Desk Strategy Associate, AVP

Join us as a Desk Strategy Associate, AVP

• We’re looking for a proactive individual to work alongside our Commercial & Institutional (C&I) Strategy team to drive the business strategy
• You’ll be conducting various in-depth industry, competitor and market analysis, guiding decisions about resource allocation, market positioning and overall direction of business, ensuring alignment across the bank
• This is an opportunity to gain unique experience that will bring a competitive edge to your career profile 
• We’re offering this role at associate vice president level

What you'll do

As a Desk Strategy Associate, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and analysing market insights, developing key pivot points on common analyses. You’ll also be conducting competitor or industry analyses, and drafting newsletters, debriefs and thought leadership pieces for C&I strategy leadership.

We’ll look to you to maintain data mapping and develop key pivots on common analyses, as well as maintaining a roster of key data and proof points for internal and external reports or disclosures.

Your other key responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining forecasts on key non-financial metrics, extracting key insights from reports received and providing overlays on strategic recommendations
• Gathering, managing, and consolidating internal datasets and external data based on project requirements
• Drafting a bi-weekly industry activity newsletter for C&I leadership
• Supporting our intelligence lead in drafting thought leadership pieces for the bank’s executive leadership on specific areas, peers, and upcoming regulations
• Owning workstreams in projects and acting as an expert in data visualisation
• Analysing investment budgets and insights across different themes

The skills you'll need

To excel in this role, you’ll need experience of working in a strategy or consulting role in a financial services firm and helping stakeholders with a wide range of needs. You’ll bring strong research experience, as well as PowerPoint presentation skills.

Additionally, you’ll need at least six years of experience in strategy consulting roles with a strong focus on research, ideally within the financial services domain.

You’ll also need:

• A strong academic background, including a BTech and MBA in Finance
• Strategic planning and insight generation experience
• Experience of coordinating and working with multiple stakeholders
• Strong Excel programming skills, with a technical and analytical mindset
• Sound knowledge of economic and financial markets databases