Corporate Strategy - Associate
Country: United States of America
It Starts With You:
Santander is a global leader and innovator in the financial services industry and is evolving from a high-impact brand into a technology-driven organization. Our people are at the heart of this journey and together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible. This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.
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The Difference You Make:
The Associate, Corporate Strategy supports senior leadership in evaluating business performance, advancing strategic priorities, and addressing complex business needs. The role conducts financial, operational, market, and other relevant analyses to generate insights that support business planning and management decision-making. The Associate contributes to cross-functional initiatives, identifies opportunities to improve business processes and performance, and translates complex information into clear, actionable recommendations and management-ready materials. The role also supports key performance management, governance, and operational activities, working collaboratively across functions to drive timely and effective execution.
Develop and maintain a broad understanding of the business, with deeper knowledge of specific functions, activities, and their interdependencies across the organization
Support the development and execution of business goals and strategic priorities by leveraging data and insights to inform decision-making and drive effective execution
Assess current and future business needs, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop solutions to enhance efficiency and simplify processes
Contribute to complex, high-visibility cross-functional projects, taking ownership of assigned activities, coordinating stakeholders, documenting decisions and outcomes, and tracking actions through completion
Develop concise, management-ready updates and presentations that synthesize relevant information, highlight progress and material considerations, and clearly articulate decisions, actions, and next steps
Validate information and collaborate with relevant departments to gather and reconcile inputs, synthesize key insights, assess alternatives and implications, and develop recommendations to support management decision-making
Gather and analyze data and trends, identify key drivers and root causes, and develop insights, including peer benchmarking and performance analysis, to support management reporting and strategic decision-making
Maintain and support performance scorecards and related deliverables with a high degree of accuracy and diligence, recognizing their importance to performance management process
Conduct ad hoc analyses with limited supervision, demonstrating flexibility to incorporate feedback and deliver high-quality outputs within short timeframes.
Support department-wide governance and operational initiatives, including Risk Management, Records Management, Business Continuity, and other recurring organizational requirements.
What You Bring:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience: Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or equivalent field. - Required.
Qualifications:
5+ Years Relevant business planning, project and financial experience. - Required.
5+ Years Experience in one or a combination of the following: administrative support, project management, implementation, business operations or strategic planning in…