Strategic Planning Manager

London, England, United Kingdom

12/20/2024

At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.

Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Role:

As a Strategic Planning Manager within Global Distribution and Product, you will work with a wide variety of stakeholders to help to define M&G’s distribution strategy, validate planning assumptions, develop business cases and plans for new growth initiatives, and support prioritisation across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work on distribution strategy projects and business cases, e.g., new market / channel entry, partnerships, supporting key growth initiatives, commercial decision making
• Support Distribution Country Heads in preparing for 6monthly distribution strategy reviews
• Work closely with Distribution Country Heads, Finance and other stakeholders to refine and agree sales projections at country channel level as part of the annual business planning process, including review and sense checking of sales projections, analysing upsides and downsides to plan, and articulating growth initiatives
• Drive prioritisation analysis and recommendations, both over the plan period and over shorter time horizons, e.g., working with sales, marketing and investment specialist teams to agree priority funds / strategies to support over the next c.6months
  
  

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and stakeholder management
• Commercial acumen and intellectual curiosity
• Experience in Asset Management, Financial Services or Management Consulting
• Confident using MS Office, particularly PowerPoint & Excel
  
  

Work Level: Manager or Expert

Recruiter: Hannah Curtis

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, physical, mental health or neuro-divergent conditions. We participate in the Disability Confident ‘Offer an Interview’ scheme, which means that candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the minimum criteria of a job, will be offered an interview if they 'opt in' to the scheme when applying. These candidates are also supported to ensure they have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job.

If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at: careers@mandg.com