Senior Associate / Asst. Manager – Advisory Services

Job description / Role

Key Pre-requisites:
• Must be bilingual, with mandatory proficiency in both written and spoken Arabic and English
• Can be based in Jordan, Egypt, KSA, Sharjah or other Emirate
• Must be willing and able to travel to Iraq and other GCC countries

Key Responsibilities:
o Executing advisory projects across Governance, Risk and Compliance.
o Undertaking thorough analysis and assessment of clients' existing processes and suggesting areas for improvement and optimization
o Formulating or updating policies and procedure manuals after critically analyzing processes, assessing risks, and evaluating controls while adhering to industry best practices
o Conducting comprehensive risk assessments and identifying gaps/ areas of improvement in existing risk management processes, offering solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
o Developing corporate governance framework and related regulatory documents for Board and Management
• Understanding client requirements, collaboratively developing detailed project plan, managing/ executing projects along with the team, ensuring timely delivery as per agreed project timelines and client satisfaction.

Other Key Responsibilities:
• Preparing deliverables relating to various services being delivered to the clients including working on report, process documents, presentations, etc.
• Periodic follow-ups and required communication to meet deadlines and deliverables.
• Building client relationships with the objective of securing repeat business and referrals.
• Acting as the on-ground point of contact for the assigned projects and clients.
• Providing support as may be required during business development/ execution of various projects across practices.

Qualification:
• MBA/ CA/ FRM/ CPA/ CMA/ Post-graduate from reputed institute.

Experience requirements:
• 2 - 5 years of post-qualification experience with a suitable mix of process consulting, management consulting and industry experience.

Desired Attributes:
• Prior experience of working with banking and financial services entities shall be an added advantage
• Exposure to other consulting areas such as management consulting, HR consulting, etc.
• Comfortable to engage in multiple projects simultaneously.
• Good in managing client and other stakeholder relationships.
• Proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Open to travel to Iraq and within the MENA Region for client meetings and project execution.

About the Company

PKC Advisory offers a wide range of business advisory services to its increasing number of clients in the GCC and wider MENA region. We are the partner of choice to many of our clients delivering a sustainable value proposition through our strong multi-disciplinary team, wide spectrum of expertise, flexible engagement model placing ‘Client First’, optimal blend of on-site presence and off-shore project execution and an emphasis on strong ethical values.