Deloitte - Consulting Manager - Corporate Strategy - National Office

Your work profile:

As a Manager in our Nation Office Team you'll build and nurture positive working relationships with teams and clients with the intention to exceed client expectations: -

Role:

- Lead the development and implementation of strategic initiatives: This is core to driving the firm's strategic agenda and ensuring that initiatives are aligned with overall goals and objectives, indicating a leadership role in strategic planning and execution.

- Collaborate with senior stakeholders: Essential for ensuring that the strategic initiatives have buy-in from key figures within the organization and that there's alignment between the initiatives and the firm's strategic priorities.

- Facilitate cross-functional teams: Important for leveraging diverse skills and perspectives, fostering innovation, and ensuring that different parts of the organization are working together efficiently towards common goals.

- Create a governance model: Establishing a governance model is crucial for defining the roles, responsibilities, and processes that will guide the strategic initiatives, ensuring accountability and structured decision-making.

- Monitor and report on the progress of strategic initiatives: This responsibility ensures transparency and allows for the continuous evaluation of the initiatives' effectiveness, facilitating informed decision-making and adjustments as necessary.

- Understand the relevance of emerging technologies and capabilities: In today's rapidly changing business environment, staying informed about technological advancements and their implications for the firm's strategy is crucial for maintaining competitive advantage.

- Conduct thorough market analysis, competitive research, and financial modeling: These activities are foundational for making informed strategic decisions, understanding the market landscape, and assessing the financial viability of strategic initiatives.

- Create and shape a cohesive narrative: Effective communication and the ability to articulate a unifying vision are key for gaining support and ensuring alignment among various stakeholders within the organization.

Required skills:

- Ability to deal with ambiguity - effectively cope with change, shift gears comfortably, decide and act without having the total picture, and handle risk and uncertainty.

- Should be a self-starter and problem solver, able to work independently without direct supervision.

- Should be comfortable in working on a 'Sphere of influence' mode bringing together leaders at various levels towards a common purpose

- Ability to connect the dots across various initiatives to understand dependencies and bring together the required stakeholders and reduce duplication

- Strong articulation and communication skills to lead and drive strategic initiatives within the Organisation. - Good at articulating and conveying the same through effective presentations

- Proven consulting experience delivering business outcomes is a MUST HAVE