
· Ensure all clients instructions are processed timeously and accurately
· Follow up on all pending instructions
· Ensure our clients comply with the prudent investment guidelines
· Manage work allocated to you
· Responsible to ensure that all client documentation is stored electronically as per company policy
· Prioritise all work allocated to administration and all client instructions within standard level agreements
· Adhoc project tasks
· Risk rate client for FICA purposes
· Working in a LISP environment administration
· Upfront compliance of all instructions to identify whether all business requirements have been met
· Daily capturing of new client investments, unit transfers, switches, disinvestments (including retirements and death cases) and changes to client static details
· Main focus would be on compulsory products namely Retirement Annuity Funds, Preservation Funds and Living
· Annuities
· Responsible for processing of S14 transfers for the retirement funds, S37 (Directive 135) transfers for the living annuity, benefit claims, request of transfers (ROTs)
· Responsible for maintaining detail notes on all cases assigned and regular follow up for any outstanding requirements
· Collaboration between the administration team and the Client Service Team
· Maintain a good internal department relationship to ensure that you get the maximum support collaboration;
· Identify gaps in processes and report this to the Head of Retail and Retail Manager
· Understand and adhere to the appropriate policies, standards and procedures applicable to the role.
· Understand and manage risks and risk events relevant to the role and immediately report any findings to the
· Retail Manager for discussion and resolution
· Facilitate that all timing standards are maintained and that you report anomalies to the Admin Team Leaders to investigate
• Maintain a healthy team spirit by assisting peers where needed
· Follows standardized processes and provides administrative support in line with normal business functioning.
· Delivers on daily production standards and adheres to service and quality standards.
· Provides an indirect service to customers and intermediates.
· Responds to immediate requirements within procedure.
· Uses standard administrative techniques to co ordinate own work.
· Product and process knowledge in different areas may differ but basic skills remain the same.
· May act as mentor / resource to less experienced Administrators.
· Fully multi-skilled across products and processes.
· Has extensive, relevant experience.
· Acts as a support person and / or point of escalation for complex and difficult cases / clients.
· Provides an indirect service to customers and intermediaries.
· Accountable for service delivery through own efforts.
· Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality for periods of 1 day to a maximum of 3 months.
· Perform quality checks on own work.
· Adhere to service and quality standards.
• Perform a variety of customer support functions in accordance with provisions of outsourcing contracts. Also assist with team productivity.
• Verifies and audits documents to ensure accuracy and compliance with internal and client procedures and policies.
• Researches and reviews client inquiries and communicates results/resolutions.
• Consistently complies with budgetary and contractual guidelines.
• Ensuring an excellent quality of service is given to clients at all times.
• Completing administrative and repetitive tasks in keeping accurate, detailed stats of all queries and correspondence
· To telephonically service Allan Gray clients and IFA’s with regard to new business, switches, redemptions, deceased estates, transfers and queries for all:
Ø Domestic Unit Trusts
Ø Offshore Mutual Funds
Ø Individual Retirement Products
Ø Endowment products
· Ensuring an excellent quality of service is given to clients and IFA’s at all times.
· Completing administrative and repetitive tasks in keeping accurate, detailed stats of all queries and correspondence
· Online accounts verification and activation
· Identifying and proposing solutions to process and service related failures
· Build and establish relationships at all levels with internal departments, so as to ensure that timeous resolutions are found to any problems that might arise
· To supply marketing material via various Media forms to all interested parties
· To provide support to the correspondence and walk-in-centre teams as when required
· Database updates and information maintenance
· Quote requests
· Sending commission statements
· Following up on queries
ACHIEVEMENTS
Top performer October 2007
Accelerator Award 2007
· Dealing with all mail received as well as assisting the call centre consultant with any queries that could not be finalized while the client was on the line.
· Updating policy information on mainframe i.e. name changes, address change, change of broker, etc.
· Issuing tax certificates and liaising with the Receiver of Revenue
· Issuing quotations for loans, full cash withdrawals, partial cash withdrawals and advancements of Retirement Annuities
· Issuing member’s portfolio’s to broker/consultants
· Confirming requests telephonically with clients
· General administrative duties
· To assist clients telephonically
· Handle queries and escalate queries
· Activate or deactivate vodacom services for clients
· Assist client with any cellular/network problems the client may experience
· To assist clients telephonically via an inbound call centre
· To confirm if clients have shares with OM
· To assist client with any problems they may experience
· General administrative
Problem-Solving
Time Management
Client Confidentiality
Problem-solving abilities
Honest and Dependable
Time management abilities
Adaptability and Flexibility
Team Collaboration