Senior Associate (Finance)

As a Senior Associate, you will be involved in all aspects of the project including project planning, delivery, making recommendations, getting client buy-in and ensuring closure of all work streams independently. In doing so, you will be directly working with the client director and the client(s). You will be playing the Project lead role on an engagement to start with and eventually lead more than one client engagements. In addition, you will be responsible for mentoring your team and will actively lead internal organizational and business development initiatives. This role requires you to travel to client locations (Saudi Arabia & UAE) on need basis only. If travel is required, it can be up to 2-3 weeks/ month.

Expectations

• Lead multiple work streams and solve high complexity client problems
• Be a thought partner to the client outlining innovative solutions and drive organizational change
• Be efficient in building and/ or guiding the team in making high quality deliverables
• Interact/ address CXO-level audience and deliver impactful presentations/ workshops
• Manage performance and development of Analysts and Junior Associates working on the project
• Build relationships, deliver high-impact business proposals and generate new business for the firm
• Lead internal initiatives such as knowledge management and organization development
• Comfortable travelling and staying in Saudi Arabia and UAE up to 2-3 weeks/month, if travel is required, which will be on need basis only,

Education, Experience and Skill-Set

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) – mandatory
• Full-time MBA/PGDM from a reputed institution (IIMs, ISB, MDI, SP Jain, etc.) – mandatory
• A minimum of 1 year of pre-MBA work experience is required; should be finance-oriented (audit, tax, accounting, etc.)
• Post-MBA experience preferably within Finance / Strategy teams; other domains may be considered if the candidate demonstrates strong financial acumen
• Minimum 3.5 years of total relevant work experience
• Strong understanding of finance, numbers, and business fundamentals
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
• Advanced Proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Expertise in one or more of: Retail/ BFSI/ Healthcare industries
• Exposure to strategy development and implementation, process improvement, performance measurement, digital transformation