Company: Sanlam Group (Sanlam Personal Finance)
Job Profile & Code: RA SCI GT (PTA) (Temporary) (JG 07)
Available Slots: 10 Positions
Location: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Job Type: 12-Month Temporary Contract
Posted Date: 29 June 2026
Closing Date: 10 July 2026
About Sanlam Group
Sanlam is a leading financial services group and an established giant across the African continent, dedicated to supporting, growing, and empowering clients through affordable, easy, and adaptive wealth solutions. Operating across highly specialized business clusters—including Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, and Santam—the group protects the financial health of millions of individuals and corporate entities.
Through this Enterprise Graduate Internship intake within Sanlam Personal Finance, the group is investing in 10 unemployed South African graduates. The initiative acts as a high-impact incubation hub, equipping young professionals with foundational operational expertise, industry insights, and client-centric capabilities within the non-banking financial services sector.
What the Sanlam Internship Offers
- Corporate Brand Pedigree: Accelerate your financial services credentials by embedding a JSE-listed financial powerhouse onto your early-career resume.
- Comprehensive Rotational Exposure: Gain intensive workspace knowledge by embedding directly into administrative and sales support structures alongside experienced corporate wealth consultants.
- Operational Skill Cultivation: Build foundational operational mastery in premium tracking, compliance governance, new business processing, and client onboarding workflows.
- Long-Term Growth Ecosystem: Establish deep corporate connections across Sanlam’s five major operating business clusters, unlocking avenues for subsequent career tracking.
Minimum Requirements & Success Criteria
Sanlam maintains strict criteria to isolate high-potential, entry-level commercial talent. To be considered, applicants must match the following parameters:
- Employment Status: Applicants must be currently unemployed.
- Experience Level: Strictly no prior or very limited formal working experience related to your qualification.
- Baseline Education: Grade 12 (Matric) certificate or an equivalent qualification.
- Essential Tertiary Qualification: A completed business-related National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in one of the following fields:
- Insurance / Risk Management
- Finance / Corporate Finance
- Business Management
- Economics
- Accounting / Financial Accounting
Key Responsibilities & Daily Workflow
As an Enterprise Graduate Intern, you will operate as a critical support anchor within an administrative team:
- Intermediary Assistance: Providing operational administration support to tied advisors and independent brokers to ensure smooth client processing.
- Sales & Quotations Support: Constructing financial product quotations and delivering structural sales support documentation to regional consultants.
- New Business Monitoring: Processing, tracking, and monitoring newly issued financial policies through internal enterprise application pipelines.
- Product Knowledge Sharing: Assisting external intermediaries by providing updated and accurate technical product information.
- Premium Management: Reviewing policy data metrics and monitoring outstanding premiums to reduce policy lapses and maintain book health.
📦 Mandatory Application Document Checklist
⚠️ Critical Warning: Your application will be instantly flagged as incomplete and disqualified if any of the following documents are missing. Ensure you have separate, high-contrast PDF scans of:
- A valid South African Identity Document (ID Copy).
- Your official Matric Certificate.
- Your completed National Diploma or Degree Qualification Certificate.
💡 Career Advice for Sanlam Applicants
- Highlight Your Software Capabilities: Because the role focuses heavily on system metrics and office administration, ensure your CV explicitly features your software competencies. Note your comfort levels with Microsoft Excel (data entry, filters, sorting), Word, and digital communication tools.
- Align with the “Treating Customers Fairly” (TCF) Framework: TCF is a core regulatory pillar in the South African financial services sector. In your profile summary or motivation letter, state your natural alignment with compliance, integrity, and ethical customer service frameworks.
- Apply Ahead of the Deadline: While the closing date is 10 July 2026, the recruiter explicitly reserves the right to withdraw the advertisement early if high volumes of top-tier talent apply. Secure your submission immediately.
❓ Sample Interview Preparation Questions
Technical & Operational Competency Questions
- Question: This role requires you to process new business and track outstanding premiums for advisors. Walk us through a university data entry or accounting project where you had to pay extreme attention to minor numerical details to prevent errors.
- Question: Financial services rely heavily on keeping proprietary client information safe. What is your understanding of data compliance (like POPIA), and why is it critical when supporting financial intermediaries?
Behavioral & Personal Attribute Questions
- Question (Action Oriented): At Sanlam, interns are expected to contribute independently. Tell us about a time during your final year of study when you noticed a process breakdown or a data issue in a team project and took immediate action to resolve it without being asked.
- Question (Client Centricity): Imagine a busy broker contacts you requesting an urgent product quote for an important client, but our internal system goes down. How would you handle your communication with the broker to ensure their trust in Sanlam remains intact?
📨 How to Apply
Are you ready to realize your true worth and build an enduring career inside Africa’s leading financial services group?