Assistant Vice President - Strategy
Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc.
- Taguig, Philippines32nd Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Taguig, Metro Manila, PhilippinesTaguigMetro ManilaPhilippinesPhilippines
- Full timeFULL_TIME
Job Description
The Strategy Team is responsible for supporting the Board of Directors (BOD) in portfolio strategy decisions and targeted Strategic Business Units (SBUs) in the development of their corresponding strategies.
Portfolio-level strategy: Support the BOD in making portfolio or “market choices” – entry and exit – including new and existing markets through various channels (e.g. wholly-owned, JV, investment fund), taking into account shifts in technology, customer preferences, and evolution of business models.
SBU-level strategy: Support SBUs within their market to identify and understand developments in technology, preferences, regulations and the impact of these on strategy, prospects, and priorities. Help SBUs spot, assess, and take decisions on new opportunities.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Formulate strategic plans and strategic initiatives
- Spot changes / trends in markets and assess impact on Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. (AEV) and SBUs and new opportunities, develop / analyze options and responses to changes in collaboration with SBUs and key stakeholders, develop / analyze new opportunities considered attractive by BOD, act as adviser to CEO on market changes
- Support Strategy execution
- Facilitate execution of strategy in support of and in collaboration with Executive Team members, put in place monitoring measures, including on “input metrics”, to drive performance and progress towards strategic goals, create a business and organizational dashboard for impact and effectiveness
- Run Strategy Process
- Lead AEV’s portfolio strategy planning exercises, introduce ideas and new approaches to setting strategy at AEV and SBUs and streamlining the process over time, coordinate annual strategy exercise (in coordination with budgeting process), facilitate ongoing strategy dialogue at AEV and SBU level
- Manage special projects
- Handle specific projects related to strategy where needed, at Portfolio and SBU level, support review of investments from strategy perspective, capture innovations and new knowledge created internally, and share throughout the organization where relevant
- Supervise modelling of strategic impact of various initiatives
- Modelling capital available, modelling impact of strategic initiatives on SBUs, and modelling impact of various market changes and trends
- Development of initiatives
- Size market opportunities, assess competitive situations, assess internal capabilities, assess best way forward to capture opportunities, and review of potential transactions / JVs / acquisition opportunities
- Leadership
- Lead project teams on the tasks mentioned above, coaching and mentoring of Strategy and SBU team members
Core Competencies Requirements:
- Analytical skills
- Highly developed analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to bring together diverse data and information and form sound judgments and insights
- Business experience
- Substantial exposure to and participation in business and financial planning and decision making
- Business plan development
- Experience developing and evaluating business plans including market analysis, strategy development and financial modelling
- Strategic thinking
- Ability to think strategically and cope with business complexity through the use of key strategic frameworks (e.g., 5 forces, SWOT analysis, internal and external analysis, etc)
- Performance metrics
- Experience developing and evaluating performance metrics for organizations
- Communication skills
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
- Modeling skills
- Strong financial modelling skills
- Leadership
- Leadership of small cross-functional work teams
- Other
- Preference for expertise in industries involved with power, banking, commodities, cement, and infrastructure
Minimum Qualifications
- A graduate of Business, Accountancy, Finance, Economics, or the equivalent
- MBA graduate preferred
- Must have experience in developing and evaluating business plans
- With at least 5 years of work experience in a strategy, corporate planning, or business development role
- Relevant work experience in consulting, investment banking, investing, or equity research preferred
- Certified Public Accountant and/or Chartered Financial Analyst is an advantage
Perks and Benefits
- Paid Vacation Leave
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Bereavement/Family Leave
- Maternity & Paternity Leave
- Single Parent Leave
- Special Leave Benefits for Women
- Retirement Benefit Plans
- Medical / Health Insurance
- Medical, Prescription, Dental, or Vision Plans
Jobs Summary
- Job Level
- Director / Executive
- Job Category
- Management and Consultancy
- Educational Requirement
- Bachelor's degree graduate
- Recruiter response to application
- Once in a while
- Office Address
- 32nd Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig