POSITION : Head, Corporate Planning

Responsibilities

• Leads the hunt for and identification of expansion and new markets opportunities within and outside Nigeria. The includes conducting valuation and feasibility studies of target businesses locations.
• Monitors local and global macro - environment, regulatory, industry trends and developments and distill insights for the Bank.
• Oversees development of economic models and scenarios to aid management decision making.
• Monitors market and competitor activities, industry developments and dynamics.
• Ensures continuous and timely research, collation, analysis and storage of relevant economic, market and statistical indices for utilization by Executive Management to aid effective decision making.
• Provides support to the Executive Management on strategic and regulatory issues on an ongoing basis.
• Facilitates the enterprise strategy planning process and coordinate the articulation and monitoring of the enterprise strategy.
• Provides overall guidance and leadership in the planning and execution of the Corporate Planning Division’s work programs and deliverables.
• Liaises with key stakeholders to develop detailed market/functional strategies.
• Identify, analyse, monitor and execute corporate development initiatives/ tactics that enhance growth and efficiency within the bank.
• Oversees the collation and analysis of operational data, market and customer indices, micro and macro environmental factors/indices, industry trends and competitor data for effective business planning and management.
• Facilitates and oversees the integration of financial information, customer knowledge, trends and strategy for the purpose of forecasting revenue and cost trends of the business.
• Supervises continual analysis of internal and external environmental factors influencing the business.
• Provides results of analysis to management as premise for defining organizational strategic goals & objectives and identifying new business growth opportunities.
• Tracks corporate and functional performance vis-à-vis defined performance targets and report variations.

Requirements
Skills

• Excellent leadership, interpersonal and team building skills
• High moral and ethical values
• Good oral communication and writing skills
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills
• Good knowledge of financial markets and financial services industry
• Excellent understanding of financial statement analysis and reporting
• Strong business analytical and strategic planning skills
• High proficiency in use of IT-based business tools
• Negotiation skills

Qualifications  

•   Bachelor's Degree in any discipline with a minimum of second class lower (2.2)
• An MBA from a top business school and other business-related post-graduate qualifications will be an advantage
• 12 - 15 years’ relevant experience in strategy, corporate planning and development or corporate finance with at least three (3) years at middle management/supervisory level.
• International Exposure and experience will be beneficial
• Previous experience in management consulting or prior corporate strategy background will be an advantage.

Others:

• Good knowledge of global economic dynamics including trends and key drivers of change.
• Ability to effectively relate to and influence Executive Management and Board.
• Working knowledge of the SSA and Nigeria financial services industry, trends and key drivers
• Strong understanding of corporate development practices, including portfolio evaluation, business development, new market entry and growth strategies.