Senior Associate/Associate Partner

Quramo Advisory Limited

Consulting & Strategy

Responsibilities:

• Identifies and develops opportunities on client accounts, increasing and deepening the scope of existing projects and relationships
• Tasked with identifying new opportunities, establishing relationships, and managing RFP responses to generate revenue for the group across various practice areas and regions.
• Lead all aspects of client deliverables across the group’s practice areas, and interface with other teams in Nigeria as well as in other parts of 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
Leads and/or supports ad hoc projects

Requirements:

• A minimum of 10- 12 years of direct experience in audit, tax, finance and/or accounting
• Requires consulting industry acumen, strategic thinking, client focus, and 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 entrepreneurial and creative spirit in work through recognising and capitalising on opportunities to help the growth and expansion of the firm
• Ability to establish him/herself as a trusted advisor and demonstrate 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-oriented; able to work independently on a variety of mandates, able to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-pressure 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 organisational 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 communication skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite of business applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
Ability to travel, and must have a positive attitude combined with a desire to contribute to the success of the firm.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Strong first degree in finance, business, law, accounting or other finance-related discipline from a reputable university.
• A professional qualification (e.g. CFA, ACCA, CPA, Chartered Tax Professional or LLB).
• Ten to twelve (10-12) years cognate experience, with at least five (5) years in a related senior management capacity.