Senior Strategy & Corporate Development Manager | S4 | CFO Strategy & Corporate Development | Unity Place, Milton Keynes
Senior Strategy & Corporate Development Manager | S4 | CFO Strategy & Corporate Development | Unity Place, Milton Keynes
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This high-impact role reporting into the Chief Strategy Officer offers a unique opportunity to work at the heart of strategic decision-making at Santander UK. The purpose of the role is to facilitate top management decision making and shaping of Santanders overall strategic direction identifying and evaluating growth options collaborating closely with senior leadership to drive long-term business advancement and value creation
The difference youll make:
Shape and evolve Santanders long-term strategic plan in alignment with business and Group priorities.
Facilitate strategic planning with senior leadership driving initiative prioritisation and resource allocation.
Track the execution of strategic initiatives flagging risks and adapting plans to ensure delivery and value realisation.
Conduct deep market and competitive analysis to uncover trends and growth opportunities.
Lead analysis of macroeconomic trends customer behaviours and emerging technologies to anticipate market shifts and define future business models
Translate complex insights into actionable strategies that inform investment growth and transformation initiative
Take end-to-end ownership of strategic projects assigned to ensure on-time in-full delivery
Evaluate corporate development opportunities
Prepare high quality materials to facilitate discussions with the senior management the Board and key external stakeholders
Play a central role in communicating the banks strategy ensuring clarity alignment and momentum across the organisation
What youll bring:
The ideal candidate should have prior experience from a top-tier strategy consulting firm leading investment bank or a strategy / corporate development team within a major financial institution.
Possess expert-level capabilities in strategic thinking problem solving financial analysis and executive engagement and demonstrate deep sector expertise in financial servicesparticularly UK Retail and Commercial Banking.
Strong influencing skills with a track record of shaping senior-level decision-making in complex matrixed environments
Deep understanding of the UK financial services landscape including macroeconomic regulatory and market dynamics.
Solid grasp of UK banking business models and the financial levers driving performance across customer segments and markets
Advanced analytical and quantitative skills with proficiency in data mining AI-enabled insight generation and use of visualisation tools.
High-level proficiency in PowerPoint Excel Word and Outlook with the ability to create clear compelling and executive-ready deliverables.
Undergraduate or equivalent related degree in Finance Business Administration or Economics or substantial demonstrable work experience supported by professional training
It would also be nice for you to have:
An understanding of Santander UKs and Santander Groups current strategic agenda (including financial plans / budgets projects in train etc.) is expected
Solid grasp of UK banking business models and the financial levers driving
Deep understanding of the UK financial services landscape including macroeconomic regulatory and market dynamics
Hands-on experience in the end-to-end corporate development processincluding deal evaluation due diligence and managing relationships with investment banks and advisors.
What else you need to know:
This role is contractually based in Unity Place and will an office-based role working out Triton Square and Unity Place depending on executive requirements.
We want our people to thrive at work and home and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).
If you apply for this role in any of these locations its important you consider your travelling distance time and cost from your home to the office location.
Were happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.
Inclusion
At Santander were creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple Personal and Fair.
How well reward you:
As well as a competitive salary youll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs. For part-time / contract roles your salary bonus (where eligible) and certain benefits will be prorated to reflect your working hours / contract duration.
Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
We put 8% of salary into your pension even if you dont contribute yourself. Well pay in up to 12.5% of salary if you contribute as well and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
30 days holiday plus bank holidays which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
6000 car allowance per year.
Company funded individual private medical insurance.
Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family dental insurance and health assessments.
Protection for you and your family with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
Share in Santanders success by saving or investing inour shareplans.
As a Santander UK employee you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services
Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies
What to do next:
If this sounds like a role youre interested in then please apply.
If theres anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best get in touch. Whether its a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance were available through email. You can contact us at
Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full-Time
