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Ref: NP946-317
Job description / Role
As an IT Advisory Director, you will build valued relationships with external clients and internal peers and develop a portfolio of business by focusing on high impact opportunities. You'll lead presentations and proposals for moderately complex projects - or for elements of highly complex projects - and provide subject matter insight to bids and proposals.
Drawing on your skills and experience, you'll create innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership. In addition, you'll package overall project findings into clear, concise, high-quality work products. Acting as a subject matter resource on one or more services, you'll leverage knowledge and experience to shape Ernst & Young's services to meet client problems.
By driving improvements in business processes, you'll serve as a role model for quality & risk management and confirm that project teams understand and comply with Ernst & Young's Q&RM guidelines. As a respected senior professional, you'll communicate effectively with Ernst & Young engagement partners and managers and work to build, manage and motivate high-performing teams. You'll also help key staff to build sustainable competencies.
Client responsibilities
• Participate in and, as required, lead IT Advisory Services engagements
• Manage financial aspects of client engagements and communicate significant issues, fees, and estimates-to-complete to partners and clients
• Help partners and directors generate new business opportunities and build client networks and relationships
• Understand all Ernst & Young service offerings and actively identify opportunities to better serve clients
• Build strong internal relationships within Ernst & Young Advisory Services and with other services across the organization
People responsibilities
• Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring all levels of staff
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for all levels of staff
• Contribute to people-related initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training IT Advisory Services professionals
• Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills of all levels of staff
• Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures and communicate these to all levels of staff
Requirements
Technical skills requirements
You'll have knowledge and experience of a number of the following areas:
• Major IT transformation management
• IT governance and management
• Solution architecture (including data, enterprise and technical)
• Technology sourcing for transformation
• Systems delivery, support and advice
• Systems integration, support and advice
• IT service management and delivery
• IT program assurance
• Strategic supplier management
• IT process effectiveness and value
• Business architecture and IT strategy
• ERP implementation experience
• Relevant major packaged enabled enterprise transformation (ERP, SCM, CRM, business intelligence)
• Relevant major software packages (SAP, Oracle, Siebel, Peoplesoft, Hyperion, etc)
You'll have knowledge and experience in one or more of Ernst & Young's priority industry sectors:
• Government & Public Sector
• Utilities
• Consumer Products
• Industrial Products
• Technology
• Communications & Entertainment
• Healthcare
Additional Requirements
• Demonstrated track record with a blue chip consulting organization
• Demonstrated experience in business development
• Strong academic record including a degree
• Proficiency in Arabic is a MUST
Who we are
The leaders of today's organizations need to know how to maximize value from their IT investments. As one of our IT advisory professionals, you'll work with commercial and public sector organizations to provide independent advice on how their IT operations can support their business strategy and its execution. You'll provide insights into organizational culture and help align a client's people, processes and technology. As part of a talented team of IT advisory professionals around the world, you'll gain deep subject matter knowledge and valuable experience across a range of industries and global organizations. At Ernst & Young, we're committed to helping you achieve your potential, both professionally and personally.
About the Company
EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.
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The MENA practice of EY has been operating in the region since 1923. For over 95 years, we have grown to over 7,500 people united across 21 offices and 16 countries, sharing the same values and an unwavering commitment to quality. As an organization, we continue to develop outstanding leaders who deliver exceptional services to our clients and who contribute to our communities. We are proud of our accomplishments over the years, reaffirming our position as the largest and most established professional services organization in the region