At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead strategic initiatives and deliver impactful insights to senior leadership.
- Company: Dynamic financial services firm with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Hybrid work model, competitive pay, and potential for contract extension.
- Other info: Opportunity to mentor junior team members and grow your career.
- Why this job: Shape the future of finance while advising top executives.
- Qualifications: Strong analytical skills and experience in strategy or consulting.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Domain: Financial Services / Banking
Location: London, UK · Hybrid (3-4 days on-site)
Employment: 4 month Contract with possibility of extension or going permanent
Workplace Type: Hybrid - 3 to 4 days in office
Purpose of the Role
Lead the development of strategic initiatives by defining problem statements in partnership with senior stakeholders, synthesising complex analysis into clear, decision-relevant insight, and advising leadership on strategic direction. You will oversee strategic projects spanning multiple workstreams, ensure high-quality, executive-ready delivery, and actively shape stakeholder engagement to drive alignment and impact.
What You'll Deliver (Key Accountabilities)
- Lead identification of problem statements and hypothesis-driven problem solving; synthesise complex analyses into clear insights and strategic implications.
- Structure and oversee multiple workstreams within strategic initiatives — ensuring quality, alignment and delivery against enterprise priorities.
- Develop compelling, executive-ready presentations and narratives, translating complex topics into clear, actionable messages.
- Design and execute stakeholder engagement strategies — managing differing perspectives, surfacing blockers, and building alignment across senior stakeholders.
Accountabilities of the Job
- Identify and articulate the strategic implications of analysis; ensure outputs are relevant to leadership decision-making.
- Ensure strategy projects deliver against agreed enterprise objectives, identifying risks early and maintaining focus on impact.
- Ensure all workstreams are aligned, integrated and delivered to a high standard, with a clear and consistent strategic narrative.
- Anticipate stakeholder needs, manage competing priorities, and drive alignment across functions and senior stakeholders.
- Produce and oversee high-quality, executive-level materials and communications that clearly convey complex strategic issues.
- Lead and develop junior team members — providing direction, coaching and feedback; contribute to overall capability building.
Knowledge & Experience
- Knowledge and interest in financial services — including customers, products and services.
- Ability to convert data and research into a fact base for strategic content, with strong analytical skills and the ability to simplify complex tasks.
- Strong communication and presentation skills — able to convey complex information clearly.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to understand and manage stakeholder incentives and dynamics.
- Experience managing project or workstream teams in complex and demanding environments.
- Ability to balance big-picture strategic thinking with meticulous attention to detail.
- Experience in an in-house strategy function or strategy consulting environment.
- Degree-level or equivalent qualification; MBA and/or top-tier consulting background highly valued.
- Experience leading workstreams or teams.
Conduct & Line of Defence
- Comply with the client's Code, Purpose, Values and relevant policies.
- Respect relevant regulatory obligations and Conduct Rules.
- This is a first-line role under the Three Lines of Defence principles — responsible for intelligent risk-taking and managing direct and consequential risks.
- Promote a culture where risk, including financial crime and fraud, is managed effectively through prompt identification, escalation and reporting.
Why This Seat
Own the framing, the analysis and the board-ready recommendation — advising senior leadership.
