Closing Date 2022/08/22
Reference Number DBS220805-1
Job Title Senior Strategist [Midrand]
Job Grade 17
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location - Town / City Midrand
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Country South Africa
JOB DESCRIPTION
The purpose of the Senior Strategist role is to facilitate the development and implementation of the DBSA strategy, corporate plan including the balanced scorecard and divisional plans in line with the organisations vision and goals.
In collaboration with the Head: Corporate Strategy:
1. Develop long-term strategic plans (5/10/15 years) and objectives through the identification of strategic issues and opportunities that could influence business growth, profitability and development impact.
2. Liaise with relevant stakeholders to set the short, medium and long term strategies of the DBSA as per its mandate and strategic direction.
3. Obtain and evaluate information about industry and market trends, competitive threats and possible business opportunities to inform strategy/ies.
4. Perform competitor benchmarking, collate industry intelligence, customer knowledge and the development of strategic initiatives.
5. Develop / align / refine the DBSA Shareholder Compact, Strategy, Corporate Plan and Corporate Balanced Scorecard in line with the organisational mandate and goals.
6. Develop content and agenda for the management and board strategic planning sessions and ensure that strategic issues are surfaced and deliberated on.
7. Test ideas that are put forward by DBSA leadership team, employees and other key stakeholders. These amongst others may include decisions about entering new markets, developing products, innovative solutions, etc.
8. Enable and facilitate the development of Divisional Operational Plans and Divisional Scorecards that are aligned to the Corporate Plan and Balanced Score Card (BSC) and facilitate their review at Exco.
9. Lead one or multiple strategic initiatives / projects and leverage cross-functional teams to achieve the required mandate.
10. Identify and source benchmarks, leading practices and critical data/insights required for effective strategy formulation and planning.
11. Prepare and submit Corporate Performance reports to provide stakeholders (internal and external) with progress against deliverables.
12. Monitor and report on the delivery of the BSC and strategy for Exco, Board, National Treasury and other key stakeholders within the stipulated time-frames.
13. Prepare presentations and relevant reports for Exco, the Board, Board Sub-committees and the Shareholder in respect of the overall strategy and planning for review or approval.
14. Facilitate and compile sections of the DBSA Integrated Annual Report.
15. Provide strategic advice to Executives and Management in respect of execution of the BSC and progress on strategic initiatives.
16. Evaluate the performance of the DBSA and Divisions based on the agreed BSC’s.
17. Co-ordinate the Audit process (external and internal) in respect of corporate and divisional performances.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Measurements of Outputs
1. Outline clear corporate strategy direction
2. Quality of the Shareholder Compact, Corporate Plan and BSC and alignment to DBSA mandate and direction
3. Exco, Board and Shareholder approval of the Corporate Strategy/ies, Corporate Plan & BSC
4. Quality of presentations and reports.
5. Successful development and execution of strategic initiatives and projects
6. Clean audit in respect of corporate and divisional performance
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Minimum Requirements
1. A post graduate degree with economics, finance, and strategic management are preferred. Any other relevant honours degree will be considered.
2. At least seven to ten year’s work experience within a strategy role/function.
3. Strong and proven foundation in economics and/or accounting/finance including financial budgeting and forecasting.
4. Understanding and exposure to Balanced Scorecard configuration and reviews, strategic project management and strategy planning.
5. Familiar with Companies Act, PFMA, King IV, etc.
Desirable Requirements
Exposure to development finance or wholesale banking in a similar role would be advantageous.
EXPERTISE & TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Technical Competencies:
Written & Verbal Communication
1) Reviews others’ documents for clarity and impact.
2) Has a solid mastery of writing principles such as grammar, sentence construction etc.
3) Is relied on by others to help them write complex technical and non-technical documents and briefs.
4) Able to communicate complex problems or concepts, by making them simple and understandable for others.
5) Adapts language to the level of the audience in order to ensure that the message has a positive impact and is interesting to the audience.
6) Is articulate, demonstrates a wide range of vocabulary, and is confident when talking to large/high level audiences.
Business Acumen
1) Develops annual business plans that take into account longer-term activities, issues, problems or opportunities.
2) Develops and establishes broad scale, longer-term objectives, goals or projects (e.g., affecting a business, department, or organisation).
Stakeholder Management
1) Proactively manages partner relationships, preventing or resolving any conflict.
2) Adapts style to work effectively with partners, building consensus, trust and respect.
3) Delivers objectives by bringing together diverse stakeholders to work effectively in partnership.
4) Identifies and engages a diverse range of influential contacts within stakeholder and community groups, and partner organisations.
Data Collection and Analysis
Through a mastery of advanced/complex analytical techniques, establishes high-level trends from processed data which may not be immediately apparent.
Economic Research
1) Leads a team of colleagues working on research projects.
2) Demonstrates expert skill levels in strategic and operational research techniques, including process analysis, modeling and forecasting.
Strategic Planning
1) Develops long-term objectives, strategies, and goals – clean canvass strategy development. Orients to longer terms than day-to-day activities; determines long-term issues, problems or opportunities.
2) Develops and establishes broad scale, longer-term objectives, goals, or special projects (e.g., affecting a department, several departments or DBSA).
3) Develops a business strategy; assesses and links short-term, day-to-day tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or a long-term perspective; considers whether short-term goals will meet long-term objectives.
4) Ability to analyse complex economic trends and their impact on organisational strategy.
REQUIRED PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Behavioural Competencies:
Achievement Orientation
1) Undertakes challenging assignments and strives to complete them.
2) Sets priorities and chooses goals on the basis of calculated costs, anticipated benefits and improvement of performance.
3) Aims at exceptional performance; setting out to achieve a unique standard.
4) Constantly analyses outcomes to ensure the achievement of business goals.
5) Identifies short-term opportunities or potential problems aiming to achieve better outcomes.
Customer Service Orientation
1) Tries to understand the underlying needs of customers and matches these needs to available or customized products and services.
2) Adapts processes and procedures to meet on-going customer needs.
3) Utilises the feedback received by customers, in order to develop new and/or improve existing services/ products that relate to their on-going needs.
4) Thinks of new ways to align DBSA’s offerings with future customer needs.
Integrity
1) Is willing to end a business relationship because it was associated with unethical business practice.
2) Is capable of challenging senior management (in a n appropriate and respectable manner) in order to act on espoused values.
Leading and Empowering Others
1) Creates the conditions that enable the team to perform at its best (e.g., setting clear direction, providing appropriate structure, getting the right people, obtain needed resources).
2) Monitors performance against clear standards and addresses performance issues promptly and takes action to get performance back to desired levels.
3) Proactively asks for feedback on own performance from team members, aiming to become more effective.
4) Ensures tasks are delegated so that team members are empowered to deliver results and develop their capabilities.
Self-awareness and Self Control
1) Withholds effects of strong emotions in difficult situations.
2) Keeps functioning or responds constructively despite stress.
3) May apply special techniques or plan ahead of time to manage emotions or stress.
Strategic and Innovative Thinking
1) Recognises opportunities or potential problems, before they become obvious, by seeing the connections in a range of sources of information, including insights from outside DBSA.
2) Restates complex knowledge in a way that makes it easier for others to understand.
3) Experiments with new approaches, tests scenarios, questions assumptions and challenges conventional thinking.
4) Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others, leveraging internal and external sources of information, to build incremental revenue and growth opportunities.
Teamwork & Cooperation
1) Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale and resolves conflicts.
2) Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
3) Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience
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