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Strategy Manager
US Cellular
Chicago, IL, United States
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Provide a broad array of strategic analytical leadership and support to projects and initiatives in the areas of strategy and corporate development. Leads key strategic analyses and oversees ongoing strategic initiatives. Provide decision support to the Executive Leadership team and to cross-functional business partners. Requires a broad array of specific skill sets and analytical capabilities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide critical thought leadership and recommended courses of action to projects and analytical work.
• Lead the production of the company’s annual strategic long range forecast.
• Aid with the development of the quarterly update of the company’s enterprise risk management process.
• Monitor and report on market level performance quarterly. Analysis includes key insights and areas to dive deeper to understand performance and recommend actions for improvement.
• Provide insight and decision support to key business partners in footprint planning, marketing, and product development as store locations and product tests are contemplated.
• Identify industry trends and interpret their potential impact on USCC strategy and/or valuation forecasting.
• Support the scenario analysis process including scenario development and signpost monitoring.
• Aid in the design and development of the industry/competitive analysis module of the annual strategy assessment process.
• Develop business cases to evaluate and recommend new product and service strategic roadmap directions while collaborating with key stakeholder teams such as Engineering, IS, and Marketing.
• Likely to deal with highly confidential information on a regular basis – requiring a high level of integrity and confidentiality.
• Deploy discounted cash flow analysis and other financial techniques to model net present value and valuations.
• Become familiar with a variety of strategic analytical frameworks around situational analysis, competitive strategy, and industry analysis (e.g., Porter’s Five Forces, etc.).
• Assignments often include technically challenging analytics requiring research or creation of new approaches.
• Demonstrates a high level of ownership of assigned projects and shows independent initiative.
• Deals with forward-looking analyses often characterized by a high degree of uncertainty in the data.
• Works in an environment where priorities change frequently.
Job Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA desired.
• Minimum of 5-8 years of broad experience in financial analysis/accounting required. Wireless operations experience a plus.
• Familiarity with strategy concepts and frameworks is required.
• Ability to function effectively in cross-functional teams is required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.
• Strong strategic and analytic thinking skills are required.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills are required.
• Familiarity with financial valuation techniques (i.e., discounted cash flow, etc.) is preferred.
• Business knowledge of the wireless industry is a plus.
• Understanding of U.S. Cellular operations is a strong plus.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications required – particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Flexible attitude with changing assignments and priorities is imperative.
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