Business Strategy Leader

INTRUST Bank; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

INTRUST Bank seeks a senior strategy and finance leader to drive growth by identifying strategic opportunities and building robust financial models, forecasts, and business cases. You will collaborate with Finance, Strategy, Data, Operations, and Risk to ensure initiatives are financially viable, well-governed, and aligned with regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities include developing revenue forecasts, evaluating new products and partnerships, and delivering actionable insights through

Qualifications

• Strong financial modeling, business-case development, profitability analysis, and forecasting skills.
• Hands-on data analysis capability using SQL/Excel/Power BI/Tableau/Python.
• Familiarity with banking products, regulatory considerations, and vendor evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Build the financial models, revenue forecasts, and profitability analyses behind strategic opportunities.
• Size revenue potential for new products and channels, including market and adoption assumptions.
• Analyze profitability of existing products and identify optimization opportunities.
• Translate opportunities into clear business cases, memos, and pilot plans with defined success criteria.
• Perform analysis of transaction, deposit, lending, and customer data to surface trends.
• Develop dashboards and recurring reporting for leadership visibility on financial performance.

Skills

Financial modeling

Business-case development

Forecasting

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Presentation skills

Strategic thinking

Communication

Regulatory awareness

Vendor evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, data analytics, information systems

MBA, CFA, CPA, or advanced degree preferred

Tools

SQL

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Python

Job description

Description

At INTRUST Bank, People Come First. Guided by strong character qualities—such as respect, compassion, humility, positivity, and initiative,we work to support one another, serve our customers, and strengthen our communities. Here, your career matters. You’ll find an environment where you’re encouraged to grow, empowered to lead at any level, and supported as you build a meaningful career with a trusted organization.

Job Summary

Drives enterprise growth by identifying, evaluating, and quantifying strategic opportunities across markets, customers, products, partnerships, and technology, with primary accountability for the financial case behind them. Builds the revenue forecasts, profitability analyses, and business cases that influence which opportunities the Bank pursues, and measures results against those cases after launch. Analyzes internal and market data to surface trends, test assumptions, and support recommendations. Evaluates emerging banking, payments, fintech, artificial intelligence, and automation capabilities for commercial viability and practical fit within a regulated environment. Partners with the Strategy and Innovation business unit leader to establish success metrics, monitor performance, and ensure strategic initiatives deliver expected financial and customer value. Works closely with business lines, Finance, Technology, Information Security, Data, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and other teams as needed so that pilots and implementations are aligned with the Bank's strategic priorities, measurable, secure, well-governed, and compliant. Ensures a high level of customer service is delivered and promotes and fosters teamwork across all areas of INTRUST. Represents INTRUST Bank in all they do in the community and is focused on the development of new business relationships. Maintains strict standards of confidentiality and performs duties in a manner supporting INTRUST's Character Qualities.

Essential Functions

All expectations described in the job description’s essential functions are necessary to be successful in this role, performed with or without a reasonable accommodation.

• Build the financial models, revenue forecasts, and profitability analyses behind enterprise strategic opportunities, including cost structures, break-even timing, and expected return on investment.
• Size the revenue potential of new products, markets, channels, partnerships, and business lines, including addressable market, realistic adoption assumptions, pricing, and the sensitivities that would change the recommendation.
• Analyze the profitability of existing products, services, and customer segments; identify where margin is being earned or eroded; and recommend pricing, mix, or structural changes.
• Translate strategic opportunities into clear business cases, decision memos, presentations, and pilot plans that state scope, assumptions, success criteria, risks, dependencies, implementation needs and expected financial returns.
• Perform hands-on analysis of transaction, deposit, lending, and customer data to surface trends, test assumptions, and support strategic recommendations.
• Develop dashboards and recurring reporting that make the financial performance of strategic initiatives visible to leadership.
• Research and evaluate emerging banking, payments, fintech, artificial intelligence, and automation capabilities, and assess which are commercially viable and operationally practical for the Bank.
• Evaluate potential vendors and fintech partners on economics as well as capability, including pricing models, revenue share, switching costs, and total cost to implement and support.
• Define success metrics, partner with Finance on forecasts and benefit realization, monitor initiative performance, and recommend whether to scale, adjust, pause, or discontinue based on results and strategic value.
• Build trusted cross-functional relationships with business lines, Finance, Technology, Data, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Legal; challenge assumptions; safeguard confidential work; and advance initiatives without direct authority.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, data analytics, information systems, or a related field; MBA, CFA, CPA, or advanced degree preferred. 10+ years of experience in corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, corporate strategy, banking, consulting, product strategy, or a related discipline, including work that directly shaped an investment, pricing, or profitability decision. Demonstrated experience building financial models and business cases, analyzing large data sets, and evaluating vendors, partnerships, or technology investments. Experience in banking, financial services, or another highly regulated industry strongly preferred.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Strong financial modeling, business-case development, profitability analysis, and forecasting skills. Hands-on data analysis capability, including the ability to pull, join, and interrogate large data sets and present results visually using tools such as SQL, Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or Python. Familiarity with banking products, digital banking, payments, lending, deposits, and treasury-management services and their underlying economics. Working knowledge of AI and automation concepts, data governance, information security, and third-party technology risk. Genuine curiosity about emerging technology, with the ability to translate technical concepts into practical business decisions for nontechnical leaders and to balance opportunity identification with financial discipline, implementation realities, risk, and regulatory requirements. Demonstrated ability to effectively partner with other business units and lead cross-functional initiatives without direct authority. Strong presentation and storytelling abilities, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Required Licenses and/or Certifications

None.

Physical Demands

Extended period(s) of time may be spent viewing a personal computer, sitting, standing, and walking. Occasional lifting up to 25 lbs. Must be able to hear and speak clearly both face-to-face and over the phone. Must be able to use hands to key information and handle objects. The physical demands necessary for this role should be performed with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Working Conditions

Normal office conditions.

This job description summary is not intended to be an employment contract, nor is it intended to state or imply these are the only activities to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other duties as assigned or requested by their supervisor.

INTRUST Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries, including INTRUST Bank, are Equal Opportunity Employers whose policy is not to discriminate unlawfully against any qualified employee or applicant for employment on the basis of protected military or veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state or federal law; except where an individual’s protected category constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification.