Retail Business Planning Senior Manager

Strategic Competencies:

• Ensure understanding of the strategic objective for the Bank and support in achieving the department's strategy and related strategic plans.

Core Responsibilities:

• Manage the Retail Banking annual business planning and budgeting process, ensuring alignment with divisional and bank-wide strategic objectives.
• Conduct regular performance reviews against financial and operational targets and provide structured variance analysis and recommendations to senior management.
• Liaise with Finance, Strategy, IT, and Retail Banking divisions to coordinate data inputs and ensure accuracy of planning assumptions and performance reports.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities in Retail Banking performance data and communicate insights to support strategic decision-making.
• Ensure timely delivery of all Retail Banking performance reports, dashboards, and executive presentations.
• Ensure the continuous improvement of business planning methodologies, tools, and reporting frameworks.
• Report on Retail Banking financial performance, planning progress, and strategic initiative execution to senior management on a regular basis.
• Negotiate with business units on target-setting assumptions and corrective action plans as part of the performance review process.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a relevant major is preferred.
• CFA Level I, CIMA, or equivalent financial planning or management accounting certification is preferred.
• Around +5 years of experience with a preference 3 years of experience in a relevant role.
• Prior experience in retail banking business planning, financial performance management, or strategy analysis within a banking or financial services environment or a relevant field is preferred.