About the Role
Lead the development of strategic initiatives by defining problem statements in partnership with senior stakeholders, synthesizing complex analysis into clear, decision-relevant insight, and advising leadership on strategic direction. Oversee strategic projects spanning multiple workstreams, ensure high-quality, executive-ready delivery, and actively shape stakeholder engagement to drive alignment and impact.
Responsibilities
- Lead identification of problem statements and hypothesis-driven problem solving; synthesize complex analyses into clear insights and strategic implications.
- Structure and oversee multiple workstreams within strategic initiatives — ensuring quality, alignment and delivery against enterprise priorities.
- Develop compelling, executive-ready presentations and narratives, translating complex topics into clear, actionable messages.
- Design and execute stakeholder engagement strategies — managing differing perspectives, surfacing blockers, and building alignment across senior stakeholders.
- Identify and articulate the strategic implications of analysis; ensure outputs are relevant to leadership decision-making.
- Ensure strategy projects deliver against agreed enterprise objectives, identifying risks early and maintaining focus on impact.
- Ensure all workstreams are aligned, integrated and delivered to a high standard, with a clear and consistent strategic narrative.
- Anticipate stakeholder needs, manage competing priorities, and drive alignment across functions and senior stakeholders.
- Produce and oversee high-quality, executive-level materials and communications that clearly convey complex strategic issues.
- Lead and develop junior team members — providing direction, coaching and feedback; contribute to overall capability building.
Requirements
- Knowledge and interest in financial services — including customers, products and services.
- Ability to convert data and research into a fact base for strategic content, with strong analytical skills and the ability to simplify complex tasks.
- Strong communication and presentation skills — able to convey complex information clearly.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to understand and manage stakeholder incentives and dynamics.
- Experience managing project or workstream teams in complex and demanding environments.
- Ability to balance big-picture strategic thinking with meticulous attention to detail.
- Experience in an in-house strategy function or strategy consulting environment.
- Experience leading workstreams or teams.
- Comply with the client's Code, Purpose, Values and relevant policies.
- Respect relevant regulatory obligations and Conduct Rules.
- Responsible for intelligent risk-taking and managing direct and consequential risks.
- Promote a culture where risk, including financial crime and fraud, is managed effectively through prompt identification, escalation and reporting.
Skills
- Finance & Banking experience
- Strategic thinking
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Presentation skills
- Stakeholder management
- Influencing skills
- Project management
Location
- London, UK
Work Type
- Onsite
- Contract to perm
Experience Level
- Minimum of four days per week in the office
Education Level
- Degree-level or equivalent qualification
- MBA and/or top-tier consulting background highly valued
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefit package for all fulltime employees
About the Company
- Zensar is a leading digital solutions and technology services company partnering with global organizations on their digital transformation journey.
- A technology partner of choice, with strong track-record of innovation, credible investment in digital solutions and assertion of commitment to client’s success, Zensar’s comprehensive range of services and solutions enable clients achieve new thresholds of performance.
- Part of the $40 billion APAX Partners’ portfolio of companies, Zensar is uniquely positioned to help existing businesses run efficiently, manage legacy transformation and plan business growth through innovative digital platform.
- Indigo Slate is a full-service human experience company.
- We are a digital organization backed by a global engineering leader, and we’re dedicated to helping clients build transformative experiences from start to finish.
- We create smart experiences that deliver powerful results through a profound intersection of marketing, technology, business, and creative.
- We understand that brands are no longer judged through their advertising, but through each touchpoint, both internal and external, building strength with every experience.
- At Indigo Slate, we harness a mix of skills unique in our industry—equal parts strategic consultancy, creative agency, and technology thought leadership—to build and run some of the best experiences on the planet.
