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Introduction    

• Guardrisk is the undisputed market leader in cell captive insurance and risk solutions. We are renowned for our innovative approach to cell captive structures and other alternative risk transfer solutions for our clients. Guardrisk offers clients custom designed cover and is registered in South Africa as an insurer for all statutory classes of non-life and life insurance business. 

Role Purpose    

• Responsible for the underwriting of a portfolio of clients for the Construction and Energy Guarantees division.

Requirements    

• An undergraduate diploma/degree (BCom, BScEng, QS, LLB or similar).
• A postgraduate diploma/degree (MBA, MCom, MSc or similar) - or working towards it.
• Certificate in Banking/Short-Term Insurance (or working towards it)
• RE 5 Certificate for Representatives (or working towards it)
• FAIS compliant (or working towards it)
• Minimum 10 years working experience in the guarantees/trade banking/reinsurance industry.
• Credit risk assessment & analytics.
• Knowledge of infrastructure and project finance.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Underwriting of large & complex guarantees transactions.
• Underwriting of foreign and corporate guarantee transactions.
• Underwriting of renewable energy guarantee transactions.
• Member of the underwriting risk committee for the Construction Bonds & Guarantees division.
• Preparation of thorough and detailed underwriting reports & proposals.
• Conduct due diligence, credit risk assessment for projects and guarantee deals.
• Develop financial analysis and modelling for large project deals.
• Underwriting of guarantees within the designated operational mandate.
• Structuring of guarantee instruments, legal documentation and commercial terms for project deals.
• Oversee the corporate portfolio of existing clients across the Energy and Construction Guarantees division.
• Client relationship management and stakeholder engagement.
• Ensure that existing relationships with brokers and other role players are strengthened and built on a continuous basis.
• Collaboration and relationship building with commercial banks, private lenders and infrastructure funding/financial institutions.
• Collaboration and relationship building with direct clients, developers, infrastructure consultants and industry bodies.
• Ensure that new relationships are established to support the growth plans of the greater Guarantees division.
• Grow the Energy & Construction Guarantees book of business in the corporate segment.
• Management of the energy & construction guarantees team (portfolio managers/underwriters).
• Mentoring & training the Construction Guarantees team members.
• Pursue relevant growth opportunities that would allow the Guarantees division to achieve its strategic targets and objectives.
• Build, maintain and continuously strengthen all relationships with the MMH Group’s product, support, reinsurance as well as broker partners.
• Ensure that all regular interactions with any of the Momentum Group’s reinsurance, broker or product partners are done at the highest possible level of professionalism.
• Stay abreast of developments in the construction, surety, guarantee & related markets.
• Maintain professional relationships with all customers, suppliers and trade connections of the Momentum Group with a view to maintain and improve the group’s reputation and goodwill.

The above list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as the job function dictates.

Competencies    

• Risk management
• Business Acumen
• Client Orientated
• Collaborative
• Innovative
• Analytical skills
• Relationship management and networking

Deadline:29th June,2026

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Introduction    

• Guardrisk is the undisputed market leader in cell captive insurance and risk solutions. We are renowned for our innovative approach to cell captive structures and other alternative risk transfer solutions for our clients. Guardrisk offers clients custom designed cover and is registered in South Africa as an insurer for all statutory classes of non-life and life insurance business.

Role Purpose    

• Build, strengthen and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and act as key contact to stakeholders regarding queries, products and services.
• To grow an existing portfolio of clients through relationship management and product development. 

Requirements    

• Bcom Qualfication
• Microsoft office  
• Project management (ideal)
• FAIS compliant (preferable)  
• 4-6 Years general business and insurance experience
• Knowledge of Insurance and industry 

Duties & Responsibilities    
Develop Existing Portfolio of Clients :

• Developing an ongoing prospect pipeline through liaison within the greater business, broker relationship and client relationship.
• Using financial acumen to interpret financial statements, actuarial data and ability to deal with budgets.
• Developing Guardrisk image and presence.
• Identifying opportunities to maintain and grow the portfolio.
• Conducting meetings with clients.
• Distributing and discussing statistical information.
• Checking and forwarding financial statements to client.
• Designing and preparing status reports.
• Providing prompt authorisation of claim payments.
• Dealing with client queries.
• Re-evaluating portfolio structures and servicing requirements on an ongoing basis relative to changing needs of the client.
• Evaluating client’s needs and requirements to enhance cross selling of other Guardrisk products.
• Participating in renewal process with broker/client.
• Ensuring all documentation pertaining to the insurance programme facility is in place.

Develop New Prospects and Products:

• Achieving a targeted annual new business budget.
• Developing new products and new insurance structures.
• Creating and maintaining business relationships to ensure new business growth of both income and clients.
• Dealing with Financial Managers, Financial Directors, Risk Managers at client EXCO level.
• Building and maintaining relationships at client, broker and interdepartmental levels.  
• Liaising with Underwriting, Finance, Actuarial, Claims departments.
• Attending product launches.
• Discussing and finalising product specifications.
• Finalising pricing, cost and income structure.
• Co-ordinating documentation, role and responsibilities, agreements, system and legal requirements, processes and procedures.
• Compiling and managing budget. 
• Marketing Guardrisk products and services.
• Following-up on inquiries and queries.
• Sourcing potential client and products. 
• Complying with new business take-on procedures. 

Administration:

• Maintaining CSA (monthly) questions through the CURA Risk Management System.
• Attending monthly Operational meeting.
• Administrating client files.
• Maintaining weekly prospects list and report back on divisional issues. Monthly budget review and reporting on variances and new business targets.
• Tracking renewals per portfolio.
• Weekly reporting back to the Executive on the above mentioned items.
• Managing delivery against deadlines, i.e. budgets, forecasts, projects deliverables, financials, Actuarial deadlines. 

Deadline:29th June,2026

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Role Purpose    

• The Data Steward at Guardrisk is an operational data quality role responsible for monitoring, validating, and ensuring the reliability of business-critical data used across Guardrisk operational and downstream processes.
• The role exists to ensure that data flowing through Guardrisk systems is complete, accurate, timely, and fit for purpose, and to act as the primary point of contact for business teams when data quality issues impact underwriting, claims, finance, reporting, partner integrations, or regulatory processes.
• This role is hands-on and operational, embedded in day-to-day data processing rather than policy definition, and works closely with data engineering, IT platforms, and business teams to detect, triage, and resolve data quality issues before they impact business outcomes.
• The role also carries direct accountability for engaging with external data providers, intermediaries, and partners to ensure data quality is addressed at source, not only downstream. This includes building effective working relationships with external stakeholders, holding them accountable for data quality outcomes, and driving corrective action where data defects originate outside Guardrisk systems, in order to protect underwriting, claims, finance, reporting, and regulatory processes.  This is achieved while working with the portfolio managers as and where required.

Requirements    
Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or a related field.Practical experience in operational data environments is prioritised over purely academic or theoretical qualifications.Certifications or training in data management, data quality, or analytics are advantageous where they support hands-on execution.

Experience

• 5+ years’ experience working directly with data in operational or production environments, including:Transactional and operational dataHigh-volume data processingData ingestion, transformation, and validationProven experience monitoring data pipelines, feeds, or batch processes and identifying processing failures, delays, or anomalies.Hands-on experience identifying, investigating, and resolving data quality issues, including:Completeness, accuracy, and timeliness issuesData reconciliation and validationRoot cause analysis

Experience working closely with:

• Data engineering or platform teamsBusiness users consuming operational and reporting dataExternal data providers or integration partnersStrong domain experience in insurance (short-term, life, health, or microinsurance), with an understanding of how data issues impact:UnderwritingClaimsFinanceReporting and regulatory submissionsPractical exposure to Microsoft Azure data technologies and structured database environmentsWorking knowledge of BI or analytical tools (e.g. Power BI) for data investigation and validation, not just reportingAwareness of data governance and compliance tooling (e.g. Purview) as supporting mechanisms, not primary deliverables

