Manager: Short Term Insurance Claims

Posted 5 Days Ago
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2 Locations
Remote or Hybrid
Senior level
Fintech • Software • Financial Services
The Role
Lead end-to-end short-term insurance claims operations, overseeing an outsourced Claims Administrator, ensuring regulatory compliance, strong financial controls, and high-quality customer experience. Manage complaints, governance, reporting, process improvement, SLA/SOP implementation, and stakeholder engagement while developing the claims team.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Manager: Short-Term Insurance Claims is responsible for leading the end-to-end claims function, ensuring efficient, fair and customer-centric claims handling while maintaining regulatory compliance, operational excellence and strong financial controls, primarily through effective management of the outsourced Claims Administrator (CLC). The role provides leadership to the Claims team, driving service excellence, continuous improvement and a high-performance culture that reflects oobainsure's values. ResponsibilitiesClaims Oversight & TPA Management
Complaints management
Governance & compliance
Talent management & people leadership
Operations & process management
Reporting & analysis
Partner & stakeholder engagement
Compliance leadership
Customer experience
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS

- Matric certificate (or equivalent)
- NQF level 5 Higher certificate in Short Term Insurance
- Completed RE5 regulatory exam 
- Proof of registration and compliance with FSCA

REQUIRED SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

- Strong leadership and people development capability
- Technical knowledge of short term claims processes, specifically for Home Owners Cover (HoC)
- Expertise in Third-Party Administrator TPA) management and oversight
- Process design, SLA management and SOP implementation
- Analytical and reporting capability (loss ratios,  complaints, claims trends)
- Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Excellent communication, with ability to handle escalated customer issues
- Adaptability, resilience and attention to detail

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

- Results-driven delivery
- Strategic problem-solving
- Customer focus and empathy
- Coaching and talent development
- Organisational sensitivity

Skills Required

  • Matric certificate (or equivalent)
  • NQF Level 5 Higher Certificate in Short Term Insurance
  • Completed RE5 regulatory exam
  • Proof of registration and compliance with FSCA
  • Strong leadership and people development capability
  • Technical knowledge of short term claims processes, specifically Home Owners Cover (HoC)
  • Expertise in Third-Party Administrator (TPA) management and oversight
  • Process design, SLA management and SOP implementation
  • Analytical and reporting capability (loss ratios, complaints, claims trends)
  • Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
  • Excellent communication and ability to handle escalated customer issues
  • Adaptability, resilience and attention to detail
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The Company
HQ: Cape Town, Western Cape
7 Employees
Year Founded: 1998

What We Do

Make ooba a new home for your career! At ooba (www.ooba.co.za), we’re proudly contributing to the growth of our country and the economy by transforming the South African home ownership market. Not only do we empower people by ‘opening doors’ to a secure financial asset for them and their families, we also help them protect their assets through our competitive range of insurance products. We do this by being pioneer and the leading brand in home loans origination for South Africa. We’re a growing and innovative business offering meaningful work with rewarding careers. At ooba, we believe in empowering our people by the introduction of innovative technology enablers and progressive people practices. Want to find out more about a career at ooba, check out our careers site at: www.careers.ooba.co.za

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