IFS – Clients & Markets – Account driver – Senior Associate – KSA, Riyadh

PwC Middle East; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm is seeking an experienced Account Driver based in Riyadh. The role involves managing Government and Transport accounts, developing client relationships, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates should possess a relevant Bachelor's degree, strong organizational skills, and excellent communication skills in English. Familiarity with the Saudi market is preferred.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with the Saudi market and connections with key clients preferred.
• Understand the Government and Transport industry.
• Excellent English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive a number of Government and Transport priority accounts in Riyadh.
• Establish and nurture relationships with clients across all levels.
• Collaborate with colleagues to deliver high-value solutions.

Skills

Strong influencing and communication skills

Excellent organisational skills

Experience of account management

Sales processes and commercial acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant subject areas

Job description

Established in the region for 40 years, PwC has around 12,000 people in 12 countries across the region: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Our regional team operates across the Middle East bringing international experience delivered within the context of the region and its culture. We can bring the collective knowledge and experience of more than 370,000 people across the entire global PwC network in advisory, assurance and tax to help you find the value you are looking for.

A career in Sales and Marketing, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to focus on positioning a distinctive PwC brand in the marketplace and drive long term revenue growth for the Firm. You’ll focus on designing, developing, and implementing communication programmes and media events to promote and sell the PwC’s brand and services as well as contribute to and evaluating our pricing strategies in the marketplace.

Our team is a client focused group that is responsible for positioning the PwC brand and driving long term growth. You’ll work with sales and marketing teams to drive consistency in executing our client relationship, and business development strategy, as well as driving our sales framework to help deliver value on key business initiatives.

In order to deliver a first-class service to our clients, we need a first-class Account Driver. Account driver will be a member of the Clients & Market team – Internal Firm Services (IFS), which is a network of specialist support professionals and includes Business Development, marketing, recruitment, human capital, finance, technology, learning and development, procurement, to name but a few. Each team plays a vital role in making sure we have all the right resources, services and technology across our business.

Responsibilities

• Recruit a confident, dynamic and experienced individual who will be responsible for driving a number of Government and Transport priority accounts in Riyadh.
• Work directly with members of the clients & markets team, industry leaders, and line of service drivers you will be based in Riyadh and will be working with the wider team across the ME region.
• Work with other functional areas across the firm such as the Business Operations Team and internally within the Clients & Markets function to deliver infrastructure (such as Financial Performance Analysis, industry and client’s analysis, market share and competitor SWOT analysis and Thought Leadership) to develop an Account Management plan.
• Establish and nurture strong relationships with clients across all levels of the organisations and have the ability to articulate challenges and work with Global Relationship Partners to develop relationship effectiveness, establishing and developing long-term client relationships, effectively representing client needs to ensure appropriate solutions are brought to the client.
• Attend and/or chair relevant internal business development meetings and drive subsequent actions.
• Develop yourself personally, taking a keen interest in trends in business development/marketing and the impact on our clients so you can help shape their thinking and our success in the market.
• Work closely with colleagues to share experience and best practices and encourage innovative and market leading activities.
• Collaborate with colleagues across different competences within our Clients & Markets team to bring our clients high value solutions.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant subject areas such as Engineering, Business, Finance or Marketing.
• The role is to be based in Riyadh and familiarity with the Saudi market, and Connections with key clients is strongly preferred.
• Understand and (where possible) experience of the Government and Transport industry.
• Exposure to sales processes and commercial acumen.
• Strong influencing and communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills, having the ability to prioritise workload whilst being resilient and being able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines.
• Experience of account management and relationship Management in a large corporate environment.
• Language Skills: Excellent communication skills (verbal and written). Fluent in English.