ARM Life is the insurance subsidiary of Asset & Resource Management Company Ltd (ARM). Its parent company, ARM is one of the largest non-bank financial services firms in Nigeria with a focus on asset management. Established in 1994, ARM started operations as a traditional asset management company specialising in the management of quoted equities and fixed income securities.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Strategy Analyst
Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Summary
- Responsible for the development and supervision of corporate and unit-level strategy, monitoring, measuring and evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of the strategy and how it adds value to the Group and subsidiary companies. §Responsible for the incubation of Group-level strategic initiatives.
Duties and Responsibilities
Research:
- Carry out research and data collection and analysis of qualitative or quantitative data for insights that will drive the development of new strategies and new business opportunities.
Corporate Strategy:
- Develop strategies for the Group, and its subsidiaries, through the provision of research support, competitive strategy (Porter’s 5 Forces) analysis, design and implementation of enterprise-wide balance score cards and associated strategy maps, driving the target setting process, and assisting subsidiaries and other business functions on the design and use of the balanced scorecard methodology
- Identifying issues (within the organization and externally) and forming hypotheses, formulating and implementing recommendations /solutions and developing implementation plans.
External Stakeholder Engagement:
- Provide research and co-ordination in preparations for Group presentations to key external parties
Competitive Intelligence:
- Conduct competitor analysis which involves gathering data on competitor in all business segments that the Group competes in and developing a SWOT analysis for the industry and the Group.
Environmental Analyses:
- Identify environmental drivers of business performance and change, through periodic PESTLE analyses of the organization’s operating environment; develop business scenarios (based on outcomes of analyses) and define implications for Group, subsidiaries, and support functions; perform market segmentation, to distill key buyer values; and model organization’s response as appropriate to environment factors, and market segments.
Business Development:
- Assist in business development efforts, including the creation of concepts and proposals
- Develop business proposals and executive level presentations and reports to support analyses and recommendations
- Design financial and organizational models, examine competitive landscapes and conduct stakeholder analyses to support project needs.
Management Reporting:
- Track and report on critical key performance indicators (e.g. financial, operational) for both the group, subsidiary businesses and support functions; assessing the organization’s performance on core performance drivers; identifying, compiling, analyzing and prioritizing all bottlenecks to optimal performance.
Benchmarking:
- Benchmark ARM against competitor firms on various relevant parameters and indicators to understand how the firm ranks against competitors within its operating environment.
Other Requirements
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university
- Advanced Business Degree (preferably an MBA)
Experience:
- Minimum of 8 years of work experience (with a minimum of 4 years’ experience in Finance or Strategy role within a financial services company or a consulting outfit).
Key Competencies
Behavioral:
- Achievement (Level 4/4)
- Analytical Thinking (Level 3/4)
- Customer Service Orientation (Level 4/4)
- Entrepreneurship (Level 3/4)
- Flexibility (Level 4/4)
- Holding People Accountable (Level 4/4)
- Intercultural Competence (Level 3/4)
- Leading and Developing Others (Level 4/4)
- Professional Confidence (Level 4/4)
- Relationship Building for Influence (Level 3/4)
- Self-Awareness (Level 4/4)
- Team Working (Level 4/4)
- Working Strategically (Level 34/4)
- Communicating Effectively (Level 3/4)
Technical:
- Strategy – SSP001 (Level 3/4)
- Benchmarking – SSP002 (Level 3/4)
- Competitive Analysis – SSP003 (Level 3/4)
- Process Management – SSP004 (Level 3/4)
- Macroeconomic Analysis – SSP005 (Level 3/4)
- Market and Regulatory Environment – SSP006 (Level 3/4)
- Knowledge Management – SSP007 (Level 2/4)
- Business Acumen – SSP008 (Level 2/4)
- Corporate Performance Management – SSP009 (Level 3/4)
- Project Management – SSP009 (Level 2/4)
- Business Valuation – IMG003 (Level 3/4)
- Corporate Funding – IMG004 (Level 3/4)
- Research – IMG006 (Level 4/4)
Application Closing Date
25th June, 2018.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online