Employment:
Full Time
Consulting – Financial Services – Front Office Transformation- Senior Consultant (Lebanon)
Line of Service
Advisory
Industry/Sector
FS X-Sector
Specialism
Advisory – Other
Management Level
Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
A career within Financial Services Solutions, will provide you the opportunity to use sophisticated models to value complex financial instruments and design strategies that reduce risk and maximise business opportunities for our clients. We help on a wide variety of financial and valuation issues, as well as develop and test financial models, model risk scenarios, validate expertise across various financial areas, and deliver comprehensive analytics addressing client finance issues.
Responsibilities:
Reporting to a Manager within the Financial Services Practice, the Senior Consultant will participate in cross-functional engagement teams to develop and deliver on strategic change within sophisticated and challenging environments in an industry that’s experiencing disruptions or exponential growth:
– Help advise financial services clients on strategic matters and play a role in designing solutions that can help address complex issues, achieve sustainable results and demonstrate real impact
– Collaborate with colleagues throughout the client assignment and contribute to a winning team by taking responsibility for assigned work streams with limited supervision from senior team members, showcasing ownership and accountability at all times
– Assist in the coaching of junior team members within the Financial Services Practice by sharing knowledge, advice, and experience in helping others develop, grow and succeed
– Service a wide variety of clients, getting to know their unique business needs, establishing rapport and a strong element of trust between yourself and the client domain that you operate in
– Leverage the firm and own resources to keep up to date with current regional and global economic and business trends, specifically in the Financial Services Sector and as relevant to your evolving skill set so you can help shape our clients’ thinking and our success in the market
– Assist in business development opportunities by researching and writing winning proposals to support our clients across the Middle East region
– Work with colleagues across all Middle Eastern offices on client work and internal initiatives as well as connecting with global resources and leveraging credentials not only at a local level but also at a global level
– Manage work streams, seeking guidance and support as and when needed, learning all the time and delivering exceptional quality that meets or even exceeds clients’ expectations.
Travel Requirements
Up to 80%
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
Yes
Government Clearance Required?
No
Requirements:
– Willing to travel up to 90% of the time (KSA based engagements)
– Bachelor’s degree from a reputable university
– Mandatory proficiency in English and ideally Arabic at a written and spoken level
– Proficient in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio
– 4-5 years of previous consulting experience in Financial Services (preferably Big 4 or similar)
– Relationship building and business development skills
– Demonstrate Influencing, Negotiation, and Presentation skills as well as business analysis
– Understanding of the basic project management attributes
– Self-starter with credible commercial insight and familiarity with closing deals
– Attention to detail with a genuine appetite for growth
– Quick learner with an aptitude for system and technical concepts
– Proactive in nature by demonstrating initiatives and showcase creativity in problem solving
Activities:
Should be exposed and/or familiar with at least 4 of the following activities, in the context of Financial Services Sector:
– Performance Improvement
– Cost Optimization
– Operating models
– Data analytics
– Customer experience
– Customer insights
– Strategy development
– Process reengineering
PwC firms help organizations and individuals to create the value they’re looking for.
We’re a network of firms in 158 countries with close to 169,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. PwC is the brand under which member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL) operate and provide services. Together, these firms form the global PwC network.
In our 3 key areas of business or Lines of Service Assurance, Tax, and Advisory we work with our clients from business start ups to the worlds leading organizations to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.
We help our own people to learn, discover, develop and make a real difference all the way through their working lives. And we have big ambitions to grow.
PwC Middle East Region is part of what we call the Central Cluster and includes the UK, Europe and Africa as well as the Middle East. The region consists of 12 markets – UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Palestine.
PwC has been established in the region for over 40 years, we already employ over 4500 people and we are on course to become the Middle East number one professional service firm.
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