Since our establishment in 1918, Sanlam has been a prominent part of the South African business landscape. We have always held a long-term view of how business adapts to the demands of the environment in which it operates. Today, in a dynamic world, we see an evolving set of social, economic, political and environmental imperatives that require our skilfu...
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What will you do?
To promote Sanlam Retail Mass (SRM)’s products and increase market share through:
- Providing sound financial advice and a high level of client service in a Branch context.
- Creating opportunities for client optimisation and cross selling of value-added products
What will make you successful in this role?
Sales Delivery:
- Gain and maintain an in-depth understanding of SRM product ranges.
- Gain an understanding of the customer’s needs, financial goals and means, and provide the right product (or selection of products) that will satisfy the goals of the customer in the best and most affordable way possible.
- Continuously update and inform customers of new products, or changes in existing products. Manage, review, and incorporate the implications of product changes on the customer’s portfolio accordingly.
- Validate client details in line with product and regulatory requirements. Submit new business through the right channels.
- Conduct due diligence on clients to identify and flag risks.
- Manage own capacity to ensure daily appointments are being prioritised while allowing time for and capitalising on walk-in / non-appointment clients.
In-branch Client Service and Client Retention:
- Responsible for servicing and managing all client profiles to ensure clients remain on the books.
- Send payment reminders, conduct follow-ups, and remain in contact to address potential queries or to provide support.
- Manage and report on NTUs (clients Not Taken Up) by putting controls in place, and taking corrective actions where required.
- Manage persistency of client payments in favour of both the branch and the client.
- Gain insight into client risk profiles to proactively identify where support will be required.
- Consult with clients on alternative payment arrangements and ensure it gets processed through and noted on the right platforms.
- Responsible for in-branch servicing in line with client experience standards:
- Apply product knowledge to accurately guide clients through policy cancellations and provide alternative options.
- Resolve various types of client queries in the branch as far as possible or escalate queries to the right stakeholders by using the existing escalation framework. Follow up on the status and continuously provide feedback to the client.
Quality, Compliance and Continuous Development:
- Remain up to date with and continuously adhere to compliance and quality standards.
- Keep up to date with own registration, product knowledge and maintenance of own CPD points.
- Identify risks and flag potentially fraudulent activities.
- Keep and store relevant records of advice.
- Log all activities as per regulations and standard operating procedures, and provide data to relevant stakeholders to inform reporting and decision making
Monthly Planning and Reporting:
- Responsible for reporting on activities daily, through using relevant technology platforms.
- Collate data on activities to deliver on weekly and monthly reporting deadlines.
- Perform any ad-hoc requirements as requested by the Retail Branch Manager
Qualification and Experience:
- 1-year experience in a sales or marketing capacity
- Experience within insurance branches an advantage
- Matric (Grade 12)
- RE5 advantageous
- FAIS Compliant (Wealth Management) as per DOFA requirements.
- Class of Business training (to be completed within 12-months of employment
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What will you do?
- The purpose of the role is to provide new and existing clients with professional and relevant financial advice, planning and products (sales) that are suited to their needs and requirements.
- Undertake the procurement of sustainable business of a high quality, in accordance with the business targets set.
- Maintain and service these clients as part of a long- term relationship which builds loyalty to the brand and generates ongoing advice and sales.
- Undertake these activities within a compliant and ethical manner which results in the building and sustaining the Sanlam Group business and brand.
What will make you successful in this role?
Assist in growing the Sanlam Adviser Business
- Be committed to the marketing plans and targets set for growing and developing the business as set forward by the distribution strategy.
- Apply knowledge and understanding of market segmentation and customer profiles to support sales and growth within the defined market.
Undertake relevant behaviours to attain targets relating to:
- Revenue generation (Single and recurring premiums)
- Activity quotas
- Promote the Sanlam brand
- Treating customers fairly to be applied to all client engagements
- Role is aligned to your personal career aspirations
Networking, prospecting and leads generation
- Face to face interactions, social or business, to create business opportunities.
