Sr. Strategist
JM Family

Job Info

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Southeast Toyota Finance (SET Finance or SETF) is an operating division and d/b/a of World Omni Financial Corp., which was established in 1981 as the first import automotive captive finance company in the United States. SET Finance offers financing to Toyota dealers and consumers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Southeast Toyota Finance is the leading provider of retail and lease financing for new Toyota purchases within its operating footprint, consistently ranking at the top of its class in market share and dealership satisfaction. SET Finance owes its success to its innovative finance programs (including retail and lease programs), loyalty programs, college graduate and military rebate programs, and its commitment to strong dealer relationships and customer service.

This position will be a part of the SET Finance Corporate Strategy department and represents a unique opportunity for the highly qualified candidate. This department has 3 main pillars - Corporate Strategy Initiatives, Technology Transformation, and the Customer Experience Journey. The successful candidate will be an active participant in all three areas. The three areas are responsible for (i) ensuring we meet all company mandated Strategy initiatives for SETF and JMFE overall as well as ad hoc SETF assignments, (ii) ownership and support of technology initiatives and roadmaps used throughout the business unit to ensure alignment and (iii) ensuring that Customer Experience Management is continuously represented in all company initiatives including active collaboration with all stakeholders. The successful candidate will be able to work with departments across the company and cross-business units. This is an excellent opportunity to learn the finance company from many different points of view and will provide the qualified candidate a wide range of learning experiences to leverage in their professional development as they support initiatives spreading horizontally throughout the organization.

As a member of the Strategy team, this highly motivated individual will be responsible for market and industry research, opportunity assessments and leading strategic, technology, process improvement and efficiency initiatives and programs. This role requires influencing without authority, leading in ambiguity, creative problem-solving abilities, analytical thinking, initiative, and resilience. The candidate must be able to present and communicate across different levels of the organization along with influencing and leading peer and next-level leadership to consensus decisions. The position requires the frequent collaboration with key stakeholders, building frameworks, creation and updating of PowerPoint presentations. Attention to detail is key. Position reports to the Director of Strategy but supports all the department's leadership.

• Prepare, support (and in some cases lead) BU's in preparing strategic content and supporting materials for various strategy meetings. Meeting examples include Executive Management Team Strategy, Treasury Financial Conference, SETF VP Strategy, Trustees Strategy and Dealer Meetings, among others.
• Lead key strategic and technology initiatives and programs.
• Continuously canvas the industry (and others) to stay on top of the latest trends, market assessments, and competitive positioning. Consolidate findings, and craft thoughtful, understandable, and insightful material.
• Lead ad-hoc analyses of operational, financial and overall industry information as needed; to include sensitivity analyses.
• Develop business frameworks, working models to conduct scenario analysis for potential opportunities.
• Support Strategy team with process improvement and efficiency process analysis and assessment of business opportunities related to efficiencies across the value chain.
• Support and/or lead strategic business case creation; to include strategic technology projects.
• Support multi-channel strategic communications and idea generation platforms.
• Ability to drive strategic initiatives forward by serving as a trusted and valued team member of cross functional / departmental project teams and be responsible for helping to achieve project objectives and meet timelines and budget targets.
• Provide helpful, timely, and professional support to leadership and all SETF departments.
• Serve as a liaison for SETF with other business units across JM Family.

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