Associate Director, Corporate Strategy

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

12 Associate Director, Corporate Strategy

The Role: Associate Director, S&P Global Corporate Strategy

The Team: You are part of the larger Strategy, M&A and Investments Team reporting to the Global Head of Corporate Strategy. Specifically, this role focuses on our S&P Global (SPGI) Corporate Strategy supporting a broad range of strategic activities for a business of approximately $14billion in revenue and over 40,000 employees worldwide. Our team partners closely with all divisions, finance and enterprise functions.

As part of a larger enterprise team, you will contribute towards the establishment of strategic growth priorities and plans, and directly help define, tracking and discussing performance at the most important projects and key business metrics with the S&P senior leaders. You will be directly involved in several of the most important strategic initiatives, helping accelerate progress and solve problems along the way.

The Impact: The Associate Director, Corporate Strategy is a critical member of the Strategy team and the broader Finance, Strategy, M&A, Corporate Development and Partnerships community. You will help drive the near- and long-term strategic objectives for the business and engaging the Enterprise Leadership Team. You will participate in multiple complex projects of significant impact at one time, often across departmental boundaries and geographies.

You will manage the research and the presentation creation process, and will support senior leaders in presenting topics of relevance to the S&P Global management team.

What’s in it for you: You will gain exposure to our various divisions and get exposure to senior executives across the organization. You will get to learn from industry experts and help shape an iconic company in a pivotal moment across the industry. There has hardly been a better time to be at the center of the strategic decision making and strategic planning for S&P. There is a focus on corporate strategy development along with some M&A prospecting.

The team works closely with the Corporate Development team on select topics for due diligence, and transaction execution support. In this role, you will partner closely with teams across S&P Global to identify and assess organic and inorganic growth opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Design and execute on a broad range of strategic projects, formulating strategic recommendations and obtaining stakeholder buy-in.
• Work with leads in corporate strategy and senior management to define and set goals through the annual strategic planning process.
• Develop actionable recommendations that support the business strategy and goals. Work with the senior members of the team to plan and implement recommendations and contribute to the building of trust and consensus building.
• Develop business and operational action plans and work with peers, senior management and stakeholders to drive implementation.
• Participate in the articulation of the S&P Global strategy in a clear and compelling strategic narrative to key stakeholders, tailoring messages depending on executive audience.
• Participate in the preparation of communication of SPGI strategy and updates to the board of directors and to the investor community, occasionally and gradually assuming a central role in presentations.
• Work with the M&A team and Chief Client Office colleagues to support strategic assessment and profiling target companies for acquisitions, joint ventures and alliance partnerships.
• Participate in scenario planning, case studies and modeling capabilities to strengthen the strategy.
• Analyze businesses and opportunities to assist the company in executing strategic decisions.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, competitive landscape, and emerging technologies.
• Participate in the identification of changes in market conditions, industry trends, regulatory environment, regional or country macro-economic factors, etc., which may require changes to strategic plans, including the progression of technology and its effect on strategic plans.
• Be an advocate for an enterprise mind-set. Seek to be a role model, educator, coach, mentor across the wider organization.

What We’re Looking For:

• Basic Required Qualifications: •6+ years of relevant experience including but not limited to management consulting, financial analysis, M&A modelling and execution, strategy, and/or senior executive exposure and support.
• Demonstrated ability to drive workstreams and large portions of projects with significant strategic impact.
• Superior strategic and analytical skills with ability to draw key insights and develop clear recommendations.
• Highly motivated, demonstrated ability to take initiative and ability to influence senior leaders.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship management capabilities, including strong executive level PowerPoint skills and ability to summarize strategic rationale succinctly and clearly.
• Solid business acumen with knowledge and awareness of the financial data industry and markets.
• Additional Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree.
• Preference given to candidates with previous relevant experience in or interacting with a publicly listed company with global operations.
• Preference to candidate with knowledge of application of AI to financial services, emerging technologies, and experience developing technology strategies.
• Right to Work Requirements: This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.
• Return to Work: Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative, Restart, we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.
• What’s In It For You?
• Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence.
• Our People: We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.
• Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership
• Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.