Senior Strategy Analyst at ARM Life Plc

ARM Life is the insurance subsidiary of Asset & Resource Management Company Ltd (ARM). Its parent company, ARM is one of the largest non-bank financial services firms in Nigeria with a focus on asset management. Established in 1994, ARM started operations as a traditional asset management company specialising in the management of quoted equities and fixed income securities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Senior Strategy Analyst
Job Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

• Responsible for the development and supervision of corporate and unit-level strategy, monitoring, measuring and evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of the strategy and how it adds value to the Group and subsidiary companies. §Responsible for the incubation of Group-level strategic initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities
Research:

• Carry out research and data collection and analysis of qualitative or quantitative data for insights that will drive the development of new strategies and new business opportunities.

Corporate Strategy:

• Develop strategies for the Group, and its subsidiaries, through the provision of research support, competitive strategy (Porter’s 5 Forces) analysis, design and implementation of enterprise-wide balance score cards and associated strategy maps, driving the target setting process, and assisting subsidiaries and other business functions on the design and use of the balanced scorecard methodology
• Identifying issues (within the organization and externally) and forming hypotheses, formulating and implementing recommendations   /solutions and developing implementation plans.

External Stakeholder Engagement:

• Provide research and co-ordination in preparations for Group presentations to key external parties

Competitive Intelligence:

• Conduct competitor analysis which involves gathering data on competitor in all business segments that the Group competes in and developing a SWOT analysis for the industry and the Group.

Environmental Analyses:

• Identify environmental drivers of business performance and change, through periodic PESTLE analyses of the organization’s operating environment; develop business scenarios (based on outcomes of analyses) and define implications for Group, subsidiaries, and support functions; perform market segmentation, to distill key buyer values; and model organization’s response as appropriate to environment factors, and market segments.

Business Development:

• Assist in business development efforts, including the creation of concepts and proposals
• Develop business proposals and executive level presentations and reports to support analyses and recommendations
• Design financial and organizational models, examine competitive landscapes and conduct stakeholder analyses to support project needs.

Management Reporting:

• Track and report on critical key performance indicators (e.g. financial, operational) for both the group, subsidiary businesses and support functions; assessing the organization’s performance on core performance drivers; identifying, compiling, analyzing and prioritizing all bottlenecks to optimal performance.

Benchmarking:

• Benchmark ARM against competitor firms on various relevant parameters and indicators to understand how the firm ranks against competitors within its operating environment.

Other Requirements
Education:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university
• Advanced Business Degree (preferably an MBA)

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years of work experience (with a minimum of 4 years’ experience in Finance or Strategy role within a financial services company or a consulting outfit).

Key Competencies
Behavioral:

• Achievement (Level 4/4)
• Analytical Thinking (Level 3/4)
• Customer Service Orientation (Level 4/4)
• Entrepreneurship (Level 3/4)
• Flexibility (Level 4/4)
• Holding People Accountable (Level 4/4)
• Intercultural Competence (Level 3/4)
• Leading and Developing Others (Level 4/4)
• Professional Confidence (Level 4/4)
• Relationship Building for Influence (Level 3/4)
• Self-Awareness (Level 4/4)
• Team Working (Level 4/4)
• Working Strategically (Level 34/4)
• Communicating Effectively (Level 3/4)

Technical:

• Strategy – SSP001 (Level 3/4)
• Benchmarking – SSP002 (Level 3/4)
• Competitive Analysis – SSP003 (Level 3/4)
• Process Management – SSP004 (Level 3/4)
• Macroeconomic Analysis – SSP005 (Level 3/4)
• Market and Regulatory Environment – SSP006 (Level 3/4)
• Knowledge Management – SSP007 (Level 2/4)
• Business Acumen – SSP008 (Level 2/4)
• Corporate Performance Management – SSP009 (Level 3/4)
• Project Management – SSP009 (Level 2/4)
• Business Valuation – IMG003 (Level 3/4)
• Corporate Funding – IMG004 (Level 3/4)
• Research – IMG006 (Level 4/4)