Senior Manager: Strategy

3 days ago

Midrand, South Africa The Change Lab Full time

Main Purpose of Job
- The Strategy Senior Manager works within the Africa Strategy Unit to advance the development of the Africa Member Firm network and implementation of its strategies to achieve the growth ambitions of the Africa Member Firm.
- The scope of the role is Africa wide and requires the incumbent to play a key role in the shaping and framing the key strategies of the firm, working with the businesses to translate these strategies and drive execution.
- The Strategy Senior Manger reports to the Strategy Unit Director, with frequent interaction with the Deputy Chief Executive, Africa Executive, Clients and Industries, service lines, internal client service functions and other senior leaders across the Africa firm.

Minimum Requirements:

- University Graduate
- Undergraduate degree with rigorous analytical and quantitative focus (Business Sciences, Business Administration (MBA or equivalent), Finance / Engineering)
- Whilst not a strict requirement, a post graduate qualification in a management or numerate discipline would be an added advantage
- Minimum 8 years’ working experience in a consulting environment
- Understanding of Strategy process and best practice - including strategy development, execution and communication
- Established, professional with strong strategy experience at management level
- Understand market structures, competition dynamics and client behaviours

Desired Experiences
- At least 5 years in a client facing management consulting role
- Delivering complex, large scale projects - leading multiple streams and aligning stakeholders to achieve outcomes
- Strong analytical skills
- Financial Modelling
- Working knowledge of the market, players and trends in Professional services
- Concurrently deliver on portions of multiple strategy projects in a fast-paced, intense, results-oriented environment

Differentiators for this specific role
- Work with the business to translate the firm’s priorities into tactical plans
- Define and implement a sprint methodology to manage the cadence of execution
- Define communication process to leadership and team members
- Timely and detailed reporting on status of sprint implementation and any corrective action required to leadership
- Run multiple projects concurrently/ programme management
- Define the scope, scope, deliverables, timelines, outcomes, budget and success criteria
- Manage teams across the business which may include external service providers
- Engage leaders and manage risks and issues proactively
- Integrate with projects across the firm by Identifying stakeholders and dependencies across projects
- Leverage analytical frameworks to identify, prioritise, structure, and solve complex business problems
- Assess and qualify potential investments, strategic partnerships, and/or M&A activities for strategic fit and recommend the appropriate actions in the firm’s corporate development process
- Leverage proven methods and tools to analyse and develop recommendations
- Develop effective working relationships across the Africa Firm - including internal clients (service lines, Exco) and colleagues to exercise influence
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills (storyboarding, presentations, report writing, etc.) to build alignment and understanding
- Develop hypothesis to clearly articulate strategic options - leverage influencing skills and ability to negotiate trade-offs where competing priorities exist
- Financial modelling to define financial implications and trade-offs for proposed strategic options

Key Performance Areas
Strategic Impact
- Lead the process to translate the firm’s strategic choices and priorities agreed by the Africa executive
- Embed execution discipline to ensure the agreed upon tactical plans are fulfilled
- Create explicit links between outcomes (growth, transformation and an enhanced brand position - and associated key metrics) and the strategic priorities and actions of the firm
- Shape the emerging priorities of the firm by identifying and analysing key trends to understand
- significance and business implications to stress test strategic priorities and choices to inform adjustments which may be required
- Lead strategic projects within specific areas of the business and across businesses / service lines as agreed with the Strategy Unit Leader
- Utilise external sources (market research) to assess the professional services marketplace to help senior Leaders understand the organizations competitive position (successes, challenges, opportunities, and risks) as input to shaping the choices and strategy of the firm
- Including liaising with external service providers to scope competitor analysis studies for core Africa markets
- Collaborating with the knowledge management function on research needs - including competitor analysis, market sensing (including key trends, acquisitions, macro and micro economic indicators)
- Formulate business issues into robust and quantified decision frameworks

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