Strategy Manager

Summary

Join Unit4 and play a key role in shaping and executing its long-term strategy. Collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional teams, driving value creation initiatives, supporting M&A activities, and enabling company-wide strategic planning and performance tracking. This role directly influences the business's direction and success. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker thriving in fast-paced environments, engaging with internal and external stakeholders, and contributing to high-profile projects. This position offers the chance to help steer Unit4 through its next chapter of innovation and growth in the enterprise software space. The responsibilities include supporting the creation of long-term growth plans, driving value creation initiatives, refining the annual objective-setting process, partnering with cross-functional teams on growth opportunities, supporting the Office of the CEO, supporting M&A activities, preparing strategy materials, and staying abreast of industry trends.

Requirements

• 3-6 years of corporate development, strategy and/or management consulting experience, with a preference for candidates with technology/software experience
• Strong Excel modelling, with ability to define and execute key analyses with minimal supervision
• Exceptional quantitative and analytical skills, with a proven ability to conduct financial and strategic analysis and distil findings into actionable insights
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex concepts to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Results-driven and detail-oriented, with a track record of delivering high-quality work products on time
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability in response to changing priorities and circumstances
• Goal-oriented, self-starter who takes initiative and drives towards outcomes

Responsibilities

• Support on the creation of the medium to long term growth planning, working closely with the cross-functional stakeholders
• Drive, track and measure on the value creation initiatives
• Drive and refine the annual objective setting process, as well as tracking a measuring performance, working closely with the cross-functional stakeholders
• Partner and support cross-functional teams in the evaluation of growth opportunities and support the execution of strategic / transformation projects to deliver robust data, analysis and insights to support decision-making, communicating these in an effective way
• Provide support the Supporting the broader Office of the CEO function on priorities, ad-hoc and day-to-day tasks
• Support on the M&A activities, including sourcing, market analysis, due diligence, internal presentations and the divestiture strategy
• Support in the preparation of strategy materials as required, as well as other strategic communication materials for internal or external purposes
• Stay abreast of local industry, competitive, and regulatory trends, gathering competitive intelligence and insight and developing a point of view on implications for Unit4

Benefits

• A culture built on trust - giving you the freedom and autonomy to be successful
• Balance - with our uncapped time off policy, remote working opportunities and Global Wellbeing Days when the whole company can switch off and prioritize well-being
• Talented colleagues, role models and mentors - work, learn and be inspired by some of the best talent in the software industry
• A commitment to sustainability - with initiatives such as our Act4Good program, a way for everyone at Unit4 to come together and engage in actions that benefit society and the planet
• A safe and inclusive working environment – supported by our Employee Resource Groups, which are open to all and include Women at Unit4, Pride at Unit4, Mental Health and Access at Unit4, and People of Color at Unit4