The Special Project Assistant will work in the underwriting operations department of ATI within the portfolio services team and will be reporting to the Chief Underwriting Officer
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Provide necessary support to the Underwriting (UW) System Project Team in day-to-day tasks: draft correspondence, collect, compile and distribute all data activities
Organize and co-ordinate meetings according to the UW project agenda, including logistics and taking minutes
Prepare and follow-up on correspondence, presentation, project documents and/or reports as required
Facilitate the documents issue process in the UW system
Act as an interface between the project stakeholders and the project manager
Coordinate the generation of reports from the UW system (in cooperation with the ICT Specialist)
Monitor and track project milestones for UW system improvement and ensure that requirements and deadlines are met
Carry out the user acceptance testing of the UW system
Quality assurance – monitoring of the quality and quantity of the input in the UW system by end users
Principal point of contact with the suppliers of the UW system, follow up on errors, prepare specifications for improvements and further developments
Develop and update the end user manual for the UW system, training and coaching of the end users
Develop and implement workflows
Develop and implement template documents to be generated from the UW system
Develop and generate standard and ad hoc reports from the UW system
Support the members of the portfolio management team as needed
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
Seeking candidates should preferably hold a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Risk, Actuarial Science or other relevant fields
A minimum of 2-3 years’ work experience in a comparable responsibility
Hard worker, quick learner, and ability to assume responsibility
Ability to work efficiently within team environments and as an individual contributor
Strong written, verbal, interpersonal and communication skills
Accuracy and attention to details
Ability to learn new software applications rapidly
Strength in analysing, researching, organizing, and problem solving
Strong MS Word, Excel and Power Point skills
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