Director, Business Intelligence & Planning Europe

A. Drive business momentum through client, product and other strategic initiatives aligned to Group and Business Segments’ priorities for Europe.

B. Drive/execute Head Office and Europe initiatives and projects across Europe.

C. Anchor internal collaboration related to Europe and act as the key liaison between Europe and other related business and functions to deliver HO and Europe priorities and targets.

D. Build and establish networks with Business Segments’ stakeholders in Head Office.

Key Accountabilities

Strategy and Implementation

• Drive the strategy development and implementation for Europe including Coverage, Product, Funding, Operational and footprint
• Manage and implement key strategic initiatives for Europe; and to ensure effective alignment into the Group Strategy
• Identify priorities together with Europe and revisit them regularly to assess progress; act as a key thought partner, brainstorming & identifying solutions to challenges
• Provide oversight to the delivery of strategic initiatives and manage long-term, cross-organizational projects
• Align Europe Strategy and its implementation to FAB Group’s overall objectives and plans
• Plan and manage leadership team retreats, developing objectives and agenda

Strategic Cascade for Europe

• Enhance overall business performance by providing strategic and holistic lens in areas such as organizational governance and policies, systems, processes, & procedures
• Integrate strategic inputs to support the development of a robust annual budget resulting in a meaningful performance scorecard for FAB Europe
• Develop and cascade the CIB balanced scorecard to the various departments in collaboration with Business Management in Head Office
• Develop and produce customer / transactional analytics to support decision making across Coverage and Products
• Overlay strategic intent of FAB Europe CEO to identify gaps in current Europe governance structure and implement changes/workarounds in compliance with rest of FAB Group

Customer Franchise and Network

• Identify gaps and pathways forward to build a successful customer franchise in Europe and across our network by working with Coverage Heads and Product Heads
• Implement customer-related initiatives together with Business Planning (Regional & Head Office) in Europe
• Champion the implementation of the GRM business model for Europe

Communication and Internal Business Connectivity

• Provide communications support to FAB Europe CEO: reports, memos, presentations, internal and external communications
• Connect and liaise across departments on issues, challenges and pathways forward related to Europe & Group strategy, implementation and performance
• Drive Europe employee culture together with HR in line with the targets and FAB’s corporate values

Europe Governance

• Being SPOC for Corporate Governance for Europe, align the FAB Europe Governance structure with that of FAB Group’s Governance structure and implement the changes accordingly
• Coordinate with respective departments to ensure all periodic reviews as described in Governance charter are performed on time and submitted to Group
• Liaise with the Group Governance Team and ensure that all Governance related queries arising for FAB Europe are answered correctly
• Drive the closure of audit points and lead the First Line Risk & Controls
• Submit Europe Governance quarterly returns to Group Governance Team
• Connect and liaise across departments on Governance related issues, challenges and pathways forward related to Europe & Group strategy, implementation and performance

Qualifications & Experience

Knowledge & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Economics, Finance or relevant discipline.
• 8 years of experience in similar capacity, preferably with Europe experience
• Experience working in a matrix organisation structure
• Extensive budgeting, forecasting and business planning experience involving interaction with senior management
• Knowledge of the banking sector, and FAB’s products and business strategies

Skills

• Ability to deal with people from different cultures and nationalities
• Aligned with Corporate values (Knowledgeable, Adaptable, Collaborative, Enterprising, Responsible)
• Ability to assimilate information quickly and transpose messages into executive reporting
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communications skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Good convincing and influencing skills
• A good team player, collaborative, adaptable and open-minded and proven ability to build trust with business