Strategy Analyst, Affinity Business Unit

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada Manulife Full time

We are a leading financial services provider committed to making decisions easier and lives better for our customers and colleagues around the world. From our environmental initiatives to our community investments, we lead with values throughout our business. To help us stand out, we help you step up, because when colleagues are healthy, respected and meaningfully challenged, we all thrive. Discover how you can grow your career, make impact and drive real change with our Winning Team today.

**Working Arrangement**

Hybrid

The Strategy Analyst, Affinity Business Unit is a key contributor to the development, governance, and realization of our long-term strategy and vision. This role focuses on driving the Affinity Business Unit Strategy forward with direct accountability to the Head of Strategy for Affinity. The Strategy Analyst will support the acceleration of strategic objectives by providing data and insights to help stakeholders solve challenging problems. Additionally, this role aids in the delivery of comprehensive advisory services to senior management and supports maintaining an effective monitoring framework and process to ensure successful strategy execution. The individual will work closely with various teams to enable efficient completion of business unit-led initiatives.

**Key Accountability Focus Areas**:

- Delivery Execution & Reporting _
- Assists development and delivery roadmaps across key strategic initiatives as needed.
- Supports ad-hoc and monthly portfolio management reporting.
- Helps in managing the portfolio-level intake process, understanding the impact of new items on the existing portfolio.
- Provides recommendations on tools and processes to drive enhancements across reporting and analytics.
- Strategic Communications _
- Assists in planning, developing, and deploying communications in support of strategy execution.
- Supports internal communications strategies, such as all-colleague town halls and offsites, helping to bring them to life.
- Facilitates strategic partnerships with key business partners to gather and share relevant information.
- Strategic Analysis & Planning _
- Work with internal partners to gather information and deliver thoughtful recommendations on strategic planning and direction.
- Prepare presentation materials, metrics and performance reports, and ad-hoc requests, including crafting analysis and conclusions.
- Analyze key business priorities, evaluate options and bring insights to generate executive action that creates value for the company.
- Monitor industry trends, market positioning, or competitive activity to inform strategy and plans.
- Conduct external research on emerging trends, synthesize recommendations and present findings in a clear, concise manner.

**Job Requirements**:

- 1-3 years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field; advanced degree or experience in management consulting is a plus.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to foster and maintain relationships in a matrixed organization.
- Ability to set, manage, and work to the expectations of stakeholders and to work independently as well as collaboratively in a dynamic group.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, for varying audiences.
- Financial Services business acumen is an asset in a fast-paced, high-performing environment.
- Aptitude for strategic, critical, and analytical thinking, and effective problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to break down complex problems into actionable steps and to create solutions where blueprints may not exist.
- Receptive and adaptive to an evolving, fast-paced environment.

**Competencies**:

- Structures problems, analyzes data, and presents findings in a clear, concise, and decision-driven manner.
- Champion of collaboration, proactively engaging with relevant stakeholders to mobilize teams and drive towards a common goal.
- Makes complex concepts simple and engaging for various audiences.
- Embraces change efforts and acts as a change agent to build awareness and vision.
- Applies organizational savvy and business expertise to present and defend issues with a significant impact on the business.
- Ability to quickly shift priorities.

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**About Manulife and John Hancock**

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Asia, Canada, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2022, we had more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 34 million customers. At the end of 2022, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, incl

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