Employee Benefits Consultant | Retirements Consulting | Sandton

Join this Insurance Giant today as an Employee Benefits Consultant

The strategic purpose of this role is to Generate income from  Retirement funds to contribute to the profitability for the business by providing a professional, quality service and consulting advice to clients; client satisfaction, retention and expansion.

The successful candidate will be responsible for co-ordinating all internal and external contacts communications; keeping abreast of developments in industry, generating new business for the division

Qualifications:

• Recognised Bachelor’s degree (3 year) 
• CFP / CFA advantageous
• At least 4 years’ employee benefits consulting, risk benefits and investments experience required of which at least 3 years must be in a supervisory capacity
• Up to date CPD (FAIS and professional bodies)

Responsibilities:

• In-depth professional knowledge and experience in a specialised field or broad knowledge of employee benefits consulting, risk benefits and investments
• Technical, specialist or analytical skills acquired through tertiary education or the equivalent experience
• Exposure to Detailed written procedures
• Exposure to Detailed technical and/or functional instructions or queries
• Experience Detailed e-mail or mail correspondence
• Proven track record in communication written company policy documents

Technical Abilities Required:

• Application and compliance with FAIS requirements
• Managing a team (understanding HR policies, motivating staff, directing behaviour)
• Supervising Reps on supervision
• Financial literacy (numeracy skills)
• Running/facilitating meetings
• Professional etiquette
• Problem solving (conflict management, negotiation skills, leading)
• Ability to apply legal framework
• Purposeful collaboration (ability to collaborate across teams and platforms)
• Solutioning and advisory:  advise clients on solutions/ products and wider market
• Financial literacy (numeracy skills)