Director Strategy -13257

This role is open to candidates in Toronto.
This is a Hybrid role – 3 days onsite per week


Advantages
- Work for one of Canada's largest insurance and financial services companies
- Work with a friendly and easy-going team
- Work location is Toronto
- Working days: Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm.
- 6-month contract
- Potential for contract extension and conversion

Workers placed through Randstad are eligible for preferred rates on health, dental, and life insurance. This Value-add program will provide a wide range of options to suit your needs.


Responsibilities
As a Director Strategy, your responsibilities will be:
●Supporting the implementation of a strategic planning framework and process.
●Developing whitepapers, industry research and competitive profiles.
●Providing market and competitive intelligence as needed to support key.
●Strategy discussions across the division’s key business units.
●Assisting in research and evaluation of mergers and acquisition opportunities.
●Evaluating external and internal fact-based research targeted to address key strategic questions/issues.
●Identifying, prioritizing and fully assessing new growth opportunities across regions, businesses, channels and products.
●Acting as a resource for insights for annual, quarterly and monthly management.
●Forecasting, imports from data teams, and collecting and analyzing date
●Reporting data analysis and identifying trends
●Presentations for stakeholders on data forecasting



Qualifications
●Bachelor's degree, preference for actuarial science or finance
●MBA, CA, CFA or comparable designations
●5-10 years of relevant, progressively senior experience - with work experience utilizing lateral, out-of-the-box thinking. Hands-on approach to financial planning, analyzing data to solve problems and improve processes within the team.
●5+ years worked in financial planning departments in a company or management consulting.
●Demonstrable experience in strategic analysis - such as financial planning (zero-based budgeting, unit costing) or product/growth strategy or actuarial science
●Background in strategic planning, management consulting or data analysis and hands on data modelling
●Strong business acumen, with an aptitude for both strategic, broad thinking and critical and analytical thinking
●Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills

Nice-To-Have Skills:
●Insurance operations experience
Additional Soft Skills Required:
●Strong drive and initiative, time management and multi-tasking capabilities
●Superior communication skills, both verbal and written


Summary
If you are interested in the Director Strategy, please apply online at www.randstad.ca.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.