Head of Strategy

2 weeks ago


Haywards Heath, West Sussex, United Kingdom First Central Full time

We're First Central Insurance & Technology Group (First Central for short), an award-winning innovative insurance and technology organisation, delivering market-leading motor insurance, underwriting, distribution, finance, technology and legal services.

Looking for a company that inspires passion, agility and empowers its people to get on with what matters? First Central are a fast-growing UK company, shaking up the Motor and Home Insurance markets.

We're an innovator in data, delivering market-leading insurance, underwriting, distribution, finance, technology and legal services. And our success? Well, that's entirely down to our talented people, who we know, are our biggest asset.


Owning the identification, evaluation and delivery of emerging strategic opportunities within the Group and helping us continue our growth journey, our new
Head of Strategy will work across the business to deliver cross functional projects
. You'll lead on annual strategy planning processes and associated frameworks and focus on the longer term horizon of the Group to ensure we are set for future success.

Working on a hybrid basis, you'll be commutable to either Haywards Heath, West Sussex or Salford Quays, Manchester and work in the office 3-4 times per month, if you want to be in the office more, then that's good with us too


This newly created dynamic role needs someone who thrives in this era of transformation, a highly motivated self-starter, confident working on 'open-ended' problems, a keen eye for detail, a passion for innovative work and an entrepreneurial mind-set with the ability to spot opportunities.

Sound like you? You'll fit right in.

To be successful in this role, you'll need to have:

  • excellent understanding of motor and general insurance products, the industry and the different distribution channels
- proven experience of researching new markets and identifying / quantifying opportunities
- experience of developing cost benefit/investment cases to exploit new opportunities

Responsibilities:

  • Lead delivery of Group strategy through internal projects and initiatives that enable ongoing delivery of the Group's fiveyear plan and long term strategic objectives including specific responsibilities set out in Appendix
  • Identify Groupwide strategic opportunities, and define project scopes, investment, resources, change and governance required to deliver such opportunities
  • Lead multidisciplinary teams of stakeholders to deliver identified and prioritised opportunities
  • Develop annual project budgets and plans for new opportunities and manage the inyear budget and reforecasts accordingly
  • As part of the Strategy leadership team, help to shape and execute the Group's strategic, customer and people strategies
  • Recruitment and leadership of a team, setting SMART objectives, delivering coaching, performance reviews, supporting colleague development and managing any issues.
  • Put in place appropriate engagement with cross functional teams to support the identification of strategic opportunities and delivery of group wide business objectives

Experience & Knowledge

  • Excellent understanding of motor and general insurance products, the motor and general insurance industry and the different distribution channels.
  • Detailed understanding of First Central's corporate strategy, business objectives and operations.
  • Knowledge of FCA requirements (including TCF).
  • Experience of researching new markets and identifying / quantifying opportunities.
  • Experience carrying out detailed business, financial and operations analysis.
  • Experience of developing cost benefit/investment cases to exploit new opportunities.
  • Experience of working with or within a regulated business.
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams in delivery of complex projects and corporate transactions.
  • Strong stakeholder management experience within a fast paced, crossfunctional environment.
  • Proven team leadership, experience in building, motivating and inspiring diverse, highperformance teams.
  • Ability to flex leadership style in order to engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders.

Skills

  • Highly collaborative with an ability to influence senior stakeholders and external advisers/suppliers.
  • Highly motivated selfstarter, confident working on 'openended' problems.
  • Ability to take reasoned decisions confidently and quickly.
  • Highly analytical and structured thinker able to develop pragmatic solutions to complex problems, communicate them simply
  • Strong and compassionate leader.
  • Ability to engage key stakeholders and communicate complex information simply and persuasively, driving informed decision making and action.
  • Confidence in prioritising and balancing competing work streams.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Good time management and organisation skills.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
  • Entrepreneurial


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