Assistant Vice President, Distribution Reporting & Digital Enablement

Great Eastern Life; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent insurance company in Singapore seeks an Assistant Vice President for Distribution Reporting & Digital Enablement. This role involves driving digital strategies to enhance business efficiencies within key sales channels. Ideal candidates possess strong analytical and project management skills along with excellent communication abilities. The position demands a proactive approach to problem-solving and the capability to engage effectively with various stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Must be a degree holder.
• Proven analytical and strategic problem-solving abilities.
• Preferred experience in large or e-commerce projects.
• Excellent communication skills are needed.
• Capable of working independently without supervision.

Responsibilities

• Support management’s project sponsorship decisions.
• Engage with distribution partners for strategy development.
• Implement digital platforms to enhance productivity.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on projects.
• Mitigate business and regulatory compliance risks.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Team player

Project management

Education

Minimum degree holder

Tools

MS Office

JIRA

HPQC

Confluence

Job description

Overview

Job Description - Assistant Vice President, Distribution Reporting & Digital Enablement (250001AF)

Job Number

Assistant Vice President, Distribution Reporting & Digital Enablement (250001AF)

About the Job

This is a high-performing team that owns the role of the “Business Owner” and drives key digital strategies for our key sales channels (Agency and Bancassurance). Our objective is to increase business efficiencies to achieve the channel’s top- and bottom-line budget numbers.

Responsibilities

• Support management’s decision in project sponsorship by establishing clear business needs against what can be delivered by IT and our Platform/Product Owner.
• Actively engage with our distribution partners to develop key strategies relevant to them.
• Responsible for updating, prioritizing, and implementing digital platforms that drive distribution productivity.
• Actively collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure that projects and strategies are rolled out in a clear, prompt and timely manner. Report project status to the senior management team.
• Takes accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.

Qualifications

• Minimum degree holder.
• Strong problem solving skills with the ability to think analytically and strategically, strong business acumen and sense of numbers, meticulous and proactive.
• Preferred to have project experience on large or e-commerce projects.
• Team player with excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills with confidence to constantly push the boundaries.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Adaptable and thrives on new challenges.
• High proficiency in project tools, e.g. MS Office, JIRA, HPQC and Confluence.
• High level of integrity, takes accountability of work and demonstrates a good attitude toward teamwork.
• Takes initiative to improve the current state of things and is adaptable to embrace new changes.

How you succeed

• Champion and embody our Core Values in everyday tasks and interactions.
• Demonstrate a 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 a 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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