- Prospecting of new clients through creative opportunities such as business/social networks, associations or ad hoc presentations.
- Turning trusted relationships into business relationships.
- Strengthening existing relationships by increasing the current service.
- Use existing sources to establish opportunities across Sanlam businesses.
- Personalised client value propositions.
- Marketing on social media.
- Undertake selected client focused activities to generate leads and informal prospecting opportunities.
- Mining of existing client base to identify marketing gaps and sales opportunities within the middle-high and affluent market.
- Structuring and implementing focused campaigns with new or existing clients in the defined market.
- Requesting active and ongoing leads and referrals from others.
- Monitoring and respond to client activities such as maturities, cancelations or surrenders within the defined market.
Client consultations and sales
- Ensure all client interactions are compliant in terms of disclosures and advice given (provide written/ electronic information required for compliance).
- Undertake comprehensive fact finding with each client to lift needs and priorities. Document these findings.
- Conduct a financial needs analysis, using the relevant e-tools / instruments or systems, to ascertain the clients full financial situation; or utilise the services of a Para-Planner for this. (Draw policy history).
- Provide sound personal financial planning advice.
- Apply financial knowledge in putting together a plan that meets the needs of the client for a balanced portfolio.
- Present financial solutions to the client in a professional and competent manner aligned to Treating Customers Fairly.
- Use relevant processes and system tools to capture analysis information and update records accordingly.
- Review client portfolio annually by undertaking the above steps.
Client Service
- Ensure all client interactions are ethical, courteous and professional.
- Follow-up or refer all existing business queries to be resolved timeously through support.
- Strive for excellent, value-added service to clients so that they do not seek competitor products or services.
- Undertake continuous learning in terms of knowledge, skills and market/industry issues so as to service clients within the defined market.
- Initiate long term client relationships and maintain a relational focus.
Monitor, update and reporting (weekly/monthly)
Document and present the following activities:
- Number and profile of contacts, appointments, consultations.
- Issued business and revenue against targets.
- Update client details on records.
- Appropriate workflow and activity monitor system entries.
Qualification and Experience
- Grade 12
- Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS) "Fit and Proper" requirements and Regulatory Examination successfully completed if registered with Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) for more than 24 months.
Knowledge and Skills
- Financial advice and support
- Production target achievement and budgeting
- Compliance and risk management
- Client relationship management
- Financial planning and recommendations
Personal Attributes
- Communicates effectively - Contributing independently
- Tech savvy - Contributing independently
- Action orientated - Contributing independently
- Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
- Persuades - Contributing independently
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What will you do?
- The purpose of the role is to provide new and existing clients with professional and relevant financial advice, planning and products (sales) that are suited to their needs and requirements.
- Undertake the procurement of sustainable business of a high quality, in accordance with the business targets set.
- Maintain and service these clients as part of a long- term relationship which builds loyalty to the brand and generates ongoing advice and sales.
- Undertake these activities within a compliant and ethical manner which results in the building and sustaining the Sanlam Group business and brand.
What will make you successful in this role?
Assist in growing the Sanlam Adviser Business
- Be committed to the marketing plans and targets set for growing and developing the business as set forward by the distribution strategy.
- Apply knowledge and understanding of market segmentation and customer profiles to support sales and growth within the defined market.
Undertake relevant behaviours to attain targets relating to:
- Revenue generation (Single and recurring premiums)
- Activity quotas
- Promote the Sanlam brand
- Treating customers fairly to be applied to all client engagements
- Role is aligned to your personal career aspirations
Networking, prospecting and leads generation
- Face to face interactions, social or business, to create business opportunities.
- Prospecting of new clients through creative opportunities such as business/social networks, associations or ad hoc presentations.
- Turning trusted relationships into business relationships.
- Strengthening existing relationships by increasing the current service.
- Use existing sources to establish opportunities across Sanlam businesses.
- Personalised client value propositions.
- Marketing on social media.
- Undertake selected client focused activities to generate leads and informal prospecting opportunities.
