Manager, Strategic Initiatives

2 months ago

Toronto, Canada The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Ltd Full time

**_Role Impact:_**

The Manager, Strategic Initiatives will support the Director and Senior Manager in the roll-out and delivery of complex, high profile and high-impact projects to Cadillac Fairview’s senior management and executive teams through research and analysis. The incumbent will uncover and evaluate opportunities to drive growth and value and will provide strategic advice and insight on major issues affecting, or likely to affect, the portfolio of various assets across the organization.

**_ What you will deliver:_**
- Supports the Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives with the research, analysis, and insights that facilitate the delivery of CF’s strategic plan through special projects requested by the executive team and senior management; this could include analyses regarding growth opportunities, operational efficiency and effectiveness, new innovation concepts, and business model impacts from industry changes and new trends
- Translates high-level project requirements into an outline of required research and analyses to satisfy the project’s deliverables; drafts work plans, monitors progress against goals, and conducts status updates with the Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives and/or Director of Strategic Initiatives to adjust approaches as required
- Manages the day-to-day delivery of project/analysis insights, including scope definition, priority setting, research, analysis, insight synthesis, report creation and communication.
- Develops and manages financial models as they relate to scenario analyses, pilot concepts, and business model impacts
- Provides reliable and timely interpretation of analysis and financial models that is synthesized for various levels of decision makers, including senior management and the executive team
- Supports the facilitation of brainstorming workshops with other Strategic Insights & Risk team members and CF department participants, often senior management as well as the executive team
- Collaborates with project team members from across the business to gain input on approach, analyses, and the feasibility of recommendations; and outlines pilot approaches and/or roll-out plans
- Stays current on, and shares with the Director, Strategic Initiatives and other Strategic Insights & Risk team members, new industry trends or disruptors in commercial real estate (retail, office, industrial, residential rental) and technology advances/changes impacting these industries; over time increases knowledge of other asset classes and geographies that CF owns and operates in
- Prepares and presents memoranda and presentations for senior management
- Periodically assists other departments including leasing, operations, innovation, development, finance, legal and investments on special projects or other strategic analyses

**_ What your strengths are:_**
- Demonstrated business expertise to ensure that high-quality results, insights, and objective recommendations are provided to senior stakeholders on a timely and proactive basis that will impact the formulation of organizational strategies
- Solid interpersonal skills and proven track record of influencing, excellent verbal, and written communication, naturally curious and confident
- Solid critical thinking and problem-solving skills with the ability to fuse insightful thinking with disciplined execution to achieve innovative, industry-leading ideas and strategies
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills; the ability to analyze and interpret large amounts of data and distill important concepts
- Ability to thrive in a team environment inspiring collaboration and thoughtful debate
- A motivated self-starter attitude with a strong work ethic and a high level of attention to detail
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills
- Ability to work independently, multi-task and manage priorities in a demanding and continually changing fast-paced environment, often with multiple or competing deadlines
- Exhibits an excitement to try new things, a strong action orientation, decisiveness, and inquisitiveness about new opportunities for the future

**_ What you need to succeed:_**
- An undergraduate or post-graduate degree in Business/Commerce or Real Estate
- Minimum 5 years of work experience in a multi-sector real estate, consulting, retail, private equity, or investment banking firm in a financial analysis, internal consulting, or corporate strategy capacity
- Successful track record of contributing to impactful strategy development projects with wide corporate implications is preferred
- Demonstrated experience in data visualization; Tableau visualization software skills considered an asset
- Highly proficient analytical/quantitative/financial modeling skills in Microsoft Excel, as well as presentation creation skills in PowerPoint; ARGUS Valuation DCF software skills considered an asset
- Possession of (or working towards) a CFA / MBA or other professional designation considered an asset
- Retail industry intelligen

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