Consulting, Finance & Accounting – Director

Job Description

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Finance

Management Level

Director

Job Description & Summary

At PwC Middle East Consulting, you will have the opportunity to work closely with the best across industry and professional functional advisory services. We focus on helping solve client problems by offering both strategic and operational deep industry expertise. We pride ourselves on building long-lasting relationships with companies and organizations, always ensuring that we are able to bring the best insights and solutions to help them tackle whatever critical issues they may face. Our Consulting practice currently focuses on several core industry sectors including (Consumer and Industrial Products & Services, Energy, Utilities & Mining, Financial Services, Government, Health Industries, Finance Function, People and Organisations, and Technology).

Responsibilities

As a Director, you will be working within the Finance & Accounting team, which provides advisory services focused on the CFO agenda. The team works across a broad range of industries and delivers projects throughout the Middle East region. The work we typically undertake includes:

Defining Finance Function Strategy and designing Finance Function operating model
Designing Organisation Structure for Finance
Developing Finance Policies and Processes
Designing Costing and Enterprise Performance Management

In Addition To The Above, You Will Be Responsible For

As a competency, you will support multiple Industry Verticals. However, we expect you to bring expertise in Industrial Products, Telecom, Financial Sector, Oil and Gas or Government Sector.

Proactively lead the practice by setting strategy, drive the development of new business in the market, and provide technical advice across disciplines
Building strong networks within the firm to spot and capitalize on opportunities to get involved in projects that others are leading across a number of different business units and sectors
Identifying and discussing key issues with our clients to identify potential opportunities
Responsibility for a majority of day to day client communications
Responsibility to shape and deliver various projects that exceed the expectations of our clients and our own assignment quality criteria
Manage and deliver large projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team
Responsibility for management of engagement financials
Helping to grow and develop our team through hands on training and coaching

Qualifications/Educational Background

Masters or MBA – Finance and/or Technology (preferable)
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Technology

Years Of Experience

12+ years of experience in a similar industry / role within professional services/external consulting

Requirements

Arabic Speaking is preferred
Experience in conducting Finance Function assessments and opportunity funneling for pilots
Experience in providing process expertise for implementation in end-to-end processes (Order to Cash, Record to Report, Procure to Pay) covering design and implementation
Experience in designing operating models, governance and communication frameworks within Finance Function
Good understanding of change management and coaching needs to adopt in client environments
Experience with implementation and/or implementation supervision of full life cycle ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Others)
Proven Track Record in Sales of Professional Services of US$ 1.5 million – 2.5 million annually
Proven track record in Revenue Under Management (implementation oversight and control) of US$ 1.5 million

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field Of Study Required

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Up to 60%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date