Vice President - Strategy & Governance | SCIB

Santander; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Vice President - Strategy & Governance to coordinate with senior management and drive strategic priorities. This role demands expertise in Investment Banking, stakeholder management, and regulatory compliance. Ideal candidates should possess a degree in a relevant field, extensive experience, and strong leadership skills. The position offers a competitive salary and hybrid work model.

Benefits

Discretionary performance-related annual bonus

Up to 12.5% pension contribution

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Company funded private medical insurance

Voluntary healthcare benefits

Death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance

Employee share plans

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a similar position focusing on Investment Banking.
• In-depth understanding of structuring and execution of strategic transformation programmes.
• Experience with regulatory and governance-related matters.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a trusted advisor to the Head of Strategy & Governance.
• Supporting SCIB's strategic planning processes.
• Leading regular and ad-hoc strategy reviews on key business issues.

Skills

Experience in Investment Banking

Knowledge of Investment Banking products

Stakeholder management

Strategic transformation programme execution

Education

Degree in Banking, Finance, Business, Management

MBA or Masters in Finance

Job description

Vice President - Strategy & Governance | SCIB

Country: United Kingdom

Join our community.

Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB) is Santander's global division that supports some of the world's most complex and sophisticated corporate and institutional clients, offering customised services and value-added wholesale products to best meet their needs.

In this interesting role within the SCIB UK Strategy & Governance team, you'll be working in close coordination with the Santander London Branch (SLB) Executive Committee and SLB Senior Management to implement the Global SCIB divisional goals and objectives.

You'll play a key role in driving the strategic priorities and influencing management decision making. You'll work closely with wider team to identify opportunities and challenges for the division and ensure effective control and governance structures are maintained to optimise management time, effort and effective decision making.

If you've performed a similar role previously, this could be the perfect opportunity to develop your career.

The difference you'll make:

• Acting as a trusted advisor to the Head of Strategy & Governance and the wider team on critical strategic questions facing the business
• Supporting SCIB's strategic planning processes, including developing strategic and budgeting plans for the UK SCIB platform in partnership with CEO, finance, product teams and others
• Assisting with the design and implementation of strategic transformation programmes to ensure that UK or branch specific aspects are addressed
• Leading regular and ad-hoc strategy reviews on key business issues and testing growth and efficiency hypotheses
• Managing the evolution of SCIB UK's Booking Model architecture in line with the growth of the business whilst ensuring that it remains aligned to relevant regulatory expectations
• Acting as the key nodal point for SLB's engagement with the UK regulatory bodies and providing close support to the Head of SCIB UK by managing presentations, Board and Exco papers, and Client and employee interactions

What you'll bring:

• Extensive experience in a similar position focussing on Investment Banking
• Excellent knowledge of Investment Banking products, structure and regulation
• In depth understanding of structuring and execution of strategic transformation programmes
• Relevant experience of working on regulatory and governance related mattersAbility to work with internal and external stakeholders to support delivery and execution of projects

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, working in close collaboration with the support and business units
• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject (Banking, Finance, Business, Management)
• Any additional languages especially Spanish
• MBA or Masters in Finance or equivalent

What else you need to know:

This role is based at our offices in Triton Square, London located within easy walking distance from Warren Street and Euston.

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 3 days a week (pro-rata for part-time roles).

Inclusion.

At Santander we're creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we'll reward you.

As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don't contribute yourself. We'll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• Company funded individual private medical insurance.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, and health assessments.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Share in Santander's success by saving or investing in our share plans.

Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies

What to do next:

If this sounds like a role you're interested in, then please apply.