Position: Associate Director - Financial Services - Business Consulting and Research

Location: Mumbai

Intellecap (www.intellecap.com) is a pioneer in providing innovative business solutions that help build and scale profitable and sustainable enterprises dedicated to social and environmental change. We are uniquely positioned at the intersection of social and commercial business to attract and nurture intellectual capital that combines the business training of the commercial world with the passion and commitment of the social world. Our clients include a broad range of enterprises, investors, development finance institutions, foundations, and private sector corporations. We work in over 20 countries around the world, with a special focus on South and South East Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

What Drive Us :

Billions around the world live at the Base of the Pyramid. We believe business has a powerful role to play in improving the quality of their lives.

What We Do:

We strive to create an environment that catalyzes business led solutions to development, through our Services, Incubations, and Initiatives. We work in the Financial Services, Agriculture and Rural Business, Clean Energy, Healthcare, Water and Sanitation and Education and Vocational Training sectors. Themes we focus on are Gender, Technology, Climate Change, Urbanization, Youth and Policy.

Intellecap's Consulting's clientele is global, and the team has delivered over 100 diverse projects across Asia and Africa. The team works with :

- Social Enterprise models to help them achieve scale and faster integration with the mainstream through better business planning, market intelligence and process excellence

- Large businesses and corporations to help them engage better with the Bottom of the Pyramid markets

- Private foundations, multilateral and bilateral funders and investors to help them understand, strategize and design interventions for the inclusive business space

Experience/ Education :

- MBA from a premier B-School/an equivalent qualification

- 14-20 years of experience in consulting to corporations and/or multilaterals and/or government

- Successful track record in building a business and managing its P&L

- Strong exposure to inclusive business/BOP/Social enterprise/Impact investing spaces

- Experience in managing consulting teams to deliver high quality

Skills :

- Strong business acumen and understanding of business issues across multiple focus sectors

- Ability to engage senior client management on offerings, emerging issues in focus sectors, lead project scope discussions and provide insightful recommendations

- Demonstrated ability to lead people; build and motivate a team for greater performance

- Excellent written and oral communication skills; experience of leading published work highly desirable

Job responsibilities :

- Provide leadership and strategic direction :

- Think about the future, keep up-to-date with market developments and evolve strategy

- Communicate to ensure team alignment on vision, strategy and market developments

- Lead the agenda of growth and excellence including development and improvement of offerings, forging new partnerships and institutionalizing system and process improvements

- Coordinate with the Managing Director and other practice heads to align strategy and realize synergies

Build eminence :

- Conceptualize and develop thought leading content for presentations and publications

- Represent the practice in domestic and international public forums

- Lead and foster innovation and thought leadership within the team

Own the P&L :

- Drive business development efforts for the practice

- Monitor the KPIs of key personnel and the practice

- Groom and support a strong management team

- Institute and monitor effective management decision making systems

Develop the team, build talent :

- Plan an organisation with the competencies required to meet future growth goals

- Identify and fill key roles in the operational management of the practice

- Drive the institution of effective performance management and rewards mechanisms for the practice

- Engage HR on the institute programs for people development and coaching of future leaders

- Provide mentorship to teams on project approach, managing client expectations and quality control

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