Head of Corporate Strategy
HybridSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Job Summary
Develop Cuscal's corporate strategy, long-range planning, and value creation agenda while leading M&A and corporate development activities. Design Board Strategy Days and executive offsites to drive high-quality decision-making, and produce market assessments, scenario analyses, and strategic recommendations for the Executive Leadership Team and Board. Maintain an ongoing view of strategic risks and emerging trends across customers, competitors, technology, and regulation, partnering with Finance on capital allocation and investment priorities. Shape the enterprise AI value creation agenda, refine investment roadmaps, and assess acquisition and partnership opportunities aligned to long-term growth objectives.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years' experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, corporate development, investment banking or strategic advisory
- Demonstrated experience developing corporate strategy and influencing enterprise-level decisions in complex organisations
- Proven ability to act as a trusted adviser to senior executives, with experience preparing materials for Executive Leadership Teams, Boards or Board Committees
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, including experience with capital allocation, investment prioritisation, business case assessment, scenario analysis and value creation
- Experience identifying and assessing strategic risks, opportunities, market disruption and competitive dynamics
- Demonstrated experience building high-quality strategic narratives, options papers, market insights and executive-level recommendations
- Experience working across multiple functions and influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority
- Exposure to AI, technology-enabled transformation or digital business model change
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in financial services, payments, banking, fintech, data, technology or regulated infrastructure businesses
- Experience supporting corporate development, M&A, strategic partnerships or market expansion opportunities
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