AVP-Strategic Initiatives

Genpact; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Bengaluru is seeking a candidate to support strategic projects and drive management initiatives. The role emphasizes collaboration with leadership, managing financial metrics, and conducting research. Candidates should possess strong analytical, interpersonal, and project management skills. This is an essential role for improving organizational efficiency and requires flexibility in working hours.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of companies' financial metrics and quantitative abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills with proven results.
• Ability to convert data into meaningful insights and recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with ambiguity and driving clarity.
• Experience in business and project management.

Responsibilities

• Drive and program manage strategic projects for the functional leader.
• Set up reporting and tracking of key metrics.
• Identify efficiency opportunities and drive initiatives.
• Collaborate with leadership for improvement opportunities.
• Conduct research for leadership meetings and conferences.

Skills

Financial metrics understanding

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Graduate degree

Job description

This role requires supporting Genpact’s Unit leader by ideating and running key strategic projects for the function, tracking and reporting on key metrics like revenue, utilization, cost, deal pipeline and coming up with insights and actions for improvements.

Collaborating with the leadership team within the function to capture key opportunities for improvement and then, working through to develop solutions.

Sending out the broader organization wide communication on key highlights.

Conducting relevant research for internal leadership meetings and external conferences spanning various topics.

Research on key trends including focusing on competition to identify the offerings, market moves they are making in Finance.

Responsibilities

• Drive and program manage strategic projects for the functional leader
• Set up the Reporting and Tracking progress to report on key metrics like revenue, utilization, cost, deal pipeline, and coming up with insights and actions for improvements – this will require liaising with the Finance team, and other functional teams
• Collaborating with the leadership team within the function to capture key opportunities for improvement and then, working through to develop solutions
• Conducting relevant research for internal leadership meetings and external conferences spanning various topics.
• Research on key trends including focusing on competition to identify the offerings, market moves they are making in Finance.
• Identify efficiency opportunities and drive associated initiatives to improve the performance and success of the organization
• Drive the cadence and content for business, operational, and strategic reviews
• Set and drive regular cadence of communications to various stakeholders including internal employees, external audiences. Sending out the broader organization-wide communication on key highlights
• Responsible for communications of key initiatives across the staff leaders
• Drive strategic meeting agendas, manage follow-up actions
• Collaborating with the leadership team within the function to capture key opportunities for improvement and then, working through to develop solutions.
• Broadcasting communication on key highlights organization wide.
• Conduct relevant research for internal leadership meetings and external conferences spanning various topics. Research on key trends including focusing on competition to identify the offerings, market moves they are making in Finance.
• Graduate
• PMO/Consulting background

Preferred qualifications

• Good understanding of companies’ financial metrics and quantitative abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills; proven ability to get results across multiple groups and disciplines
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to convert data into meaningful insights and recommended actions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to develop presentations and white papers and to influence and work with peers, customers, suppliers & partners.
• Experience working with a high degree of ambiguity and driving clarity in key areas.
• Experience partnering effectively with global, geographically dispersed, or ad-hoc teams.
• Experience in business, project management, and resource management.
• Experience in developing, writing, and presenting in executive-level meetings.
• Willingness to work in flexible office timings – morning, afternoon, or evening depending on business exigencies