VP, Enterprise Strategy-(Hybrid)
External
Central1resources · Toronto, CanadaFull-timeHybridToday
LeadershipRisk Management
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Responsibilities
- Shape and steward Central 1's medium- to long-term enterprise strategy, ensuring alignment with our purpose, growth ambitions, financial goals, priorities, and risk appetite.
- Lead structured problem- solving on complex and ambiguous strategic questions, including growth opportunities, strategic trade-offs, market positioning, and enterprise priorities.
- Partner closely with the CEO, Executive Leadership Team, and senior leaders to bring strategic clarity, analytical rigor, synthesis, and constructive challenge to key discussions.
- Monitor and interpret external market trends, client needs, competitive dynamics, regulatory developments, and financial services industry shifts to assess implications for Central 1.
- Develop clear, high-impact materials for Executive Leadership Team meetings, Board discussions, governance forums, and strategy offsites.
- Help the Executive Leadership Team focus time and attention on the most important enterprise-level issues, with a lens on long-term success.
- Support strategic decision-making by framing issues, synthesizing perspectives, tracking commitments, and helping sustain momentum on priority initiatives.
- Plan and facilitate executive strategy sessions, leadership forums, and offsites focused on enterprise direction, performance, and strategic alignment.
- Provide strategic advisory support to the CEO, CCSPO, and Executive Leadership Team on enterprise priorities, strategic narratives, governance matters, and key internal or external engagements.
- Act as a connective hub across business lines and enabling functions, bringing together insights from client, finance, risk, technology, operations, people, legal, governance, communications, and marketing teams.
- Collaborate with Finance to connect strategy with multi-year financial planning, investment priorities, resource allocation, portfolio management, and performance metrics.
- Partner with Risk Management to ensure strategic plans and growth initiatives are aligned with risk assessments, scenario planning, and the organization's risk appetite.
- Work with Communications & Marketing and People & Culture to shape a clear and cohesive organizational narrative that connects strategy to purpose, priorities, and change.
- Partner with Legal and Governance teams to prepare Board and Committee materials that translate complex strategic, financial, and operational issues into clear decisions and recommendations.
- Lead and support senior leadership forums, including operational planning, Quarterly Business Reviews, enterprise policy alignment, and strategic execution touchpoints.
- Help enable change adoption by supporting clear communication, leadership alignment, and reinforcement of enterprise priorities across the organization.
- What you'll have:
- A bachelor's degree in business or a related discipline.
- 15+ years of progressive experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, executive-level business
Benefits
Work-life flexibilityHybrid work environmentVariable annual incentive planGenerous annual vacation allotmentTop-notch flexible benefits plan including family building and gender affirmationRetirement Plan, matched contributions at 6%Access to a learning platform and educational assistance supportAccess to a virtual wellness platformCareer development opportunitiesWellness Flex Fund to support personal interest and activitiesDay off to volunteer in your community and other paid time off optionsCorporate discounts*subject to employment agreementJob Summary:This is an opportunity to act as a trusted strategic advisor, enterprise connector, and senior facilitator - translating complex business questions into actionable decisions, compelling narratives, and aligned execution across the organization.Paid time offFlexible schedule
Additional Information
Central 1 cooperatively empowers credit unions and other financial institutions to deliver banking choice to Canadians. Central 1 provides critical services at scale to enable a thriving credit union system. We do this by collaborating with our clients, developing strategies, products and services to support the financial well-being of their more than 5 million diverse customers in communities across Canada. For more information, visit www.central1.com .
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