Regional Manager

7 months ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Metropolitan Life Full time

**Introduction**

Metropolitan is one of the oldest financial services brands in South Africa. With a 125-year legacy of serving the communities in which it operates, Metropolitan represents true empowerment in serving Africa's people through affordable financial solutions that create financial growth and security.

Metropolitan operates in South Africa, but the brand is also present in 12 African countries including, Namibia, Botswana, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Metropolitan provides financial wellness solutions that meet the needs of low-income clients, including funeral insurance, health, savings, hospital cash-back cover, retirement solutions and life insurance.

**Role Purpose**

Develop and drive profitable sales through effective plans, targets and growth in support of the businesss strategic objectives, maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements.

**Requirements**:
**Qualifications**
- Grade 12 or equivalent qualification
- FAIS recognised qualification (minimum 120 credits)
- FAIS Key Individual Regulatory Exam Level 1 (essential)
- FAIS Representative Regulatory Exam Level 5
- Degree in Commerce or Business Management (advatageous)
- Financial planning qualification (advatageous)

**Experience**
- 8 -10 years experience in the insurance industry (essential)
- 5 - 8 years relevant managerial experience fulfilling the duties of a compliant key individual (essential)

**Skills and Knowledge**
- Influencing and negotiation skills
- Planning and organising skills
- Analytical skills
- Interpersonal and people management skills ,
- Knowledge of the sales cycle, processes and policies
- Knowledge of the insurance industry
- Relevant product knowledge
- Knowledge of relevant regulatory and legislative requirements

**Duties & Responsibilities**

**Internal Process**
- Develop the necessary sales strategy and tactics to close identified business, including all necessary sales activities, prospect calls, presentations and executive meetings.
- Set targets and take accountability for the overall achievement of performance objectives in the business area, by driving sales performance.
- Provide clear direction on the strategic plan and key focus areas to ensure targets are met. Manage and drive the turnaround time in terms of targets to ensure a high sales performance.
- Manage the delivery of deviance reporting as and when requested, to provide recommendations and mitigating solutions to deviances that have occurred.
- Assist team members, as necessary, by interacting with clients in order to facilitate sales and/or client concerns/complaints.
- Manage allocated sales budget through effective coordination of sales activities and behaviours, key accounts and expense budget.
- Communicate processes, control requirements, risk management frameworks and regulatory requirements that impact the sales process.
- Coach team members on all the processes and controls and ensure understanding and commitment. Ensure team members complete all required compliance exams and attestations within specified timeframes.

**Client**
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Contribute to the process of negotiating objective and realistic service level agreements, monitor appropriateness, and recommend adjustments.
- Define service practices that build rewarding relationships, encourage innovation and allow others to provide exceptional client service.
- Deliver on service level agreements made with clients and internal and external stakeholders to ensure that client expectations are managed.
- Make recommendations to improve client service and fair treatment of clients within area of responsibility.
- Participate and contribute to a culture that builds rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service.

**People**
- Create a positive work climate and culture to energise employees, give meaning to work, minimise work disruption and maximise employee productivity.
- Demonstrate exemplary leadership behaviour, through personal involvement, commitment and dedication in support of organisational values.
- Select and recruit suitably qualified talent in line with Employment Equity principles and company values.
- Drive a culture that guides and directs best practice, fostering an environment of continuous learning, improvement and cohesiveness.
- Enable a learning and growth culture whereby information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared between team members.
- Execute effective workforce planning practices to ensure that staffing requirements are accurately forecasted.
- Identify employee growth and development needs and schedule interventions to enable ongoing development, training and personal growth.
- Effectively manage performance within the team to ensure business objectives are achieved.
- Encourage innovation, change agility and collaboration within the team.

**Finance**
- Identify solutions to e

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