Assistant Vice President, Distribution Compensation Management

CTF Life; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Chow Tai Fook Life Insurance Company Limited is seeking an seasoned compensation professional to manage and enhance distributor compensation structures, including commissions and incentives, while leading governance, reporting and risk controls. The role interfaces with Distribution, Finance, Compliance and IT to ensure alignment with strategy.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in compensation management within financial services, excels in stakeholder communication, and speaks English,

Qualifications

• Degree holder in Finance, Accounting, Actuarial Science, Business, Economics, or Statistics.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in compensation management or related fields.
• Strong knowledge of distribution models and incentive structures.
• Excellent written and spoken English, Chinese and Mandarin.

Responsibilities

• Manage and enhance distributor compensation frameworks including commissions, incentives, bonuses, persistency rewards, and campaign schemes.
• Lead compensation governance through approval standards, monitoring, documentation, reporting, and exception management.
• Review compensation proposals and initiatives, including financial impact, operational feasibility, risk, controls, and business alignment.
• Monitor compensation performance, budget assumptions, variances, sales quality, profitability, productivity, and persistency metrics.
• Support system enhancements, process improvements, user testing, implementation, and change adoption.
• Strengthen operational controls, audit trails, reconciliations, data quality, and payment-risk management.
• Liaise with Distribution, Finance, Operations, Compliance, Risk, Legal, Actuarial, IT, and Internal Audit on compensation matters.
• Prepare management reports, dashboards, insights, and recommendations for senior stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Regulatory awareness

Education

Degree in Finance/Accounting/Actuarial Science/Business/Economics/Statistics

Job description

• Manage and enhance distributor compensation frameworks, including commissions, incentives, bonuses, persistency rewards, and campaign schemes.
• Lead compensation governance through approval standards, monitoring, documentation, reporting, and exception management.
• Review compensation proposals and initiatives, including financial impact, operational feasibility, risk, controls, and business alignment.
• Monitor compensation performance, budget assumptions, variances, sales quality, profitability, productivity, and persistency metrics.
• Support system enhancements, process improvements, user testing, implementation, and change adoption.
• Strengthen operational controls, audit trails, reconciliations, data quality, and payment-risk management.
• Liaise with Distribution, Finance, Operations, Compliance, Risk, Legal, Actuarial, IT, and Internal Audit on compensation matters.
• Prepare management reports, dashboards, insights, and recommendations for senior stakeholders.

What the role is?

• Manage and enhance distributor compensation frameworks, including commissions, incentives, bonuses, persistency rewards, and campaign schemes.
• Lead compensation governance through approval standards, monitoring, documentation, reporting, and exception management.
• Review compensation proposals and initiatives, including financial impact, operational feasibility, risk, controls, and business alignment.
• Monitor compensation performance, budget assumptions, variances, sales quality, profitability, productivity, and persistency metrics.
• Support system enhancements, process improvements, user testing, implementation, and change adoption.
• Strengthen operational controls, audit trails, reconciliations, data quality, and payment-risk management.
• Liaise with Distribution, Finance, Operations, Compliance, Risk, Legal, Actuarial, IT, and Internal Audit on compensation matters.
• Prepare management reports, dashboards, insights, and recommendations for senior stakeholders.

What are we looking for?

• Degree holder in Finance, Accounting, Actuarial Science, Business, Economics, Statistics, or related discipline; professional qualification is an advantage.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in compensation management, sales incentives, finance operations, or distribution strategy, preferably in insurance or financial services.
• Solid knowledge of distribution models, commission structures, incentive schemes, product economics, persistency, and sales quality measures.
• Experience in financial modelling, business analysis, planning, process improvement, system implementation, or user acceptance testing.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Good understanding of regulatory, audit, risk, and market conduct expectations related to distribution compensation.
• Excellent written and spoken English, Chinese and Mandarin.

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