Manager, Corporate Strategy

Fifth Third Bank; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio is seeking a Manager, Corporate Strategy to guide the bank’s forward-looking strategy and ensure regulatory-aligned planning processes. You will advise business leaders, provide market insights, and lead research, modeling, and business-case development.

You will help develop the strategic plan and communicate with executives, the board, and regulators. The role emphasizes coordinating with Risk, EPMO, and FP&A, driving planning activities, and delivering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business-related field.
• MBA or Master’s degree preferred.
• 4 to 6 years of relevant experience in management consulting or banking.
• Ability to manage people, vendors, processes, capital, and time to achieve goals.
• Comfort in working with the unknown; every day can be different.
• Team-oriented with relationships based on value, not title.
• Experience managing multiple, complex projects with results.
• Experience introducing strategic initiatives and operational change initiatives.
• Experience in accountability and team performance environments.
• Sense of urgency and drive for results; partner with senior leadership.
• Proven ability to influence senior leadership and peers to support growth and financial results.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation, verbal and written communication; attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Identify and analyze opportunities with research plans drawn from broad tasks.
• Develop strategic fact-based market intelligence benchmarking of trends and financials.
• Structure complex problems, synthesize insights, and propose innovative strategies.
• Select and apply appropriate quantitative analysis techniques.
• Create frameworks to enable consistent strategic planning.
• Tailor communications to audience; ensure effectiveness.
• Plan and lead meetings with mid- to senior-level leaders.

Skills

MBA preferred

Banking/Consulting exp

People management

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in business

MBA preferred

Job description

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GENERAL FUNCTION:

The Manager in Corporate Strategy plays two key roles: guide the go forward strategy of the bank through Strategic Planning and ensure Strategic Planning processes comply with Regulatory requirements.

The Manager plays an advisory role in working with key Business leaders throughout the bank in developing, evaluating, and building alignment around new strategies to support the bank’s overall strategic objectives. The Manager partners with and advises Business leaders by providing market and competitive insights, analyzing new opportunities, and building alignment and support for new strategies. The Manager oversees and guides research, quantitative analysis, and modeling used in the analysis of strategic opportunities, delivers competitive insights to Business partners, and drives business case development. The Manager also plays a lead role in the development of the bank’s Strategic Plan, which is documented and shared with Executives, the Board, and Regulators annually.

The Manager supports Regulatory compliance for Strategic Planning processes by driving, tracking, and reporting on these processes, and working closely with key Business partners in Risk, EPMO, and FP&A.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identify and analyze opportunities and develop thoughtful, targeted research plans given a broad research task with loosely defined objectives.
• Develop strategic fact-based and market intelligence benchmarking to highlight customer and competitor trends, financial analysis, business practices, and macro issues with potential to address enterprise-wide priorities.
• Structure complex and ambiguous problems, synthesize insights, develop innovative business strategies, and make logically supported recommendations.
• Select and effectively execute the most appropriate quantitative analysis techniques for the problem at hand.
• Create processes, tools and frameworks to enable a consistent strategic planning process across the organization.
• Tailor communications in method and tone based on the intended audience and purpose. Ensure communications are effective in achieving the intended goal.
• Plan and lead meetings and working sessions with mid- to senior-level Business leaders.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for providing employees timely, candid and constructive performance feedback; developing employees to their fullest potential and provide challenging opportunities that enhance employee career growth; developing the appropriate talent pool to ensure adequate bench strength and succession planning; recognizing and rewarding employees for accomplishments.

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in business-related field. MBA or Master’s degree in business-related field preferred.
• Background in management consulting or banking and 4 to 6 years of relevant experience preferred.
• Ability to manage people, vendors, processes, capital, and time in the most effective manner to achieve business goals.
• Comfort in working with the unknown; every day can be different.
• Ability to be highly effective in a team-oriented environment and to build relationships based on added value, not title or authority.
• Demonstrated experience in managing multiple, complex projects with proven track record for results.
• Previous experience successfully introducing and implementing strategic initiatives and operational change initiatives.
• Experience operating in an environment that stresses both individual accountability and team-based performance.
• A sense of urgency and a continual drive for results coupled with an ability to partner effectively with senior leadership.
• Proven track record of successfully collaborating with and influencing senior leadership and peers to support growth and financial results.
• Interpersonal, negotiation, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills necessary to interact with all organizational levels; very strong attention to detail in written communication.

Manager, Corporate Strategy

At Fifth Third, we understand the importance of recognizing our employees for the role they play in improving the lives of our customers, communities and each other. Our Total Rewards include comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings to give each employee the opportunity to be their best every day.

The base salary for this position is reflective of the range of salary levels for all roles within this pay grade across the U.S. Individual salaries within this range will vary based on factors such as role, relevant skillset, relevant experience, education and geographic location. In addition to the base salary, this role is eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan, with any such payment based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance.

Our extensive benefits programs are designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being.You can learn more about those programs on our 53.com Careers page at: https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/careers/benefits.html or by consulting with your talent acquisition partner.

LOCATION – Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Fifth Third Bank, National Association is proud to have an engaged and inclusive culture and to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected status.