VP, Strategy - US Information Solutions at Equifax Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia

Job Description:

The VP, Strategy, US Information Solutions (USIS) will play a key role in shaping the future of USIS through an ongoing, year-round process. The Strategy Leader will advise the USIS President and Business Unit (BU) Leaders by leading the annual strategy playbook development process, assessing high priority growth opportunities, performing comprehensive market and competitive assessments, and collaborating with the M&A team to evaluate the strategic fit of potential acquisitions and partnerships.

Additionally, the VP will facilitate ongoing collaboration and strategic dialogue across Equifax and USIS BUs supporting and coordinating the annual Strategic Thinking & Planning process, including strategic thinking sessions and Board presentations.

This position works from our office in Midtown with the flexibility to work remotely two days per week. (This is NOT a fully-remote role.)
What you'll do :

• Develop the USIS business strategy which defines the USIS growth story and ensures connectivity to sub-strategies within specific vertical markets and lines of business
• Combine internal and external intel on macro, market, and competitive events and trends including emerging business models, new capabilities, traditional and non-traditional / emerging players, ongoing M&A activity distilling key insights, and articulate relevant opportunities or threats for our company
• Run strategy projects to assess new opportunities or identify solutions to potential threats (i.e., articulate and size the opportunity / solution, flesh out implications for EFX and potential competitive responses, lay out path for execution, prepare presentation material, socialize it with key stakeholders, and present to senior executives)
• Assist USIS BU Leaders in planning and executing their strategic initiatives
• Lead working sessions with cross-functional internal and external stakeholders to identify new opportunities by facilitating the process, contributing with thought leadership, analyzing and distilling the outcome of the sessions, and creating executive-level recommendations to inform the annual strategic planning process
• Partner with the M&A team to assess the strategic fit of potential acquisition targets and partners, and support them in shaping up the business case
• Support annual Strategic Thinking & Planning process: identification and prioritization of opportunities, coordination USIS BUs and creation of an enterprise view, stress-testing of financial projections / forecasts, preparation of material for key meetings with CEO and Board of Directors
• Drive overall USIS operating cadence, to include: USIS Leadership Staff Meeting agenda and actions, USIS Monthly Operating Review focus areas and follow-ups, weekly status reports from USIS Leadership team, and ad hoc requests from the USIS President and CFO.
• Lead a cadence on annual goal setting for USIS Leadership team, managing progress, and developing and implementing a communication strategy across the USIS organization
• Build a team focused on project managing and ensuring execution of high-priority growth projects for USIS.

• 10+ years of experience in business strategy (and execution) roles leading collaboration across multiple stakeholder groups to define and deliver a cross-enterprise strategy
• Managing and leading a team of direct reports
• Highly critical thinking and framing of opportunities driven by intellectual curiosity
• Proven ability to present, influence at an executive level and collaborate effectively with leaders and cross-functional teams to align on direction and coordinate internal resources
• High degree of comfort on managing multiple assignments and priorities simultaneously
• Strong quantitative and problem solving skills
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Refined skills in developing and delivering compelling presentations
• High energy, with strong will and ambition to learn and work on new things
• Less than 25% travel

• Experience in Financial Services and in leading strategic engagements for M&A are a preferred plus
• MBA or equivalent graduate degree
• The combination of consulting and industry experience is preferred

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