At MiWay, our purpose is to enable people to live their way. We understand that life is not just about "things" but the
meaning that those things bring to your life. We believe that technology and innovation have infinite possibilities when it's inspired by humans by you.
Therefore, we focus on our clients' needs; finding new ways to simplify their lives and how they do things.
We give them products, services, and solutions that enable them to live and enjoy life on their own terms in their own way.
Agile values and principles are strongly embedded in our culture, and they are at the core of how we make decisions and how we approach adding value within the company.
What will you do?
Up for a new challenge in managing our Legal Claims Department, we are looking for your proven track record in Legal STI claims and middle management experience.
The Claims Legal General Manager is responsible for managing the operations of a single call centre or business segment. In this role the GM oversees operating systems including policies, procedures, and operating structure. Establishes and implements product/service standards, responsible for analysing operations and efficiency of the call centre. May build industry relations, communicating technologies, and operational concerns through industry networking. Also needs to obtain new campaigns from internal clients and builds the credibility of the call centre with potential clients.
Minimum Qualification Required
- Grade 12/Standard 10/NQF 4
- Applicable Law Degree
- Any applicable post-matric qualifications will be advantageous.
- Proven track record with a minimum of 5 years experience in Legal claims in the Short-Term Insurance Industry for Personal Lines and Commercial Insurance
- Minimum 3 years middle management experience in Legal claims
- Solid understanding of Claims Legal procedures & processes
- Oversee the Legal Departments performance, operations, reports, system developments and projects pertaining to Personal Lines and Commercial Insurance, Disputed Claims, Legal Recoveries & Liabilities (Subrogation),
- Litigation, SASRIA Recoveries, Broadform Liabilities, Tracker Warranty Recoveries, Service Provider Recoveries and Client Recoveries, etc.
- Oversee MiWays Legal Firms performance, legal costs and other expenses.
- Manage Manex and Loss Ratio relating to the Legal Department
- Reviewing policy wording amendments and scripting changes in conjunction with Corporate Legal and Risk & Compliance
- Monitoring Risk and Compliance pertaining to the Risk register for the Legal Department
- General Legal Support to Claims Department, Legal, Investigations, Disputes, Business Insurance, Procurement and Assessing
- Excellent Leadership qualities / skills.
- Ability to lead and motivate a Legal team of leaders.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proven track record in a leadership position.
- Legal middle management experience.
- Good analytical ability.
- Attention to detail and able to work under pressure.
Driving sales and profitability
Manage partnerships and communication
Strategic and Operational Call Centre control and reporting
Budgeting, expense management and audits
Management of employees
Personal Attributes
Builds effective teams - Contributing through others
Decision quality - Contributing through others
Directs work - Contributing through others
Business insight - Contributing through others
Core Competencies
Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others
Customer focus - Contributing through others
Drives results - Contributing through others
Collaborates - Contributing through others
Being resilient - Contributing through others
Build a successful career with us
Were all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.
Turnaround time
The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.
Our commitment to transformation
At MiWay we believe in cultivating a positive and dynamic working environment that gives you freedom and opportunity to succeed. MiWay is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This is what drives us to achieve a multicultural workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, reflective of the demographics of our society.
