Job description A Career with Hang Seng Bank Hang Seng is committed to service excellence. Our people are our most important asset and play a vital role in our efforts to continually enhance our performance for customers and provide best-in-class products and services. We seek to attract high-calibre talent by offering a dynamic working environment, good career development opportunities and competitive compensation packages. Strategic Planning and Corporate Development Strategic Planning and Corporate Development functions as the central strategy development group of the Bank and addresses topics at the top of senior management's agendas. This role will provide the opportunity to work on different bank level strategic initiatives across all the Businesses and Functions of the Bank, covering the following Chief of Staff ("COS"): Support key activities of executive office including but not limited to governance papers and presentation materials for external and internal meetings, relationship management with key internal, external and industry bodies and monitoring of business results; lead and mobilise CEO sponsored stakeholder events; advocate and moderate cross-business collaborations Corporate strategy: Formulate the Bank's medium term strategies, support execution, coordination, tracking and evaluation according to the Bank's strategic planning framework; lead articulation and mobilisation to achieve strategic priorities; lead strategic business studies that are cross-Businesses, Functions and/or geographies in nature, derive actionable insights and make appropriate recommendations to the Bank's senior management Corporate development: Lead corporate development projects including acquisitions, disposal, joint venture and strategic alliance; lead governance and management of the Bank's corporate investments and alliances and exploit synergies in accordance to the Bank's strategic priorities; raise market perception of the Bank through thought-leadership and advocacy on key strategic topics We are currently seeking a high caliber professional to join our department as Senior Strategist and Corporate Development Manager. Principal responsibilities Provide COS support to enable CEO and/or other C-suite members effective and efficient execution of management agenda, internal and external communications, and other issue resolution Develop strategy papers and reports to articulate strategic plan, strategic analysis and business performance to support decision making, ensure bank-wide alignment and solicit approval Mobilise and collaborate with businesses and functions to devise strategic initiatives, manage implementation, monitor performance and support issue resolution Be trusted advisors to working partners and conduct credible challenge on all strategy, corporate development and COS issues, through daily working relationship and participation in various committees Build and develop relationship with the Bank's internal stakeholders including subsidiaries, associate companies and corporate investments; monitor performance and support directors and senior management on corporate governance Lead fact-based analysis to develop relevant hypothesis for discussions and recommend strategic options for consideration by senior management in relation to bank strategy, corporate development and business performance improvement Lead relationship with external parties including industry associations and mobilise collaboration and participation by the Bank's relevant departments Coach and mentor junior team members; Co-lead various department administrative and internal control responsibilities as per Group and Bank's requirements Requirements University degree in any disciplines with good knowledge in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration or a related discipline; professional qualifications such as CPA, CB, CFA, CIIA, CIMA, FLMI and PMI an asset Over ten years of financial services (e.g. personal banking, wholesale banking, private banking, insurance, asset management) and/ or strategy consulting experience; hands-on experience in CEO or COS Office an asset Excellent written communication (documents and presentations), oral presentation and interpersonal skills; able to articulate conceptual ideas and strategic directives to a wide range of audience Generalist problem-solving skills with strong conceptual, highly structured and analytical and quantitative capabilities to deal with high level of ambiguities Project management skill with a track record in leading and mobilising cross-functional teams and managing multiple priorities Good knowledge of commercial banking products, organisation and operations; knowledge of and exposure to Mainland China and GBA business, transaction banking, wealth management (incl asset management and insurance), innovation (incl FinTech and digital), strategic partnership, subsidiary management, or management information reporting highly preferred Committed, self-motivated and action-oriented personality with strong ownership and resourcefulness to drive results and performance; Ability to build a trusted-advisor relationship with working partners and senior executives Well-versed in MS Office including Excel and PowerPoint; experience in modelling an asset Candidate with less experience will be considered as Strategist and Corporate Development Manager. 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