Management Associate
Great Eastern Life Malaysia
July 2016 - November 2018
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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5 Department Rotations as part of the Management Associate program:
Agency Recruitment:
Conducted a comprehensive analysis of recruitment initiatives and process for onboarding new agents to improve hiring quality, enhance productivity and maximize return on recruitment efforts.
Collaborated with data team to clean and manipulate agent performance data to ensure accurate tracking and provide better reporting to management.
Mapped the full recruitment funnel, analyzing sourcing channels, attrition trends and provided recommendations to support agencies in optimizing recruitment processes.
Assessed patterns between recruitment sources and Annualized Net Premium (ANP) performance to identify high-conversion channels and refine candidate profiles.
Designed a tracking management system using Excel to monitor new agent progress in real time across each stage has improved on-time recognition rates by 95% ensuring agents received milestone-based rewards promptly and consistently.
Internal Audit:
Improved documentation for internal audit initiation process.
Supported the development of an internal sampling tool to support the team be able to collect unbiased sampling for audit purposes.
Risk Management & Compliance:
Supported the execution of the company’s annual Business Continuity Plan (BCP) exercise which is a mandatory regulatory requirement mandated by the Central Bank of Malaysia (BNM).
Ensured full compliance with BNM’s guidelines by coordinating key components of the BCP drill which includes scenario testing, departmental response readiness, and documentation.
Supported long-term strategic planning by contributing to the financial planning and analysis for the establishment of a new BCP center including budget modeling, cost benefit evaluation and scenario analysis to strengthen operational resilience.
Investment Management - Fixed Income:
Performed credit analysis on fixed income securities to support company’s overall investment portfolio and align with risk tolerance.
Prepared a detailed market research and presentation on the REITs market in Singapore to the internal investment committees.
Analyzed issuer financials, credit ratings, and macroeconomic factors to evaluate credit risk and ensure compliance with insurance industry investment guidelines.
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Revenue Generation
90-Day Program:
Led the review and redesign the company’s 90-Day onboarding and development program for newly hired agents.
Conducted an in-depth analysis of the original program using performance data, advisor feedback, sales conversion metrics to identify gaps in content, pacing and client engagement strategy.
Results: New agents that participated in the 90 Day Program have a 45% higher productivity compared to new agents that do not participate in the program.
New agents who completed the revamped 90 Day Program generated 25% higher Annualized Net Premium (ANP) compared to previous cohorts and 30% higher compared to non-participants.
Community Engagement
An active team player constantly volunteering to take on additional roles in the company to support in company event planning.
Roles:
Annual Dinner Planning Committee, Assistant Project Manager:
Townhall Planning Committee:
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Business Case Development, Stakeholder Management, Cross-function Communication, Scenario Planning, Market Research, Macroeconomics, Credit Rating, Competitive Analysis, Trend Analysis
Analytics:
Data Visualization, Insight Storytelling, Financial Modeling, Forecasting, Cost Analysis, Credit analysis, Bond analysis
Project Leadership:
Project Management, Stakeholder Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Communication, Collaboration, Process Improvement, Gap Analysis, Documentation, KPI Tracking
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Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint