Associate Director / Director, Financial Advisory
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About the Role
Teneo is seeking Associate Directors and Directors for its Financial Advisory team in Saudi Arabia to lead engagements in restructuring, turnaround, and financial advisory.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and/or manage key parts of engagements, providing support to the Managing Director or often directly to the Senior Managing Director
- Support client management teams in preparing and challenging business plans, short and/or longer term cash flow forecasts and restructuring plans
- Providing cash management services to clients to identify working capital and other cash flow improvements
- Reviewing and stress testing integrated business plans, budgeting and forecasting models using a fact based, data driven approach
- Reviewing detailed, integrated 3 statement forecasts (profit & loss, cashflow and balance sheet), and discounted cashflow (DCF)
- Preparing report outputs that may range from business plan documentation and board reports through to independent business reviews
- Developing, analysing and presenting restructuring, refinancing and/or insolvency options
- Liaising with the Company’s legal advisors to understand key aspects of legal documentation and drive documentation processes
- Preparation of engagement letter(s) and ensuring adherence to all compliance requirements
- Build client relationship skills, sector knowledge and continue to develop leadership skills
- Support practice and talent development, provide on job coaching and development to staff
- Own elements of business development including actively supporting business development activities
Requirements
- A minimum of 8 years Financial Advisory experience gained either as an advisor within a professional services company, consultancy or investment bank as an analyst in a debt or special situations fund
- Understanding of debt markets, banking, loan agreements and other relevant financial and legal documentation
- Understanding of financial statements and related data to assess historical financial performance and future outlook
- Good understanding of the Financial Advisory marketplace, its trends, and key players
- Very strong analytical skills, including: business analytics, business planning, short term cash flows, financing options
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong project management skills, with ability to lead mid large teams and develop people
- An Accounting degree and/or Qualified Accountant (preferred)
- Arabic language skills are strongly preferred, but not mandatory
- Experience in the UAE or KSA market is strongly preferred
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Financial Advisory Service Offerings
- Teneo guides companies and their stakeholders through periods of uncertainty and stress to assess options, address financing and/or balance sheet stresses, create liquidity headroom, reduce costs, improve profitability, more efficiently run their businesses and turnaround and/or exit underperforming
- Our expert team also brings market leading experience in developing and delivering contingency plans and insolvencies across multiple jurisdictions.
The Role
- As part of ambitious growth plans for our already successful Saudi business, we are looking for Associate Directors and Directors to join our Financial Advisory team in the Kingdom.
- Our Associate Directors and Directors have the opportunity to lead on a diverse range of engagements across different sectors and geographies.
Key Responsibilities Client service
- Lead and/or manage key parts of engagements, providing support to the Managing Director or often directly to the Senior Managing Director.
- Support client management teams in preparing and challenging business plans, short and/or longer term cash flow forecasts and restructuring plans.
- Providing cash management services to clients to identify working capital and other cash flow improvements.
- Reviewing and stress testing integrated business plans, budgeting and forecasting models using a fact based, data driven approach, including KPI definition, data visualization, reporting automation and touchless forecasting.
- Reviewing detailed, integrated 3 statement forecasts (profit & loss, cashflow and balance sheet), and discounted cashflow (DCF).
- Preparing report outputs that may range from business plan documentation and board reports when working for a company, through to preparation of independent business reviews when working for creditors.
- Developing, analysing and presenting restructuring, refinancing and/or insolvency options using input from other teams.
- Liaising with the Company’s legal advisors to understand key aspects of legal documentation and also drive any documentation processes.
- Preparation of engagement letter(s) and ensuring adherence to all compliance requirements to support financial and risk management.
- Apply an understanding of engagement economics.
Key Responsibilities Knowledge acquisition
- Build client relationship skills, sector knowledge and continue to develop leadership skills.
- Continue to build technical expertise, broader business advisory and people management skills.
- Understand the market, topical issues and our Financial Advisory propositions.
Key Responsibilities People and leadership
- Support practice and talent development.
- Provide on job coaching and development to staff.
- Develop junior staff outside of jobs through appraising and mentoring.
- Support wider Financial Advisory training initiatives.
- Manage diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.
Key Responsibilities Business development
- Own elements of business development including actively supporting business development activities, building and expending your own contact network and supporting Managing Director / Senior Managing Director led marketing and sales activities.
- Participate in existing business development programmes and key client accounts.
- Identify opportunities to expand jobs as well as opportunities to provide wider Teneo services to existing clients.
- Take responsibility for leading marketing initiatives aimed at specific channels to market, or events.
Examples of projects
- Company diagnostic, turnaround planning, and implementation
- Debt restructuring
- Short term cash flow forecasting and cash management office set up
- Preparation and validation of business plans
- Independent business reviews and options analysis
- Working capital management
- Operational cost reduction
- Interim management and active PMO leadership
Key Skills & Experience Basic Qualifications
- A minimum of 8 years Financial Advisory experience gained either as an advisor within a professional services company, consultancy or investment bank as an analyst in a debt or special situations fund.
- Understanding of debt markets, banking, loan agreements and other relevant financial and legal documentation.
- Understanding of financial statements and related data to assess historical financial performance and future outlook for client companies and prospects.
- Good understanding of the Financial Advisory marketplace, its trends, and key players (principals and advisers).
- Very strong analytical skills, including: business analytics, business planning, short term cash flows, financing options.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Strong project management skills, with ability to lead mid large teams and develop people.
Key Skills & Experience Preferred Qualifications
- An Accounting degree and/or Qualified Accountant.
- Arabic language skills are strongly preferred, but not mandatory.
- Experience in the UAE or KSA market is strongly preferred.
About Teneo
- Teneo is a leading global financial advisory powerhouse that provides innovative, market leading solutions from recognized experts across offices in the UK, US, The Caribbean and Bermuda, Europe, Middle East, Australia, and Asia Pacific, supported by Teneo’s wider global offering of c. 2,000 profess
- Teneo’s full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial advisory and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organisational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE
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