Head: Underwriting at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

• To provide advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics; enabling the provision of specialist underwriting expertise.

Minimum Experience

• 5 - 8 years experience in a similar environment, of which 2 - 3 years at specialist level

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Curative Health

Additional Minimum Qualifications

Outputs

Process

• Determine resource allocation priorities and deployment necessary to support the effective integration of processes.
• Advise on the alignment and application of area specific practices and integrated processes across functional areas to ensure value chain integrity.
• Keep abreast of changes and new legislation and developments within industries that may affect area of specialisation.
• Provide underwriting advice and support related to complex assessments that invole major risks for the organisation.
• Accountable for contributing to strategy enablement and implementation and delivery optimisation across an internal value chain, through best practice development and implementation.
• Draw on own technical and/or professional knowledge and experience to proactively develop alternatives and identify optimal best practice solutions for tactical problems.
• Plan to deliver work outputs related to a service or operational area, Manages interdependent functional activities, and directs best-practice priorities, standards and procedures to ensure efficiency within area of specialisation.

Customer

• Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal/external customers, that builds strong relationships and creates a favourable impression aligned to Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles.

Finance

• Implement and monitor financial controls, management of costs and corporate governance throughout the area of specialisation.

Learning and Growth

• Contribute positively to human capability improvement, related to knowledge optimisation and associated with area of specialisation.

Governance

• Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice and/or tactical area to identify and manage risk exposure liability related to the area of specialisation.

Competencies

Liberty Values

Technical Competencies

• Research and Information Gathering (Proficient)
• Underwriting process (Proficient)
• Underwriting Skills (Proficient)

Behavioural Competencies

• People Management and Empowerment (Proficient)
• Relationship Management and Networking (Proficient)
• Problem Solving and Analysis (Proficient)
• Governance, Ethics and Values (Proficient)
• Professional/Technical learning (Proficient)