Company
Banking
StrategyLead
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“Strategy Lead. Skills: Strategic advisory, Governance, Executive reporting. Provide strategic advice to Group Executives. Develop strategic advisory incentives”
What You'll Achieve.
Grow and optimise bank's operations; Support decision-making process; Support strategic recommendations and transactions; Drive alignment; Establish delivery discipline; Embed high-performance culture; Strengthen oversight; Strengthen accountability; Strengthen execution across strategic priorities; Support adherence; Support transparency; Support overall business objectives; Support prioritisation; Support decision governance; Support delivery of high-impact strategic outcomes; Influence decisions beyond own function; Shape function-wide strategic priorities; Ensure strategic initiatives are effectively governed; Ensure strategic initiatives are effectively communicated; Ensure strategic initiatives are effectively delivered
Industry & Context.
Problem identification; Problem solving; Decision making; Structured problem solving; Interpretative thinking; Advanced analytical skills; Solving problems; Designing solutions; Consulting-style approach; Turning ambiguity into recommendations
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years strategic advisory, 5+ years financial modeling, 5+ years transaction management, 5+ years client relationship management, 5+ years industry trends analysis, 5+ years peer benchmarking, 5+ years market research, 5+ years strategic initiatives, 5+ years complex strategic projects, 5+ years leading people managers, 5+ years leading organization wide projects, 5+ years technical expert, 5+ years thought leader, 5+ years cross functional collaboration, 5+ years training specialists, 5+ years guiding specialists, 5+ years coaching specialists, 5+ years expert advice to senior management, 5+ years managing resourcing, 5+ years managing budgeting, 5+ years managing policy creation, 5+ years fostering compliance, 5+ years guiding compliance, 5+ years ensuring regulations observed, 5+ years interpretative thinking, 5+ years advanced analytical skills, 5+ years solving problems, 5+ years designing solutions, 5+ years exercising management authority, 5+ years making significant decisions, 5+ years making strategic decisions, 5+ years negotiating with senior stakeholders, 5+ years influencing senior stakeholders, 5+ years acting as principal contact, 5+ years providing strategic advice, 5+ years supporting planning, 5+ years supporting mobilization, 5+ years supporting decision-making, 5+ years partnering with enterprise-wide initiatives, 5+ years driving alignment, 5+ years establishing delivery discipline, 5+ years embedding high-performance culture, 5+ years applying consulting-led approach, 5+ years designing governance frameworks, 5+ years leading governance frameworks, 5+ years leading decision forums, 5+ years leading reporting rhythms, 5+ years shaping strategic direction, 5+ years ensuring effective governance, 5+ years aligning priorities, 5+ years developing executive reporting, 5+ years developing briefing materials, 5+ years developing board-ready content, 5+ years developing committee-ready content, 5+ years supporting strategic workstreams, 5+ years issue definition, 5+ years hypothesis development, 5+ years analysis, 5+ years recommendation development, 5+ years execution tracking, 5+ years building trusted relationships, 5+ years supporting prioritisation, 5+ years supporting decision governance, 5+ years supporting delivery of outcomes, 5+ years bringing external perspective, 5+ years supporting senior functional management, 5+ years supporting executive committees, 5+ years influencing decisions, 5+ years shaping function-wide priorities, 5+ years leading governance across programmes, 5+ years leading resourcing, 5+ years leading prioritisation, 5+ years leading budgeting, 5+ years leading operating cadence, 5+ years leading oversight of strategic delivery, 5+ years identifying governance issues, 5+ years identifying policy breaches, 5+ years identifying control concerns, 5+ years strengthening compliance, 5+ years strengthening governance, 5+ years ensuring appropriate policies, 5+ years ensuring appropriate processes, 5+ years ensuring appropriate controls, 5+ years ensuring appropriate reporting mechanisms, 5+ years maintaining external perspective, 5+ years translating emerging themes, 5+ years understanding function integration, 5+ years maintaining knowledge of industry practices, 5+ years maintaining knowledge of strategic planning, 5+ years maintaining knowledge of governance frameworks, 5+ years maintaining knowledge of executive reporting standards, 5+ years awareness of external market developments, 5+ years advanced analytics, 5+ years consulting-style approach, 5+ years turning ambiguity into recommendations, 5+ years influencing senior stakeholders with credibility, 5+ years using high-quality written materials, 5+ years using executive-level reporting, 5+ years acting as trusted senior contact, 5+ years ensuring strategic initiatives governed, 5+ years ensuring strategic initiatives communicated, 5+ years ensuring strategic initiatives delivered, 5+ years representing function with authority, 5+ years presenting complex information
Nice to Have
Prior strategy or transformation experience in a leading consultancy, Big Four firm experience
What You'll Do.
