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Strategy Manager

Knutsford
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Strategy Manager at Barclays

Join us as a Strategy Manager at Barclays where you'll be primarily responsible for Business Banking strategy definition, including defining target segments, portfolio makeup, industry/sector verticals, commercial opportunity, and outcomes. You will champion innovative approaches and best practices to drive meaningful impact.

Requirements

To be successful as a Strategy Manager, you should have experience with:

  • Strategic acumen, including a good understanding of the microeconomic landscape and broader economic trends
  • Commercial acumen with the ability to connect data to business impact and make informed, numbers driven decisions
  • Good storytelling skills and the ability to turn complex ideas into clear, engaging messages
  • Evidence of previous strategy or consultancy experience

Some Other Highly Valued Skills Include

  • Experience of converting strategic ideas to delivery
  • Executive level reporting

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Location

This role will be located in Canary Wharf or Knutsford, Radbroke.

Purpose of the Role

To provide independent and balanced advice and counsel to senior stakeholders through problem identification, solving, and decision-making practices.

Accountabilities

  • Provision of strategic advice to Group Executives to support the decision-making process of business challenges and opportunities.
  • Development and implementation of strategic advisory incentives to grow and optimise the bank’s operations, through market research and analysis.
  • Collaboration with various stakeholder groups to identify the appropriate strategic direction type to meet the needs of Barclays clients and investors.
  • Development of financial models to support strategic recommendations and transactions through financial data analysis, financial projects, and considering the financial impact of transactions.
  • Management of transactions, negotiations, transaction structure development, and post-transaction integration.
  • Collaboration with internal stakeholders to maintain client relationships, and develop new relationships to identify opportunities.
  • Identification of industry trends, maintain peer benchmarking, and developments related to strategic advisory services by attending conferences, participating in training, and conducting market research.

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Assistant Vice President Expectations

  • To advise and influence decision-making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
  • Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well-developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives, and determination of reward outcomes.
  • For individuals with leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
  • For individual contributors, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross-functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
  • Consult on complex issues, providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
  • Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
  • Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
  • Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
  • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business-aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
  • Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practices (in other areas, teams, companies, etc.) to solve problems creatively and effectively.
  • Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
  • Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

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Barclays Values and Mindset

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge, and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

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Skills

Strategic Acumen
Commercial Acumen
Storytelling Skills
Data Analysis
Financial Modeling
Stakeholder Management
Market Research
Negotiation
Transaction Management
Risk Management
Change Management
Leadership
Collaboration
Problem Solving
Communication
Influencing

Location

Knutsford, England, United Kingdom

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