Senior Manager, Strategy and Business Analysis

Capital One Canada; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Canada seeks a Senior Manager in Strategy and Business Analysis to drive business growth through strategic leadership and analytical decision-making. This role involves collaboration across teams and offers significant opportunities for mentorship and professional development, emphasizing the importance of talent retention. Experience in quantitative analysis and project management is essential, with a focus on enhancing business strategies.

Benefits

Work From Home allowance

Mental health coverage up to $3000

Tuition subsidies up to $5000 per year

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in quantitative/qualitative analysis.
• At least 3 years of experience in people management and project management.
• Successful track record in competitive analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop business strategies that drive growth and profitability.
• Manage and sequence delivery of business initiatives.
• Work closely with Tech, Marketing, and Operations to drive improvements.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Business ownership

Analytical skills

Communication

Decision making

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Job description

161 Bay Street (93021), Canada, Toronto,Toronto, Ontario,

Senior Manager, Strategy and Business Analysis

About Capital One Canada.

For over 20 years, we’ve been on a mission to change banking for good and build relationships by making credit accessible, simple, intuitive and rewarding. We want to help Canadians succeed with credit, because we believe in people — in our customers, in our associates, and in talent like you!

Yes, we’re a credit card company, but we’re more than that too. With your help, we’ll build the next generation of banking in Canada based on customer-focused values, compelling products and great engineering. Our Strategy & Analytics Roles are like management consulting, but better. From day one, you’ll have the opportunity to work on solving complex problems, using data-driven decision making to enhance the overall business strategy, while still maintaining work/life balance.

At Capital One, we love to give our Strategy Analyst Managers the opportunity to rotate to roles across various teams, so while this role is within the Credit Modeling team, we will consider your application for multiple Strategy & Analytics teams as well as offer you the opportunity to rotate to new teams throughout your time at Capital One. This is part of our winning formula for creating great future leaders and as such, this role is well suited to high performers looking for growth opportunities.

About the Team

In this role, you'll be working with Business Analysts, Financial Analysts and Project Managers supporting Strategy and Business Development functions within Canada Card.

About the Role

The team is primarily responsible for identifying and evaluating new business opportunities, including products, marketing strategies, and partnerships. The team also supports senior leadership to understand market dynamics, competitor moves, and emerging trends.

As a Senior Manager, Business Analysis at Capital One, you will apply your strategic and analytical skills to major company challenges. You will develop and test strategies that ultimately impact the bottom line. And you'll do it all in a collaborative environment that values your insight, encourages you to take on new responsibility, promotes continuous learning, and rewards innovation.

The Strategy team is responsible for working with the Canada leadership team to define long-term goals for the business that enable consistent and resilient growth. In addition, the team works to identify how these goals can be achieved, partnering with key stakeholders, and to prioritize and assess new opportunities and partnerships. The team also maintains close relationships with Capital One US counterparts and business partners to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy.

Your Responsibilities:

• Strategic leadership: Develop business strategies that will drive growth, profitability, and competitive success for Capital One in the face of shifting consumer and regulatory behavior, and to drive business to meet long-term goals

• Business ownership: Have an ownership mindset, and P&L accountability for business cases. Strategic planning with a 1-6 month horizon

• Leadership: May eventually manage and develop a team of analysts. Coaching and mentoring associates throughout the organization with a goal of developing and retaining talent at Capital One

• Execution: Coordinate and collaborate across the business to manage and sequence delivery of business cases and initiatives, build business requirements and execute against the growth strategy. Oversee multiple projects and programs concurrently

• Partnership: Work closely with colleagues across Capital One including: Tech, Marketing, Operations, Finance and others to drive improvement in quality, volume, service, and profitability

• Strategic & analytic orientation: A proven track record of decision making and problem solving based on analytics. Conceptual thinking skills must be complemented by a strong quantitative orientation, given that a large part of the business is based on rigorous analytic marketing & credit risk management

• Strong business judgment, leadership and integrity: He/she should be a tenacious decision maker, able to bring a healthy, aggressive, yet responsible approach to business. Self-starter, and comfortable with blue-sky thinking and working with imperfect/incomplete information

• Solid people leadership experience: Ability to build and leverage the capabilities of a high-performing team, as well as business partners across the enterprise. He/she should foster innovation, drive critical decisions, hold business partners accountable, and be able to consistently deliver results

• Strong executive communication skills: Impeccable written and oral communication credentials, coupled with strategic influencing skills and the ability to drive agreement through intellect, interpersonal and negotiation skills

• Clear results orientation: display an intense focus on achieving both short and long term goals. He/she should be able to drive and execute an agenda in an uncertain and fluid environment

• Successful track record of thriving in a fast paced, entrepreneurial and dynamic environment. Previous consulting experience is a plus

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s Degree preferred)
At least 5 years of experience in quantitative analysis/financial modeling

At least 5 years of experience in qualitative analysis
At least 3 years of experience in people management
At least 3 years of experience in project management
At least 2 years of experience in competitive/market analysis

Preferred Qualifications:

Corporate strategy decision making and problem solving using analytics with a basic understanding of credit card

Working at Capital One.

Enjoy a hybrid work environment, with 3 days in the office. Build a comfortable workspace with our one-time, Work From Home allowance and enjoy our head office located conveniently across the street from Union Station.

Live well—physically, financially and emotionally. Receive support for you and those who are most important to you, with full coverage for spouses, domestic partners, and dependents. With up to $3000 in mental health coverage and up to $5000 in tuition subsidies per year—and much more—you’ll discover that Capital One is committed to helping you live your best life.

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Capital One Canada is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We consider all qualified applicants and will meet the needs of those requiring reasonable accommodations.

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