Consultant, Corporate Strategy & Planning

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

Sets, drives and supports execution of enterprise strategy for cross-functional initiatives, working with our leadership to define and execute our 1-3 year strategic plans, and alongside our M&A function, drive durable advantages for our network and solutions. Focuses on a broad range of topics developing Build / Buy / Partner analyses, influencing product roadmaps, envisioning the future, and implementing our backlog of strategic bets that will shape not only our businesses, but also the entire financial services industry given our unique position in the value chain. This role will report directly to the Director of Corporate Strategy & Planning and have high visibility in the organization with frequent interaction with the C-suite, senior executive team, as well as external stakeholders across our banking and startups partners.

Essential Functions

• Strategic Planning : Manage enterprise strategic planning process (5, 3, 1 year processes) to drive focus and prioritization of business plans that drive clarity among senior leaders and resource allocation
• Growth Strategy Definition : Develop compelling strategy recommendations that enhance our competitive advantages by understanding market trends, competitive dynamics, and internal business capabilities and assets
• Strategic initiatives and business case : Develop recommendation for strategic initiatives and create qualitative and quantitative analyses that enable enterprise and business prioritization, budgeting, and monetization of new programs and initiatives
• Market & Industry Subject Matter Expertise : Identify and qualify new inorganic growth ideas from internal and external sources and drive end-to-end execution of M&A. Evaluate synergy opportunities and risks in potential transactions.
• Project Management : Lead all aspects of the strategy initiative or deal transactions, including strategy formation, final recommendation, developing business cases, deal execution, and integration.
• Creative Problem Solving : Structure complex problems, develop hypotheses, conduct analyses and drive actionable recommendations through a data driven process
• Customer and Innovation Leadership : Partner with teams to identify and explore new technologies, products, and biz models to extend market leadership and customer relevance.
• Supports the organization’s commitment to protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data through compliance with all security policies and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and / or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and / or external customers.

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position.

The base pay scale for this position in :

Chicago, IL in USD per year is : $90,000 - $120,000.

New York, NY / San Francisco, CA in USD per year is : $100,000 - $135,000.

Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.

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Early Warning Services, LLC (“Early Warning”) considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.