Job Description

Job Purpose

This role manages a team to contribute to Group Insurance business growth through Agency distribution channel.

The Job

• Responsible for Agency new business and retention financial targets
• Manages and mentor team on channel management
• Participate in business planning and initiatives
• Develop distribution and engagement strategy specific to agency channel
• Ensure the team meet the services level commitments to channel partners and clients. KPIs for service level are incorporate in performance review.
• Establish strong working relationship with cluster heads and intermediaries
• Review and approval of new business/renewal pricing and terms according to authority granted.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders to deliver business goals and targets
• Lead cross department projects
• As part of the leadership team, work with key stakeholders to proactively shape the organisation\xe2\x80\x99s culture and conduct environment that is aligned to the organization\xe2\x80\x99s Core Values
• Champion culture and conduct behavioral expectations within the Department/Division
• Takes accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.
• Maintains awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company.
• Highlights any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices.

Qualifications

Our Requirements

• Tertiary degree or diploma or equivalent industry qualifications;
• Minimum 5-10 years working experience in sales/channel management in the Employee Benefits /Group Insurance; including min. 2 years of people management skill
• CMFAS (M9, M5 & Health Insurance qualification); LOMA certification
• Basic risk management framework and local regulatory requirements
• Strong knowledge of Group Insurance, Employee Benefits program, Life and Health insurance landscape.
• Dynamic and driven to achieve business targets; and
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrates alignment with the organisation\xe2\x80\x99s core values through expected behaviours
• High level of integrity, takes accountability of work and good attitude over teamwork.
• Takes initiative to improve current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes.

About Great Eastern

Established in 1908, Great Eastern places customers at the heart of everything we do. Our legacy extends beyond our products and services to our culture, which is defined by our core values and how we work. As champions of Integrity, Initiative and Involvement, our core values act as a compass, guiding and inspiring us to embrace the behaviours associated with each value, upholding our promise to our customers - to continue doing our best for them in a sustainable manner.

We work collaboratively with our stakeholders to look for candidates who exhibit or have the potential to embrace our core values and associated behaviours, as these are the key traits that we expect from our employees as they develop their careers with us.

We embrace inclusivity, giving all employees an equal opportunity to shine and play their role in exploring possibilities to deliver innovative insurance solutions.

Since 2018, Great Eastern has been a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Principles of Sustainable Insurance. Our sustainability approach around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations play a key role in every business decision we make. We are committed to being a sustainability-driven company to achieve a low-carbon economy by managing the environmental footprint of our operations and incorporating ESG considerations in our investment portfolios; improving people\xe2\x80\x99s lives by actively helping customers live healthier, better and longer; and drive responsible business practices through material ESG risk management.

To all recruitment agencies: Great Eastern does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our email or our employees. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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