Talent Pool: CEB - Graduate Programme

Talent Pool : CEB – Graduate Programme

About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating to not only achieve financial success but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

About Discovery Corporate and Employee Benefits

Discovery Corporate and Employee Benefits is the first and only employee benefits provider to shape employee behaviour, creating healthier and wealthier workforces. It is an exciting business to be in as we reimagine the way retirement savings and life insurance are brought to companies and employees.

Key Purpose of the Graduate Programme

The successful candidate will participate in a twelve-month graduate programme that will provide theoretical and practical exposure to the environment. This is aimed at exposing the selected candidate to the role, allowing for further growth, and equipping the candidate with the necessary skill set to perform the role. This will be advantageous to the candidate when permanent or secondment roles become available.

This graduate programme will be managed by the Corporate and Employee Benefits business unit and will require candidates to make arrangements to have tasks completed in their own capacity over above their usual job requirements.

The key purpose outlines the below duties and responsibilities:

• Processing of all daily and monthly transactional activity within agreed service levels 
• Process data comparison to prepare reconciliation of premiums to ensure that the client is applying correct rates against internal billing. 
• Liaison with both internal and external clients to ensure resolution of client queries (TWT); as per SLA 
• Responsible for entire billing process including monitoring monthly billing, contributions allocation and sending statements. 
• Compare bank statement against scheme batch remits to ensure the accurate allocation of payments/premiums to correct schemes.  Issue credit control where necessary. 
• Handling of general admin queries 

Personal Attributes and Skills

The successful candidate would need to have the following competencies:

• Drives results
• Values driven
• Optimistic
• Learns on the fly
• Resilient
• Instils trust
• People savvy
• Problem solver
• Analytical
• Working with people
• Relating and networking
• Writing and reporting

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• A South African ID
• Diploma / Bachelor of commerce degree, Bachelor of Science in IT, Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Science (advantageous) and related qualifications
• MS Office, especially Excel  

Employment Equity 

The company’s approved employment equity plan and  targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an equal Opportunity employer, we actively encourage and welcome people  with various disabilities to apply.

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                             
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.