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Job Title:    Branch Manager

Organization: NIC General Insurance Company Limited

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Branch Coordinator

About US:

NIC Holdings is one of the largest financial institutions in East Africa with a network of branches spread across the country, offering a full range of insurance products and services in Life and Non-Life insurance businesses and Financial Management. NIC Holdings has two subsidiaries which include NIC General Insurance Company Limited and NIC Life Assurance Company Limited.

Job Summary:  The Branch Manager will attend to clients, handle branch accounting work, follow up and bank collected premiums, process claims and make periodical reports in line with guiding policies and procedures.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Attend to and advise clients on general insurance queries, complaints, and appeals and generate relevant correspondence to stakeholders in line with the underwriting standards and guidelines.
• Prepare endorsements and attend to correspondences concerning new, renewal and/or alterations of insurance policies in line with the underwriting standards and guidelines.
• Prepare books of accounts and capture all business transactions (including settled claims and insurance policies) in the system in line with guiding policies and procedures.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly and yearly statistical reports for H/Q review in line with the reporting guidelines and standards.
• Follow-up payments of premium allowed on credit and prepare monthly outstanding claims in line with guiding policies and reporting standards.
• Carry out inspection of risks and verification of claims in line with underwriting guidelines and procedures.
• Prompt preparation of claim files and payment vouchers for approval in line with guiding policies and procedures.
• Take custody of petty cash, process payments, make disbursements upon approval and make periodical accountability in line with accounting standards and guidelines.
• Daily banking of collected funds on premiums, renewals, etc in line with the accounting procedures and guidelines.
• Any other duty that may be assigned to you.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Diploma in marketing or any relevant field.
• Certificate of Proficiency in Insurance
• Five years of experience in insurance.
• Good communication skills both written and oral.
• Report writing skills.
• Analytical skills.
• Computer literacy in Ms Word, Ms Excel, Powerpoint and internet usage.
• Good Interpersonal skills
• Proven experience with leading Teams.
• All round leadership skills both internal and external stakeholders.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Emotional Intelligence.
• Organizational skills.

How to Apply:

If you have the aforementioned professional and academic qualifications and you are ready to execute the above mandate, kindly send your resume to the email address below indicating on the subject of your email the job title. For example, Ref: Application for Branch Manager .

Strictly apply through email: vacancy@nic.co.ug

NB: We are an equal opportunity organization; both male and female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Deadline: 1^st September 2023 by 5:00pm

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