Current Openings at Telesure Investment Holdings (TIH)

Job Purpose

• As a Business Partner at TIH Advisory, you will play a crucial role in giving businesses and individuals peace of mind, through comprehensive insurance solutions. We are seeking motivated professionals with a proven track record in commercial insurance advisory services.

Responsibilities

• Conduct thorough needs analysis and advising clients on suitable insurance solutions.
• Develop and implement customized insurance solutions strategies to meet clients' commercial and personal insurance needs.
• Provide ongoing support and guidance to clients, reviewing their portfolio regularly and adjusting as needed.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients through proactive communication and exceptional service.
• Stay informed about industry trends and regulations, continuously enhancing your knowledge and skills to better serve clients.
• Collaborate with team members to achieve collective goals and contribute to the overall success of the organization.

Education

• RE 5 (Essential); Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, or related field (for recent graduates); Preferred; Short-Term Insurance certificate (preferred)

Experience

• Minimum 2 years of experience in financial advisory services  (Commercial & Non-life preferred); Proven track record of success in insurance sales and client relationship management; Strong understanding of insurance products and industry regulations; Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and trust with clients; Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
   

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Job Purpose

• Support the claims handling philosophy and supply strategy by mitigating risk of vehicle spend (quantification, identification and validation of vehicle). All services are delivered against agreed service and functional standard.

Responsibilities

Operations Management

• Carry out operational tasks by following established processes. This will involve adjusting multiple settings or parameters to meet performance standards.
• Make fair, honest, accurate reasonable cost related decisions through the vehicle claim life cycle.
• Accurate quantification, identification and validation of vehicles.

Customer Service

• Provide a quality service to customers while identifying opportunities to secure new business or support retention. Responsibilities may include processing cases, dealing with complex queries and investigating and resolving customer problems.
• Consistently provide service in accordance to the pre-agreed service and functional standards.
• Provide all-round service at various locations / interaction points: drive-in centers, on the road, self-assessment (desktop assessment), digital assessments and “country trips”.

Client & Customer Management (External)

• Help manage clients by carrying out standard activities and providing support to others.
• Effectively engage with the customers and deliver service that goes beyond what is expected (more than just the claim).
• Effectively build, maintain and manage relationships with service providers and customers.

Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to reviewing existing operations in own area of work and generate new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements.
• Conduct workload activities in most efficient and cost-effective manner.

Personal Capability Building

• Develop and maintain excellent procedural or technical skills by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching.
• Internal knowledge and skills of industry methods and process not relying on partners / industry to advise and dictate.
• Specialise in specialist vehicle knowledge and apply skills to optimise repair cost

Education

• Grade 12 / SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential); VDQ (Vehicle Damage Quantifier) Qualification (Essential); Mechanical Engineering / Panel beating N2/ N3 level / (Advantageous)

Experience

• 2 - 4 years’ work experience in the following (Advantageous):
• Workshop / Motor Industry experience
• Front line / client relationship experience in a panel beating environment.
• Practical panel beating, spray painting, mechanical and electrical experience
• Assessing experience at a short term insurer
• Estimating in a panel beating environment.

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Job Purpose

• The System Analyst ensures that GIT Service Management systems are maintained and developed to ensure GIT Service Management objectives are met. The System Analyst ensures that GIT delivers stable and high quality software systems to its client, TIH. This is done by understanding, studying and analysing requirements for system changes and new systems altogether. The System Analyst draws up technical impact documents as well as writing technical documents that supports the developer to execute on the requirement.

Responsibilities

Administration

• Produce, update and provide best practice support on the Service Management system, databases and other departmental systems, advising colleagues when needed, and using own expertise to help improve processes.
• Act as a SPOC (single point of contact) between Business, Support Teams, Vendors and GIT.

Design and Conceptualisation

• Research and interpret data, trends, and benchmarks relevant to digital products/services design.
• Design, develop and maintain the GIT Service Management system (SysAid), ensuring that new enhancements are tested and implemented according to best practices.

Analysis of "As Is" and "To Be"

• Support and contribute to the documentation of  "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required.

Database/Systems Specifications

• Provide information and comments on suitability during approval process for system or database specifications to ensure all agreed standards and protocols are followed and data integrity is preserved.
• Apply ITIL frameworks in systems design, maintenance & deployments

Information Security

• Support implementation of required security measures such as firewalls or message encryption, monitoring performance to notify security experts of any problems.

