Finance Consultant

Job description / Role

Finance & Performance - Manager/Senior Manager

When you work with us, you commit to a career at one of the largest and most prestigious professional services firms in the world. We have received numerous awards over the last few years, including Best Employer in the Middle East, and Best Consulting Firm, and the Middle East Training & Development Excellence Award.

A career in Deloitte will engage your wide-ranging skills in program management and coordination, marketing, business development, relationship-building and importantly, client engagement. Were looking for smart problem-solvers those with fluency in Middle Eastern culture who can work collaboratively to apply themselves and deliver propositions that will raise Deloittes eminence in the region. If you enjoy a challenge and the opportunity to make a positive difference in the world, we will provide you with a professional environment geared to fostering your growth and positioning you achieve excellence with our clients.

Our Purpose

Deloitte makes an impact that matters. Every day we challenge ourselves to do what matters most-for clients, for our people, and for society. We serve clients distinctively, bringing innovative insights, solving complex challenges, and unlocking sustainable growth. We inspire our talented professionals to deliver outstanding value to clients, providing an exceptional career experience and an inclusive and collaborative culture. We contribute to society, building confidence and trust in the markets, upholding the integrity of organizations, and supporting our communities.

Our shared values guide the way we behave to make a positive, enduring impact:

- Integrity
- Outstanding value to markets and clients
- Commitment to each other
- Strength from cultural diversity

During your tenure as a Manager / Senior Manager in Finance & Performance, you will demonstrate and develop your capabilities in the following areas:

- How the engagement should impact broader business objectives and creates a team environment that builds accountability for and commitment to meeting engagement objectives.
- Projects and provide strategic direction across the account to deliver a superior client experience.
- Deep sector expertise and manages engagements across accounts within chosen industry/sector.
- Initiatives to develop and market intellectual capital in chosen sector.
- New and innovative approaches to analyzing data and solving problems to help draw meaningful conclusions.
- New ideas that challenge conventional thinking and recognizes opportunities where others may not.
- Client on value-generating initiatives to accelerate the pace of change; identifies metrics to monitor and analyze performance against corporate goals.
- Current with a clients business and financial situation and understands financial impacts of proposed solutions and advances relationships with clients beyond immediate engagement needs and serves as a trusted advisor, setting aside personal agenda to strengthen interactions with clients.
- Control of challenging situations and diffuses escalated situations calmly by controlling own emotions and recognizing emotions in others and leads aspects of the proposal development process; assembles a pursuit team with the necessary skillset and knowledge needed to prepare sales materials.
- A global approach to networking, building eminence and assembling teams to best serve clients.
- An informed opinion on leading edge technologies and how they affect emerging business models in domain area.
- CFOs and finance executives to support enterprise-wide decision-making, improve finance operations, and strengthen stakeholder management with the client by helping them create energy for and align their organization to requisite changes to create value.
- Metrics to monitor and analyze performance against corporate goals and leads teams to develop eminence, tools, or related materials to support new market offerings and methodologies.

Leadership Capabilities:

- As a role model, embracing and living our purpose and values.
- Contributes to building the talent pipeline; creates a talent experience that attracts, develops, and retains top talent and high performing teams.
- Opportunities to drive impact; anticipates client needs and delivers superior results by leveraging each persons strengths to build high performing teams across businesses and borders.
- Deep relationships across a diverse network and uses a flexible influencing style to gain buy-in and drive impact.
- Broader strategy into a compelling team vision and goals; aligns the team and sets priorities to achieve objectives.
- Deep knowledge of disruptive trends and competitor activity to drive continuous improvement.

- A strong leadership brand and inspires followership through passion, integrity, and appreciation of others.

You will already have a network of business contacts in the region and be able to advise CFOs on leading practice approaches in key areas of the finance function. You will do this by combining your personal experience and expertise with existing Deloitte propositions in finance strategy, operating model design, performance management, cost management, finance process optimization, finance technology, treasury management, statutory and regulatory compliance, and profitability analysis. You will also be expected to contribute to the further development of Deloittes intellectual property across our 4 service lines (Consulting, Audit, Corporate Finance, Tax) to enhance our services targeted at the Finance & Performance function.

As a leader you will be responsible for the independent delivery of engagements or major modules of large projects. This includes leading the approach, liaising with clients and other parties, and directing the activities of individuals within the team. A crucial part of your role will include involvement in business development and marketing activities to initiate and maintain contact with target companies as we extend our business footprint. A strong candidate will already have a portfolio of contacts across the region.

Qualifications:

- 7 to 12 years of relevant consulting or industry experience.
- Business development experience and high comfort level meeting with and presenting to CxO and VP levels.
- Demonstrated experience in business process improvement.
- Qualified accountant or similar experience
- Essential financial services experiences including banking and insurance.
- Experience managing large, complex projects with 12+ resources within a consulting environment, with a vendor or within an enterprise IT team.
- An advanced degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related.
- A willingness to travel 80 - 100% of the time.
- Experience in any of the following is a plus:

About the Company

Deloitte is the worlds largest and leading professional services firm, providing audit & assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory and tax and services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries, whether they are in the energy, communications, oil and gas, financial services, family businesses, healthcare, public or education sectors among others.

With a globally connected network of member firms in more than 150 countries and territories, Deloitte brings world-class capabilities and high-quality service to clients, delivering the insights they need to address their most complex business challenges. Deloittes more than 250,000 professionals are committed to becoming the standard of excellence.

Deloitte & Touche (M.E.) is a member firm of Deloitte globally and is the first Arab professional services firm established in the Middle East region Deloitte & Touche (M.E.) is a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) and is a leading professional services firm established in the Middle East region with uninterrupted presence since 1926 with 26 offices in 15 countries to date. What distinguishes Deloitte member firms in the Middle East is the global and regional expertise and know-how offered through specialized and highly knowledgeable talent. Deloitte aims to offer the best services to its clients through a team with more than 3,300 partners, directors and staff in the Middle East which guarantees effective communication with clients and a deeper understanding of their needs. It is a Tier 1 Tax advisor in the GCC region since 2010 (according to the International Tax Review World Tax Rankings). It has also received numerous awards in the last few years which include best employer in the Middle East, best consulting firm, the Middle East Training & Development Excellence Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), as well as the best CSR integrated organization.

Deloitte drives progress. Our practices around the Middle East support clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. We invest in outstanding people of diverse talents and backgrounds and empower them to achieve more than they could elsewhere. Our work combines advice with action and integrity. We believe that when our clients and society are stronger, so are we.

Our Purpose

Deloitte makes an impact that matters. Every day we challenge ourselves to do what matters most-for clients, for our people, and for society. We serve clients distinctively, bringing innovative insights, solving complex challenges and unlocking sustainable growth. We inspire our talented professionals to deliver outstanding value to clients, providing an exceptional career experience and an inclusive and collaborative culture. We contribute to society, building confidence and trust in the markets, upholding the integrity of organizations and supporting our communities.

Our shared values guide the way we behave to make a positive, enduring impact:

• Integrity
• Outstanding value to markets and clients
• Commitment to each other
• Strength from cultural diversity