Senior Group Risk Consultant (Intermediary Sales)

Senior Group Risk Consultant (Intermediary Sales)Exciting new role for an experienced employee benefits group risk specialist that can join our growing team and bring value to Yulife.YuLife
is an award-winning InsurTech and Group Risk provider. We’re the world’s first “lifestyle insurance” provider underwritten by Guardrisk.While other insurers are there for people at the point of death or illness, we engage with people every day to help them live better lives.To do that, we’ve built an award-winning app that rewards people for building healthy habits. It includes the best wellbeing and digital health tools in the world. We offer wellbeing every day for everyone.Members can earn vouchers from great brands like Checkers, Dis-Chem, Cape Union Mart and Total for doing simple things like walking or practicing mindfulness. They can even do good by donating food to FoodForward SA or cleaning the oceans from the app.Our clients include H&M, Switch, Co-Op, Tesco and Capital One, and we’ve been ranked the #1 employee benefit in the UK on Trustpilot.More recently, YuLife was recognized by CX Insurance Awards as ‘Best Insurtech 2024’ and the 8th Fastest Growing Technology Company in the UK in the prestigious 2023 Deloitte Technology Fast 50.The role:We are looking for an employee benefits group risk specialist that can add immediate value to Yulife through an established network of broker and client relationships in the South African market.Day to day responsibilities include, but are not limited to:Introducing new brokers and managing a panel of existing brokers and broker consultants to drive new quotes and conversionsEnsure that enough pipeline and deals are created to achieve sales targetsEnsure that the sales reporting system is kept up to date with latest deals and statuses of thoseAct as the middleman on queries relating to existing and new policies.First point of contact for escalated queries relating to the sales processThe specific knowledge we need:A wide and very sound employee benefits knowledge that has been established over years of experienceStrong group risk and employee benefits technical skillsExcellent presentation skillsExcellent broker relationship skills with diverse personalitiesRelationships with strategic clients will be an advantageVery good listening skillsThe ability to spot and focus on real opportunitiesCapitalising on those rare opportunities by closing the dealThe ideal candidate will have:RE5 and higher qualificationClass of business 3 & 4 Long Term Insurance and Pension Fund Benefits10 years or longer experience as an employee benefits specialistExtensive knowledge of the Group Risk MarketHave an established network of contacts that can help accelerate growth in the SA marketDrive and ambitionGood organisation skills and an ability to work to deadlinesUnderstanding how the broker market works and the ability to ensure that they are well servicedUnderstanding of how other departments work and how sales feeds into these areasHigh level of presentation and telephone skills 4 years + of Group Risk experienceBe able to work as a team player as well as individuallyWhat you’ll get:We like to give more than we take so here are some of our benefits:Potential to earn share optionsMedical Benefit: Momentum any plan Max to R 20 000 paGroup Cover: GLA 6 x annual salary. 75% of salary with 2 month waiting period for a term of 24 monthsPension fund: 3% of gross salary as Cost to company, further % contribution made by employee25 days annual leave + 1 Love Being Yu day (e.g your birthday, moving house anything else that is for Yu) + 13 days SA Public holiday leaveAccess to the YuLife app (which includes a tonne of well-being rewards, discounts and exclusive offers as well as access to Meditopia and Fiit)R400 per month towards your "be your best Yu" budgetGenerous parental leave policiesUnlimited professional coaching sessions with More HappiGenerous parental leave policiesAccess to co-working space to remain connected with the YuCrewHere at YuLife our values encompasses Love Being Yu
and as a result we’re committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, disability or any other protected class.
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