Posting Closes: February 10, 2025

Employment Status: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hrs/week)

Servus is growing! We are currently looking for a Strategy & Foresights Lead in our Strategy and Enterprise Planning Department. This is a remote position.

Servus Credit Union is Alberta's largest member-owned credit union, known for building strong, resilient communities by helping our members feel good about their money. One of Canada's Best Managed Companies for 20 consecutive years and ranked as one of the top banks in Canada on Forbes World's Best Banks list for two years in a row, we are a team of smart, gutsy, and driven individuals.

The Strategy and Foresights role supports the development of enterprise and functional strategies and plans. This position utilizes competitive, financial, and market insights to form competitive and environmental scenarios that inform strategy development. Additionally, you will develop and implement strategy and innovation frameworks to guide and coordinate cross-functional innovation efforts, fostering a culture of collaboration and forward-thinking within the organization. The successful candidate will act as a strategic advisor, providing actionable insights and fostering a forward-thinking, collaborative culture.

Key Functions:

• Develop and refine strategic and business plans to support organizational objectives and drive growth across the credit union
• Collaborate with cross-functional departments to ensure functional strategies and operational plans are aligned with strategic goals.
• Use strategic foresight methodologies to combine market research and competitive analysis to create and maintain relevant environmental scenarios.
• Develop and champion an innovation framework to guide and coordinate cross-functional innovation efforts
• Provide strategic insights and what-if scenario recommendations, shaping high-level decision-making on key strategic issues
• Develop business cases to evaluate business impact, strategic opportunities, and strategic options analysis to inform decision-making
• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and ambidextrous leadership in proactively identifying and solving challenging strategic issues.

Skills:

Intellectual Curiosity: Willing to experiment, take calculated risks, and pivot based on new insights or changing conditions

Foresight and Innovation: Expertise in using foresight tools and innovation methodologies to inform strategy.

Research and Analysis: Expertise in conducting market research, competitive analysis, and environmental scans to inform decision-making.

Business Analysis: Proficiency in interpreting financial and operational data, building financial models, and assessing business impacts.

Collaboration and Communication: Work cross-functionally to test, learn, and iterate on solutions, fostering a dynamic, results-driven environment where feedback is valued, and adjustments are made swiftly.

Strategic Frameworks: Knowledge of strategy development, innovation, foresight tools and analytical methodologies

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree preferably in business administration, finance, economics, or a related field.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• An agile mindset with the ability to make decisions with speed and confidence, while maintaining a focus on delivering outcomes.
• Demonstrated analytical skills and the ability to skillfully turn complex data into presentations
• At least 2-5 years of experience in financial services, fintech or banking
• 6-8 years of experience in strategic planning, business analysis, market research, or a related field is highly valued
• Experience in developing robust quantitative analysis and leveraging data to quantify impacts of strategy to inform decision-making.
• Knowledge of strategy frameworks and the strategic planning process
• Proven ability to facilitate strategic decision making and influence decision making at senior levels

Most importantly, we're looking for candidates who align with our values. We live our values in how we do business. We're not afraid to be different – in fact, we embrace our differences. We have a spirit that motivates us to give our best service to members every day. It's our values that attract many people to Servus – and keep them with us. We embrace our culture and heritage, and we pride ourselves on our strong commitment to the communities we serve and our efforts to build and maintain member loyalty. If this sounds like you, then we encourage you to apply

Benefits

Working for Servus has outstanding benefits. In addition to standard benefits like health and wellness, vacation and retirement savings programs, we also provide other important benefits such as:

• Training & Development Opportunities
• Career Advancement Potential
• Flexible work options
• Competitive Compensation including performance-based incentive pay
• Meaningful work towards individual and corporate goals
• Opportunities to get involved and give back through an employee volunteer program

For information about these benefits and more, click here.

At Servus, our employees are also members. This means you'll have all the benefits of being a member of the credit union including profit sharing, voting for the board of directors, and all of the services we provide … with a few additional perks!

What happens next?

Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Should you require any accommodations during the hiring process, please advise us at that time.

Discover a sense of belonging amongst a team of unique, authentic individuals working together to reimagine financial fitness. We value and celebrate the richness that diverse backgrounds and experiences bring to our community. Your skills, passion, and curiosity may find a sense of belonging at Servus, so even if you don't check every box we encourage you to apply!