Manager, Enterprise Strategy

At IMCO, our talent is among the best IMCO offers a uniquely stimulating and rewarding environment where you can help build and drive organizational transformation, all while seeking to challenge yourself, learn, and grow your career.

We offer a culture of collaboration and passion, creating unwavering value for the clients we serve. Our vision is to be the partner of choice for Ontario’s public sector funds and build a high-performing, value-based Asset Management firm in the heart of downtown Toronto.

If you are ready to drive best-in-class service, and join a collaborative, motivated, and fun team of professionals, we’re ready to offer you a great place to work with exciting opportunities for growth and development.

If you want to use your expertise to drive strategic business outcomes, then we want you at IMCO

The Manager, Enterprise Strategy will play a critical role in supporting strategy realization and annual planning activities for the organization. This role involves a high level of interaction with senior management, and requires adept judgement, the ability to influence without authority, strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, and advanced communication skills.

As a Member of Our Team, You Will be Responsible For:

Support strategy realization:

1. Partner with business sponsors and/or leads to provide consultative support for the initiation and execution of key initiatives including, but not limited to, development of business cases, intake governance reviews and approvals, project delivery, and recovery of troubled initiatives.
2. Lead the quarterly reporting process for the Management Reporting Package (MRP) including collection of inputs from various stakeholders and functions, quality assurance of information and data, synthesis of key messages and takeaways, identification of areas of attention for senior management, recommend corrective actions, and overall report development.
3. Lead enhancement of the quarterly MRP to improve development timelines, information quality, information relevance, and key business insights that inform senior management decision-making.
4. Support the development of KPIs and/or OKRs underpinning IMCO’s corporate strategy (i.e. 5-Year Strategy) and annual plans (i.e. annual Corporate Scorecard).
5. Lead the quarterly reporting process for the annual Finance Objectives Tracker including collection of inputs from various stakeholders and functions, quality assurance of information and data, synthesis of key messages and takeaways, identification of areas of attention for senior management, recommend corrective actions, and overall dashboard development.
6. Lead the quarterly reporting process for Tier 2 and 3 projects including assessment and quality assurance of information submitted by project leads, as well as development of the Tier 2 & 3 Dashboard Summary for the Management Operating Committee.
7. Support the Management Operating Committee (MOC) with strategy and annual plan execution and monitoring through meeting administration (e.g., taking meeting minutes, scheduling meetings, ensuring MOC member availability, etc.), facilitating material development and/or gathering, materials distribution as well as maintenance of the MOC SharePoint site and information repository.

Support annual planning activities:

1. Support the facilitation of annual planning activities in collaboration with HR and FP&A as the Enterprise Planning Team, as well as broader planning partners (EPMO, Office of the CIO, IT, and ERM) to synthesize IMCO’s annual business plan and budget.
2. Liaise with lines of business to identify projects, incremental resourcing (net new FTE), and/or incremental budget requirements while ensuring a strong understanding of work drivers, associated business benefits, and implications if unsupported by the enterprise.
3. Synthesize information from discrete lines of business to generate an integrated view of requested projects, workforce needs, and budget requirements while overlaying analysis of strategic alignment, delivery feasibility, value for money, and trade-offs or risks to inform senior management decision-making.
4. Support out-of-plan requests for new projects, FTEs, or incremental budget through management of the central intake process and assessment by the Enterprise Planning Team.

Support strategy development and enterprise alignment:

1. Conduct detailed business analysis to identify opportunities for growth and improvement.
2. Stay abreast of industry trends and competitive landscape to inform strategic direction.
3. Build deep relationships across the organization and cultivate opportunities to educate, influence and promote alignment in support of strategic goals.
4. Utilize strong communication skills to connect with a multitude of audiences on a broad range of strategy, planning and other topics.
5. Act as a change leader to rally stakeholders behind change, remove barriers and build change management capability across the organization in collaboration with HR.

What do you need to succeed?

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
2. A minimum of 8-10 years of experience with a significant portion spent managing projects, monitoring business performance, business planning and strategy development and execution in progressively more senior roles, ideally within the financial services, asset management, or pension industry.
3. Proven experience in developing and creating meaningful measurement criteria/KPIs etc.
4. Demonstrated ability in creating communication plans and supporting materials.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

1. In-depth understanding of business planning and strategy development methodologies and strategies.
2. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
3. Ability to synthesize disparate information into succinct takeaways.
4. Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with all levels of management.
5. Independence in decision-making and action.

We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Our hybrid work model offers flexibility and provides our employees with the opportunity to lead a well-balanced life. Our Corporation’s offices located at 16 York Street, Suite 2400, Toronto, ON M5J 0E6 provide a welcoming space for employees to gather, work collaboratively, and grow together.

IMCO is committed to providing accommodation for people with disabilities in its recruitment process. Please advise IMCO if you require an accommodation and we will work with you to meet your needs. Candidates being considered for this position will be required to submit to a background screening.

The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) is Ontario’s professional asset manager, investing on behalf of our public sector clients so they can care for beneficiaries and secure retirement futures.

With approximately $77 billion in assets under management, we are one of the largest institutional investment managers in Canada and around the globe.

Our mandate is to provide broader public sector clients with exceptional investment management services, including best-in-class advice around portfolio construction, efficient access to a diverse range of asset classes and superior reporting on risks and returns.

Our vision is to rank among the world’s leading public-sector asset managers. We will achieve this through an unwavering focus on creating client value. That means ensuring that we deliver the returns required for our clients to meet their long-term financial obligations.