Corporate Strategy Specialist

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Active support in developing & delivering medium to long term strategy plans.
• Data-driven insights to support actionable strategy & performance monitoring.
• Analyzing competitor activities, industry dynamics and finally feedback into annual & long-term plans.
• Identifying growth opportunities and assessing market trends & recommending strategic initiatives for various business lines.
• Overseeing regulatory developments impacting business or creating new business opportunities.
• Extensively work on prioritization of capital and resources allocation across businesses.
• Evaluating potential mergers & acquisitions opportunities across businesses
• Conducting financial modeling and creating business cases
• Leading strategic M&A efforts, including scanning the market, establishing target lists, summarizing key targets, leading due diligence and deal teams, and acquiring and divesting assets.
• Managing and driving new/existing strategic & transformational projects/work streams.
• Support in investor relations activities to continuously improve the business performance communication to investor/analyst community
• Working on key finance & org level projects towards improvement in efficiencies, process, quality of data & automation along with relevant stakeholders
• Lead for various Board & other shareholder reviews/presentations

Requirements:

• 10-12 years of experience in Corporate Strategy, M&A, Financial Planning & Analysis for mid-large Corporates with minimum 3 years’ of experience in financial services.
• Strategic mindset with experience in developing and evaluation of short/ long range business plans.
• Strong understanding of M&A activities, Balance Sheet, P&L & Capital Management practices.
• Very strong analytical, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work with diverse stakeholder/businesses/organization leadership team and investors
• Highly personable and adaptable, with strong presence and ability to work well with precision and drive processes change across group companies.
• Qualification: CA/CFA/MBA Finance from leading institutions

Skills:

• Have impeccable integrity, high personal ethics, patience and cultural sensitivity.
• Have strong analytical, problem-solving, strategic thinking skills with a can-do approach.
• Possess decision-making abilities to achieve the organization’s objectives.
• Inspire the colleagues/team to achieve their own as well as the strategic goals of the organization
• Be a strong team player with a view towards the organization’s goal.
• Ability to work in ambiguous and complex situations.
• Have strong verbal and written communication skills and possess excellent presentation skills.
• Initiative-taker with a high energy level and creative/entrepreneurial mindset.