About the Role
As a Senior Manager in the Commodity Markets & Trading practice (ACM&T), you will lead client engagements and teams across commodity and capital markets, owning delivery, commercial outcomes, and senior client relationships. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders and play a leading role in shaping and winning new work as we grow the practice in the Middle East. This is a permanent, full-time role based in UAE and operating on a hybrid working model, with a willingness to travel to client sites across the Middle East and internationally as engagements require.
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Key Responsibilities
Client Delivery and Development
- Lead project and client teams to solve complex business issues across our core capability areas, bringing structure and rigorous quantitative and qualitative skills to deliver actionable recommendations, insights, and results.
- Own end-to-end delivery of engagements and large-scale programs, managing quality, commercial performance, and risk while identifying value-creation opportunities and driving teams to successful outcomes.
- Review, direct, and quality-assure the analysis required to support project delivery.
- Lead senior client interviews, workshops, and executive conversations, developing presentation materials and articulating the approach and recommendations at C-suite level.
- Work on topics including strategy development, due diligence, trading and risk management capability set-up, operating model design, process design, and analytics development and implementation support.
- Own and sustain senior executive and C-suite client relationships as a trusted advisor, remaining highly attuned to client needs and market trends while bringing fresh and disruptive ideas to clients.
- Lead, coach, and develop project teams, mentoring managers, consultants, and analysts to build and enhance their core consulting skill sets.
Practice Building & Business Development
- Play a leading role in developing the ACM&T and wider CEO Advisory practice and community, including ACM&T offerings, assets, and thought leadership.
- Originate and lead business development by identifying opportunities, shaping and owning client proposals, and contributing to sales/origination, supported by industry and company-specific research, including competitor analysis, market scanning, market fundamentals, financials, and customer insights.
- Develop and coach other strategists, including managers, by leading by example and playing an active role in performance management, recruiting, and training activities.
Required Experience
- An undergraduate degree from a leading academic institution; MBA or master’s degree preferred.
- A minimum of 8-10 years of professional experience, either in a strategy consulting firm working in capital and/or commodity markets or in a relevant industry role.
- Knowledge of global market operations, commodity trends, and/or global equity markets.
- Demonstrable exposure to one or more of the following industries:
- Commodity/Energy Markets: energy and utilities, agriculture, metals, and mining.
- Capital Markets: public equities, fixed income, and alternatives such as private equity.
- Strong track record in engagement and program management, senior client-facing roles, and team leadership, including managing and developing managers.
- Familiarity with recognized strategy frameworks and techniques, with experience in research and data analysis.
- Strong quantitative skills, with Excel/VBA as a minimum; experience with other modeling packages is an advantage.
- Experience in business case development, financial analysis, and financial statement interpretation.
- Proven experience leading teams and owning the delivery of complex strategy and consulting engagements.
- Exposure to digital, analytics, and/or applied intelligence would be a distinct advantage.
- Fluency in English is required; Arabic language skills are an advantage.
Why Join Us?
- We offer a transparent, fast-paced approach to career progression, with a focus on your strengths and continuous coaching from senior colleagues.
- You will benefit from working alongside industry experts who are solving some of the biggest challenges through innovative thinking and pioneering tools.
- Flexible work arrangements and a range of benefits, including competitive rewards.
- You will have access to state-of-the-art technology that will help you deepen your existing skills while contributing to the latest business trends.
- You will also have opportunities to make a difference in the communities where we work and live.
