Strategy Consultant, Financial Services

Involved Solutions; Dubai; On-site; AED 661,000 - 955,000; Full time

Job summary

Involved Solutions partners with a leading regional financial institution to hire a Strategy Consultant for a senior role with direct access to Group leadership. You will shape investment and growth decisions across banking, insurance, asset management and payments.

The role suits a strategist from a top-tier consultancy with deep financial services knowledge, capable of turning analysis into executive recommendations and driving execution at the highest level.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in strategy consulting at a top-tier firm or equivalent in-house strategy experience
• Deep knowledge of financial services (banking, insurance, asset management or payments)
• Track record of leading complex strategy engagements to executive recommendations
• Strong financial modelling and commercial analysis skills
• Exceptional communicator capable of operating at C-suite and Board level

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy projects across the Group's financial services portfolio
• Build business cases and investment recommendations for the CEO and executive committee
• Support M&A and partnership activity from screening to integration planning
• Track regional and global financial services trends and translate them into priorities
• Work with business unit leaders to turn strategy into execution plans with measurable outcomes
• Present findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders and the Board

Skills

Strategy consulting experience

Financial services knowledge

Executive communication

Job description

We have partnered with a leading regional financial institution to hire a Strategy Consultant. This is a senior strategy seat with direct access to Group leadership, working on the questions that shape where the Group invests, partners and grows across banking, insurance, asset management and payments. For a consultant who wants to move from advising on decisions to helping make them, this is the step.

This role suits a strategist from a top-tier consultancy who combines sharp financial services knowledge with the commercial judgement to turn analysis into decisions.

About the role:

• Lead strategy projects across the Group's financial services portfolio, including growth strategy, market entry, operating model design and portfolio review
• Build business cases and investment recommendations for the Group CEO and executive committee
• Support M&A and partnership activity, from target screening and due diligence through to integration planning
• Track regional and global financial services trends, regulation and competitor moves, and translate them into clear priorities
• Work with business unit leaders to turn strategy into execution plans with measurable outcomes
• Present findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders and the Board

About you:

• 8+ years in strategy consulting at a top-tier firm, with a focus on financial services, or equivalent in-house strategy experience at a major financial institution
• Deep knowledge of at least one of banking, insurance, asset management or payments
• Track record of leading complex strategy engagements from problem definition through to executive recommendation
• Strong financial modelling and commercial analysis skills
• Exceptional communicator with the presence to operate at C-suite and Board level