Senior Strategy Analyst

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Job Summary

• Support strategic analysis and planning activities across Corporate & Investment Banking, and broader business portfolios.

• Analyse business performance, client trends, portfolio dynamics and revenue drivers to identify strategic opportunities and performance improvement actions.

• Assess the strategic implications of market, client and industry developments on business performance and future growth.

• Deliver insight-led recommendations that support strategic decision-making and prioritisation.

• Monitor macroeconomic, regulatory and industry developments affecting banking and financial services.

• Assess implications for the CIB business, institutional clients, and broader strategic priorities.

• Conduct market, client and competitor analysis to identify emerging opportunities, threats and positioning gaps.

• Develop actionable insights and strategic responses informed by external market intelligence.

• Support the development and refresh of strategic plans, including Short-Term Plans (STP) and Medium-Term Plans (MTP).

• Conduct strategic, financial and commercial analysis to evaluate opportunities, business cases and investment decisions.

• Facilitate strategic planning discussions, workshops and business reviews with senior stakeholders.

• Support the evaluation of strategic trade-offs and prioritisation decisions through structured analysis.

• Develop and maintain strategic performance dashboards, scorecards and management reporting tools.

• Monitor performance against strategic objectives, identifying trends, risks and areas requiring intervention.

• Track delivery and value realisation of strategic initiatives and transformation programmes.

• Support governance forums through performance reporting, business reviews and executive decision-support materials.

• Prepare high-quality Board and executive-level presentations, briefing notes and strategic reviews.

• Present insights and recommendations clearly and confidently to senior stakeholders.

• Build strong relationships across business, Finance, Risk, Treasury, and Group functions to ensure alignment and effective execution.

• Act as a trusted analytical partner to leadership teams on strategic and business performance matters.

• Minimum 5-8 years' experience in strategy, business management, strategic planning, consulting, financial analysis or related roles.

• Experience within banking or financial services.

• Prior exposure to Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) environments is strongly preferred, with experience in one or more of the following areas: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Banking, Capital Markets or Corporate Finance and Transaction Banking, Structured Finance or Trade Finance.

• Exposure may have been gained through strategy, business management, performance management, product management, financial analysis, consulting or front-office support roles within a CIB environment.

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