- Mining of existing client base to identify marketing gaps and sales opportunities within the middle-high and affluent market.
- Structuring and implementing focused campaigns with new or existing clients in the defined market.
- Requesting active and ongoing leads and referrals from others.
- Monitoring and respond to client activities such as maturities, cancelations or surrenders within the defined market.
Client consultations and sales
- Ensure all client interactions are compliant in terms of disclosures and advice given (provide written/ electronic information required for compliance).
- Undertake comprehensive fact finding with each client to lift needs and priorities. Document these findings.
- Conduct a financial needs analysis, using the relevant e-tools / instruments or systems, to ascertain the clients full financial situation; or utilise the services of a Para-Planner for this. (Draw policy history).
- Provide sound personal financial planning advice.
- Apply financial knowledge in putting together a plan that meets the needs of the client for a balanced portfolio.
- Present financial solutions to the client in a professional and competent manner aligned to Treating Customers Fairly.
- Use relevant processes and system tools to capture analysis information and update records accordingly.
- Review client portfolio annually by undertaking the above steps.
Client Service
- Ensure all client interactions are ethical, courteous and professional.
- Follow-up or refer all existing business queries to be resolved timeously through support.
- Strive for excellent, value-added service to clients so that they do not seek competitor products or services.
- Undertake continuous learning in terms of knowledge, skills and market/industry issues so as to service clients within the defined market.
- Initiate long term client relationships and maintain a relational focus.
Monitor, update and reporting (weekly/monthly)
Document and present the following activities:
- Number and profile of contacts, appointments, consultations.
- Issued business and revenue against targets.
- Update client details on records.
- Appropriate workflow and activity monitor system entries.
Qualification and Experience
- Grade 12
- Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS) "Fit and Proper" requirements and Regulatory Examination successfully completed if registered with Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) for more than 24 months.
Knowledge and Skills
- Financial advice and support
- Production target achievement and budgeting
- Compliance and risk management
- Client relationship management
- Financial planning and recommendations
Personal Attributes
- Communicates effectively - Contributing independently
- Tech savvy - Contributing independently
- Action orientated - Contributing independently
- Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
- Persuades - Contributing independently
go to method of application »
What will you do?
- The purpose of the role is to provide new and existing clients with professional and relevant financial advice, planning and products (sales) that are suited to their needs and requirements.
- Undertake the procurement of sustainable business of a high quality, in accordance with the business targets set.
- Maintain and service these clients as part of a long- term relationship which builds loyalty to the brand and generates ongoing advice and sales.
- Undertake these activities within a compliant and ethical manner which results in the building and sustaining the Sanlam Group business and brand.
What will make you successful in this role?
Assist in growing the Sanlam Adviser Business
- Be committed to the marketing plans and targets set for growing and developing the business as set forward by the distribution strategy.
- Apply knowledge and understanding of market segmentation and customer profiles to support sales and growth within the defined market.
Undertake relevant behaviours to attain targets relating to:
- Revenue generation (Single and recurring premiums)
- Activity quotas
- Promote the Sanlam brand
- Treating customers fairly to be applied to all client engagements
- Role is aligned to your personal career aspirations
Networking, prospecting and leads generation
- Face to face interactions, social or business, to create business opportunities.
- Prospecting of new clients through creative opportunities such as business/social networks, associations or ad hoc presentations.
- Turning trusted relationships into business relationships.
- Strengthening existing relationships by increasing the current service.
- Use existing sources to establish opportunities across Sanlam businesses.
- Personalised client value propositions.
- Marketing on social media.
- Undertake selected client focused activities to generate leads and informal prospecting opportunities.
- Mining of existing client base to identify marketing gaps and sales opportunities within the middle-high and affluent market.
- Structuring and implementing focused campaigns with new or existing clients in the defined market.
- Requesting active and ongoing leads and referrals from others.
- Monitoring and respond to client activities such as maturities, cancelations or surrenders within the defined market.
Client consultations and sales
- Ensure all client interactions are compliant in terms of disclosures and advice given (provide written/ electronic information required for compliance).
