Aug 14, SBM Bank Principal Officer – SBM Insurance Agency – Jobs in Kenya

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SBM Bank Principal Officer – SBM Insurance Agency – Jobs in Kenya

Job Summary:

  • The purpose of the role is to develop and manage SBM Bank Kenya Insurance Agency (Bancassurance), a subsidiary of the Group which currently provides insurance and insurance related investment products to the Group, its employees, customers, and suppliers. The job involves growing business in terms of customer base and income across various business lines and ensuring effective account relationship management resulting in optimization of customer satisfaction, retention and wallet share through selling multiple financial solutions from the subsidiary’s range of products and services.

    Key Responsibilities:

    Financial – 50%

  • Set up SBM Insurance Agency from inception to have proper operational structures.

  • Develop and execute business strategies that ensure the subsidiary from sales, operational and customer experience perspectives.

  • Drive and steer the financial performance of the subsidiary i.e. income statement/P&L and Balance sheet.

  • Oversee all operations, service, administrative, finance and business development functions of the subsidiary.

  • Enhance the breadth and depth of the product lines to achieve and sustain competitive positioning in the respective target markets and implement global standards within the region that the Group is operating in.

  • Build strong networks and foster positive, productive and mutually business partnerships and relationships both internally and externally.

  • Cross-selling objectives – Cross-selling other bank products such as CASA, Assets.

    Internal Business Processes – 10%

  • Manage regulatory relationships

  • Ensure adherence of the Insurance Agency in all operations as stipulated in the Insurance Act and CBK Incidental Business guidelines.

  • Compliance with all audit requirements of the bank and insurance agency – Insurance Regulatory
  • Authority (IRA) Guidelines, Prudential Guidelines, RCSA, Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and other reporting requirements.

    Customer Management – 20%

  • Provide strategic direction to the quality of management of customers’ sales and service experience.

  • Provide strategic direction to the management of sales channels, service delivery systems and relationship with business partners for insurance products and services within the SBM Bancassurance.

    People – 20%

  • Develop and implement a structure that supports the organization’s strategy.

  • Ensure the recruitment and retention of a high performing team and talent management.

  • Provide a good working environment for the entire team.

  • Ensure that there is proper succession plans for key roles and career development for direct reports.

  • Ensure that you achieve the required hours of learning/training for both self and direct report through E-learning, internal & External training activities.

  • Ensure compliance with the leave policy on block

  • Leave and minimum carry over for both self and direct reports.

  • Maintain own high performance and that of the team.

  • Own up-to-date and actioned competency assessment and development plans for self and team.

    Key Relationships:

    Direct Reports

  • Sales and Product Officer

  • Officer, Collections

  • Officer, claims

    Indirect Reports

  • Relationship Managers

  • Assistant Relationship Managers

  • Business Development Officers

  • Operations staff

  • Direct Sales Representatives

    Job Specifications:

    Academic

  • Undergraduate degree in a business-related field.

    Professional

  • Certificate of Proficiency in Insurance and/or other insurance qualification

  • Diploma in insurance management and/ or other insurance qualifications

    Job Competencies:

  • Industry Knowledge

  • Credit Analysis

  • sales Capability

  • Product Knowledge

  • Financial Acumen

    Behavioral Competencies:

  • Leadership

  • Networking skills

  • Negotiation skills

  • Decisive & Initiator

  • Quality orientation

    Technical Competencies:

  • Customer Engagement (Internal & External).

    How to Apply

    For more information and job application details, see; SBM Bank Principal Officer – SBM Insurance Agency – Jobs in Kenya

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