What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manager of Strategic Planning position at Accertify, Inc.?
Trusted by many of the largest companies globally, Accertify is the leading digital platform assessing risk across the entire customer journey, from Account Monitoring and Payment Risk to Refund Fraud and Dispute Management. Accertify helps maximize revenues and user experience while minimizing loss and customer friction. We offer ultra-fast decision-making and precise control, ensuring our customers are always confidently in the driver’s seat and ready to #MoveAtTheSpeedOfRight.
As the Senior Manager of Strategic Planning with the industry leader, you can be in the driver’s seat of your career and build a career you can trust.
The Senior Manager of Strategic Planning (Strategic PMO) will drive business strategy in various parts of the organization, lead large-scale initiatives, and provide data insights to Senior leadership. The role will also support the Senior Leadership team and help drive the organization's business goals. This role will require strategic thinking, thought leadership, and the ability to execute complex strategic initiatives.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate is highly organized, anticipatory, and detail-oriented, with strong leadership, influencing & collaboration skills. Specifically, candidates will be expected to:
Administrative Planning
As the Senior Manager of Strategic Planning with the industry leader, you can be in the driver’s seat of your career and build a career you can trust.
The Senior Manager of Strategic Planning (Strategic PMO) will drive business strategy in various parts of the organization, lead large-scale initiatives, and provide data insights to Senior leadership. The role will also support the Senior Leadership team and help drive the organization's business goals. This role will require strategic thinking, thought leadership, and the ability to execute complex strategic initiatives.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate is highly organized, anticipatory, and detail-oriented, with strong leadership, influencing & collaboration skills. Specifically, candidates will be expected to:
Administrative Planning
- Develop and execute effective communication plans for the organization. This includes presentations for town halls, internal memos, etc.
- Manage operational processes for the Executive Office, including event management, Reward & Recognition programs, etc.
- Manage day-to-day business priorities, deliverables, and reporting for the Executive Office.
- Understand and shape the company’s strategy and mission; Develop plans to materialize strategy and analyze business proposals; Assist with the analysis, creation, and execution of business plans and strategies.
- Monitor and analyze industry trends and market changes; Research competition to identify threats and opportunities.
- Provide support and insight into significant organizational changes (e.g., shift in strategic focus, change management, etc.)
- Drive the goals of the Accertify organization, including managing critical strategic projects and initiatives.
- Provide strategic thought leadership with an ability to learn quickly, “connect the dots”, and drive results while working with minimal direction.
- Drive key transformational innovation projects with cross-functional teams
- Partner with the Senior Leadership Team to achieve shared goals. Develop a deep understanding of our business to identify, analyze, recommend, and implement strategic solutions.
- Work with the senior leadership team to plan and execute the next long-term strategic plan.
- Effectively collaborate across teams through managing people, tasks, and workflows.
- Gather relevant data from various sources, analyze complex data sets, and provide deeper insights on trends to the Senior Leadership team, Account Management, Marketing, and Sales organizations.
- Have a solid executive presence and be comfortable navigating and representing the organization professionally and engagingly.
- Analyze and manipulate data to develop frameworks and solutions for critical business issues.
- Own headcount tracking, reconciliation, and reporting.
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Analytical mindset with strong financial acumen and organizational skills.
- Flexible, adaptable, and comfortable with ambiguity.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple deliverables and react to changing needs.
- Strategic thinking and ‘attention to detail’ to demonstrate the ‘big picture’ of tactical execution.
- Strong integrity, confidence, discretion, and executive presence when interacting with senior leaders across the organization. Ability to handle projects of a sensitive and confidential nature.
- Ability to deal with issues and subject matter requiring considerable sensitivity, discretion, and judgment.
- Possess excellent relationship skills, building relationships across geographies/locations and leveraging those through collaboration and partnership to drive results.
- Work well under pressure, be flexible, and balance multiple priorities with tight deadlines.
- Possess excellent communication skills – primarily written- to draft effective communication and presentations for colleagues based on the setting (internal and external facing).
- Location:
- Primary – Itasca, IL
- Secondary – Virtual
- Workplace Flexibility:
- Primary – Hybrid (3 days in-office per week)
- Secondary – Virtual
- Travel: 10 to 15% travel
- Visa Sponsorship: employment eligibility to work for Accertify in the U.S. is required, as Accertify will not pursue Visa sponsorship for this position.