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, with a focus on diagnosing data issues under operational pressureHigh attention to detail, particularly when validating data used in critical business processesClear, confident communicator able to explain data issues in business-friendly languageComfortable working across business and technical teams to drive resolutionAccountable and outcomes-focused, with a bias toward action rather than escalation

Duties & Responsibilities    
Operational Data Quality Monitoring (Primary Accountability)

• Monitor critical Guardrisk data flows, feeds, and datasets across operational and analytical platforms to ensure data is processed successfully, completely, accurately, and on time.Actively identify failed, delayed, incomplete, or anomalous data processing that may impact underwriting, claims, finance, reporting, partner integrations, or regulatory processes.Define and maintain operational data quality checks and thresholds (e.g. completeness, accuracy, timeliness, consistency) aligned to Guardrisk business use cases.Proactively surface data quality issues before they are detected by downstream business processes.

Data Quality Issue Identification, Triage, and Resolution

• Trigger, log, and manage data quality issues when operational data quality thresholds are breached.Perform initial investigation and root cause analysis to determine:Source of the issueScope and severityBusiness and downstream impactCoordinate resolution activities with:Data engineering and platform teamsSource system ownersExternal data partners where applicableTrack data quality issues through to resolution and validate fixes before closure.Provide clear, ongoing communication to affected business teams regarding issue status and remediation progress.

Business Enablement and Operational Data Support

• Act as the primary operational point of contact for business teams experiencing data quality or data availability issues.Support underwriting, claims, finance, actuarial, and reporting teams by:Explaining data defects, limitations, and anomalies.Advising on data fitness for operational, analytical, and regulatory use.Providing assurance once data issues are resolved.Translate technical data issues into clear business impact and risk statements.

Downstream Process and Business Impact Protection

• Ensure that data consumed by downstream processes (e.g. pricing, claims settlement, bordereaux, management reporting, regulatory submissions) meets agreed quality and timeliness standards.Proactively assess data readiness for critical downstream use and escalate risks where data quality may impact business outcomes.Identify recurring or systemic data quality issues and recommend preventative improvements to reduce operational risk and rework.

Practical Data Documentation and Usage Guidance

• Maintain practical, business-focused documentation for key Guardrisk datasets, including:Data definitions.Known data quality constraints.Usage considerations for downstream processes.Ensure documentation supports operational decision-making, not theoretical completeness.

External and Partner Data Quality Management

• Monitor the quality, completeness, and timeliness of data received from third-party partners and service providers.Engage partners when data does not meet agreed standards and coordinate remediation.Ensure external data quality issues are identified and resolved before impacting Guardrisk operations.

Supporting (Secondary) Governance Activities

• Support data governance standards, controls, and compliance requirements only where they directly enable operational data quality.Contribute to data governance initiatives as required, without detracting from day-to-day operational responsibilities.

External Stakeholder Engagement and Data-at-Source Remediation

• Act as the primary operational data quality interface between Guardrisk and external data providers, intermediaries, and integration partners.Build and maintain effective working relationships with external stakeholders to ensure shared understanding of data quality expectations, impacts, and remediation requirements.Proactively engage external parties when data quality issues originate outside Guardrisk systems, clearly articulating:– The nature of the data defect– Business and downstream impact– Required corrective action and timelinesDrive resolution of external data quality issues at source, rather than relying on internal workarounds, reprocessing, or manual correction.Validate fixes implemented by external parties and confirm sustained improvement before issue closure.Escalate recurring or unresolved external data quality issues through appropriate operational and commercial channels where required.

Deadline:24th June,2026

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Role Purpose    

• The Technology Data Architect designs and governs enterprise-grade Azure data platforms, delivering secure, scalable, and high-performance solutions aligned to business and regulatory needs. The role drives data modernization, analytics, automation, and integration, reporting to the Enterprise Solutions Architect.

