Lead, Corporate Strategy
About The Position
As a member of the Corporate Strategy team, you will support the shaping of UKG’s future direction by partnering with senior leaders and cross-functional teams on high-priority strategic initiatives. This role is intended for analytically strong individual contributors with early-career strategy or finance experience who can lead structured conversations, develop rigorous financial analyses, and engage credibly with VP-level stakeholders. The Strategy Lead role emphasizes analytical ownership, financial modeling, and structured problem solving, with responsibility for leading discussions, pressure-testing assumptions, and driving clarity on complex business issues under the guidance of more senior team members.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, investment banking, or a similar role
- Strong financial and analytical skills, including experience building and interpreting financial models to support strategic decisions
- Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguous problems and translate analysis into clear insights
- Experience developing executive-level materials and communicating complex analyses clearly and concisely
- Comfort leading discussions with VP-level stakeholders in a structured, fact-based manner
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outputs under tight timelines
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience at a strategy consulting firm, investment bank, or in a corporate strategy, finance, or business operations role
- Meaningful exposure to financial modeling, valuation, or investment analysis
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale or multi-business organizations
- Exposure to software, SaaS, or technology-enabled business models
- Highly analytical and detail-oriented, with a strong bias toward fact-based decision making
- Structured and logical thinker who can clearly articulate tradeoffs and implications
- Confident, credible communicator able to lead conversations with senior stakeholders
- Practical and grounded, focused on clarity and substance over polish
- Collaborative working style with the ability to operate independently and take ownership of assigned work
Responsibilities
- Support corporate strategy initiatives across topics including growth strategy, portfolio prioritization, investment decisions, and value creation
- Develop high-quality executive-level presentation materials with a strong emphasis on strategic framing, financial insight, and decision relevance
- Lead rigorous quantitative analysis, including financial modeling, scenario analysis, and business case development to support strategic decisions
- Conduct market, competitive, and customer analysis and translate findings into clear strategic implications
- Structure complex problems and develop fact-based perspectives to inform executive discussions
- Lead workstream-level discussions with cross-functional partners and VP-level stakeholders to clarify objectives, test assumptions, and align on implications
- Own discrete analytical workstreams end-to-end, including defining the analytical approach, managing timelines, and ensuring output quality
- Walk stakeholders through analysis, tradeoffs, and implications in a clear and confident manner
Benefits
- performance-based bonus plan
- restricted stock unit awards
- benefits and rewards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
