Associate Director - Deal Advisory & Strategy Practice - BFS

Roles and responsibilities :

We are recruiting for an Associate Director in the team. This individual will play a senior leadership role in the Deal Advisory and Strategy practice. He/she would be reporting to the Director of US Strategy practice and would lead the M&A diligence and Performance Improvement team.

- Spends at least 50-60% of time delivering/leading commercial diligence and operational diligence type projects with US clients

- Responsible for leading a high performing team of 20+ professionals, work allocation and performance management

- Provide technical leadership by helping project team create a hypothesis, draw structure & plan. Also, provides review bandwidth to other team members on their projects as required

- Responsible for business development by showcasing capabilities to member firms, Originates and converts a pipeline of business via detailed plans to increase penetration with onshore teams

- Drives best practices to ensure the continued trajectory in integration with the US firm

- New product/solution development/thought leadership, in line with the vision for future growth

- Sets-up/facilitate the development and ongoing improvement of quality measures in the team

- Lead the design and conduct of new Strategy propositions and other major initiatives

- Be the people leader & develop & implement strategies for Talent Acquisition, Development, & Retention

Essential skills required :

Education / professional qualifications :

- MBAs, CFAs, and Engineers from a leading Indian/International educational institutions

Prior Experience:

- 10+ years of strategy consulting experience, with required exposure to global clients (US / UK a strong plus). Experience with working with consulting offshoring set-up would be a plus but not a mandatory requirement.

Technical skills:

- Hands-on strategy and/or operations delivery experience is a must. Further exposure to two or more core strategy propositions is required (strategy propositions may include Market Growth/Entry, Commercial Due Diligence, Operational Due Diligence, Operational Strategy including Performance improvement etc.)

- Excellent problem-solving skills

- Strong numerical, analytical, and strategic thinking skills, and sound commercial acumen

- Exposure to Data Analytics as part of delivering strategy engagements will be a PLUS

- Proficient with synthesis and messaging

- Experience of leading project teams and preparing proposals

- Client management skills

- Able to engage stakeholders in a broad range of business topics, propositions while drawing parallels from other markets and sectors

Behavioral/team skills :

- Personal drive and positive work ethics to deliver results

- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders. Effectively create his or her visibility with senior partners across the Network.

- Ability to plan and prioritize; meet tight deadlines

- Coaching and mentoring as well as ability to connect with the team members at different levels is a must.