Cities Team, Strategy Associate

The Day-to-day Activities

• Lead budget planning and development (60%)
• Develop and implement comprehensive budgeting strategies aligned with goals and objectives from initiation to closure.
• Conduct thorough financial analysis to monitor budget performance and identify variances.
• Develop accurate financial forecasts with working teams to support business planning and decision-making.
• Provide regular reports and insights to senior management on financial trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead strategic planning and studies for top-of-agenda strategic topics (ุ40%)
• Ensure a well-coordinated business strategy with other key stakeholders in diplomatic ways.
• Drive analysis and planning of high impact strategic topics e.g. providing a fact base, problem identification, structured problem solving, advising on implementation
• Deliver valuable business insights and recommendations to business teams to act upon e.g. city grouping, competitor analysis, customer researches

Qualifications

The must haves:

• Minimum 2 - 3 years of experience in finance, accounting, business, tech company or fast-paced working environment in strategy or business development.
• Analytics - Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Stakeholder management - Able to get things done by others with full cooperation and willingness.
• Initiator - able to throw in big WHAT IF and light up new ideas with rationale attached.
• Passion and energy to excel - Eager to identify, own, and tackle new opportunities and challenges.