- Undertake comprehensive fact finding with each client to lift needs and priorities. Document these findings.
- Conduct a financial needs analysis, using the relevant e-tools / instruments or systems, to ascertain the clients full financial situation; or utilise the services of a Para-Planner for this. (Draw policy history).
- Provide sound personal financial planning advice.
- Apply financial knowledge in putting together a plan that meets the needs of the client for a balanced portfolio.
- Present financial solutions to the client in a professional and competent manner aligned to Treating Customers Fairly.
- Use relevant processes and system tools to capture analysis information and update records accordingly.
- Review client portfolio annually by undertaking the above steps.
Client Service
- Ensure all client interactions are ethical, courteous and professional.
- Follow-up or refer all existing business queries to be resolved timeously through support.
- Strive for excellent, value-added service to clients so that they do not seek competitor products or services.
- Undertake continuous learning in terms of knowledge, skills and market/industry issues so as to service clients within the defined market.
- Initiate long term client relationships and maintain a relational focus.
Monitor, update and reporting (weekly/monthly)
Document and present the following activities:
- Number and profile of contacts, appointments, consultations.
- Issued business and revenue against targets.
- Update client details on records.
- Appropriate workflow and activity monitor system entries.
Qualification and Experience
- Grade 12
- Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS) "Fit and Proper" requirements and Regulatory Examination successfully completed if registered with Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) for more than 24 months.
Knowledge and Skills
- Financial advice and support
- Production target achievement and budgeting
- Compliance and risk management
- Client relationship management
- Financial planning and recommendations
Personal Attributes
- Communicates effectively - Contributing independently
- Tech savvy - Contributing independently
- Action orientated - Contributing independently
- Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
- Persuades - Contributing independently
go to method of application »
What will you do?
- The purpose of the role is to provide new and existing clients with professional and relevant financial advice, planning and products (sales) that are suited to their needs and requirements.
- Undertake the procurement of sustainable business of a high quality, in accordance with the business targets set.
- Maintain and service these clients as part of a long- term relationship which builds loyalty to the brand and generates ongoing advice and sales.
- Undertake these activities within a compliant and ethical manner which results in the building and sustaining the Sanlam Group business and brand.
What will make you successful in this role?
Assist in growing the Sanlam Adviser Business
- Be committed to the marketing plans and targets set for growing and developing the business as set forward by the distribution strategy.
- Apply knowledge and understanding of market segmentation and customer profiles to support sales and growth within the defined market.
Undertake relevant behaviours to attain targets relating to:
- Revenue generation (Single and recurring premiums)
- Activity quotas
- Promote the Sanlam brand
- Treating customers fairly to be applied to all client engagements
- Role is aligned to your personal career aspirations
Networking, prospecting and leads generation
- Face to face interactions, social or business, to create business opportunities.
- Prospecting of new clients through creative opportunities such as business/social networks, associations or ad hoc presentations.
- Turning trusted relationships into business relationships.
- Strengthening existing relationships by increasing the current service.
- Use existing sources to establish opportunities across Sanlam businesses.
- Personalised client value propositions.
- Marketing on social media.
- Undertake selected client focused activities to generate leads and informal prospecting opportunities.
- Mining of existing client base to identify marketing gaps and sales opportunities within the middle-high and affluent market.
- Structuring and implementing focused campaigns with new or existing clients in the defined market.
- Requesting active and ongoing leads and referrals from others.
- Monitoring and respond to client activities such as maturities, cancelations or surrenders within the defined market.
Client consultations and sales
- Ensure all client interactions are compliant in terms of disclosures and advice given (provide written/ electronic information required for compliance).
- Undertake comprehensive fact finding with each client to lift needs and priorities. Document these findings.
- Conduct a financial needs analysis, using the relevant e-tools / instruments or systems, to ascertain the clients full financial situation; or utilise the services of a Para-Planner for this. (Draw policy history).
- Provide sound personal financial planning advice.
- Apply financial knowledge in putting together a plan that meets the needs of the client for a balanced portfolio.
