MasterCard Nigeria: Senior Managing Consultant Vacancy

Job Title: Senior Managing Consultant
Requisition Number: 7180BR
Role Description and Major Responsibilities
Overview for internal purposes, not to be posted on position description: Runs projects or big piece of very large project. Directs team including senior assets on selling, design, people, quality control, client management. Sales responsibility for SVP clients including influence network and sales process.
  • Identify the most critical aspects of a problem
  • Develop new insights into issues and examine them from different angles
  • Translate objectives into key hypotheses and structure work for small projects or big piece of large projects
  • Design and oversee key analyses tformulate recommendations
  • Synthesize and defend all findings and recommendations across projects
  • Identify creative and useful additional analyses required and suggest new paradigm for recommendations
  • Lead team in formulating, articulating and prioritizing key conclusions
  • Play key role in designing and leading interview programs
  • Write well-structured and persuasive end products
  • Play a significant supporting role in formal and informal presentations
  • Develop effective working relationships with mid-senior level client management
  • Identify and pursue related sales with client senior executives
  • Sales responsibility for SVP level clients including influence network and sales process
  • Support sales calls and new client development including proposal contribution
  • Identify new business opportunities and communicate texecutives tpursue
  • With guidance, align efforts for sales success, including managing external obstacles and maintaining leadership alignment and support
  • Plays key role in capture of assignment knowledge and drives tensure it is available firm-wide
  • Leads projects and contributes tthe development of Intellectual Capital in Special Interest Groups
  • Directs team in the search and use of already documented Intellectual Capital in new and unique assignments
  • Analyze multiple aspects of clients’ organizational systems and culture that serves as input intthe sales process
  • Leverage deep knowledge of all the MasterCard Advisors capabilities and how they fit together tcreate customized and relevant solutions for clients
  • Leverage subject matter experts tdevelop best customized solutions for the clients
  • Actively participates in recruiting, training and developing others
Key & Core Competencies: Behavioral and leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities that contribute tan individual’s success on the job
Core Consulting Skills
  • Analytics & Insights
  • Initiates needed changes in direction
  • Leads team tfind and apply leading edge tools/techniques
  • Incorporate subject matter expertise intfindings and recommendations
Communications & Presence
  • Credible and persuasive in face tface settings
  • Delivers difficult messages tclients with sensitivity
  • Actively listens, understanding and valuing others’ views
  • Demonstrates high emotional intelligence by identifying the best ways tcommunicate with and influence the MasterCard Advisors team and clients
Team Contribution & Engagement Management
  • Leads team thinking
  • Involves team members in all aspects of project
  • Motivates team tproduce superior end products
  • Maintains balance between delegation and control
  • Proactive “on-the-job” trainer and coach
  • Writes high quality and timely project appraisals
Client Management
  • Engages client leaders in transformation activities
  • Confident and in control, even with difficult audiences
  • Presents information credibly and answers tough questions well
  • Turns presentations intconstructive dialogue
  • Has peer relationships with some key players beyond the immediate scope of engagement
Selling Skills
  • Develop strong bonds with clients that endure beyond a particular assignment
  • Serves as a resource for client staff and is sought out for knowledge of industry and firm
  • Establishes and leverages a network of client contacts and relationships tseek new business opportunities
  • Exhibits knowledge of how Advisors is a differentiator vs. the competitor offerings
  • Exhibits knowledge of master contracts in place with each client
  • Effectively influences MasterCard Worldwide Client Relations Managers during deal structuring
Knowledge Management
  • Actively participate in assigned Special Interest Groups
  • Proactively seek new knowledge with a focus on developing expertise in a subject matter expertise area
  • Actively share tools, methodologies and best practices across projects
  • Is considered tbe expert/point of contact in some areas
  • Implements, modifies and applies Intellectual Capital, methodologies and tools from other projects
Multi-Cultural Skills
  • Basic understanding of regional attitudes and behavior, as needed
  • Advanced language fluency in the various regional markets, as appropriate
Corporate Leadership Principles: Set of principles designed tguide employee’s leadership performance and behavior
  • Encourages Thoughtful Risk Taking
  • Promotes constructive dialogue and debate
  • Uses & shares data to objectively assess risk
  • Treats failures as learning opportunities
Emphasizes Empowerment and Accountability
  • Empowers and coaches others tmake decisions, while simplifying processes and delegating approvals wherever possible
  • Accepts clear responsibility and accountability for results
Operates with a Sense of Urgency
  • Energizes other to compete twin
  • Serves as a catalyst for culture change
  • Proactively addresses challenges and makes quick decisions based on best available information
Education, Qualifications and Experience
Education Needed:
  • Undergraduate degree required
  • MBA or relevant post graduate degree recommended
Experience and Skills Needed:
  • 4+ years in a management consulting firm (manager or higher) and/or 8+ years in relevant industry if graduate degree held
  • If no graduate degree, 6+ years in a management consulting firm (manager or higher) and/or 10+ years in relevant industry
  • Internally, may be promoted from the Managing Consultant level
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent analytical skills
  • Ability to work on a team or independently
  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
  • Advanced Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills
  • Attention to detail
Languages:
Local language required
English required
Additional languages desired
Work Location: Nigeria – Lagos
Method of Application
Click Apply button below to go to Mastercard Career page, then click on Search Openings, Enter Senior Managing Consultant under job title, select Lagos Nigeria from List of Work Location and Search

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