Associate

HSBC Holdings plc; Singapore; On-site; SGD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Holdings plc invites applications for an Associate role in Singapore. The position focuses on front counter customer service for HSBC Life, handling walk-in customers and distributors, outbound calls, emails, and written communications, while ensuring accuracy and timely processing.

Successful candidates will support complaint management, transaction quality, and adherence to controls. Strong communication, de-escalation, and attention to detail are essential for this customer-facing role.

Qualifications

• Experience in insurance customer service or servicing, especially at a front counter or customer-facing role.
• Strong customer service mindset: courteous, patient, and solutions-focused.
• Confident face-to-face communication with a professional tone.
• Clear written communication for emails and formal letters.
• Calm and resilient when handling complaints; able to de-escalate effectively.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy; disciplined with documentation.

Responsibilities

• Handle walk-in customers and distributor enquiries promptly, professionally, and accurately.
• Understand customer needs, provide correct guidance on required forms/documents, and manage expectations on processing timelines.
• Ensure smooth queue management and a positive service experience at the counter.
• Outbound calls and email handling (supporting the counter).
• Respond to emails related to counter-served requests, ensuring clear, accurate, and timely communication.
• Prepare written correspondence/letters (e.g., acknowledgements, requests for additional documents, outcomes/updates) accurately.
• Ensure mail-outs are completed within agreed timelines and properly recorded for tracking and audit purposes.
• Complaints handling & complaints management support.
• Manage assigned complaints cases and close within SLA.
• Investigate issues, coordinate with relevant teams/insurer partners as needed, and provide clear updates and resolutions.
• Assist with complaints management activities (case documentation, follow-ups, and contributing to root-cause identification).
• Process walk-in transactions with a right-first-time approach, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Verify forms and supporting documents, perform required checks, and maintain proper records/case notes.
• Escalate exceptions, control issues, or potential fraud/suspicious activity via the appropriate channels.
• Ad hoc duties: Support additional tasks/projects assigned by the line manager.

Skills

Insurance customer service

Front counter experience

Customer-focused

Clear written communication

De-escalation

Attention to detail

Job description

Some careers have more impact than others.

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

HSBC Life is a world-class institution where you can specialize in Insurance but enjoy the advantages that come with being part of a leading global international bank. Here you can specialize in Insurance but enjoy the advantages that come with being part of a leading global international bank.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Associate.

In This Role You Will

Front counter customer & distributor servicing

• Handle walk-in customers and distributor enquiries promptly, professionally, and accurately.
• Understand customer needs, provide correct guidance on required forms/documents, and manage expectations on processing timelines.
• Ensure smooth queue management and a positive service experience at the counter.

Outbound calls and email handling (supporting the counter)

• Make outbound calls to follow up on outstanding documents, clarify customer/distributor requests, and provide status updates.
• Respond to emails related to counter-served requests, ensuring clear, accurate, and timely communication.

Written correspondence & mail-outs

• Prepare written correspondence/letters (e.g., acknowledgements, requests for additional documents, outcomes/updates) accurately.
• Ensure mail-outs are completed within agreed timelines and properly recorded for tracking and audit purposes.

Complaints handling & complaints management support

• Manage assigned complaints cases and close within SLA.
• Investigate issues, coordinate with relevant teams/insurer partners as needed, and provide clear updates and resolutions.
• Assist with complaints management activities (case documentation, follow-ups, and contributing to root-cause identification).

Transaction quality, controls & compliance (walk-in transactions)

• Process walk-in transactions with a right-first-time approach, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Verify forms and supporting documents, perform required checks, and maintain proper records/case notes.
• Escalate exceptions, control issues, or potential fraud/suspicious activity via the appropriate channels.

Ad hoc duties

• Support additional tasks/projects assigned by the line manager (e.g., peak period support, reporting, process improvement, cross-coverage).

To Be Successful You Will Need

• Experience in insurance customer service / insurance servicing, ideally in a front counter or customer-facing servicing role.
• Experience handling distributor/agent servicing requests is an advantage.
• Strong customer service mindset: courteous, patient, and solutions-focused.
• Confident face-to-face communication with a professional tone and approach.
• Clear written communication for emails and formal letters.
• Calm and resilient when handling complaints or difficult situations; able to de-escalate effectively.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy; disciplined with documentation.
• Organised and able to prioritise work to meet timelines and SLAs.

Opening up a world of opportunity

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