- Present financial solutions to the client in a professional and competent manner aligned to Treating Customers Fairly.
- Use relevant processes and system tools to capture analysis information and update records accordingly.
- Review client portfolio annually by undertaking the above steps.
Client Service
- Ensure all client interactions are ethical, courteous and professional.
- Follow-up or refer all existing business queries to be resolved timeously through support.
- Strive for excellent, value-added service to clients so that they do not seek competitor products or services.
- Undertake continuous learning in terms of knowledge, skills and market/industry issues so as to service clients within the defined market.
- Initiate long term client relationships and maintain a relational focus.
Monitor, update and reporting (weekly/monthly)
Document and present the following activities:
- Number and profile of contacts, appointments, consultations.
- Issued business and revenue against targets.
- Update client details on records.
- Appropriate workflow and activity monitor system entries.
Qualification and Experience
- Grade 12
- Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS) "Fit and Proper" requirements and Regulatory Examination successfully completed if registered with Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) for more than 24 months.
Knowledge and Skills
- Financial advice and support
- Production target achievement and budgeting
- Compliance and risk management
- Client relationship management
- Financial planning and recommendations
Personal Attributes
- Communicates effectively - Contributing independently
- Tech savvy - Contributing independently
- Action orientated - Contributing independently
- Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
- Persuades - Contributing independently
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Position Overview
- This is a data science role embedded in a cross-functional team focused on transforming digital long-term insurance through insights, predictive modelling, and experimentation.
- You will architect and deliver end-to-end analytics solutions that increase client acquisition, improve underwriting efficiency, reduce lapse and claim fraud, and enhance digital servicing and retention.
- You will lead the data science function in the digital insurance team, collaborating with actuaries, software engineers, product managers, and business owners to drive personalization, efficiency, and optimization in insurance product offering, servicing, and customer journeys. Your work will enhance access to financial protection and confidence for millions of people across Africa.
What you’ll achieve in the first 12 months
- We have leveraged historical Sanlam insurance data to establish learnings that we can apply to our new digital insurance products. You use your analytics skills to build insights and identify variables that are predictive of behaviours and outcomes of interest in long term insurance journeys. Your insight has contributed to the development of our new digital insurance products and user journeys.
- We have all the data we need to understand, measure and influence our new digital insurance journeys and customer experience across all platforms. We can understand points of friction and produce insight to alleviate them. You work in close collaboration with the product and development teams to track and measure all events in the insurance journey and lifecycle. Ensure that the necessary data is produced and structured to enable you to create valuable and relevant insights. Ensure data quality and interoperability is owned at source by working with engineers, architects, and product owners.
- We have successfully established a culture of experimentation in the digital insurance team with products being constantly tested, adjusted and improved upon for the best product-market fit and customer experience and value. Working with the product and development team, you have laid the foundation of learning through experimentation. You have driven at least 2 controlled experiments to evaluate CVPs, product variations, service interventions, etc. You have tested their effect on customer behaviours and documented the learnings.
- We can leverage complex and non-linear patterns in diverse data and variables that influence insurance outcomes. You have used your expertise in modern machine learning techniques to predict longevity and risk measures used in product offerings and pricing. You have worked in close collaboration with actuaries to produce models that are not only accurate but also aligned with financial requirements.
- We are fully client-centric in our approach to creating products and digital experiences: Work with customer research teams to understand our clients, their behaviours, needs and preferences, always grounded in data and measurable outcomes and relentlessly client focused. Your scalable insights and ML models create ripples of extra value, enabling others to execute their jobs with more insight and focus on our clients’ behaviours and needs.
- We always know how well our products are performing and (roughly) why: Work with product team to determine key metrics indicating the health of each distinct product and its customer base. Create datasets, visualisations, metrics and dashboards that provide insightful stories about our products and customer experience. You work with product teams to effectively communicate these insights and collaboratively devise interventions to do even better.
What you'll have
- 5+ years' experience as a data scientist with at least 3 years working on financial or insurance products.