Provide strategic advice to Group Executives
Develop strategic advisory incentives
Grow bank's operations
Optimise bank's operations
Conduct market research
Collaborate with stakeholder groups
Identify strategic direction
Develop financial models
Support strategic recommendations
Analyze financial data
Manage financial projects
Consider financial impact of transactions
Develop transaction structure
Manage post-transaction integration
Collaborate with internal stakeholders
Maintain client relationships
Develop new client relationships
Identify opportunities
Identify industry trends
Maintain peer benchmarking
Monitor strategic advisory services developments
Participate in training
Conduct market research
Manage a business function
Provide input to function wide strategic initiatives
Contribute to procedures
Plan strategic projects
Manage strategic projects
Consult on strategic projects
Embed performance culture
Lead organization wide projects
Act as deep technical expert
Act as thought leader
Identify new ways of working
Collaborate cross functionally
Provide information affecting profits
Provide information affecting risks
Provide information affecting decisions
Provide expert advice to senior management
Provide expert advice to committees
Influence decisions outside own function
Coordinate resourcing
Manage policy creation
Coordinate policy creation
Enable policy creation
Escalate breaches of policies
Escalate breaches of procedure
Ensure regulations are observed
Ensure processes in place
Focus on external environment
Focus on advocacy groups
Monitor external environment
Influence external environment
Demonstrate knowledge of function integration
Achieve business objectives
Maintain knowledge of industry theories
Maintain knowledge of industry practices
Maintain knowledge of sector knowledge
Maintain knowledge of functional knowledge
Maintain insight into market developments
Maintain insight into market initiatives
Use interpretative thinking
Use advanced analytical skills
Exercise management authority
Make significant decisions
Make strategic decisions
Negotiate with senior stakeholders
Influence senior stakeholders
Act as principal contact point
Provide independent advice
Provide balanced advice
Provide challenge to strategic initiatives
Support strategic alignment
Support structured problem solving
Support efficiency planning
Focus on executive reporting
Focus on enterprise-wide strategic delivery
Provide strategic advice to Initiative Leads
Provide strategic advice to senior stakeholders
Support decision-making on business transformation
Support decision-making on efficiency opportunities
Establish clear governance
Establish structured analysis
Establish actionable recommendations
Partner with enterprise-wide strategic initiatives
Work across business functions
Establish delivery discipline
Embed high-performance culture
Provide thought leadership
Coach less experienced colleagues
Apply consulting-led approach
Solve complex problems
Design governance frameworks
Lead governance frameworks
Lead reporting rhythms
Strengthen accountability
Strengthen execution across strategic priorities
Partner with senior stakeholders
Shape strategic direction
Ensure effective governance
Align priorities to enterprise objectives
Develop high-quality executive reporting
Develop briefing materials
Develop board-ready content
Develop committee-ready content
Summarise complex analysis
Summarise clear insights
Support strategic workstreams
Support implementation
Support issue definition
Support hypothesis development
Support recommendation development
Support execution tracking
Build trusted relationships with executives
Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders
Support prioritisation
Support decision governance
Support delivery of high-impact strategic outcomes
Bring external perspective through market insight
Bring external perspective through peer benchmarking
Bring external perspective through best practice
Provide expert advice to senior functional management
Provide expert advice to governance forums
Provide expert advice to executive committees
Influence decisions beyond own function
Shape function-wide strategic priorities
Lead governance across strategic programmes
Lead operating cadence
Lead oversight of strategic delivery
Identify governance issues
Identify policy breaches
Identify control concerns
Escalate governance issues
Escalate policy breaches
Escalate control concerns
Address governance issues
Address policy breaches
Address control concerns
Strengthen compliance
Strengthen governance
Ensure appropriate policies
Ensure appropriate processes
Ensure appropriate controls
Ensure appropriate reporting mechanisms
Maintain external perspective
Monitor regulatory developments
Monitor market developments
Monitor industry developments
Translate emerging themes into implications
Demonstrate understanding of function integration
Ensure governance supports business objectives
Ensure reporting supports business objectives
Ensure strategic priorities support business objectives
Maintain knowledge of industry practices
Maintain knowledge of strategic planning
Maintain knowledge of governance frameworks
Maintain knowledge of executive reporting standards
Maintain awareness of external market developments
Use interpretative thinking
Use advanced analytics
Use consulting-style approach
Solve complex problems
Solve sensitive problems
Turn ambiguity into practical recommendations
Exercise management authority
Make significant decisions
Provide strategic recommendations
Support decisions with robust governance
Support decisions with concise reporting
Support decisions with clear articulation of risks
Support decisions with clear articulation of trade-offs
Influence senior stakeholders with credibility
Challenge senior stakeholders with credibility
Use high-quality written materials
Use executive-level reporting
Drive decision making
Act as trusted senior contact
Ensure strategic initiatives are effectively governed
Ensure strategic initiatives are effectively communicated
Ensure strategic initiatives are effectively delivered
Represent the function with authority
Present complex information with clarity
Present complex information with confidence
Present complex information with judgement
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with various stakeholder groups; Collaborate with internal stakeholders; Partner with enterprise-wide initiatives; Work across business functions; Collaborate cross functionally; Partner with senior stakeholders; Act as principal contact point; Act as trusted senior contact; Represent function in forums
Communication Scope
Executive presentations; Briefing materials; Board-ready content; Committee-ready content; Executive reporting; Written materials; Presenting complex information
Process & Methodology
Strategic project management, Programme governance, Resourcing, Budgeting, Prioritisation, Operating cadence, Oversight
Full Job Description
# **Job Description** **Purpose of the role** To provide independent and balanced advice and counsel to senior stakeholders through problem identification, solving and decision making practices. **Accountabilities** * Provision of strategic advice to Group Executives to support the decision-making process of business challenges and opportunities. * Development and implementation of strategic advisory incentives to grow and optimise the bank’s operations, through market research and analysis. * Collaboration with various stakeholder groups to identify the appropriate strategic direction type to meet the needs of Barclays clients and investors. * Development of financial models to support strategic recommendations and transactions through financial data analysis, financial projects and considering the financial impact of transactions. * Management of transactions, negotiations, transaction structure development and post-transaction integration. * Collaboration with internal stakeholders to maintain client relationships, and develop new relationships to identify opportunities. * Identification of industry trends, maintain peer benchmarking and developments related to strategic advisory services by attendings conferences, participating in training and conducting market research. **Director Expectations** * To manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide.. * They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally. They will train, guide and coach less e
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