Senior Associate, Corporate Strategy

London  ‐ Onsite
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Overview:

A leading financial regulatory company is looking for an experienced professional to shape and review a long-term corporate strategy.  This is an exciting opportunity to take the lead on developing a corporate strategy for a new and complex organisation which will make a positive difference for consumers in the financial services industry.

The team is relatively new, and its immediate priority is to support the Executive Team in developing the first 3-5 year corporate strategy, thereafter working with the business to support delivery of key initiatives that form that strategy.   

What does this job involve?

The work requires a high degree of professional excellence and curiosity, and will give the right candidate a unique opportunity to:

  • Input and influence the development of the corporate strategy
  • Communicate and present corporate priorities to a wide range of stakeholders, including senior management
  • Work with divisions across the company to identify the key risks and shape corporate priorities
  • Play an active part in shaping the way the strategy team works and ensure that it provides robust input, advice and challenge on strategic planning and delivery

Minimum, Essential & Desirable skills:

Minimum

  • Significant experience in a corporate strategy role

Essential

  • Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to engage and achieve buy-in to a corporate agenda
  • Excellent analytical skills, including the ability to take in, assimilate and aggregate large quantities of complex information, and identify priorities, themes and trends
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
  • Ability to work well under pressure and within tight deadlines
  • Ability to think on one's feet, shape problems and the appropriate approach to their resolution, including effective use of project/programme management disciplines

Desirables

  • Experience developing a corporate strategy for a regulatory company
  • Good understanding of core regulatory functions and how they should be deployed to achieve the biggest impact for consumers
Start date
ASAP
Duration
12 weeks+
(extension possible)
From
Resource Solutions
Published at
24.04.2014
Project ID:
698688
Contract type
Freelance
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