Group Strategy Manager at Old Mutual Kenya

The Group Strategy Manager role is responsible for providing key actionable insights from operating environment and industry landscape, providing in-depth financial and business analysis, identifying opportunities for optimization, manage and coordinate Group’s strategic planning and consolidation process, support strategy development, cascade and effective quarterly business reviews in collaboration with leaders. Own strategy implementation tracking, deliver on the strategic reporting requirements and support high-level stakeholder engagement.

 KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Deliver on strategy development and business planning cycle outputs

• Coordinate the strategic planning cycle and process for OMEA businesses and facilitate the integration of country plans into the consolidated plan. Overall liaison of templates, dissemination, engagement meetings and presentations
• Prepare country strategic plans for engagements with Boards and the Center.
• Develop strategic deep dive areas strategies and plans  
• Performs ad hoc strategic analysis and provides guidance on key issues facing the business or industry.
• Prepare strategy documents for various stakeholders at country, LoB and consolidated level

Deliver on OMEA Intelligence centre

• Provide timely research, analysis and insights on key topics such as evolving market externalities, competitive dynamics, peers activities, emerging industry issues-banking & Insurance) consolidations and legal/regulatory changes
• Craft a strategic story out of the numbers.  Present complex analytical findings in a clear, concise, and decision-impacting manner. Influence leadership
• Provide research and deep dives into specific topics at portfolio and country/business level
• Support development of business cases and internal views on key topics for boards/EXCO
• Lead critical decision analysis workstreams that tackle ambiguous and complex analytical problems. Translate analysis into meaningful business insights. Build potential options and actionable recommendations around those insights.

Strategic Business Analysis & Financial planning

• Support in conducting business analysis to identify opportunities for optimisation and performance enhancement across Group operations.
• Financial Modelling & Valuation: Develop, evaluate, and maintain robust financial models, including valuation models, scenario analyses, and profitability assessments to support key business decisions.
• Performance Analysis: Monitor and analyse financial performance, highlighting trends and insights to inform strategic planning and reporting.

Strategic Implementation tracking: 

• Track key strategic initiatives monthly and prepares a report on the same.
• Monitor and report on course correction measures and assess impact
• Maintain a single source of organization performance data on an on-going basis
• Provide ad-hoc strategic review on key issues areas
• Flag issue areas for course correction

Strategic Reporting:

• Prepares quality and timely executive business performance reports on a monthly/quarterly basis for respective Boards and centre
• Provide statutory reporting requirement reports - Annual report, Investors briefing, AGM
• Provide quarterly business performance report for staff briefing engagements   
• Managing Strategic Risk of the function in line with the Risk management framework  
• Champion Mission planning discipline for effective strategy execution and business reviews across OMEA
• Prepare company mission plan and provide quality assurance on all Level 2 missions plans and scorecards
• Support mission plan cascading across the organization
• Oversee monthly updates of all missions in stratex
• Plan the Quarterly Business Review meeting to facilitate quarterly business prioritization (in line with strategy) and completion of action points arising out of the quarterly business review meeting and strategy mission status review sessions
• Provide a monthly update on company mission.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Proven strength in structured problem solving, critical thinking, and solution execution across complex business issues.
• Organized project and program manager with the ability to effectively plan and engage internal / external stakeholders to achieve business goals.
• Proactively identify tasks and have an attitude that “finishes the work” to a high level of professionalism.
• Strong people skills and ability to communicate and coordinate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Performing structured analysis to help frame and ultimately solve large, complex, and ambiguous problems.
• Able to work under short deadlines and juggle multiple tasks at once in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in corporate finance, financial modelling, due diligence, strategic planning, and performance improvement initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, Business, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Statistics, or similar discipline; MBA Preferred.
• 7+ Years –Business analysis, management/financial consulting, financial services sector corporate strategy