EVP – International Strategy — Consumer-Finance Book

The mandate

The investment committee has withheld further expansion pending clarity on international expansion that lacks explicit market-entry gates within a institutionally backed diversified financial-services platform. The immediate arena is the consumer-finance book during a channel migration. For mandate 027, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The EVP – International Strategy operating perimeter covers approximately CHF 4,850 million in assets under oversight, with activity spanning several consumer-finance book customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The EVP – International Strategy Financial Services remit carries direct influence over roughly 300 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The group board and the relevant risk and people committees want a EVP – International Strategy who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the consumer-finance book. The EVP – International Strategy Financial Services seat must resolve a channel migration, while preserving the underlying strengths of the consumer-finance book. For mandate 027, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The EVP – International Strategy’s first year on the consumer-finance book is expected to end with capital-efficient entry, partnership choices and timely exits. In mandate 027, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a newly created EVP – International Strategy — Consumer-Finance Book seat approved as part of the next operating model; it is not an incumbent replacement. The board is running a planned 4–6 month search so the appointee can join ahead of the next capital and talent cycle. Current leaders retain their existing accountabilities until the consumer-finance book remit is formally activated. Confidentiality protects organisation design choices while the board compares external and adjacent-sector talent.

What you will own

• Set the EVP – International Strategy value-creation thesis for the consumer-finance book, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately CHF 4,850 million in assets under oversight, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the EVP – International Strategy Financial Services organisation of about 300 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the consumer-finance book economics and execution constraints created by a channel migration, with EVP – International Strategy-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one EVP – International Strategy operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the consumer-finance book; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Demonstrate enterprise authority across functions and markets, with outcomes visible in cash, customers or controlled risk in mandate 027.
• Build the EVP – International Strategy’s three-year succession and capability plan for the consumer-finance book, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Financial Services organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the consumer-finance book baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to international expansion that lacks explicit market-entry gates, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal EVP – International Strategy portfolio and organisation choices for the consumer-finance book, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable consumer-finance book trend against capital-efficient entry, partnership choices and timely exits, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the EVP – International Strategy’s agreed first-year consumer-finance book value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A EVP – International Strategy forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the consumer-finance book’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the EVP – International Strategy mandate’s highest-priority consumer-finance book risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical consumer-finance book talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the EVP – International Strategy’s direct reports.
• A quantified EVP – International Strategy-owned improvement in the consumer-finance book operating constraint behind a channel migration, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 027: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a EVP Strategy, International Development Head or CSO in a institutionally backed Financial Services or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the consumer-finance book, your EVP – International Strategy track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from banking, insurance, payments, wealth or regulated fintech will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this EVP – International Strategy brief.

As a EVP – International Strategy candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Financial Services or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 22-28 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of CHF 2,800 million and led an organisation of at least 200 people.

For mandate 027, the board wants two transitions: a difficult consumer-finance book portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a channel migration. As the prospective EVP – International Strategy for this consumer-finance book, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 027 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The EVP – International Strategy must be based in Zurich; international relocation is supported, but this Financial Services role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of EVP Strategy, International Development Head or CSO, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Financial Services governance forum.
• Proven EVP – International Strategy ownership of at least CHF 2,800 million and leadership of no fewer than 200 employees in a comparable consumer-finance book context.
• One completed Financial Services or adjacent-sector example of international expansion that lacks explicit market-entry gates with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from banking, insurance, payments, wealth or regulated fintech; experience that is purely functional and lacks EVP – International Strategy-level consumer-finance book consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Zurich location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 027.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated EVP – International Strategy package is CHF 320,000–430,000 base + annual incentive, calibrated to the final consumer-finance book scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 027 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The EVP – International Strategy appointment in Zurich, centred on the consumer-finance book, offers regular exposure to the group board and the relevant risk and people committees. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 027.

Confidentiality

Client identity is withheld at this stage and will be disclosed under mutual confidentiality after an initial fit discussion for mandate 027. Rounded ranges and blended context prevent this document from being used to triangulate the organisation for mandate 027.