Strategy & Business Performance – Consumer Bank | FP&A; Role Overview: A high-impact, high-visibility strategy role within the Consumer Bank's FP&A; function, serving as an internal consultant to senior leadership. The incumbent will transform financial and operational intelligence into outcome-driven action, shaping resource allocation, driving fiscal discipline, and unlocking productivity across the franchise.

Key Responsibilities
• Strategic Analysis
- Mine complex financial and business datasets to surface trends, inefficiencies, and performance gaps across the Consumer Bank.
• Ground-Level Intelligence
- Engage directly with frontline sales teams, business units, and customers to capture on-the-ground realities and translate them into strategic inputs for leadership. Bridge boardroom strategy with field-level execution.
• Actionable Recommendations
- Develop insight-driven recommendations on efficiency, cost optimisation, and return on resources.
• Decision Frameworks
- Build structured problem statements and analytics models that enable leadership to evaluate trade-offs and prioritise with clarity.
• Cross-Functional Projects
- Lead high-impact workstreams spanning budgeting, network strategy, cost transformation, and performance management.
• Executive Communication
- Craft board-ready presentations and management narratives that distil complex analyses into compelling storylines. Key Skills & Capabilities:
• Strategic Thinking




- Ability to connect data with business context and drive from analysis to action.
• Financial Acumen
- Robust grounding in P&L; dynamics and FP&A; disciplines.
• Ground-Level Connect
- Willingness to step beyond spreadsheets and engage with sales teams, branches, and customers to inform strategy.
• Stakeholder Influence
- Ability to influence without authority and engage credibly with senior leadership.
• Structured Problem-Solving
- Comfort with ambiguity; ability to break unstructured problems into actionable workstreams.
• Communication
- Exceptional skills in preparing executive-level materials. Experience &

Qualifications:
• Education from Tier 1 college (IIT, IIM, SIBM, NMIMS, FMS, XLRI, MDI) or CA.
• Prior experience in strategy, consulting, FP&A;, or business analytics, preferably in financial services.
• Track record on high-impact, cross-functional initiatives with senior leadership exposure.
• Experience engaging with frontline or customer-facing teams to derive business insights will be highly valued.
• Strong academic background in finance, economics, engineering, or management.
• Experience in retail distribution or network strategy is a distinct advantage.
• Experience of 3-5 years. What Makes This Role Unique: This is a strategy role housed within FP&A;, designed for someone who thinks like a consultant, operates like a business partner, and is equally comfortable in a boardroom as in a branch visit.

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