FIND YOUR BETTER AT AIA

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About the Role

The Strategy & Distribution Associate partners closely with the AVP of Distribution Strategy to drive strategic initiatives, commercial performance, and execution excellence across the Bancassurance business. Acting as the AVP's right-hand person, this role transforms complex business challenges into actionable insights, develops executive-ready materials, manages strategic projects, and ensures key initiatives are executed effectively.

This role requires a combination of strong analytical capability, commercial thinking, structured problem-solving, and exceptional attention to detail.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

Strategy & Business Performance

Analyze sales performance and identify drivers of growth and productivity.
Develop forecasts, business scenarios, and performance projections.
Build manpower and productivity models to support business planning.
Evaluate strategic initiatives and quantify business impact.
Recommend opportunities to improve distribution effectiveness and profitability.

Sales Incentives & Compensation

Support the design and evaluation of sales incentive campaigns.
Build financial models to estimate campaign ROI and cost effectiveness.
Monitor campaign performance and recommend optimization opportunities.
Assist in compensation and reward scheme analysis.

Financial & Commercial Analysis

Prepare business cases for new initiatives.
Analyze distribution expenses including incentive costs, travel, and entertainment budgets.
Track budget utilization and identify efficiency opportunities.
Support annual planning and target-setting exercises.

Executive Reporting

Develop high-quality PowerPoint presentations for senior leadership.
Produce weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews.
Translate complex datasets into clear executive insights.
Build dashboards and performance reporting tools.

Project Management

Coordinate cross-functional strategic initiatives.
Track milestones, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
Follow up with stakeholders to ensure timely execution.
Prepare meeting materials and document action items.

Data & Automation

Build and maintain Excel models with advanced formulas.
Improve reporting efficiency through automation.
Ensure data quality and consistency across reports.
Maintain documentation of analytical models.

Job Requirements:

Education – A bachelor's degree at minimum
3–6 years of experience in strategy, consulting, business planning, commercial finance, sales planning, or analytics.
Experience in insurance, banking, financial services, FMCG, or management consulting is preferred.
Exposure to Bancassurance or sales distribution is an advantage.

Bancassurance Strategy & Distribution