Senior Associate at Alan & Grant

Alan & Grant - Our work is focused on creating innovative HR and Organizational Development Solutions aimed at Performance Improvement & Business Growth. We currently serve clients across various sectors of the Economy from locations in Jos, Port Harcourt and Lagos.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Associate

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Industry: Consulting

Job Summary

• The individual will be responsible for leading the execution and delivery of innovative and effective solutions for corporate and individual clients across the group’s business lines.
• The individual is expected to actively cultivate, manage, and grow client relationships.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Identifies and develops opportunities on client accounts, increasing and deepening the scope of existing projects and relationships.
• Directly responsible for developing and pursuing new opportunities via relationship building and leading responses to RFP’s to drive income for the group across practice areas.
• Lead all aspects of client deliverables across the group’s practice areas, and interface with other teams in Nigeria as well as in Africa.
• Acts as senior support on client engagements and delivery; taking ownership for these relationships; including increasingly complex (institutional and individual) client relationships, providing proactive and creative support to clients.
• Applies good judgment and appropriate follow-through at all levels.
• Manages and delivers loosely defined and complex practice/research area work and client projects;
• Efficiently manages internal resources for effective handling of multiple client mandates/projects.
• Demonstrate subject matter expertise and thought leadership by contributing to the firm’s release of periodic white papers and newsletters.
• Demonstrates clear understanding and ability to articulate the value proposition of each of the firm’s business lines/offerings.
• Leads/manages/mentors entry-level colleagues in the firm; and/or supports ad hoc projects.

Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of direct experience in audit, tax, finance and/or accounting.
• Requires consulting industry acumen, strategic thinking, client focus, experience working with private and/or institutional clients;
• A strong understanding of business advisory concepts as well as the regulatory environment;
• Demonstrated client relationship management skills and an ability to lead a diverse group of clients and teams.
• Demonstrated analytical decision making, and problem-solving skills for complex issues;
• Ability to establish relationships at the C-Suite level with existing and prospective clients for purposes of understanding the short, medium and long term needs of clients; is capable of identifying business development opportunities and negotiating and closing assignments;
• Ability to embrace the entrepreneurial and creative spirit in work through recognizing and capitalizing on opportunities to help the growth and expansion of the firm;
• Ability to establish him/herself as a trusted advisor and demonstrates strong client-facing skills with the ability to clearly articulate ideas and information and to respond promptly and effectively to all inquiries;
• Detail and results-orientated; able to work independently on a variety of mandates, able to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-pressured environment and meet project deadlines;
• A team player who can work with a variety of individuals;
• Strong technical expertise and the proven ability to remain current with respect to regulatory and practice area trends, activities in the market, provincial and federal legislative policies and changes;
• Proven planning and organizational skills; ability to effectively coordinate the delivery of projects and advisory services;
• Must be persuasive, forward-thinking, progressive, energetic, and disciplined; with strong analytical skills; accuracy and attention to detail;
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills;
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite of business applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint);
• Ability to travel; an must have a positive attitude combined with a desire to contribute to the success of the firm.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.