Our Consumer client is looking for a Strategy Manager in Sydney that can bring unique ideas and the best strategies that can increase the business units’ profitability and benefit the company’s projects. The goal of the Strategy Manager is to identify those areas of focus and develop strategies that are bigger, faster, and sooner than what the company typically works on.
Working under the General Manager, this role will be an integral part of major projects and will involve managing various work streams while supervising teams and providing strategic guidance. You will need to be able to manage multiple tasks at one time and have excellent problem-solving skills to ensure that goals are met in a timely manner.
In this role, your responsibilities will be to:
Break down complex problems and create plans of action to solve them.
Analyse large data sets and generate meaningful insights.
Lead client meetings and mentor junior team members.
Use your expertise and leadership skills to help the team reach their goals.
Identify solutions for crucial business questions.
Manage projects and key tasks.
Bring forward strategic and creative ideas to help the company move forward.
Ensure that all stakeholders are on board with the changes being implemented and make sure these have impactful outcomes.
Key Qualifications:
4+ years of experience with minimum 2 years of experience in a top tier strategy consultancy, investment bank, or corporate strategy team.
Outstanding academic record and social achievements.
Demonstrated deep experience and knowledge of strategic problem solving and frameworks, project and change management.
Superb written and oral communication with excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to influence all levels of the organisation.
Analytics and quantitative modelling.
Consumer market experience and retail experience is an advantage.
This company believes in building partnerships through collaboration, transparency, and trust. If you want a challenging role and at the same time build your career with training and development programs with an attractive remuneration package, this opportunity may be for you. You may reach out to Asha Walsh or send your CV to her at asha@oaktreetalent.com.
This global management consulting firm strives to unlock value for their clients by leveraging the power of digital.
If you are looking to work for a dynamic thought leader and would like to be focused on projects un the financial services sector, this might be the role for you.
This fast-paced consulting firm is looking to grow by hiring a Partner to focus on Strategy projects.
They need someone who can accelerate their clients’ businesses and boost their business performance so they can thrive in today’s fast-paced world.
They are searching for an individual who has the skills, knowledge, and passion to become a representative of the company with their clients. This successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the client’s context and objectives, develop strong relationships with senior stakeholders, strategise on how the company can grow and thrive.
Key Responsibilities:
Establish a strong relationship with our clients and senior stakeholders. Be able to capture their objectives, concerns and priority areas while bringing the best of the company to them.
Understand the needs of each individual client and tailor your services accordingly.
Demonstrate enthusiasm and confidence when dealing with all types of people in order to deliver quality customer service.
Demonstrate value and expertise through industry knowledge and/or domain knowledge.
Understand the client’s needs and be able to cross-sell the entire Professional Services portfolio as part of bringing value to both the client and the company growth.
Use your creativity and intuitive skills in order to craft a tailored solution that meets the clients’ objectives while also creating an opportunity for further collaboration between our teams.
Report to the industry leader and drive organic growth through existing clients and new clients.
Key Qualifications:
10 to 12 years industry gained expertise either from working in the banking industry or consulting industry.
Banking industry preferred with experience in deposits, credit, and collections, business banking, payments, and cyber security.
You possess a strong learning mindset and drive for continuous self-improvement, including exceptional communication and negotiation skills, personal adaptability, and high empathy and curiosity.
Maintain a thorough understanding of portfolio and solutions and how to best differentiate these values to our clients.
Collaborator who fosters trusted advisor relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.
An articulate leader who leads internal teams to outcomes. You embrace mentoring and developing others in your journey. You can apply a data-driven approach to include research, business intelligence, and compelling strategies.
If the role seems exciting and think you are a great fit, feel free to reach out to Anika Stokes at anika@oaktreetalent.com or apply through the link below.
Our client is a well-funded fintech that is seeking a super smart individual to take on a senior leadership role in their company as Strategy and Business Operations Manager in Sydney or in Melbourne. We are looking for a highly skilled individual who can tackle complex, multi-faceted issues and devise innovative solutions while still being able to execute them across the organisation. This person should be an impressive all-rounder who is capable of performing daily tasks.
