- Location
- Sydney, NSW - CBP South, 11 Harbour Street, Australia
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Management
- Seniority
- Manager
- Education
- Certification
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Workday
Description
Executive Manager Group Strategy
Group Strategy is responsible for developing and driving a coordinated strategic agenda across the CBA Group, while reinforcing the bank’s purpose and values.
Your team
Group Strategy is a group of high-capability and high-agency individuals from a range of professional services backgrounds.
Your responsibilities
As Executive Manager, you will report to a General Manager of Group Strategy and have responsibility to:
- Develop and maintain trusted relationships with key internal and external stakeholders who may contribute to, influence or be impacted by the Group’s strategy.
- Lead / execute projects end-to-end from initial framing of the problem, through to synthesis of relevant insights and development of high-quality solutions.
- Foster a collaborative and high-performing team, including developing junior members of the team and fostering a great culture.
- Support the Group Strategy Leadership Team to drive the strategic agenda of the bank and deliver on Group Strategy-specific initiatives (e.g. AI adoption and tooling).
- Adhere to the Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct sets the standards of behaviour, actions and decisions we expect from our people
Your skills and experience
- Several years of experience in one or more of the following: (i) strategy consulting; (ii) corporate finance; (iii) policy, (iv) venture building or (v) technology and data analytics.
- Advanced written communication skills, especially as pertains to development of succinct and thoughtful papers for Executive and Board audiences.
- Strong command of quantitative analysis, e.g. building analysis to estimate profit pools for banking customer segments and products.
- Ability to take ownership of complex strategic questions, with demonstrated structured problem-solving capability and hypothesis-led thinking and analysis.
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills.
- Exposure to the financial services sector is a plus, though not required.
Your development
Group Strategy has a reputation for development of high-capability future leaders of the bank. Past members of the Group Strategy team have gone on over the course of their careers at CBA to lead CBA’s Home-Buying Business, Retail Banking Services Business Unit, wider Group Strategy function, and x15 Ventures.
While part of the team you can expect to:
- Work on high-profile projects that will shape the future success of the bank.
- Build hands-on experience solving complex problems across a diverse array of topics.
- Gain real exposure to senior decision makers at the GM, EGM, and GE levels.
- Get hands-on and deliberate apprenticeship from senior leaders in Group Strategy.
- Develop a broad network across key areas of the bank.
The development opportunities available within this team are diverse and can be tailored to your individual ambitions and areas of interest.
Working at CommBank
The Group Strategy team is based in Sydney with a strong work-in-office culture to enable significant hands-on problem-solving and team collaboration, though we all work from home part of the time.
At CommBank, we're committed to creating an accessible, inclusive and respectful workplace. If you require support or adjustments, please let us know. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and we're particularly committed to making a positive difference for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For support please contact 1800 989 696.
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