Debtors Administrator-Mirabilis Full-time Job

Date: 01-Oct-2022

Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Company: Sanlam Group

This career opportunity is available at Mirabilis a division of Santam for the Debtors Administrator, who will be based in Gauteng, Johannesburg.

The main purpose of the job is to ensure that USD/foreign premium debtors are collected, arrears balances are kept at acceptable levels, broker relationships are maintained and commission queries are effectively dealt with.

What will make you successful in this role?

Premium Collection / Premium Debtor Management
Maintain Premium Debtor balances at acceptable levels
Follow up on agreed payment terms
Escalate ageing debtors to relevant marketers timeously
Issue off risk letters for poor/non-payment of premiums
Prepare and analyse age analysis statements and reports
Ledger recons and journals
Process premium refunds and confirm banking details
Attend and initiate broker meetings to facilitate an efficient premium collection process
Liaise with the Admin department regarding ledger accuracy in respect of premium, VAT, SASRIA etc.

Broker liaison and Commission matters
Commission run
Commission administration and statements
Respond to and resolve all broker queries

Banking / Account administration
Upload daily bank statements for various bank accounts
Capture premium refunds, claims and other payments as required
Distribute proofs of payment
Reconcile KIT bank charges
Save monthly bank statement files
Allocate claims excess and salvages
Other ad hoc functions as required by management

Qualifications and Experience
Grade 12 and minimum 5 years experience in credit control in the short term insurance industry
Good practical knowledge of MS Office (Word and Excel)
Knowledge of the KIT admin system an advantage

Personal Qualities
Assertive
Accurate
Attentive to detail
Presentable and professional
Excellent communication skills

About the company:

Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.

Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. Were about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.

At Santam we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society. In achieving our employment equity goals we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.

Sanlam is a diversified financial services group, headquartered in South Africa, operating across a number of selected global markets.
We have been creating value for stakeholders since 1918 for more than 100 years. Sanlam is one of the biggest internationally active insurance groups globally, and is classified as a domestic systemically important financial institution in South Africa. We contribute to financial resilience and prosperity in all the markets where we are present.