Strategic Planning Manager

M&GPrudential; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Strategic Planning Manager, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping distribution strategies and driving growth initiatives. This exciting opportunity involves collaborating with a diverse range of stakeholders to validate planning assumptions and develop business cases. Your analytical skills and commercial acumen will be key in supporting key growth initiatives and prioritizing projects that align with the company's strategic goals. With a commitment to inclusivity and a supportive work environment, this role offers the chance to make a real impact in a respected organization with a rich history in financial services.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills required.
• Experience in Asset Management or Financial Services is essential.

Responsibilities

• Define distribution strategy and validate planning assumptions.
• Support country heads in preparing for distribution strategy reviews.
• Drive prioritisation analysis and recommendations for growth initiatives.

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Critical thinking

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Intellectual curiosity

Experience in Asset Management

Experience in Financial Services

Experience in Management Consulting

MS Office (PowerPoint & Excel)

Job description

Strategic Planning Manager

Apply locations: London
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted 4 Days Ago
Time left to apply: End Date: January 13, 2025 (18 days left to apply)
Job requisition id: R14728

At M&G, our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients and superior shareholder returns.

Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer workplace accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Role:

As a Strategic Planning Manager within Global Distribution and Product, you will work with a wide variety of stakeholders to help define M&G’s distribution strategy, validate planning assumptions, develop business cases and plans for new growth initiatives, and support prioritisation across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Work on distribution strategy projects and business cases, e.g., new market/channel entry, partnerships, supporting key growth initiatives, commercial decision making.
2. Support Distribution Country Heads in preparing for 6-monthly distribution strategy reviews.
3. Work closely with Distribution Country Heads, Finance and other stakeholders to refine and agree sales projections at country channel level as part of the annual business planning process, including review and sense checking of sales projections, analysing upsides and downsides to plan, and articulating growth initiatives.
4. Drive prioritisation analysis and recommendations, both over the plan period and over shorter time horizons, e.g., working with sales, marketing and investment specialist teams to agree priority funds/strategies to support over the next c. 6 months.

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

1. Problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills.
2. Strong communication (written and verbal) and stakeholder management.
3. Commercial acumen and intellectual curiosity.
4. Experience in Asset Management, Financial Services or Management Consulting.
5. Confident using MS Office, particularly PowerPoint & Excel.

Work Level: Manager or Expert

Recruiter: Hannah Curtis

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long-term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, physical, mental health or neuro-divergent conditions. We participate in the Disability Confident ‘Offer an Interview’ scheme, which means that candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the minimum criteria of a job will be offered an interview if they 'opt in' to the scheme when applying. These candidates are also supported to ensure they have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job.

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