- Prior experience in financial services or insurance-related products.
- Experience working with Tableau or PowerBI. Competent in python and SQL.
- Demonstrated ability to leading analytics projects and translating insights into product or commercial outcomes
- Proven track record of high-impact delivery in cross-functional settings
- Experience working with underwriting, pricing, risk, or next to actuarial teams
- Experience with behavior-based modeling (e.g. lapse prediction, fraud detection)
- Experience designing product experiments (e.g. A/B testing)
- Experience with cloud technologies like Snowflake and SageMaker
How you’ll think
- You look for ways to do, instead of reasons not to. You are high agency, high ownership in everything you do. You know we own our future, only we can make it happen. If you find something that keeps us from our mission, you own it or work collaboratively with others until you find the right owner of it.
- Where some see impossible, you see a way: You have the strong conviction in our ability to innovate and bring financial services, and financial confidence to everyone across the continent. You turn obstacles into opportunity, chance into change.
- You move fast and fix things. You publish early and often, when you fail you learn and go again. You know that speed gives you the licence to fail, because you’re moving fast enough to correct course.
- You love creating more with less. Knowing that the biggest impact is born of the smallest acts, scale is built into your thinking from day 1. This is not about meeting the needs of thousands; it’s about exceeding the needs of millions. And working through small and mighty teams is way we’ll do it.
- You seek out and value different perspectives. Believing that when we change how we look at things, how things look for us also changes. Making tomorrow not just different, but better.
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PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
To promote Sanlam Retail Mass (SRM)’s products and increase market share through:
- Providing sound financial advice and a high level of client service in a Branch context.
- Creating opportunities for client optimisation and cross selling of value-added services.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Sales delivery
- Gain and maintain an in-depth understanding of SRM product ranges.
- Gain an understanding of the customer’s needs, financial goals and means, and provide the right product (or selection of products) that will satisfy the goals of the customer in the best and most affordable way possible.
- Continuously update and inform customers of new products, or changes in existing products. Manage, review, and incorporate the implications of product changes on the customer’s portfolio accordingly.
- Validate client details in line with product and regulatory requirements. Submit new business through the right channels.
- Conduct due diligence on clients to identify and flag risks.
- Manage own capacity to ensure daily appointments are being prioritised while allowing time for and capitalising on walk-in / non-appointment clients.
In-branch client service and client retention
Responsible for servicing and managing all client profiles to ensure clients remain on the books.
- Send payment reminders, conduct follow-ups, and remain in contact to address potential queries or to provide support.
- Manage and report on NTUs (clients Not Taken Up) by putting controls in place, and taking corrective actions where required.
- Manage persistency of client payments in favour of both the branch and the client.
Gain insight into client risk profiles to proactively identify where support will be required.
- Consult with clients on alternative payment arrangements and ensure it gets processed through and noted on the right platforms.
Responsible for in-branch servicing in line with client experience standards:
- Apply product knowledge to accurately guide clients through policy cancellations and provide alternative options.
- Resolve various types of client queries in the branch as far as possible or escalate queries to the right stakeholders by using the existing escalation framework. Follow up on the status and continuously provide feedback to the client.
Quality, compliance and continuous development
- Remain up to date with and continuously adhere to compliance and quality standards.
- Keep up to date with own registration, product knowledge and maintenance of own CPD points.
- Identify risks and flag potentially fraudulent activities.
- Keep and store relevant records of advice.
- Log all activities as per regulations and standard operating procedures, and provide data to relevant stakeholders to inform reporting and decision making.
Monthly planning and reporting
- Responsible for reporting on activities daily, through using relevant technology platforms.
- Collate data on activities to deliver on weekly and monthly reporting deadlines.
- Perform any ad-hoc requirements as requested by the Retail Branch Manager.
Qualifications
- Matric (Grade 12)
- RE5 advantageous
- FAIS Compliant (Wealth Management) as per DOFA requirements.
- Class of Business training (to be completed within 12-months of employment)
Method of Application
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