AVP, Investment Portfolio Oversight & Strategy Reporting

As AVP Investment Portfolio Oversight & Strategy Reporting you will lead the governance performance measurement and executive reporting of the US Segments strategic and transformation investment portfolioensuring investments are prioritized governed measured and reported with clarity and objectivity. Reporting to the VP Head of Strategy & Transformation you will serve as a trusted independent advisor to senior leadership providing the insight leaders need to understand whether investments are delivering and what to do next. You will also oversee the divisions recurring strategy reporting cycle ensuring a consistent accurate story across executive board and investor materials.

Position Responsibilities:

• Own and evolve the investment governance framework for strategic and transformation investments including intake standards business-case requirements stage-gates and decision rights aligned with enterprise frameworks and controls.
• Maintain a single trusted view of the investment portfolio and provide independent oversight of investment health across scope financials timeline resourcing risk and value.
• Lead portfolio performance reporting including moving beyond status to insight - surfacing trends trade-offs and recommended actions for leadership decisions.
• Provide the analytical foundation for investment prioritization including scoring scenario modelling and funding visibility in partnership with Finance and recommend where to accelerate re-scope pause or stop investments.
• Design and lead the benefits-realization framework ensuring material investments have measurable outcomes that are baselined tracked and validated.
• Identify portfolio-level risks dependencies and roadblocks early bringing options and recommendations to decision-makers.
• Oversee the strategy reporting calendar and provide senior review of executive board and external disclosure content ensuring accuracy consistency and a single source of truth.
• Modernize reporting through automation AI-enabled analytics and standardized tools.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team fostering objectivity accountability inclusion and continuous improvement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in business finance economics engineering or a related quantitative discipline; an MBA advanced degree or professional designation (e.g. CFA CPA PfMP) is an asset.
• 12 years of progressive experience in strategy portfolio management investment governance transformation corporate finance or management consulting within a large complex organization.
• 5 years of people leadership experience building and developing high-performing analytical or advisory teams.
• Experience preparing and presenting executive- and board-level reporting including oversight of recurring reporting cycles in a public company or regulated environment.
• Strong financial acumen analytical rigor and executive communication skills with the ability to distill complexity into a clear point of view and influence without direct authority.
• Experience in financial services (insurance wealth or asset management preferred); advanced analytics and data-visualization skills (e.g. Power BI AI Tools) are an asset.

When you join our team:

• Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• Well recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team well support you in shaping the future you want to see.

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The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

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