Manager/ Assistant Manager - Business Development (GEGM Banssurance)

Great Eastern; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Eastern is seeking professionals in Kuala Lumpur to execute strategies and develop new business approaches. You will canvass for new leads and secure business through OCBC branches and clients, while gathering market intelligence for strategic planning.

The role includes sales activities, credit control monitoring, and mentoring juniors. Expected candidates have 4–8 years in general insurance sales with underwriting skills, strong integrity, and the ability to adapt to regulatory changes.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in any fields. AMII or DMII preferred but not compulsory.
• 4–8 years of working experience in a similar capacity.
• Broad insurance experience in sales and marketing with underwriting skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute strategies and develop new business strategies to obtain more business from OCBC branches and clients.
• canvass for new business leads and secure them through OCBC branches and its clients.
• Gather market intelligence for management planning and decision making.
• Conduct sales and business activities to OCBC branches and its clients.
• Monitor credit control on portfolios in care.
• Coach and develop subordinates in conducting sales and business activities.
• Adhere to regulatory requirements and all policies and compliance matters.
• Underwrite new risk within authorized limits and develop new marketing approaches.

Skills

Sales & Marketing

Underwriting

Interpersonal skills

Product knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Relationship building

IT knowledge

Selling skills

Integrity & accountability

Education

Tertiary qualification

AMII/DMII preferred

Job description

• To execute strategies that have been laid out and develop new business strategies to achieve company's objectives in obtaining more business from OCBC branches and its clients.
• To develop new business strategies, i.e. canvass for new business leads and secure them through OCBC branches and its clients.
• To gather market intelligence for management planning and decision making.
• To conduct sales and business activities to OCBC branches and its clients.
• To monitor credit control on portfolios in care.
• To coach and develop subordinates in conducting the sales and business activities.
• To adhere to regulatory requirements and all other applicable policies and compliance matters concerning GEGM.
• To accept and underwrite new risk as per authorized underwriting limit. To develop new marketing approach and tools
• 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.

We are looking for people with

• Tertiary qualification in any fields. AMII or DMII qualifications - preferable but not compulsory. 4-8 years working experience in similar capacity.
• Broad based general insurance experience in sales & marketing. Product knowledge and underwriting skills. Interpersonal relationship building skills.
• Job knowledge and application, Business and organisational knowledge, IT knowledge, Underwriting, selling skills, Relationship building.
• 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.

How you succeed

• Champion and embody our Core Values in everyday tasks and interactions.
• Demonstrate high level of integrity and accountability.
• Take initiative to drive improvements and embrace change.
• Take accountability of business and regulatory compliance risks, implementing measures to mitigate them effectively.
• Keep abreast with industry trends, regulatory compliance, and emerging threats and technologies to understand and highlight potential concerns/ risks to safeguard our company proactively.

Who we are Founded in 1908, Great Eastern is a well-established market leader and trusted brand in Singapore and Malaysia. With over S$100 billion in assets and more than 16 million policyholders, including 12.5 million from government schemes, it provides insurance solutions to customers through three successful distribution channels – a tied agency force, bancassurance, and financial advisory firm Great Eastern Financial Advisers. The Group also operates in Indonesia and Brunei. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited and Great Eastern General Insurance Limited have been assigned the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of "AA-" by S&P Global Ratings since 2010, one of the highest among Asian life insurance companies. Great Eastern's asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors Limited, is one of the leading asset management companies in Southeast Asia. Great Eastern is a subsidiary of OCBC, the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932. It is the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.

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