Payments Transformation Role - Consulting Firm

Job Description

Payments Transformation : Big 4 ConsultingSpecific Responsibilities :- The individual will be primarily responsible for growing the Banking, Captives & Payments vertical (with Cards as high focus area) within Financial Services, through extensive Business Development activities along with leading delivery on advisory engagements.- In addition, he / she may also be involved with pursuits and engagements involving Global Banks, Captives & Payment Companies (with Cards as high focus area). Further, the individual would be expected to bring the best of the Firm to clients he / she will be dealing with, by ensuring the right service lines across the Firm are suitably engaged client to address key client issues.- The individual would work with practice leadership to build a road map for the Banking, Captives & Payments vertical (with Cards as high focus area) segment for the PI practice and Advisory as a whole, along with objective performance metrics in the form of target revenues and profit margins.- He / she would be expected to lead execution of the above road map by engaging in the following critical activities;- Developing a set of target clients with a view to building a sustainable pipeline of critical mass- Leading opportunity identification and proposal development to ensure conversion of opportunities into sold engagements- Leading engagement teams to deliver projects at clients with a view to ensuring value realization for both clients and the Firm- Focus on developing a keen understanding of industry issues with a view to building solutions with high potential demand- Ensuring deep relationships with clients based on value delivered and measured by key metrics such as repeat business, breadth of Firms services offered to the client and extent of C-suite relationships at the client- Raising the visibility of the Practice and the Firm within Banking, Captives & Payments vertical (especially Cards ) industry in India by ensuring regular involvement in Thought Leadership development, participation / facilitation of industry events etc.- Leveraging the Firms global network to expose clients to relevant leading practices across the globe Qualifications & Experience/ Competencies :- Experience across Cards / Payments / Digital Banking / Transformation - Bachelors degree and MBA from a premier B school with 7+ years of experience- Keen understanding of industry issues faced by Banking, Captives & Payments vertical (especially Cards) sector in general , through experience in providing advisory services to clients. A combination of industry and consulting experience would be ideal- The individual should possess prior experience is engagements with global banks- A judicious mix of experience with Payment Companies, Global Banks and Consulting is crucial for the role- Experience in end-to-end card lifecycle (including issue/acquiring/loyalty etc)- The candidate should have extensive experience in the Payments industry. Specifically in areas such as cards/ wallets/ commercial payments / merchant acquiring. - Solid understanding of the payments market and regulatory environment- The professional will lead a team Consultants and managing multiple projects- Demonstrated ability and experience engaging CXO level executives across all functions of a customers enterprise and leveraging market networks to grow the practice- Demonstrated leadership experience in mentoring, grooming and motivating teams with a view to attaining practice goals - In-depth understanding of the advisory engagement lifecycle, ranging from opportunity identification to proposal development, engagement delivery, financial management and closure- Demonstrated managerial skills with the ability to deliver results with large-scale, cross-functional teams.,

Keyskills :
key metricsbusiness developmentproposal developmentperformance metricsadvisory servicesfinancial managementfinancial servicesvalue realizationservice lines