Assistant Vice President/Senior Manager - Corporate Strategy & Planning - NBFC - IIM/ISB/FMS/MDI/XLRI (3-6 yrs)

Job Title: AVP / Senior Manager - Corporate Strategy & Planning

Grade Range: M3 / M2

Function / Department: Corporate Strategy & Planning

Department Head Chief: Strategy Officer

Reporting Manager: SVP - Corporate Strategy & Planning

Expertise required/ Domain Knowledge: Prior Banking / NBFC experience.

Any specific specialization/education: Top-tier MBA or similar.

Job Description (indicative, not exhaustive):

- Support / lead / program-manage Strategic projects - including but not restricted to existing business growth, new business incubation, inorganic growth, new business build and partnerships (synergies with SMBC Corporate customers), risk management (credit policy, operational, fraud), risk analytics, collections and recoveries excellence, operational excellence.

- Program management of strategic projects.

- Support execution and delivery of strategic projects e.g. incubation of new business, new partnerships (synergies with SMBC Corporate customers), risk management, recoveries excellence, etc.

- Drive CEO priorities - understand CEO priorities in CEO-LT reviews, develop/review minutes of the meeting, track closure with cross-functional senior teams / LT members.

- Develop presentations for Management Reviews; identify areas of focus / priority / value creation for the business / organization.

- Macro / industry / competition intelligence to identify opportunities for SMICC business growth / 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 include interactions with shareholder (SMBC) teams - direct, and seconded to SMICC.

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

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.

About the company:

Registered as an NBFC - Investment and Credit Company (NBFC-ICC) with the Reserve Bank of India. India operations started in 2007, and is today a leading NBFC with a pan India presence. Working together with over 22,000 employees, we reach our market by connecting with around 2.93+ million customers, be it in cities, towns or villages, right at their doorstep. We penetrate deep inside the market through 843 branches, covering 670+ towns and approximately 70,000+ villages. We operate in the niche sectors and provide financial access to the underserved and unserved segments. By doing so, we have introduced people to formal credit.

0ne of the largest global banking and financial service groups, offering a diverse range of financial services including commercial banking, leasing, securities and consumer finance.