Corporate Strategy Lead - East London

Top reasons to work for this client:

• Basic salary to 82k per annum.
• 10% Bonus.
• Hybrid working: 2 days at HQ in Canary Wharf, 3 days working from home.
• Innovative and purpose driven company in the energy market.
• Joining at an exciting stage of growth for this company.
• New role managing the company wide strategic direction and shareholder relationships.
• Opportunity to shape the future of this company, build a team and propel your career.
• Rewarding blend of annual strategy, business planning, internal comms & shareholder relations.
• Provide leadership for 2 direct reports initially.
• Focus on continuous improvement and driving positive change.
• Collaborative, supportive, ambitious, fast paced culture.

Benefits:

• 25 days AL + birthday, moving days etc + AL increases with service.
• Company pension scheme (8% employer contribution).
• EAP, Health & GP services, Season Ticket, Life Assurance, Cycle Scheme, Family Discounts.
• 3 Paid volunteering / charity days per annum.
• Full support for professional memberships, subscription paid.
• Focus on personal career growth and L&D budget.

Core responsibilities will typically include:

• Provide strategic alignment across the organisation to understand and incorporate the company’s goals, objectives and strategic priorities.
• Run the annual strategy review.
• Ensure the Board strategy direction is reflected in the company’s strategic plan, translating themes into actionable initiatives and projects. 
• Deliver the annual business planning process, working across all teams to identify deliverables in line with our strategic objectives.
• Create and maintain the master business plan and work closely with Finance, to ensure that the associated resources for each deliverable have been budgeted for.
• Collaborate with the Performance team to develop the company strategic KPIs, providing, develop into company’s scorecard.
• Support and guide senior management’s decision-making process, facilitate informed discussions, and develop structured action plans.
• Develop the annual end-of-year corporate performance score and report or review.
• Undertake and proactively develop the shareholder engagement, communication and programme management.
• Consider impacts of strategy on the Government Framework Agreements.
• Coordinate processes to ensure adequate funding for all aspects of the business.

Essential Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

• Relevant experience applying a variety of frameworks appropriate to context and executing strategy.
• A natural influencer with outstanding communication skills secures senior buy-in and works collaboratively both internally and externally.
• Analytically minded with strong problem-solving skills.
• Able to innovate, generate and prioritise new ideas and support others to do the same.
• Previous people management responsibility with ability to motivate and mentor others.
• Educated to Degree standard.
• Proficient in MS Office.

Desirable Experience & Skills:

• Energy sector.
• Government environments (as well as private sector).
• Prince 2 qualification or similar.