Bancassurance Strategy & Distribution

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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.