Senior Consultant at Nextzon Business Services Limited

Nextzon Business Services Limited – We are recruiting for our internal and external clients to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Senior Consultant

Ref. No.: SCON 006
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Key Responsibilities

Support clients with developing, planning and implementing their strategy at corporate and board level, ensuring articulated initiatives are practicable and aligned to the company’s vision
Help clients define and deliver transformational initiatives across the organization
Work collaboratively with clients to shape their future by addressing their most complex and critical growth issues
Support with the facilitation of client strategy discussions using collaborative methods such as design thinking and agile methodology
Present insights and recommendations enabled by strategic thinking, technical knowledge and strong communication skills
Lead work stream and analysis on engagements and take responsibility for small teams when required
Contribute to thought leadership and knowledge management The Person
Take responsibility for leading consulting engagements that identify, design, and implement creative business solutions for our clients
Identify changes and recommend solutions that will typically involve a combination of customer, process improvement, digital transformation, and operational excellence outcomes
Manage the day-to-day effort and work of the delivery team
Analyse, workshop and present insights and recommendations enabled by strategic thinking, technical knowledge and strong and clear communication skills
Take responsibility for delivering high quality deliverable and outcomes for our clients
Contribute to the development of methodologies, tools and thought leadership papers
Undertake and lead business development activities including the creation of compelling and differentiated value propositions in opportunity pursuits
Support a high-performance culture through coaching and mentoring colleagues as they grow their capabilities, careers and client service impact

Job Requirements

Skills and Competencies:

7 – 10 years’ core consulting experience or significant experience in financial services
Master’s Degree and other relevant certifications will be an added advantage
Excellent project management skills
Business development experience within a consulting environment
Experience across strategy development and implementation, operational improvement, macroeconomic research and interpretation and financial analysis
Demonstrated ability to apply structured thinking and analysis techniques to complex and ambiguous problems
Strong attention to detail
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
Very good proficiency in MS Office suite is essential or similar experience in other industries
Experience in or exposure to digital and emerging technologies will be an added advantage
Demonstrate experience interacting with clients at very senior levels
Strong communication, facilitation and presentation skills
Strong commercial acumen, desire to learn and develop and be able to thrive in a really fast paced working environment

Required Skills:

Corporate Strategy
Growth strategy
Functional Strategy
Board Strategy
Customer Strategy
Market and Feasibility Study
Business planning
Operations Strategy & Cost
Economics & Policy Advisory
Business Plan Development
Business Process Design
IT Consulting
Governance and Risk Management
Industry experience in financial service industry (banking, insurance, pension, Fintech, capital market) or non financial service industry
Transaction / Financial Advisory