Team Lead Strategy

Team Lead Strategy 

Location:  Lagos

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer

Job Summary

·         Establish an organization-wide system that monitors and measures the implementation of the strategic business growth plans.

·         Develop the entity’s strategic direction and objectives into plans, programs, and initiatives, and ensure the achievement of set targets.

·         Promote organization-wide strategic planning and strategic implementation

·         Develop strategies, validating and justifying business needs, conducting feasibility studies, producing high-level and detailed business models, preparing business cases.

·         Establish an organization-wide system that monitors and measures the implementation of the strategic business growth plans.

·         Ensure the gathering of crucial pieces of information such as strategic priorities, competitor performance, operational performance, innovations, markets, etc. from various internal and external sources to develop strategic options.

·         Develop and maintain strategic relationships with key organizations and investors and champion the formulation of strategic business alliances.

·         Develop leading-edge thought from the financial services, academic, and general business world to provide situational guidance

·         Promote the optimal use of financial resources such as working capital, credit, and risk management.

·         Develop data gathering and analysis tools/techniques.

·         Coach the team on adoption and understanding of Agile methodologies, principles, and practices in the broader organization. 

Education and Work Experience

•                      Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, finance or accounting or any related discipline

•                      Minimum of eight (8) years’ experience preferably in a similar role

•              Professional qualification – ACA/ACCA/MSC/MBA

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Skills and Competencies

 ·         Proven track record on interacting with Senior Management in a highly sensitive and collaborative to agree the Group’s strategic direction.

·         Ability to demonstrate a broad business perspective and develop strategies that integrate these perspectives.

·         Ability to demonstrate expertise, knowledge and understanding of techniques employed in managing the change process

·         Proven ability to clearly convey information and instructions, which will determine the effectiveness with which strategies are executed across the Group

·         Experience of building appropriate and effective networks, locally and Group-wide for the benefit of our communities

·         Excellent communication skills for the delivery of regular reports for the business’s leadership, which must be easily digestible, unambiguous, engaging, informative and convincing.

·         Demonstrate ability to perform standard analyses such as performance analyses, competitive analyses, market analyses, etc.

      ·         Extensive experience in the development and implementation of policy

           ·         Strong presentational and influencing skills