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VP and Head of Strategy - Financial Services

Mumbai Permanent View Job Description
The Head of Strategy is responsible for the development of effective strategies and driving them towards execution in order to create value for our stakeholders and transform the business. He/She will also be responsible for the execution of strategic external business research and analysis in order to produce actionable insights for senior management of the company.
  • Development of effective strategies and driving them towards execution
  • Work with one of the leading financial services players

About Our Client

Client is one of the leading financial services players in India.

Job Description

Job objective -

  1. Drive the strategic thinking process for organisational growth
  1. Conduct research in economic, behavioural, technological and industry/competitors' trends. Analyse, interpret to identify likely impacts on the organisation. Support in taking executive decisions and driving strategic planning process.
  1. Identify opportunities and drive changes to improve implementation and evaluation of strategic and business planning processes. Steer better performance tracking and reporting of initiatives
  1. Facilitate the strategic review and planning processes with EXCO members and delivery teams. Supplement the development of aligned and integrated business plans.
  1. Deliver on the strategic projects
  2. Manage and coordinate between investors for strategic development activities arising from the global strategy. This will ensure that our strategy is aligned with Group.
  3. Share best practices/expertise between group businesses.

The Successful Applicant

  • Considering educational pedigree (MBA/CAs), with minimum 7-8 yrs exp in financial services/insurance strategy
  • must demonstrate strong leadership skills, having an ability to inspire and move a cross functional group and business top leadership in a unified direction and with a unified vision
  • good communication skills will be necessary in communicating clear information and instructions down the line to junior strategy management teams, which will greatly improve their efficiency and effectiveness
  • collaborate across the organization with top leadership, aiding in individualized strategy formulation for different projects and initiatives
  • possess strong financial analysis and modeling skills in order to perform financial analyses for the purpose of assisting in the exploration of strategic options, the development of creative solutions to complex issues, and for the support of decision-making

What's on Offer

  • Work directly with the leadership and drive the organization strategy
Quote job ref
JN-052025-6743689

Job summary

Function
Consultancy, Strategy & Change
Sub Sector
Corporate Strategy and M&A
What is your area of specialisation?
Insurance
Location
Mumbai
Job Type
Permanent
Job Reference
JN-052025-6743689

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