Strategic Business Partner

CFC Underwriting Limited; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance provider is seeking a Strategic Business Partner to manage critical strategic initiatives across a global team. This role involves close collaboration with the Chief of Staff and business leaders, ensuring projects are aligned with the company’s growth strategy. Candidates should have experience in management consulting and a strong background in corporate strategy, with excellent communication and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in management or strategy consulting.
• Experience working with leadership and C-Suite.
• Ability to operate under pressure and manage multiple initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Oversee key strategic business initiatives from development to execution.
• Engage with business leaders to understand and deliver on initiatives.
• Report critical issues and facilitate decision-making.

Skills

Management consulting

Corporate strategy

Strategic communication

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Job description

Description

Are you a commercial professional with a proven track record in management or strategy consulting, or similar background in corporate strategy within financial services?

Do you hope to continue your career spearheading strategic business initiatives for a rapidly expanding insurance provider, pioneer in emerging risk and market leader in cyber?

CFC has grown significantly over the last 4 years, and with this continued growth has come a significant increase in business-critical projects. Reporting into and working alongside the Chief of Staff, the Strategic Business Partner will be responsible for keeping on track the key projects contributing to our future growth strategy.

About the role

In this newly created role, the Strategic Business Partner will focus on the success of a variety of cross-functional strategic projects operating across a global organisation.

You will work with the Chief of Staff and the wider team in building out our overall capability across different disciplines within CFC. Acting as a key liaison between the business leaders and project teams, you will ensure that initiatives are designed and communicated effectively to meet business needs.

This role will have lots of engagement with business leaders across a range of functions and geographies to understand the core strategic initiatives, and you will begin to deliver on these.

You will also be be overseeing key strategic business initiatives from development through to successful execution under the guidance of the senior leadership team, the Strategic Business Partner will also prioritise and report critical issues and information back to the Chief of Staff, facilitating efficient decision-making.

About you

This is a strategic role for an experienced professional. We\'re looking for an individual with experience and a proven track record in management or strategy consulting from a top-tier consulting firm or similar background in corporate strategy within financial services, and we\'d love to hear about your interest in Insurance!

To be successful in this role, we\'d expect you to be:

• Resilient and able to operate effectively and accurately under pressure;
• Have excellent level of attention to detail including accurate written and numeracy skills;
• A skilled influencer and communicator; with the ability to listen, collaborate and partner with key internal and external stakeholders, including leadership and C-Suite
• Strategic, detail-oriented and analytical

Core Values

Love what you do: We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.

Challenge everything: We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.

Have fun, be good: Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.