Senior Specialist (Management Consulting): Early Stage Advisory Services

talentCru; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

IDC in South Africa seeks an experienced management consultant to advise sector SBUs and post-investment segments showing early signs of distress. You will conduct in-depth business diagnoses across leadership, strategy, operations, finance, HR and sales, and document the Value Creation Plan for clients needing intervention and development.

You will provide advisory support, training and coaching, develop and implement interventions, monitor progress, and present reports to credit committees and

Qualifications

• 8–10 years’ experience in a management consulting environment.
• Experience with blue-chip clients and turnarounds.
• Knowledge of security, IFRS and insolvency law.
• Ability to design and implement interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide advisory support to sector SBUs and Post Investment Segments.
• Conduct business diagnoses and document Value Creation Plans.
• Review and draft submission reports for credit committees.
• Monitor strategy implementation and client progress; update pipelines.
• Coordinate with Steerco/Manco and SAP progress tracking.
• Provide training, mentorship and development support to clients.

Skills

Management consulting

Diagnostic skills

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Education

BCom

MBA/MBL/CA(SA) advantageous

Job description

The Role

Provide advice and support to sector SBUs and Post Investment Segments in respect of their clients who are showing early signs of operational and/or financial stress. Conduct detailed business diagnosis focusing on business dimensions (Leadership, Strategy, Operations, Finance, Human Capital, Sales Marketing) and document terms of reference that will inform the Value Creation Plan (VCP) for clients who would require management consulting services, training, support, mentorship and development.

Provide advisory support to the clients through knowledge provision, training, mentorship and coaching. Provide post-investment early-stage support to small, medium and large enterprises to collaboratively grow clients through assisting Segments in developing and implementing the VCP and its identified interventions.

Provide management consulting services in the areas of leadership, governance, corporate and business unit strategy, functional management strategies, sales and marketing, human capital, finance and operations (optimization, process re-engineering, operational efficiencies, productivity improvement, etc).

Implement business enabling systems and tools such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), financial and human capital systems, policies and processes to help formalize and professionalize clients’ businesses.

Provide domain knowledge and expertise to support clients to realize profit and growth such as: Markets, Value chain insights, Manufacturing 4.0 and technologies. Stakeholder management and engagement to ensure alignment of roles and responsibilities and building up a repository of core knowledge and insights within the IDC in supporting the delivery of the value creation plan for clients.

This is to ensure that a knowledge bank can be utilized by the clients for future interventions. Safeguard the client's security position through maintaining and/or improving the recoverability of the client's exposure.

Coach and mentor clients to build organizational capabilities such as: functional management skills; financial know-how; agile ways of working; strategic planning; marketing, corporate governance, etc. Conduct business diagnosis and deep-dive to identify areas of distress and improvement in the client’s business.

Draft and present submission reports to various decision-making committees responsible for portfolio monitoring and credit approval. Review drafted legal agreements to ensure they capture the client's credit committee approval.

Closely monitor the implementation of the strategy and plans through attending Steerco/ Manco; interaction with key stakeholders; regular client visits etc. Regularly update the pipeline and status report, and SAP to indicate and track progress in respect of transactions under your portfolio of clients.

Attend and contribute to the weekly Capability Advisory Services and periodic Business Advisory and Turnaround Services meetings. Provide efficient service to both internal and external stakeholders/clients.

Profile

To provide advisory services to clients depicting early warning signs of distress, that support limiting an increase in further distress; and where encountered, craft solutions and monitor implementation of interventions for these clients thereby restricting the number of clients that progress into turnaround and business rescue.

To support the clients through providing management consulting services, specialist knowledge and expertise to help them grow, operate better and become high-performance businesses.

Qualification

Minimum qualification: BCom with post-graduate degree MBA / MBL / CA(SA) would be an added advantage.

Knowledge Skills

At least 8-10 years’ experience in a management consulting environment, consulting to small, medium and large (blue chip) businesses experiencing growth prospects and/or early onset stress. A seasoned well-rounded management consultant with deep diagnostic, solutions-design and implementing skills, preferably from 1st or 2nd tier consulting firms.

Knowledge of business and the diversity of risks that may affect businesses. Good understanding of different types of security. Good working knowledge of Company, Contract, Taxation, IFRS and Insolvency legislation. Resourcing and implementing outcomes-based interventions. Good knowledge of industry standards, technology trends and best practices.