Prudential - Assistant Manager - Strategy Research

- Using secondary research to analyze Market, Competition, Customers, Distribution, Regulation and Products of Insurance industry to highlight findings and recommendation to clients

- The role would also require to recommend on the financial health of companies across various industry

- Providing inputs into regular reports emanating from the research team and the provision of ad hoc reports communicating the outcomes from research and analyses they have conducted

- Work as an independent individual contributor using primarily secondary research skills and management consulting frameworks to advise Prudential UK senior management and its strategy function

- Access secondary databases & free web to collate & synthesise information based on business requirements

- Analysing data on market, industry and competitors of the Prudential and ensuring structure, content, timelines etc. are as per stakeholder specifications

- Analyse and interpret financial accounts, especially with respect to the insurance industries

- Analyse and recommend on financial health of current or potential suppliers of Prudential

- Manage projects and reports independently for structure and scope as per stakeholder requirements

- Analyse macro-environment, industry dynamics & track competitors- financial performance

- Develop proposition and distribution strategy reports and present to senior management of the UK functions and Head of Strategy

- Providing research, data, ideas and materials for presentations and briefings given (internally and externally)

- Support in developing ideas to improve and streamline all aspects relating to the sourcing, evaluation and the distribution of information by exploiting the use of tools such as the Internet, and existing databases

- Maintain a watching brief over developing/emerging trends to provide early warning of issues or opportunities

- Interact with stakeholders on project deliverables and establish regular communication with them

- Mentoring & managing deliverables of junior team members in terms of quality and timelines

- Handle stakeholder feedback on deliverables and maintain project level interactions

- Maintain proper documentation/ repository of deliverables and stakeholder communication

- To demonstrate a positive risk, compliance and control culture through the identification, assessment, monitoring and management of risks and issues within the business area, alongside ensuring timely and appropriate resolution of control weaknesses, actions and failures that arise.

- Identifying issues and forming hypotheses and solutions;

- Presenting findings and recommendations to senior management;

- implementing recommendations/solutions and ensuring the client receives the necessary assistance to carry it all out;

- Managing projects and programmes

- Leading those within the team given assignment requirements, including analysts;

- Liaising with the client to keep them informed of progress and to make relevant decisions.