Associate Director, FS Consulting

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JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE

Employment: Full Time

Associate Director, FS Consulting (Qatar)

Position title: Associate Director, Financial Services
Location: Qatar
Industry: Professional service company

Roles and Responsibilities
- Serving as a key advisor, identify and direct enterprise-wide strategy projects and oversee execution of related deliverables for Financial Services clients
- Provide direction in establishing project governance, identifying & developing project management methodologies, standards and procedures, monitoring & managing overall risk areas and interdependencies among projects at the enterprise level
- Provide leadership and direction within organisation's FS Consulting to form integration of organisation's Advisory offerings, which may include, but are not limited to; Financial Services Integrated Risk & Compliance, Finance measurable improved operational performance, regulatory changes; IT related implementations and organizational strategy within the Financial Services sector.

Team management
- Coaching, mentoring, training, and oversight to ensure compliance with project management standards, policies, procedures with respect to organisation's quality standards and audit processes
- Participate in professional development of organisation's strategy team members and assist with the recruiting and training of new staff.

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications:
- Relevant Bachelors degree. A master's degree in IT, Finance, Banking, MBA, Economics and other equivalent subjects is highly advantageous.

Experience:
- Minimum of 10 years' relevant experience preferably within an advisory firm or working under business transformation division in the banking sector.
- Deep understanding of operations of a bank from an organization, process , product and technology standpoint - retail, corporate, wholesale, private banking, wealth management etc
- Demonstrated experience in digital transformation for FS clients
- Strong understanding of key trends in the FS industry and how to apply these - for example, fintech, blockchain.
- Hands on experience in FS strategy definition
- Experience in FS operations consulting - e.g. cost optimization, efficiency reviews, branch transformation etc.
- Exposure to and understanding of core banking systems and key technology themes (e.g. cyber security, BCM, D&A)
- Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks (capital planning, IFRS9, VAT etc)

Personal attributes:
- Ability to build strong internal relationships with senior management, peers and direct reports
- Innovative mindset, identifies and drives improvement opportunities
- Focused on quality delivery and getting results
- Demonstrates high integrity
- Confident and assertive with excellent influencing and persuasion skills
- Ability to participate in the development and presentation of proposals for business development activities.
- Flexible and able to operate in the context of very different cultures and national approaches

ABOUT THE COMPANY

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We build relationships, not databases, and add real value that helps organisations and individuals grow. We are a team of functional and sector specialists delivering a genuinely consultative service that is underpinned by the depth of both our market knowledge and the client & candidate networks we have built.

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