Director | Advisory | Business Consulting

Director | People Advisory | Business Consulting

Grant Thornton - UAE | Posted Feb 13

Full-time

Dubai

Negotiable

Unknown

We’re a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community. With over 76,000 professionals in more than 150 countries, we combine global scale with local expertise to help dynamic organizations unlock their potential for growth. We truly care about our colleagues, our clients, and the communities where we work and live.

As a People Advisory Director, you’ll be required to operate as a key member of our team, helping develop our HR & People client offerings, developing the team around you, and contributing to the strategic growth and development of the Business Consulting and Business Advisory Services. Discover your purple and join our Business Consulting Team today!

As a People Advisory Director, some of your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and supporting on business development activity, including assisting partners throughout the entire sales cycle: client relationship building, opportunity creation/identification, opportunity qualification, proposals, statements of work, oral presentations, developing project approaches, resource models, and pricing estimates
• Developing the Go To Market, commercial proposition, offerings and strategic plan around developing our HR & People offering
• Investing time into non-HR projects to understand how we can unlock further opportunities with existing clients around analytics, and enable cross-selling opportunities
• Developing and upskilling the team to a minimum level where they can provide varying levels of support to a HR advisory related engagement
• Contributing towards a financial target which covers winning work, and managing projects successfully
• Developing your internal & external network, raising awareness about the team’s capabilities, success stories, and client base, identify business development or cross-selling opportunities
• Maintaining a good working relationship with clients and work effectively with client management and staff at all levels to gather information and perform services
• Leading and managing a team of consultants to deliver successful project outcomes, in line with the targets and KPIs appropriate for your role
• Serving as a trusted advisor to clients, building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders
• Ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget, while maintaining the highest levels of quality and rigor
• Managing, motivating, developing, training, coaching and mentoring staff on projects while embedding and supporting a feedback focused culture
• Helping define and embed the culture we need to continue growing the team in the right way
• Staying up to date with industry trends and insights, and support the team in doing the same
• Supporting core internal responsibilities, which may include recruitment, thought leadership, financial management, performance management and quality related activities

About the Business Consulting Service Line

Within our Business Consulting team, we partner with clients across various industries, solving fundamental business challenges. Our services are structured around Strategy & Analytics, People Advisory, Procurement Transformation, Finance & Shared Services and Governance & ESG Advisory.

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