Head of Strategy – Business & Corporate Banking

Head of Strategy opportunity to partner with both the Business and Corporate banking business lines at an Auckland based Commercial bank.

This organisation is a market leader within Business and Corporate banking and is looking for a highly experienced strategy leader, with significant experience and working exposure to Financial Services. As Head of Strategy across both Business and Corporate banking, you will be responsible for leading a team and developing executable strategies, which meet the medium and long-term goals of the wider bank and two business lines.

Your key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• To lead, develop, communicate and monitor execution of the medium and long-term business and operational strategies for both business service lines; whilst coaching and developing the wider strategy team members.
• Deliver strong analytical capability to all strategy work, ensuring the different business units meet profit, growth and customer targets through strong insights.
• Engage in strategy reviews in conjunction with business units to identify key gaps, opportunities and risks and to challenge key strategic assumptions.
• In partnership with the business, create and drive a clear roadmap to ensure that strategies are robust, realistic and achievable.

Skillset and experience required to be successful:

• You will have a minimum of 10 years of strategy experience in a leadership position from a large corporate or strategy consultancy; with a number of these years spent in Financial Services. You will have extensive experience in developing and executing strategic plans and initiatives, including the development of strategies for new markets.
• You will have excellent communication and relationship-building skills with the strong ability to work effectively with ambiguity and under pressure. Must have experience working at a senior management level and with executives, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• You will have a solid understanding of the New Zealand regulatory and legislative environment for Financial Services.

This role is a great opportunity for an individual who is looking to further develop their strategic experience, in a growing and fast paced Financial Services environment. You will have proven senior people leadership experience, with the strong ability to develop and enable high performing teams across various functional business lines.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Kyna Harmon – kynah@huntercampbell.co.nz. Alternatively, please submit your resume by following the instructions below.

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