Requirements    
Qualifications

• Relevant 3–4 year IT or Business qualification (BCom, BSc, or equivalent)
• Relevant Microsoft/Azure certifications advantageous

Experience

• 7+ years enterprise data architecture experience
• Proven delivery of large-scale data platforms (cloud and hybrid)
• 5+ years insurance industry experience

Strong expertise in:

• Azure data services (SQL, Synapse, Cosmos DB, Data Lake, Data Factory)
• Data modeling (dimensional, star/snowflake schemas, semantic layers)
• Data governance, MDM, quality, and observability frameworks
• Power BI and automation tools
• Cloud security and compliance (POPIA, GDPR)
• DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code

Duties & Responsibilities    
Architect Scalable Data Platforms

• Design and implement Azure-based data solutions (Azure SQL, Synapse, Cosmos DB, Data Lake, Databricks, Dataverse).Ensure performance, resilience, cost optimization, and security.Establish conceptual, logical, and physical data models aligned to business domains.

Lead Data Modernization

• Transform legacy systems into cloud-native architectures.Oversee migration strategies, schema conversion, data mapping, and validation.Promote adoption of modern analytics and data services.

Data Governance & Compliance

• Define and enforce standards for data lifecycle management.Ensure compliance with POPIA, GDPR, and internal governance frameworks.Support metadata management, lineage tracking, cataloging, and sensitive data monitoring.

Enable Analytics & Business Intelligence

• Deliver integrated analytics solutions using Power BI, Azure Analysis Services, and Azure Machine Learning.Support semantic modeling and KPI standardization.Collaborate with business units to deliver actionable insights.

Application Integration & Automation

• Provide architectural guidance for data-driven applications.Enable integration across Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365.Implement CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), and automated data pipelines (ADF, Power Automate).

Data Quality & Observability

• Implement data quality frameworks and monitoring standards.Leverage Azure Monitor, Purview, and related tools to ensure lineage, reliability, and performance.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Work across architecture, engineering, and business teams.Participate in governance forums and steering committees.Mentor junior architects and promote continuous learning

Competencies    

• Interpreting data: Applies strong analytical and technical expertise to design robust data models, evaluate quality, assess performance, and make sound architectural decisions.
• Examining information: Analyses complex data environments, integrations, and risks; solves architectural and migration challenges methodically.
• Upholding standards: Ensures compliance, security, governance, and architectural discipline across data platforms (critical in insurance and regulated environments).
• Convincing people: Influences engineers, architects, and business stakeholders to adopt standards, modern platforms, and best practices.
• Embracing change: Drives cloud modernization and transformation initiatives; adapts architecture to evolving technologies and regulatory requirements.

Deadline:23rd June,2026

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Role Purpose    

• The Business Development Coordinator is responsible for supporting and optimising call centre sales performance by coordinating campaigns, monitoring lead generation and conversion, and providing data-driven insights. The role ensures effective collaboration between operational, technical, and management teams to enhance campaign execution, improve efficiency, and drive sustainable business growth.

Requirements    

• Matric (Grade 12) or equivalent
• Previous experience in business development, sales, or call centre environments
• Experience working with CRM systems
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Teams)
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Ability to analyse data and identify trends
• Ability to work both independently and within a team

Advantageous:

• Exposure to reporting tools such as Power BI

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Campaign Communication & ImplementationEffectively communicate and roll out new campaigns, initiatives, and strategies within the health call centre to ensure alignment and successful execution.
• Campaign Performance MonitoringContinuously monitor call centre campaigns to ensure optimal lead volumes, efficient lead utilisation, and strong conversion rates. Identify trends and recommend improvements where necessary.
• Stakeholder Feedback & Performance ManagementProvide regular, actionable feedback to both lead providers and call centre agents on performance, highlighting areas of success and opportunities for improvement.

Development & Systems SupportAssist in managing development requirements for the call centre, including:

• Logging tickets with DevOps
• Following up with development teams
• Coordinating between technical teams and call centre operations
• Reporting & InsightsCompile, analyse, and interpret call centre performance reports. Present clear insights and recommendations to the Head of New Business on lead performance, campaign effectiveness, and operational efficiency.
• Ad Hoc QA SupportProvide Quality Assurance (QA) teams with non-sales call data on an ad hoc basis to support monitoring and compliance initiatives.
• Operational LiaisonAct as the key liaison between call centre agents and management, ensuring clear communication, alignment, and timely resolution of queries or operational challenges.

Deadline: 2nd July,2026