Commonwealth Bank

Senior Manager, Group Strategy


PayCompetitive
LocationSydney/New South Wales
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: REQ211618

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      Your Business

      Led by the Executive General Manager of Strategy, Group Strategy is responsible for developing and driving a coordinated strategic agenda across the Group while reinforcing the Group’s Purpose and Values.

      Your Team

      Group Strategy is composed of high calibre and passionate individuals from a range of backgrounds including management consulting, investment banking and corporate strategy.

      Our core activities are achieved from engagement and collaboration with senior stakeholders across the breadth of the Group’s business and support units.

      These activities include:

      • Analysis of the operating environment and identification of the potential medium to longer term issues and trends that are of strategic significance to the Group’s portfolio of businesses.

      • Evaluation of the implications of environmental change, development of strategic options and recommendations to achieve the Group’s vision and objectives over the medium to longer term.

      • Facilitating the annual strategy development processes with the Executive Leadership Team and the Board.

      Your Reporting Lines

      As a Manager, you will report to an Executive Manager. As a Senior Manager, you will report to a General Manager.

      Your Responsibilities

      • Contributing to the development of corporate strategy, generating insights on the near- and long-term challenges and opportunities facing the Group and the Australian Financial Services industry, and helping form considered recommendations to achieve the Group’s vision and objectives over the medium to longer term.

      • Lead / execute projects end to end by working with stakeholders across the Group. This includes identifying, framing and scoping strategic problems, project management, undertaking primary external / internal research, synthesising complex information, writing board reports and high-quality solutions, while succinctly communicating them to relevant stakeholders.

      • Develop and maintain trusted relationships with key internal and external stakeholders who may contribute to, influence or be impacted by the Group’s strategy.

      • Support the Group Strategy team to build practice tools and IP, including frameworks, approaches and solutions to enhance the team’s productivity.

      • Foster a collaborative and high performing team culture, and lead junior members of the team e.g., by coaching other team members to build on strengths and support development.

      • Support the Group Strategy Leadership Team to drive specific initiatives that contribute to development and execution of the strategic agenda.

      • Adhere to the Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct sets the standards of behaviour, actions and decisions we expect from our people.

      Your Skills and Experience

      • Minimum of two years’ experience with relevant exposure to consulting, corporate finance, strategy, investment banking, law or similar

      • Exposure to the financial services sector is a plus

      • Ability to take ownership of complex strategic cases, with demonstrated structured problem-solving capability and hypothesis-led thinking and analysis

      • Demonstrated ability to work effectively and efficiently in high performing teams

      • Exceptional verbal and written communication and stakeholder engagement skills

      Your Development

      Group Strategy provides the opportunity to: work on high-profile projects for key decision makers and hands on experience in solving complex and wide-ranging issues across the Group and develop a broad network and gain exposure to key areas of the bank, giving you an exceptional platform to develop your career with CBA. Within group strategy, there is a great culture of learning and development with hands on coaching from experienced senior leaders. The team is diverse and provides development opportunities available within this team are diverse and can be tailored to your individual ambitions and areas of interest.

      If this sounds like you, APPLY TODAY!

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      Advertising End Date: 04/08/2024
  • About the company

      The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, or CommBank, is an Australian multinational bank with businesses across New Zealand, Asia, the United States and the United Kingdom.