STRATEGY & SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER

Old Mutual Limited (OML) is a Pan-African financial services group that offers a broad spectrum of financial solutions to retail and corporate customers across key markets in 13 African countries and boasts a rich heritage of 175 years. The primary listing of Old Mutual Limited, which comprises the East Africa business – UAP Old Mutual Group, on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange is a milestone the business attained in June 2018, with Secondary listings in Zimbabwe, Namibia & Malawi.

The UAP Old Mutual Group comprises three key players as a result of the acquisition of a controlling stake in Faulu in 2014 and UAP in 2015 by Old Mutual. The Group is one of the largest financial services groups with a growing footprint in East and Central Africa. It currently operates in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan and Rwanda. UAP Old Mutual offers customers a comprehensive and enhanced range of financial services which include Investment, Insurance, Savings and Banking, as well as a wider and more accessible distribution network. The Group also offers broad career growth prospects for employees. It therefore wishes to fill the below vacant position with a qualified, experienced and talented individual to strengthen its portfolio as a Pan – African Financial Services Group. The position’s details are outlined below:

Role Title:

Strategy & Sustainability Manager-1 Post

Business Unit(s):

Rwanda

Business /Function:

Strategy & Sustainability Manager

Location:

Rwanda-Kigali

Reports To:

Chief Operations Officer

MDP Level:

Manager of others

Role Size

M

Job Summary

The role will be responsible for leading strategic planning and execution, leading company’s sustainability initiatives and all reporting of a strategic and monitoring nature for the Rwanda Short-Term Business.

Key tasks and responsibilities

1.Lead Strategic Planning:

Lead the strategic planning and review process and support Functional Units plans and goal alignment with support functions.Guide the Strategic planning process by leading in the development of models, frameworks, and templates.Prepare the strategic plans for engagements with Boards, Staff, and the Center.Provides input in preparing and managing the forecasting process (12 months rolling) to ensure appropriate targets are set, periodically reviewed and all parameters considered.Lead the process of creatively cascading, communicating, and internalizing the strategy across the organization and to key external implementation partners for buy inFoster excellent functional and cross business collaboration (Rest of BUs, SDU and Group corporate office) to support achievement of short-term business ambition.Strategic Implementation tracking and Enterprise performance managementMaintain a single source of organization, departmental and business unit performance data on an on-going basis as part of enterprise performance management.Prepare monthly strategic implementation reports and keeps Senior Managers informed of project direction as necessary.Quantify the impact of business initiatives by utilizing data gathering tools, extracting data for analysis and interpretation, preparing reports synthesizing analytical results and outlining business cases to appropriate levels of management.Lead the preparation of the company and departmental scorecards annually as part of the Business Planning Process with quarterly appraising.Highlight any material risks to the implementation of the same and escalates to the relevant parties for corrective action.Champion Strategic ExecutionLead the development of relevant execution approaches and strategies to ensure high level buy-in from senior management, commitment from OMGIK staff and follow-through on strategic commitments made.Provide ad-hoc strategic review and support issues areas for the business with strategic, operational, and tactical interventions/ cause correct recommendations.Coordinate workstreams and taskforces driving key priority areas execution and support through deep insights and reporting on milestones and next actions.Lead transformation realization through competitive internal and external insights and ideas development and roll out. JOB DESCRIPTIONPublicWork with the GMs and Functional Managers to Conceptualize solutions – Innovating around required transformations, products, processes; desired outcomes/KPIs.Champion comprehensive solution co-creation between Business Unit teams and technical teams for comprehensive testing of developed products/solutions.Industry, Market and Business Intelligence Review:Lead development of a comprehensive strategic view of the insurance industry strategic landscape, including consumer trends, competitive intelligence, products reviews, and emerging industry issues on a periodic basis.Leveraging on data mining and business intelligence, identifies trends, patterns and opportunities in the current performance and collaborates with the team…