British-American
Investments Company (Kenya) Ltd. (Britam) is one of East Africa’s leading
financial services provider, offering life insurance, health insurance and
property/casualty insurance products as well as unit trust, asset management
and property investment.
The company is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.As part of our growth strategy and to strengthen the team to achieve our ambitious performance objectives, we are seeking to fill the following positions with individuals who are proactive, self driven and who can apply their knowledge, diligence, and experience to contribute to the achievement of our mission which is to provide outstanding financial services to our customers.
Associate, Legal and Compliance
(REF:
BAG/GLHR/8)
Nature
and Scope of Work
Reporting to the Manager Legal and Compliance, the incumbent in conjunction with the other members of the legal department, formulate and implement policies and procedures to ensure the organization remains fully compliant with all Laws and Regulations.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Manager Legal and Compliance, the incumbent in conjunction with the other members of the legal department, formulate and implement policies and procedures to ensure the organization remains fully compliant with all Laws and Regulations.
Key Responsibilities
- Respond to
demand letters and making best efforts to sort out disputes before they
are referred to a court of law;
- Refer any
disputes which result in litigation to a suitable lawyer in the company's
panel and supervise the handling of the matter including attending court
where need be
- Liaise with
external lawyers on conduct of court matters;
- Advising the
other members of the legal department on appropriateness or otherwise of
legal proceedings or alternative ways of dealing with particular matters;
- Liaise with
company staff on required documentation, witnesses etc with respect to
matters in court;
- Overseeing and
enforcing the safe management procedures and in particular ensuring up to
date records of documents in the safe are maintained.
- Managing the
company's end of the conveyance process; Advise the company and staff on
all matters touching on the law;
- Reviewing investment
applications for Compliance purposes;
- Drafting and
reviewing legal documents and contracts and updating the contracts
register; Liaison with the regulatory agencies;
- Updating the
Legal department Information systems interfaces such as the legal shared
folder, work request tool among others;
- Liaison with the
Claims department on status of the claims matters in court and advise on
other claims related matters;
- Preparing
monthly status reports;
- Efficient record
keeping by maintain an appropriate bring up system, library, sourcing for
Kenya Gazettes and updating the statutes annually;
Qualifications,
Knowledge and Experience
- Bachelor of Laws
degree (LL.B) from a recognized University
- An advocate of
the High Court of Kenya with a valid practicing certificate
- At least two (2)
years experience in a corporate environment or busy law firm
- Knowledge of
Insurance, Retirement Benefits and Capital Markets
Key
Skills/Specialization: LAW
Payroll Supervisor
(REF:
BAG/IT/9)
Nature
and Scope of WorkThis
position reports to the Assistant HR Manager-Reward. The jobholder provides
services for Home Office, branch offices as well as regional offices with
regard to payroll matters.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Processing of
monthly payroll.
- Remitting
payroll deductions to respective beneficiaries e.g. NSSF, NHIF, SACCOs,
Bank loans etc within the set timelines.
- Processing staff
reimbursements-outpatient medical claims, travel & entertainment and
other claims that have been duly approved.
- Generating
Payroll reconciliation reports and filing monthly
- Filing Income
Tax Returns annually – PAYE and Withholding Tax
- Filing monthly
PAYE returns using the Tax Software (TSW)
- Ensuring
compliance with KRA, NHIF, NSSF and HELB
Qualification,
Knowledge and Experience
- Undergraduate
degree with an accounting background
- Prior experience
in payroll processing.
- In-depth
knowledge of Income Tax Act (mandatory)
- General
Knowledge of the Employment Act.
- Experience in
using SUN Systems (an advantage)
- Good command in
MS Office particularly Excel.
Key
Skills/Specialization: Payroll
Corporate Sales Executive –Medical
(REF:
BAG/GI/10)
Nature
and Scope of work
Reporting to the Sales Manager Medical, the incumbent will ensure full that all production and Market share objectives are attained. The jobholder is responsible for interacting with Brokers, Britam tied agents and direct corporate clients – Main source of business.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Sales Manager Medical, the incumbent will ensure full that all production and Market share objectives are attained. The jobholder is responsible for interacting with Brokers, Britam tied agents and direct corporate clients – Main source of business.
Key Responsibilities
- Secure new
business directly or through intermediaries.
- Ensure that
accurate and competitive quotations are prepared and delivered promptly to
prospective clients, brokers and agents; Process Tenders and avail
required documentation on time.
- Follow-up
renewals to ensure business retention are optimized and the prescribed
retention ratio is achieved.
- Continuously
develop and expand network of brokers and agents.
- Train
British-American tied Agent on the medical product to enable them sell
effectively.
- Do presentations
of our medical product to new & existing customers, and prospective
clients.
- Ensure that
underwritten premiums are collected within a reasonable time span.
- Gather marketing
intelligence statistics to facilitate development of strategies to give
the company a competitive advantage.
- Assist in the
product re-designing based on the intelligence reports.
Qualifications,
Knowledge and Experience
- University
Graduate
- Good advancement
in ACII
- Minimum 5 years
experience in Medical Insurance with bias in Medical sales
Key
Skills/Specialization: sales medical
Quality Assurance Controllers
Quality Assurance Controllers
Job Purpose
To enhance customer satisfaction by increased personal contact with clients in hospital, ensure only the right insured person are being hospitalized, follow up with the Head Office on any problematic admission cases, identify and recommend new medical facilities in areas of jurisdiction, appraisal medical facilities and recommend cancellation of relationship with medical facility if the facility has been noted to be of questionable integrity.
Nature and Scope
The position reports to the Nurse at the Head Office. The jobholder is responsible for maintaining constant contact with hospitals to ensure continuous well-being of all the stake-holders. S/he should handle service issues with efficiency and accuracy.
Key Responsibilities
- Liaise with the
hospitals and doctors on speeding admission and following up on submission
of the admission summary form, monitor procedures being carried out on
patients and see to the general well – being of the patient
- Assess
in-patient medical claim documents for authenticity and reasonability of
the amount charged and period of stay before they are sent to Head office
for processing
- Assess
reimbursement medical claims documents for authenticity and reasonability
of the amount charged once they are sent to Head Office for processing
- Delivery of
cheques to hospitals (when ever required) and reconciling hospital
accounts and following up on unpaid invoices
- Issuing
undertaking/decline letters promptly to the hospitals
Qualifications,
Knowledge, Experience
- Diploma in
KRCHN
- Computer
Literacy
- Experience in
care management for insurance companies would be an added advantage
Key
Skills/Specialization: insurance
How
to apply:
Please visit http://careers.britam.co.ke
Deadline for applications is 15th March, 2013
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
