Business Strategy Manager

We've created a new **Business Operations** function to build, develop and run world-class operational support that is essential to our growing business across the divisions of Kape Technologies. The department is responsible for identifying and implementing effective strategies and processes to boost organizational efficiency and business performance, facilitating strategy discussions, and analyzing their impact on our business.

Our goal? To **ensure smooth operations and high productivity**, and help maintain our **high quality and compliance standards** in all things we deliver.

In this newly-created role, you will join a new team focused on an in-depth understanding of critical business requirements, analyzing data models to derive logical conclusions and preparing recommendations for strategic and operational improvements.

**Role Responsibilities**:

- Communicate frequently with stakeholders in the leadership team to understand the needs of the organization as a whole
- Research, analyze, and benchmark various financial and corporate fundamental metrics and ratios that inform our strategies and targets (e.g. revenue per headcount, various ratios of spend per revenue). You'll work closely with our FP&A and other Finance teams to achieve this goal.
- Formulate, present, and justify recommendations derived from your research and analysis while considering opportunities and risks associated with your suggestions
- Communicate the benefits of your recommendations, driving towards agreement across stakeholders and addressing uncertainties and concerns
- Track and report on our progress towards achieving our targets, and deep-dive to identify root causes when we're deviating from our plans
- Contribute to and facilitate the definition of our organization's short
- and long-term strategies by providing research and business insights
- Explain and maintain up-to-date documentation of our organization's high-level strategies, both for internal audiences and investor relations
- Develop the business case and other justifications necessary to help our executive leadership explain our budgets for long-term strategies with a focus on growth
- Provide strategic insights and recommendations for new potential business areas to be considered
- Identify needs and funnel strategic M&A ideas with appropriate justification to the investment team
- Support and participate in preliminary evaluations and due diligence activities related to M&A opportunities within your area of expertise
- Support interactions, requests for information, and other related work with the Singapore Economic Development Board

**Role Requirements**:
To succeed in this role, we'd love for you to have some or most of the following skills or experience:

- At least 7 years of experience as a business analyst, financial analyst, strategy/management consultant, or a related role
- General business analysis skills and business acumen
- Knowledge of data analytical skills, data modeling, and forecasting
- Financial literacy (financial management, budgeting)
- Strong orientation to team culture and cross-functionality
- You are humble and a team player: no job is too big or too small to undertake
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to efficiently compile and summarize results of research and analysis into digestible insights
- Proven track record building and managing positive relationships with stakeholders of all seniorities
- Experience in similar roles in a public company
- Experience in the tech space

**Hiring process**:
**Benefits**:
Health and happiness go hand in hand, and we make every effort to support our team members in all facets of their lives—both inside and outside the office. Learn more about our employee benefits by visiting our careers page.

**Before you apply**:

- At the moment, we do not sponsor visas in the **UK **and the **EU**. For **Hong Kong**, we require at least two years of working experience and a university degree in a related field. For** Singapore**, we can only sponsor visas for mid-career or above.
- Please upload your resume as a **PDF** and do not include any salary or compensation information in it.
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