About FWD Group

FWD Group is a pan-Asian life insurance business with more than 13 million customers across 10 markets, including some of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world. The company was established in 2013 and is focused on changing the way people feel about insurance. FWD’s customer-led and digitally enabled approach aims to deliver innovative propositions, easy-to-understand products and a simpler insurance experience.

Job Purpose:

Ensure that the development of the Business Plan and Budget across all distributions are aligned with the overall Company’s strategic direction. This position takes a pivotal role in creating both a consolidated and each distribution's views of sales targets, key drivers, sales forecast, budget to support and recommend management decisions and actions for both short, medium and longer terms.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Planning

• Manage the team to develop the annual business plan for each distribution channel in partnering with channel heads and create the consolidated view for Chief Distribution Officer to ensure the alignment of strategy to achieve the Company’s aspirations
• Supervise the team in conducting business review by monitoring and analyzing the business performance including key business metrics and identifying success, challenges, and potential opportunities to provide recommendation management decisions
• Facilitate Distribution Channel heads in performing the monthly and full year business forecast for management and Group Office discussions.
• Consolidate and coordinate with relevant parties to provide management dashboard to support ExCom and OpsCom regular and adhoc business reviews

Budgeting

• Facilitate all Distribution Channel heads in setting up the annual budget to achieve the execution plan to serve the business plan
• Manage the team to monitor budget across distribution channels, provide support in resolving budget and expense issues, and report CDO and CDSO on overall budget and expense summary

Baseline Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related fields, Master's degree is a plus
• More than 10 years of work experience in Business Planning, Strategic Planning or related fields
• At least 5 years of distribution/sales channel experiences
• Having experience in insurance industry is a plus
• Proven experience in strategy related fields
• Good command in English both verbal and written
• Proactive, Open, Caring, Committed, Innovative