Testing IT Performance

• Analyse routine performance website/applications software tests and respond to user emails to monitor, diagnose, and correct performance issues.

Personal Capability Building

• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching. Develop and maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

Operational Compliance

• Identify, within the team, instances of non-compliance with the organisation's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Ensure Service Level Agreements and Contracts are in place and reviewed.
• Ensure standard operating procedures are in alignment with enterprise processes and governance for compliance purposes.

Education

• Matric/SAQA Equivalent (Essential); Relevant ITIL certification and / or accreditation (Essential)

Experience

• 1-3 years’ experience in IT Service Management, managing and operating the function (Essential)
• Experience with UML designs and/or IBMI/SQL (Advantageous).
   

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Job Purpose

• Develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialised utility programs. Analyse user needs and develop software solutions. Design software or customise software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency. May analyse and design databases within an application area, working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team.

Responsibilities

Application Software Development

• Develop existing applications and contribute to development of new applications by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop new routine applications to meet customer requirements.

Improvement / Innovation

• Identify shortcomings in existing processes, systems and procedures, and use established change management programs to address them.

Applications Software Maintenance

• Monitor, identify, and correct straightforward software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software.

Testing IT Performance

• Perform routine website/applications software tests and respond to call log process to monitor, diagnose, and correct performance issues.

Information Security

• Implement required security measures such as data leaks, message encryption, monitoring performance to notify security experts of any problems.

Personal Capability Building

• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media. Continue to learn new languages/technologies.

Operational Compliance

• Develop knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct to ensure own work adheres to those standards. Obtain authorization from a supervisor or manager for any exceptions from mandatory procedure.

Application Software Roadmap

• Maintain road map to facilitate application software development and ensure the development work is prioritized in line with business requirements.

Customer Service

• Carry out a range of customer service activities, including handling customer cases and enquiries that are more complex or outside the norm.

Education

• Grade 12/ SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential); A recognised software development certification/degree/diploma (Essential)

Experience

• 3 or more years experience using relevant programming languages or technologies (Essential); Azure experience (Advantageous).

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Job Purpose

• Inbound or outbound policy sales, based on leads and campaigns. Initiate the customer relationship and meet various KPIs. Connect with the customer, conduct needs analysis and propose customer solutions. Needs a solid knowledge of products, their characteristics, and market as well as focus on growth of  the brand.

Responsibilities

Customer Relationships Development

• Make calls by telephone to allocated customers to develop new relationships or as a first point of contact.

Customer Needs Clarification

• Interview the customer, following a complex multi-level sales script, to clarify the customer's requirements. Or assist in conducting interviews with potential customers to collect client requirements making detailed notes. 
• Set clear objectives for each sales call; use standard materials to make a presentation to the customer; and ask relevant questions to evaluate the customer's level of interest and to identify and respond to areas requiring further information or explanation.

Sell Customer Propositions

• Identify the products or services that best meet the customer's stated needs, explain the selection to the customer, and invite the customer to make a purchase at the standard price/terms and conditions of sale. Use personal expertise to propose quantities within standard operating systems, policies and procedures. Explain the selection to the customer, influence the customer to make a purchase with the best benefits and solutions to meet customer needs.

Operational Compliance

• Develop working knowledge of the organisation's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Data

• Schedule call back and enter relevant information into the customer relationship management system after each contact with a customer to create a call plan and to ensure that the organisation has quality data to enable effective customer retention and business development activities.

Performance Management

• Prioritise own workflow and ensure work is completed to the required standards of productivity, quality, and timeliness; use performance management systems to improve personal performance to meet SLA.

Personal Capability Building

• Keep abreast with current changes in internal policies and procedures, external regulations which is facilitated by the online training system and tracked by a formal assessment.

Sales Opportunities Creation

• Identify potential customers by obtaining information, referrals, and recommendations from existing customers.

Education

• Matric / Grade 12/ SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential); Regulatory exam 5 (Advantageous); STI Qualification (Advantageous); Class of Business (Advantageous); Customer Service certificate/or related qualification (Advantageous)

Experience

• 2-3 year telephonic sales experience (Essential); Experience in Financial Services Industry (Advantageous).