Enterprise Strategy Manager - With Financial or Banking experience

About Zensar Technologies
Zensar is a leading digital solutions and technology services company partnering with global organizations on their digital transformation journey. A technology partner of choice, with strong track-record of innovation, credible investment in digital solutions and assertion of commitment to client’s success, Zensar’s comprehensive range of services and solutions enable clients achieve new thresholds of performance. Part of the $40 billion APAX Partners’ portfolio of companies, Zensar is uniquely positioned to help existing businesses run efficiently, manage legacy transformation and plan business growth through innovative digital platform.

Working at Zensar
Working at Zensar is an enriching experience. While work is driven by innovation and passion, fun is taken seriously too. An open environment is encouraged making it easy to brainstorm with colleagues. Creative thinking is encouraged through time out activities. Moreover, the offices have been designed to foster creativity and communication, bringing a little bit of home into work every day. Zensar provides and a comprehensive benefit package for all fulltime employees.

Zensar is seeking a Consultant Contractor - Enterprise Strategy Manager with strong Finance & Banking experience to join our team in Foolproof, a Zensar company in London, UK. This is an onsite role, requiring a minimum of four days per week in the office. Contract to perm. 

Job Description:
Purpose of the Role
Lead the development of strategic initiatives by defining problem statements in partnership with senior stakeholders, synthesising complex analysis into clear, decision-relevant insight, and advising leadership on strategic direction. You will oversee strategic projects spanning multiple workstreams, ensure high-quality, executive-ready delivery, and actively shape stakeholder engagement to drive alignment and impact.

What You'll Deliver (Key Accountabilities)

• Lead identification of problem statements and hypothesis-driven problem solving; synthesise complex analyses into clear insights and strategic implications.
• Structure and oversee multiple workstreams within strategic initiatives — ensuring quality, alignment and delivery against enterprise priorities.
• Develop compelling, executive-ready presentations and narratives, translating complex topics into clear, actionable messages.
• Design and execute stakeholder engagement strategies — managing differing perspectives, surfacing blockers, and building alignment across senior stakeholders.

Accountabilities of the Job

• Identify and articulate the strategic implications of analysis; ensure outputs are relevant to leadership decision-making.
• Ensure strategy projects deliver against agreed enterprise objectives, identifying risks early and maintaining focus on impact.
• Ensure all workstreams are aligned, integrated and delivered to a high standard, with a clear and consistent strategic narrative.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, manage competing priorities, and drive alignment across functions and senior stakeholders.
• Produce and oversee high-quality, executive-level materials and communications that clearly convey complex strategic issues.
• Lead and develop junior team members — providing direction, coaching and feedback; contribute to overall capability building.

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge and interest in financial services — including customers, products and services.
• Ability to convert data and research into a fact base for strategic content, with strong analytical skills and the ability to simplify complex tasks.
• Strong communication and presentation skills — able to convey complex information clearly.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to understand and manage stakeholder incentives and dynamics.
• Experience managing project or workstream teams in complex and demanding environments.
• Ability to balance big-picture strategic thinking with meticulous attention to detail.
• Experience in an in-house strategy function or strategy consulting environment.
• Degree-level or equivalent qualification; MBA and/or top-tier consulting background highly valued.
• Experience leading workstreams or teams.

Conduct & Line of Defence

• Comply with the client's Code, Purpose, Values and relevant policies.
• Respect relevant regulatory obligations and Conduct Rules.
• This is a first-line role under the Three Lines of Defence principles — responsible for intelligent risk-taking and managing direct and consequential risks.
• Promote a culture where risk, including financial crime and fraud, is managed effectively through prompt identification, escalation and reporting.

Why This Seat
Own the framing, the analysis and the board-ready recommendation — advising senior leadership

Indigo Slate is a full-service human experience company. We are a digital organization backed by a global engineering leader, and we’re dedicated to helping clients build transformative experiences from start to finish. We create smart experiences that deliver powerful results through a profound intersection of marketing, technology, business, and creative. We understand that brands are no longer judged through their advertising, but through each touchpoint, both internal and external, building strength with every experience.

At Indigo Slate, we harness a mix of skills unique in our industry—equal parts strategic consultancy, creative agency, and technology thought leadership—to build and run some of the best experiences on the planet.