SMFG India Credit - Senior Manager - Corporate Strategy & Planning

Job Description:

- Develop presentations for Management Reviews, Company Strategy

- Identify areas of focus, value creation for the business and organization.

- Responsible for design of strategic projects / initiatives, business and financial case, and preparation of pilot / execution blueprint.

- Support execution and delivery of strategic projects e.g. incubation of new business, new partnerships (synergies with Corporate OEMs), underwriting transformation, early bucket collections excellence, Digital, AI projects, etc.

- Drive CEO priorities - understand CEO priorities in CEO-LT reviews, develop/review minutes, track closure with cross-functional senior teams and Leadership Team members

- Macro, industry, competition intelligence to identify opportunities for SMICC business growth and value creation. May include both primary and secondary market research and data analysis.

- Above responsibilities may include cross-functional interaction with Sales, Product, Risk Policy, Underwriting, Collections Recoveries, Tech teams.

- Above responsibilities may also require engagements with external partners, including business partners, Strategy, Tech, Risk Management Consulting Partners, investment bankers, digital service providers.

Desired Competencies:

- Strong problem-solving skills: hypothesis based problem-solving, strong analytical skills, thinking-on-the-feet, resourcefulness.

- Business judgment and practicality; data analysis (excel skills)

- Communication skills: Strong written and verbal communication, articulate, concise, senior and confident presence.

- Relationship management.

- Able to work in cross-functional and cross-cultural teams.

- Domain knowledge of lending value-chain is a strong plus (experience in lending industry) - across functions like Strategy, Product, Finance, Risk (Policy, Governance, Collections/Recoveries), Analytics, etc.

Experience Required:

- Prior experience of Minimum 3-5 yrs in Banking, NBFC or Strategy Consulting

- Top-tier MBA or similar