Our client seeks a Strategic Planning Officer to support business growth, performance analysis, and corporate intelligence. The successful candidate will drive the end-to-end preparation of the three-year Corporate Operational Plan, coordinating inputs from various business lines and ensuring alignment with Group strategic priorities and sustainability objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
* Corporate Operational Planning (COP):
* The candidate will lead the end-to-end preparation of the three-year Corporate Operational Plan, collaborating with the Head of the Business Planning Unit and coordinating inputs from various business lines to ensure alignment with Group strategic priorities and sustainability objectives.
* Performance Monitoring and Steering:
* The Strategic Planning Officer will conduct continuous monitoring and analysis of operational performance against the annual plan, identifying deviations and contributing to steering proposals to ensure corporate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are met.
* Strategic Analysis and Reporting:
* Serve as a key analytical resource, preparing detailed data analyses, reports, and presentations for senior management, Group counterparts, and external stakeholders to support strategic decision-making. Present and communicate findings as well as ad-hoc high-quality reports related to solutions, trends, and recommendations.
* Capital Planning Process:
* The candidate will translate business planning to a capital plan by leading an efficient and thorough corporate planning process.
* Maintaining Dashboards:
* Responsible for updating and maintaining information in business planning tools, including Tableau and Excel.
Requirements:
* University qualification, preferably at postgraduate level, in Business Management, Economics, Social Sciences, Finance, Maths, or Data Science applied to economics, or a related subject. Additional professional or academic qualifications would be considered an asset.
* At least five years of relevant professional experience in a similar position and with a similar level of responsibilities in Strategy/Advisory/Consultancy services firms, the financial services industry, and EU Institutions or other MDBs, preferably exposed to business and final planning, portfolio management, and monitoring.
* Solid skills in quantitative/qualitative modelling and business assessment methodologies are required.
* Strong experience utilizing software tools, such as Excel, Tableau, and Alteryx, to effectively present graphs, reports, and dashboards.
* Analytical and numerical skills to aid in ensuring initiatives are properly documented to aid prioritization and for the analysis of reports and data relating to activity monitoring and KPIs.
* Good understanding of operational processes and procedures of a financial or asset management institution.
* Ability to comprehend business issues and develop coherent and comprehensive business solutions.
* Good analytical skills, knowledge of financial analysis, strong written communication skills, as well as experience in investment/risk assessment.
* Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English. Knowledge of other EU languages would be considered an asset.