Supports corporate strategy initiatives involving growth, portfolio prioritization, investments, and value creation. Builds financial models, scenario analyses, business cases, market and competitive analyses, and executive presentations. Structures ambiguous problems, leads analytical workstreams, facilitates discussions with cross-functional and VP-level stakeholders, tests assumptions, and communicates strategic implications and tradeoffs.
Why UKG:
At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.
We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get flexibility that’s real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you.
Overview
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.
Role and 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
Qualifications
- 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
Preferred Experience
- 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
Personal Qualifications
- 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
Company Overview:
UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. It's this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry — because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge. Learn more at ukg.com.
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The pay range for this position is $115,100 to $165,450. The actual base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and work location. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible to participate in a performance-based bonus plan and to receive restricted stock unit awards as part of total compensation. Learn more about UKG’s benefits and rewards at https://www.ukg.com/about-us/careers/benefits
UKG San Francisco, California, USA Office
456 Montgomery St. , San Francisco, United States, 94104
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