The new NCBA has harnessed the power of both NIC and CBA to create a bank that brings together the best of both worlds from cutting edge mobile banking to good old-fashioned relationship management; from scalable business banking to financial services that grow as your business does; from best-in-class choice of products to investment solutions tailored to your specific needs.

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Senior Manager, Strategy

Job Type

Full Time

Qualification

MBA/MSc/MA

Experience

6 years

Location

Nairobi

Job Field

Banking

Job Purpose Statement

The Senior Manager, Strategy is responsible for the delivery of a strategic projects and internal consulting engagements. This leader will leverage their experience in management consulting to deliver some of the most challenging NCBA Group enterprise programs.

No two days on the Strategy team are the same. You’ll collaborate with teammates and business stakeholders on major projects that produce meaningful insights and actionable recommendations for NCBA Group – from broad, enterprise-wide endeavours to narrower, more business-specific opportunities.

This role reports to the Head, NCBA Group Internal Consulting.

Key Accountabilities (Duties and Responsibilities)

Analytics 40%

• Identifying gaps and providing practical solutions to business issues through engagement with relevant stakeholders, reviewing business processes, reviewing research material and other relevant information sources
• Structure and solve business problems, collaborating and coordinating with a range of internal stakeholders to make recommendations on a wide range of business issues
• Develop rigorous, fact based, quantitative analysis to support recommendations. Ensure strategic and financial soundness and alignment for recommendations
• Monitor the evolution of the Banking industry, competitive landscape, new technology developments and regulatory environment
• Work with the Corporate Development team to shape and inform our approach to M&A and strategic partnerships to execute the corporate strategy
• Developing appropriate portfolio metrics and reporting to track performance across programs and engagements.
• Communicate recommendations to senior management in a clear, concise and impactful way

Project Management 40%

• Deliver projects or major project workstreams related to NCBA’s corporate strategy or corporate initiatives – from shaping to successful implementation
• Converting existing project/product issues into solutions, implementing the necessary changes, and leading projects/programs from beginning to end
• Preparing reports and recommendations for senior management, to update on the status of their respective projects /programs

Collaboration 20%

• Work closely with functional, regional and HQ management teams on strategic projects, bringing timely and useful insight and analytical support
• Assisting different departments in advancing their key projects promptly and efficiently
• Imparting knowledge on consumer needs to the product development teams with a view to influence product strategies
• Working with top management across the business to drive organizational change and commercial excellence

Job Specifications

Academic:

• Master’s degree preferred; will consider equivalent work experience

Desired work experience:

• Minimum of 6 years combined experience in a combination of the following areas:
• Excellent strategy development skills, with mid-level experience in a leading strategy consultancy or in a strategy role for a corporate preferred

• Identifying gaps and providing practical solutions to business issues through engagement with relevant stakeholders, reviewing business processes, reviewing research material and other relevant information sources
• Structure and solve business problems, collaborating and coordinating with a range of internal stakeholders to make recommendations on a wide range of business issues
• Develop rigorous, fact based, quantitative analysis to support recommendations. Ensure strategic and financial soundness and alignment for recommendations
• Monitor the evolution of the Banking industry, competitive landscape, new technology developments and regulatory environment
• Work with the Corporate Development team to shape and inform our approach to M&A and strategic partnerships to execute the corporate strategy
• Developing appropriate portfolio metrics and reporting to track performance across programs and engagements.
• Communicate recommendations to senior management in a clear, concise and impactful way
• Deliver projects or major project workstreams related to NCBA’s corporate strategy or corporate initiatives – from shaping to successful implementation
• Converting existing project/product issues into solutions, implementing the necessary changes, and leading projects/programs from beginning to end
• Preparing reports and recommendations for senior management, to update on the status of their respective projects /programs
• Work closely with functional, regional and HQ management teams on strategic projects, bringing timely and useful insight and analytical support
• Assisting different departments in advancing their key projects promptly and efficiently
• Imparting knowledge on consumer needs to the product development teams with a view to influence product strategies
• Working with top management across the business to drive organizational change and commercial excellence

• Excellent strategy development skills

• Master’s degree preferred; will consider equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 6 years combined experience in a combination of the following areas:
• Excellent strategy development skills, with mid-level experience in a leading strategy consultancy or in a strategy role for a corporate preferred