Administration Executive - Clonmel

Howden Ireland; Munster; On-site; EUR 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Howden Ireland in Clonmel is seeking an Administration Executive to support the team in all administrative matters and progress within the department. This role is fully office-based and offers growth toward an insurance qualification (APA) within 12 months.

You will assist Account Executives with submissions, data input, document handling, and finance tasks, while maintaining compliance and efficient diary management in a busy office.

Qualifications

• Extremely well organised with excellent time management skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative, meet deadlines and work under pressure in a busy environment.
• Innovative and collaborative.
• Flexible and results driven.
• Willingness to progress within the team to Account Executive level.
• Aptitude for learning involves working towards an insurance qualification (APA) within 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Follow best practices to serve the client's best interests.
• Assist Account Executives with administration and support tasks: submissions, data input, scanning, issuing documents, mid-term adjustments, finance, and routing calls.
• Liaise with Credit Control on finance issues as required.
• Prepare daily post for collection.
• Provide weekly updates on post arrears.
• Adhere to Compliance as outlined in Employee Handbook and Procedures Manual.
• Adhere to Health & Safety policy.
• Manage diary effectively to support customers, compliance and quality.

Skills

Time management

Organisation

Initiative

Flexibility

Education

Insurance qualification (APA)

Job description

Based in our Clonmel Office, Howden Ireland are delighted to have a vacancy as an Administration Executive who will support the team with all matters and will be an integral part of the organisation. This role is fully office based.

About the role

To provide full support in all administration matters with the ability to progress within the department and take on additional role responsibilities such as handling client accounts within a relatively progressive period of time.

Key Responsibilities

• At all times to follow good practice in ensuring the client's best interests are served.
• Assist Account Executives with all administration and support functions in a timely manner: preparation of submissions, input of data, scanning of documents, issue of documents, mid-term adjustments, finance, carry out functions as requested by Account Executive, screen calls and direct to correct Executive.
• Liaise with Credit Control on finance issues as required.
• Company daily post prepared for collection.
• Provide update on post arrears on weekly basis.
• Adhere to Compliance as outlined in Employee Handbook and Procedures Manual.
• Adhere to Health & Safety policy.
• Effective diary management on the system to ensure customer, compliance and quality purposes are met.

About You

• Extremely well organised with excellent time management skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative, meet deadlines and work under pressure in a busy environment.
• Innovative and collaborative.
• Flexible and results driven.
• Willingness to progress within the team to Account Executive level.
• Aptitude for learning involves specifically working towards an insurance qualification over a specified period of time, with APA in Personal General Insurance achieved within 12 months.
• 1-2 years previous experience in an administration role desirable.
• Previous experience working in the Insurance Industry preferable but not essential.

About Howden Ireland

Howden Ireland is part of Howden, the global insurance intermediary group, and has over 600 employees across 28 local offices advising clients on their commercial insurance, personal insurance, health insurance, life and pensions and mortgage requirements. Our success is primarily down to the incredible people we employ.

For more information, please visit About Us | Howden Ireland (howdengroup.com)