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Corporate Strategy Manager, Managing Director
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
New York, NY, United States
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Corporate Strategy Manager, Managing Director
Join a financial group that’s as committed to your future as you are. At MUFG, we share a vision for our future, we share our successes, and we strive to bring out the best in each other in everything we do. Our 14,000 diverse colleagues are connected by a common ambition to create change for the better—from forging more dynamic career paths, to driving progress in our communities, to continuously reshaping the standards of global financial services. Positive impact starts here; see the change you can make as we strive to become the world’s most trusted financial group.
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Head of Corporate Strategy & Development, this role will be a key leader in building the Americas Annual Strategic Plan. The Corporate Strategy Manager will bring an external benchmarking industry perspective, help to influence groups with emerging trends in the industry and manage strategic enterprise projects in lieu of consultants.
The role will jointly lead MUFG Americas (MUFG Americas Holdings (MUAH), including MUFG Union Bank and BTMU US Branches as well as Canada and Latin America) central strategy formulation and strategic planning efforts, as well as coordinate strategy with key MUTB and MUS (USA) subsidiaries.
Major Responsibilities:
• Jointly lead the Americas Annual Strategic Planning Process
• Strengthen the coordination between corporate and business unit strategies
• Work directly and coordinate with Business Unit and support function senior management, Financial Planning & Analysis and BTMU liaisons. The role will heavily interface with MUFG’s wholesale bank in NY or MUFG's retail bank in CA, so prior experience and familiarity with corporate and investment banking and capital markets or retail banking is required
• Support corporate development function with strategic analysis and insights related to inorganic solutions to achieve corporate strategic objectives
• Serve as internal strategy consultant providing support to business units and support groups
• Manage engagements of external strategy consultants for maximum efficiency and alignment with corporate strategy and shareholder and management goals
• Manage the development & preparation of annual, triennial and other periodic strategic plans for presentation to Executive Committee of the Americas (ECA), MUAH Board of Directors, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi (BTMU) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) management
• Oversee strategic performance management, using Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) scorecards, for key strategic initiatives. PDCA scorecards are a key management tool to assess the effectiveness of strategic initiatives, tracking both KPI’s and financial progress against objectives
• Assess external market developments, including existing lines-of-business and current portfolio gaps, including market structure, performance, competitive dynamics, and provide direct input into strategic planning and strategy formulation processes
• Contribute to business portfolio analysis; review key developments regarding performance and risk, and work with finance group and enterprise risk management to help identify required paths of action to optimize portfolio performance
Qualifications
Required Skills & Experience:
• An MBA or other relevant graduate degree is highly preferred
• A minimum of 15+ years of related business experience with a strategic focus within the financial services industry or equivalent consulting or financial / investment banking experience
• Experience in corporate and business unit strategy development and management of large implementation efforts preferred
• Direct work experience that includes strategy development and/or execution within the financial services industry
• Strong business and financial acumen and be comfortable dealing with complex financial analyses and concepts
• Requires a problem-solver who relies on facts and data to drive decisions
• Effective negotiation skills
• The ability to communicate, through both written and verbal means, to a broad variety of audiences and senior executive management
• Capability to build consensus in a working group and successfully coordinate and manage persons outside of his/her direct sphere of influence
• The ability to interact with senior leaders at both the business units and in the corporate office and be able to represent the Bank with senior-level external constituents
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
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