Associate Director / Director, Financial Advisory Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Pembroke Communications; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Pembroke Communications is seeking Associate Directors and Directors for its Financial Advisory team in Saudi Arabia. You will lead engagements, manage teams, and support senior leadership in client-facing delivery across various sectors and geographies.

Your role includes developing client relationships, validating business plans, cash flow forecasts, and restructuring options, while guiding junior staff and contributing to business development initiatives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Financial Advisory via professional services, consultancy or investment bank.
• Understanding of debt markets, banking, loan agreements and related legal docs.
• Ability to read financial statements and assess historical and future performance.
• Strong analytics: budgeting, cash flow, forecasting, and financial modelling.
• Excellent interpersonal and client-facing skills.
• Proven ability to lead mid-large teams and mentor staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead and/or manage key parts of engagements, reporting to MD or Senior MD.
• Support client management in cash flow forecasts and restructuring plans.
• Provide cash management insights to identify working capital improvements.
• Review 3-statement forecasts and DCF analyses with data-driven approach.
• Prepare reports from business plans to board-level reviews for creditors.
• Lead marketing initiatives and business development with senior leaders.

Skills

Financial advisory

Debt markets

Financial statements

Analytics

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Education

Accounting degree or Qualified Accountant

Job description

The Role

As part of ambitious growth plans for our already successful Saudi business, we are looking for Associate Directors and Directors to join our Financial Advisory team in the Kingdom. Our Associate Directors and Directors have the opportunity to lead on a diverse range of engagements across different sectors and geographies, with responsibility for leading projects or key workstreams, managing junior staff and supporting senior leadership in client-facing delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Client service

• Lead and/or manage key parts of engagements, providing support to the Managing Director or often directly to the Senior Managing Director.
• Support client management teams in preparing and challenging business plans, short and/or longer term cash flow forecasts and restructuring plans.
• Providing cash management services to clients to identify working capital and other cash flow improvements.
• Reviewing and stress-testing integrated business plans, budgeting and forecasting models using a fact-based, data driven approach, including KPI definition, data visualization, reporting automation and touchless forecasting.
• Reviewing detailed, integrated 3 statement forecasts (profit & loss, cashflow and balance sheet), and discounted cashflow (DCF).
• Preparing report outputs that may range from business plan documentation and board reports when working for a company, through to preparation of independent business reviews when working for creditors.
• Developing, analysing and presenting restructuring, refinancing and/or insolvency options using input from other teams, e.g. insolvency or tax analysis, sector and financial modelling.
• Liaising with the Company’s legal advisors to understand key aspects of legal documentation and also drive any documentation processes (term sheets, waivers, loan documentation etc.).
• Preparation of engagement letter(s) and ensuring adherence to all compliance requirements to support financial and risk management.
• Apply an understanding of engagement economics.

Knowledge acquisition

• Build client relationship skills, sector knowledge and continue to develop leadership skills.
• Continue to build technical expertise, broader business advisory and people management skills.
• Understand the market, topical issues and our Financial Advisory propositions.

People and leadership

• Support practice and talent development.
• Provide on-job coaching and development to staff.
• Develop junior staff outside of jobs through appraising and mentoring.
• Support wider Financial Advisory training initiatives.
• Manage diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.
• Own elements of business development including actively supporting business development activities, building and expending your own contact network and supporting Managing Director / Senior Managing Director led marketing and sales activities.
• Participate in existing business development programmes and key client accounts.
• Identify opportunities to expand jobs as well as opportunities to provide wider Teneo services to existing clients.
• Take responsibility for leading marketing initiatives aimed at specific channels to market, or events.

Project Examples

• Company diagnostic, turnaround planning, and implementation
• Debt restructuring
• Short-term cash flow forecasting and cash management office set-up
• Preparation and validation of business plans
• Independent business reviews and options analysis
• Working capital management
• Operational cost reduction
• Interim management and active PMO leadership

Key Skills & Experience

Basic Qualifications

• A minimum of 8 years Financial Advisory experience gained either as an advisor within a professional services company, consultancy or investment bank as an analyst in a debt or special situations fund.
• Understanding of debt markets, banking, loan agreements and other relevant financial and legal documentation.
• Understanding of financial statements and related data to assess historical financial performance and future outlook for client companies and prospects.
• Good understanding of the Financial Advisory marketplace, its trends, and key players (principals and advisers).
• Very strong analytical skills, including: business analytics, business planning, short term cash flows, financing options.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong project management skills, with ability to lead mid-large teams and develop people.

Preferred Qualifications

• An Accounting degree and/or Qualified Accountant.
• Arabic language skills are strongly preferred, but not mandatory.
• Experience in the UAE or KSA market is strongly preferred.

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