The client understands the importance of operational and organisational improvements. That’s why the Business Operations team was created – an internal consulting group dedicated to assessing critical projects, tackling issues, and executing solutions across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities of the role:
Optimise and create reliable processes across all aspects of the company.
Able to think critically and provide strategic answers to questions such as our operating model, new products and markets.
Streamline and improve our processes and should be detail oriented, analytical and has the ability to think outside the box.
Analyse various aspects of the operations and use those insights to help improve different parts of our business.
Responsible for projects that will allow us to expand operations into international markets.
Identify opportunities and develop innovative solutions.
Key Qualifications of the role:
You have ~1-2 years of experience at a top-tier management consulting firm, engineering firm, law firm or investment bank with a proven bias to execution
~1-2 years of experience in a similar Business Operations role at a high growth startup
Problem solving skills – you’re able to see complex problems, break them down and solve them in a logical and analytical way
Clear communication skills – you’re able to clearly articulate your thoughts to stakeholders at all levels
Transparent – you challenge respectfully, share insights freely and own your mistakes
Passionate – you’ve got high energy to build a leading insurance company
Resilient – you can stay collected and remain effective at all times
Focused – you can keep your eyes on the prize, even when there are a million competing priorities
A high achiever – you’ve always been able to generate success
If this sounds like a good challenge to you and you think you are a perfect fit, please reach out to Asha Walsh and send your CV to be considered.
This Strategy & Operations Manager in Sydney or in Melbourne is Exclusive to Oaktree and will take home an annual pay of $150k – $180k + super + equity.
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Of all the interview questions job applicants prepare for, the most obvious ones sometimes get the least attention and often times result in a rejection before you’re even out of the blocks, to use a rather corny sports analogy 😉
You came ready to share some development insights, your greatest strength, and a moment when you shined, but what do you do with a broad but direct question like “Why do you want to work here?
Like a similarly problematic interview question — “Tell me about yourself” — “Why do you want to work here?” requires you to focus on a specific answer without any clues, contexts, or prompting from the interviewer.
It’s a blank space, but that doesn’t mean you can wing it and fill it with just anything.
Drawing from my 17 years of experience as an executive recruiter and executive coach, as well as someone who’s sat on both sides of the interview table many times, I recommend three basic approaches:
💡 Express your personal passion for the employer’s product/service/mission
💡 Explain why you would enjoy the responsibilities of the role.
💡 Describe how you can see yourself succeeding in the role, given your skills and experience.
You can use any combination of these three approaches so long as you keep your answer concise!
Tip: Be Specific
As you develop your answer, understand that the more specific you are, the more powerfully your answer will resonate. Conversely, the vaguer you are, the more generic the response will seem.
This is one of the most highly regarded strategy teams based in Sydney. Not only will your complex problem solving skills be put to the test, you will get to work with an exceptional ex top tier leadership team.
Working as part of a team solving some of the most complex and high profile strategy problems, this is a team that makes an impact and can offer you exciting long term progression as well as a strong focus on work life balance.
Your responsibilities include:
Ownership of end-to-end complex strategic projects.
Collaborate with senior management to design and implement these strategies.
Develop insights and recommendations for senior leadership and board.
Ensure delivery of tangible value and long-term results.
Coach, develop and mentor members of the team.
Background/Experience required:
4+ years’ experience from a top-tier consulting firm or a combination of ex top tier experience and in house strategy.
Relevant tertiary qualifications required; MBA desireable
Lateral thinker with the intellectual capability to quickly understand and apply new concepts
Outstanding analytical, financial, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills
Ability to work in and contribute to a high performing, collaborative team environment
A highly structured style and results-oriented approach with the intellectual capability to quickly understand and apply new concepts
Excellent ability to create high-quality quantitative analysis and written materials for presentation to senior management and the Board of Directors
Knowledge of innovation and agile methodologies
Strong relationship-building skills and a high level of emotional intelligence to work with and manage stakeholders
If you have a proven background in management consulting and would like to be considered for this position, please apply via the link provided.
