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What will you do?
As a core member, part of a center of expertise, you will own and execute engagements end-to-end that bring transparency to Capital Markets' senior executives, to help them understand the true costs of running their business, develop plans and enable execution of productivity & efficiency initiatives. You will do this independently but sometimes as part of a team.
- Lead deep-dive business reviews (leveraging Zero Based Budgeting frameworks), and provide strategic direction to advise the business on key efficiency-related findings and support & influence the decision making process
- Maintain a strong understanding of industry trends and apply knowledge of Capital Markets and Zero Based Budgeting to enable decision making
- Identify opportunities that are cross functional / Horizontal that will contribute to the strategic productivity and efficiency efforts
- Be a trusted advisor to senior leaders and business partners by providing strategic advice and help cultivate P&E mindset and ensure strong linkage into plans, forecast, business strategy documents, PARs, business cases
- Recognize business complexity and help facilitate trade-off decisions to prioritize appropriate actions to achieve productivity and efficiency goals
- Demonstrate techniques to build consensus with differing views in a constructive manner and if applicable, applying appropriate escalation practices
- Provide analysis of work completed and the outcomes effectively to executive audiences, using proper business, financial and functional language
- Lead/manage workstreams and present deliverables within agreed-upon timelines
- Identify risks/issues and provide solutions to minimize their impact on work stream timelines
- Develop deep understanding of ongoing productivity & efficiency initiatives that impact Capital Markets promote culture of transparency around them, review benefit profiles ensuring initiatives are mobilizing and engage in monthly dashboard socialization/review
What you need to succeed?
Must-haves
- The ability to demonstrate highly advanced proficiency and mastery in Excel and PowerPoint, including data analytics, VBA and Python with a particular emphasis on storyboarding with the ability to create compelling presentations
- The ability to create
- intuitive
- and visually stunning Tableau dashboards to allow Senior Leaders insight into their cost base
- Comfort in fast-paced environments with high complexity and ambiguity dealing often with deadlines in hours rather than days with a meticulous attention to detail
- Post-graduate degree - MBA/EMBA, Masters in finance, economics, accounting or a similar field
- Strategy or consulting experience in a Consulting Management, Financial Services, or Entrepreneurial environment, or other comparative experience
- 3 to 5 years' experience in large transformational initiatives/programs focused on cost efficiency, productivity and continuous improvement
- A proven track record of managing complex projects, utilizing key program management skills
- Quantitative Analysis Experience (data analysis, financial/data modeling), including Python
- Critical Thinking (proven capabilities to use careful evaluation and judgement), analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong relationship-building and leadership skills, including the ability to influence and bridge gaps between multiple stakeholder groups
- Growth mindset, resting on a relentless appetite to learn, be challenged and develop new skills
- High degree of organization and multi-tasking ability
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently, prioritize and get things done
Nice-to-haves
- Masters in Finance, CPA, CFA, CMA or CA
- Understanding of and experience with zero based budgeting / cost efficiency and agile methodology
- Experience in Financial Management, Analysis and Planning, with strong Financial acumen and the ability to analyze and work with key business drivers (NIE, NIBT,
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