Sr Mgr - Strategy Lead - Financial Services

The Strategy Lead – Financial Services, reporting to the Head of CSPD, will be assigned to the Financial Services business for which he/she will provide the above services, working closely with the CEO and the Finance teams of the respective businesses.

- Identifying potential opportunities in current and allied businesses. Articulating ideas using a strategy framework

- Executing business market research and analysis

- Analyzing strategic moves of competition and running a competitive intelligence gathering system

- Researching and evaluating acquisitions/joint ventures, divestments and other development opportunities including determining if markets should be entered through strategic acquisition or startup

- Facilitate to create a new business model/create improvements in the value system using value chain analysis

- Researching and investigating potential new product lines and markets that may complement the company's existing lines of business and areas of operation

- Facilitating definition of critical business metrics and strategic achievement for the core business.

- Highlighting and facilitating deployment of any synergies within the portfolio (cross pollination of best practices)

- Facilitating generation and implementation of cost reduction/ process improvement ideas

- Facilitating capex projects (tracking costs and benefits and finding solutions to issues encountered)

- Driving periodic reviews – Quarterly, Annual Business Planning, Long Term Strategy Reviews, CAPEX Reviews etc.,

- Preparing major presentations for senior management and making presentations on behalf of management to communicate the plan

- Excellent at financial analysis

- Sharp business understanding

- Fluency with numbers

- Curiosity; High Energy

- Ability to bridge big picture and fine details

Good executive presence

- Influencing skills

- Excellent communication Skills (written, oral and presentation)

Educational Qualifications - CA or ICWA or MBA -Finance from a premier institution

Must have experience in financial services / banking / NBFC / insurance; or must have worked on these sectors in equity / debt research

Must have expertise in financial & industry analysis