Job Context & Major Challenges
Responsible for day-to-day operational, financial, commercial and administrative activities of the branch. Ensuring 100% compliance to regulatory and organizational guidelines.
- Consistent delivery of 100% accuracy across a wide range of activities amid rapidly changing processes, diverse organizational guidelines, adaptation to regular extended working hours, seasonal and unpredictable spike in volumes with limited or no system validations.
- Maintaining confidentiality of information and documentation despite lack of infrastructure and support.
- Operating multiple systems (in excess of 15) despite server bandwidth and connectivity issues.
- Handling sales behaviour effectively in order to ensure compliance to internal and external guidelines.
Key Result Areas
KRA1: Execute Financial Processes Timely with 100% Accuracy
- Execute receipting, banking, and reconciliation processes accurately for policy cash/Cheque/DD within timelines as per the set process.
- Detection of fake note to avoid operational loss.
- Cheque dishonour management.
- Safe custody of both sets of safe and cash box keys and one set of office keys.
- Timely reconciliation of assets of the branch.
- Ensure genuineness of petty cash spends, timely raising and recording.
KRA1B: Provide Commercial Support
- Identify local vendors and facilitate their registration as per procurement guidelines.
- Procurement of vendor bills, establishing genuineness and timely payment as per agreement.
- Encourage NEFT registrations of vendors.
- Support lease agreement registration and renewal process.
- New branch set up – coordination with various functions like IT/Infra/banking/ZOPS/DSF for smooth functions of branch.
KRA10: Execute Advisor Licensing Process & Extend Sales Support
- Coordinate advisor/FLS reward and recognition and for domestic & overseas sales conference with HO.
- Contact updation in BSLI online of Advisors and FLS.
- Contactability enhancement at NB stage, post welcome call followed by CRT.
- Preparation of various MIS related to BSLI Way and updation of various dashboards.
- Coordination with various institutes approved by Training Head for training of new insurance applicants.
- Re‑exam scheduling of failed candidates in coordination with BH/AMs.
- Coordination with RHR for offer letter generation for FLS.
- Arrangement of various training programmes in branches coordinating with Training Manager and BM/BH.
- Downloading various processes to Sales team during morning huddle (BSLI Way).
- Ensure timely opening and closing of office premises.
KRA2: Extend Legal, Compliance, and Taxation Support
- Timely remittance of professional and work contract tax.
- Represent company on behalf of compliance/HO for hearing matters in labour/consumer court.
- Timely updates to HO on receipt of any notice from tax authorities/labour offices/employment exchange/local municipal offices.
- Ensure statutory displays at branches.
- Ensure 100% compliance of AML guidelines, identification and reporting of suspicious & fraudulent operational and financial transactions.
- Adherence to BCP guidelines.
KRA3: Handle Advisor Commission Process
- Timely updation & handover of commission cheque to advisors.
- Encourage NEFT with advisors and FLS.
- Resolve commission related queries of advisor.
- Ensure timely receipts and hand‑over of TDS certificate to advisors.
KRA4: Provide HR/IT/Admin Support
- Manage joining and exit formalities for concerned employees at the branch, including full and final settlement process.
- Log calls in case of downtime/pursue with Corporate IT.
- Monitor and ensure housekeeping, security and dispatch services are rendered in an uninterrupted and cost‑effective manner.
- Handle physical resource booking like meeting rooms, projectors, etc.
KRA5: Execute Underwriting and New Business Processes
- Scrutinise New Business applications as per the SOPs to ensure 100% input accuracy to enhance straight‑through processing and issuance to submission ratio.
- Arrange speedy pickup of medical reports from medical labs and timely transmission of applications, medical reports, requirements via scanning and indexing with 100% accuracy.
- Collaborate with head office process owners/vendors to facilitate faster issuance.
- Ensure timely and accurate updation and delivery of policy documents/refund cheques in adherence to set standards.
KRA6: Provide Prompt, Accurate and Courteous Customer Service
- Ensure 1st contact resolution at the branch for all internal & external customers and track requests through prescribed systems ensuring 100% accuracy and timely closure.
- Scrutinise claims documentation as per set guidelines and coordinate with sales force and claimant for speedy fulfilment of claim requirements.
- Ensure 100% accurate and timely scrutiny & processing of reinstatement, fund switch, financial payout requests & other customer requests on the same day to avoid Gain/Loss. Verify customer identity & signature to establish genuineness of the transaction.
- Proactively participate in data cleansing exercise for both internal & external customers in respect of bank details, PAN card information, contact details & undelivered communications.
KRA7: Contribute to Revenue Generation & Conservation
- Encourage NEFT enrolment for internal & external customers.
- Participating in Persistency drive by sharing data with sales force & contacting customers for the allocated database.
- Encourage use of self‑help tools like Go Green, ECS activation, alternate payment options by customers.
- Enhance contactability of the customers by collecting contact details.
- Participate in cost savings initiatives.
- Actively endeavour towards containing Freelook/Surrender/withdrawal at branches by convincing customers.
- Actively engage with visiting customers to enhance revenue generation for the business by way of promoting riders & top‑up adding to incremental premium on the existing policies for the company.
KRA8: Comply with Cheque Dishonour Cases & Fraud Prevention
- Intimate & pursue cheque dishonour cases with the respective sales team members/customer both at new business & renewal stage and strive for repayment to conserve the revenue.
- Identify & report fraudulent claims by providing proof / information to Claims team and get involved with the investigation as much required and sought.
- Prevent Fraudulent / Fake Policies from issuance by Branches by controlling the document verification and reporting to Compliance & UW.
- Save cost (on controllable expenses) at Branches on electricity, stationery, photocopying, staff welfare, other miscellaneous expenses etc.
KRA9: Execute Advisor Licensing Process & Extend Sales Support (Revised)
- First time right application processing for new advisor and license renewal.
- Support BM on Recruitment plan is executed properly and the candidates are nominated for pre‑licensed training.
- Prepare & distribute sales management MIS including data maintenance from Receipt Writer and Sales Portal to the concerned.
- Coordinating for execution of reward & recognition programs for sales force through MIS & communications to branch sales force as required by the Branch Head.
- Assist Branch Head to follow up for new business application requirements with the sales force of the branch.
- Control pool laptops for agency managers.
- Managing sales promotion material & activities at the branch level including stock management.
- Inventory Management of marketing collateral.
- Assist HO in fraud and compliance investigation pertaining to FLS and advisors.
- Assist Branch Head to follow up for new agent licensing requirements at new business and renewal stage with the sales force of the branch.
- Coordinate FLS coding and FLS tagging with HO.