Senior Manager / Associate Director / Director - AP Financial Advisory Strategy and Transformation

Title: Senior Manager / Associate Director / Director - Asia Pacific Financial Advisory Strategy and Transformation

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Work you’ll do

Deloitte Asia Pacific brings together our geographies in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, South Asia, Southeast Asia, New Zealand and Taiwan with more than 4,000 partners and 90,000 professionals. The formation of the Deloitte Asia Pacific Member Firm enhances our ability to provide a more seamless client experience across geographical boundaries, while at the same time offering you unique and unrivalled career experiences and opportunities. 

We are seeking an accomplished and forward-thinking professional to join our team as the Strategy and Transformation Lead for Asia Pacific Financial Advisory (AP FA). This role could be at the Senior Manager / Associate Director / Director level, depending on candidate. You will actively contribute to transformative and strategic initiatives within Asia Pacific Financial Advisory. The successful candidate will play a vital role in shaping our strategic direction, driving priority AP programs, and propelling growth through innovative strategies and programs.

Location: Flexible within Asia Pacific

Responsibilities

• Work closely with senior leaders to develop and implement a comprehensive financial advisory strategy. Assist in defining long-term objectives and identifying strategic avenues for growth and sustained success.
• Develop program strategies and workplans for cross-AP initiatives.
• Launch and execute strategic initiatives to drive growth, integration, transformation, brand and purpose, including proactive program management and progress tracking (e.g., developing and monitoring KPIs, identifying areas for improvement, etc.).
• Drive, monitor and track progress of key initiatives and ensuring projects are executed effectively and deliver the desired outcomes.
• Forge cross-functional connections with AP FA Service Lines and functional leadership teams to ensure alignment of strategies and effective execution of initiatives. Foster a collaborative environment to drive collective achievement.
• Work closely with the AP FA core team to reinforce strategic priorities through impactful leadership communications, townhalls, and leadership meetings. Work with key stakeholders to ensure consistent messaging and alignment of goals.
• Engage with AP FA, AP Member Firm (green dot), and Global FA leaders to make sure strategies and programs are aligned with MF and global initiatives.
• Utilize market research and analysis to identify evolving industry trends, competitive forces, and emerging opportunities across the AP region. Contribute insights to shape the FA approach and maintain a competitive edge.
• Work alongside the AP FA growth team to orchestrate impactful market campaigns, leveraging your strategic insights to drive significant outcomes.
• Assist the AP FA COO in advancing the transformation agenda, track budget allocations and measure KPIs on strategic initiatives, including supporting and overseeing the strategic priorities.
• Monitor Jupiter to facilitate pursuits and pipeline management, contributing to the overarching growth strategy.

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte, we believe in the importance of empowering our people to be leaders at all levels. We connect our purpose and shared values to identify issues as well as to make an impact that matters to our clients, people and the communities. Additionally, Managers across our Firm are expected to:

• Develop diverse, high-performing people and teams through new and meaningful development opportunities.
• Collaborate effectively to build productive relationships and networks.
• Understand and lead the execution of key objectives and priorities for internal as well as external stakeholders.
• Align your team to key objectives as well as set clear priorities and direction.
• Make informed decisions that positively impact the sustainable financial performance and enhance the quality of outcomes.
• Influence stakeholders, teams, and individuals positively – leading by example and providing equal opportunities for our people to grow, develop and succeed.
• Lead with integrity and make a strong positive impact by energising others, valuing individual differences, recognising contributions, and inspiring self-belief.
• Deliver superior value and high-quality results to stakeholders while driving high performance from people across Deloitte.
• Apply their understanding of disruptive trends and competitor activity to recommend changes, in line with leading practices.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 10 years of working experience
• Extensive experience in strategic planning, business transformation, consulting / financial advisory, coupled with understanding of Asia Pacific industry trends and markets.
• Track record of contributing to successful transformation initiatives and process enhancements.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Analytical mindset with a knack for leveraging data to inform strategic decisions.
• Proficiency in project management and adeptness in change management methodologies.
• Visionary thinker with the ability to anticipate industry shifts and catalyze innovation.
• Collaborative team player with adeptness in cross-functional interaction across geographies and experience / comfort working with a virtual / remote team.
• Demonstrated flexibility and independence, both within virtual teams and autonomously.
• Capacity to navigate ambiguity, readily embrace new challenges in response to market dynamics, and firm priorities.
• Excellent command of the English language, both written and spoken.          

Due to volume of applications, we regret only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Candidates will only be contacted by authorised Deloitte Recruiters via firm’s business contact number or business email address.