Senior Manager, Strategy & Analytics - Dealer Operations

TD Bank • Southfield, MI

1d • $115,440 - $173,160

About The Position

This role provides strategic and operations analytical insights to TD Auto Finance, overseeing workforce, capacity planning, budget, and reporting functions. This role will represent Dealer Operations for key medium-term to long-term initiatives and provide an immediate point of contact for operations subject-matter expertise and problem resolution for TD Auto Finance senior leadership. Depth & Scope: Oversees and leads a large and/or highly complex, and diverse business management function for an area of significant risk, complexity or scope Strategic partner to leadership team on the management of the portfolio and financials, with deep industry, external / internal, enterprise knowledge, recognizing and anticipating emerging trends and; identifying operational efficiencies and opportunities with other business management / enterprise areas Facilitates key strategic discussions and provide thought leadership to executive audience (output may include strategic roadmap and/or deliverables/ frameworks/ short to long term goals etc.) Sets operational team direction and collaborate with others to execute on common goals Focus on longer-range planning for functional area (e.g. 12 months or greater)

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree
• 10+ years relevant experience

Responsibilities

• Develops, communicates and implements a holistic strategy for own specific business management function in support of and integrated with the overall business strategy
• Oversees / leads / manages and plans a work activities that may require alignment across multiple areas
• Leads the team in the development and/or integrated implementation of policies / processes / procedures / changes across multiple functional areas
• Leads partner to management and respective teams for area of specialization with industry, external and internal, enterprise and business awareness; recognizing and anticipating emerging trends and; identifying issues and opportunities and recommending action to senior management
• Acts as a strategic partner by leading relationships with key enterprise partners and interfacing with respective leadership team to effectively manage own business management area and clarify scope of accountabilities while influencing and aligning others as needed
• Ensures an integrated and aggregated view of all related activities across the overall function providing escalations, recommendations, and decision support to leadership.
• Forecasts programs / initiatives and demand, and coordinate prioritization of the portfolio/ initiatives with key stakeholders
• Provides functional / business level communications to ensure messages to stakeholders and/or employees are consistent, appropriate and aligned to business strategies and executive management direction
• Ensures team adheres to enterprise frameworks and methodologies related to overall business management activities
• Leads relationships with corporate and/or control functions to ensure alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements
• Supports team in staying knowledgeable on emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts to the Bank
• Assesses / identifies key issues and escalate to appropriate levels and relevant stakeholders and business management where required
• Maintains a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes and sound infrastructure an in alignment with risk appetite
• Identifies, mitigates and reports on risk issues per enterprise policy / guidelines and ensures appropriate escalation processes are followed
• Ensures business operations are in compliance with applicable internal and external requirements (e.g. financial controls, segregation of duties, transaction approvals, and physical control of assets).
• Works closely with key business leaders to optimize TDBGs resources and leverage TDs operating model to maximize efficiency, effectiveness and scale
• Leads or contributes to cross-functional / enterprise initiatives as an organizational or subject matter expert helping to identify risk / provide guidance for complex situations
• May lead relevant governance meetings or committees and related deliverables / outcomes representing the business on governance and control issues
• Manages oversight process, risk-based identification and monitoring of related risks and regulatory compliance across the supported functions, while ensuring key controls and processes are effectively managed
• Oversees or leads the facilitation and/or implementation of action/remediation plans to address performance/risk/governance issues
• Responsible for management of the overall team(s) providing both leadership and guidance
• Sets targets and objectives for the team, and deliver results
• Grows team expertise to align with enterprise demand and the Bank's direction; assess team skills and capabilities and continually looks for ways to provide and enhance the value delivered
• Fosters an environment / culture that encourages productivity, innovation, process improvement, teamwork and a high level of professionalism
• Co-ordinates necessary resources to ensure completion by deadlines
• Provides coaching, development, succession, recruitment, resource management and overall team leadership for team members and provide regular input into team members assessment of performance and development plans
• Prioritizes and manages own workload in order to deliver quality results and meet timelines
• Supports a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensures timely communication of issues/ points of interest
• Identifies and recommends opportunities to enhance productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency
• Establishes effective relationships across multiple business and technology partners, program and project managers
• Participates in knowledge transfer within the team and business units

Benefits

• Total Rewards at TD includes base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards (e.g., eligibility for cash and/or equity incentive awards, generally through participation in an incentive plan) and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO), banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees