Strategy Senior Consultant/Manager/Senior Manager (Financial Services) | Monitor Deloitte

Location
Riyadh

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Core experience requirements

Financial services strategy, preferably with a focus on banking, payments, digital banking, wallets or FinTech

GCC banking market exposure, including understanding of regional banks, regulators, customer segments, product dynamics and competitive landscape

Development of market entry, growth, product, segment or digital financial services strategies

Assessment of banking and payments revenue pools, including the ability to size opportunities by customer segment, product and channel

Preparation of business cases and financial projections for banks, digital banks, wallets, FinTechs or financial services platforms

Understanding of key banking products and their economics, including deposits, lending, payments, cards, remittances, SME banking, wealth or Islamic banking products

Ability to translate strategic opportunities into clear investment cases, including revenue potential, cost implications, key assumptions, risks and implementation priorities

Awareness of technology and platform cost implications in digital financial services, without needing to be a technology implementation specialist

Ability to develop practical strategy to execution roadmaps, including sequencing of initiatives, dependencies, investment requirements and key decision points

Experience supporting senior client discussions, workshops and executive-level presentations

Skills and capabilities

Strong problem solving skills and the ability to structure ambiguous strategic questions

Commercial judgement, with the ability to connect market opportunity, customer needs, product economics and investment requirements

Strong quantitative skills, including market sizing, revenue modelling, business case development and scenario analysis

Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create senior-level storylines, presentations and client ready outputs

Ability to work with cross functional teams across strategy, operations, technology, regulatory, risk and product teams

Comfort working in fast paced proposal and delivery environments across multiple GCC markets

Ability to independently own workstreams, manage team members and engage senior stakeholders

Preferred background

Strategy consulting experience with a focus on financial services in GCC

In-house strategy, digital, product or corporate development roles within banks, FinTechs, payment companies or digital financial services platforms

Prior work on digital bank, wallet, payment, FinTech, market entry, revenue pool, product strategy or business case projects

Exposure to GCC markets, especially UAE, KSA, Qatar or broader Middle East financial services

Understanding of Islamic banking, remittances, SME banking, wealth, cards, payments or digital lending propositions