Director, Business Transformation (Financial Services) | Corporate Finance
FTI Consulting · London, United Kingdom · 4mo ago
Who We Are
FTI Consulting is the leading global expert firm for organizations facing crisis and transformation. We work with many of the world’s top multinational corporations, law firms, banks and private equity firms on their most important issues to deliver impact that makes a difference. From resolving disputes, navigating crises, managing risk and optimizing performance, our teams respond rapidly to dynamic and complex situations.
At FTI Consulting, you’ll work side-by side with leaders who have shaped history, helping solve the biggest challenges making headlines today. From day one, you’ll be an integral part of a focused team where you can make a real impact. You’ll be surrounded by an open, collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and, most importantly, you.
Are you ready to make your impact?
About The Role
In Business Transformation at FTI Consulting, we focus on our clients’ strategic, operational, financial and capital needs by addressing the full spectrum of performance, financial and transactional challenges faced by corporations, boards, private equity sponsors, creditor constituencies and other stakeholders. Our services include strategic and business planning, profitability improvement, merger, integration and carve-out and pre-deal commercial and operational due diligence, including interim management. Our demanding customer base relies on small, experienced senior teams.
Business Transformation sits with the FTI Corporate Finance practice and works alongside colleagues in the Restructuring, Transactions Services, Tax and Digital Science teams, providing a holistic offer for our clients and a rewarding experience for our staff.
Directors are key client facing members of project teams responsible for delivering high quality reports, recommendations and analyses. You will work alongside, and lead, other consultants, owning workstreams within the overall project, under the guidance of the senior team.
What You’ll Do
The successful candidate will participate in project teams, working with clients on the execution of various engagements. As such, key activities include:
Developing recommendations based on high quality and insightful financial and operational reviews and modelling
Analysing market trends and company financials for new insights
Identifying how to improve operational performance and create upside potential
Identifying risks, potential downsides and mitigating actions
Building pragmatic and implementable strategies and business plans, underpinned by solid analyses
Driving client implementation including programme management across multiple initiatives
Writing client ready reports and presenting our work to clients
Developing and coaching more junior consultants
Working in the FTI London office, with frequent working in FTI offices across EMEA and on client sites.
How You’ll Grow
We are committed to investing and supporting you in your professional development and we have developed a range of programs focused on fostering leadership, growth and development opportunities. We aim to promote continuous learning and individual skills development through on-the-job learning, self-guided professional development courses and certifications. You’ll be assigned a dedicated coach to mentor, guide and support you through regular coaching sessions and serve as an advocate for your professional growth.
As you progress through your career at FTI Consulting, we offer tailored programs for critical professional milestones to ensure you are prepared and empowered to take on your next role.
What You Will Need to Succeed
Proven experience leading consulting teams on engagements for financial services clients, including managing timelines, coaching junior team members, coordinating internal experts, ensuring quality of analysis and deliverables, developing trusted client relationships
Project experience in high paced environments focused on impact and rapid results (e.g. rapid performance improvement, revenue enhancement, turnaround, business plan review/development, due diligence, carve-out, integration, implementation)
Significant experience of short, high intensity projects with tight deadlines, as well as longer term engagements driving results through implementation
Experience of supporting business development activities
International exposure and experience
Proven consulting skills with ability to go beyond the analysis to add value, influence change, innovate, visualise and create, while providing outstanding client service
Team player, open-minded, possesses cultural awareness and sensitivity
Develop team management and coaching skills
Highly organised and structured, with excellent problem solving skills
Experience of managing client stakeholders
Builds and maintains relationships beyond the engagement
Exceptional interpersonal skills, builds good professional and personal relationships with client teams at all levels and across the firm
Combines business sense and financial understanding with commercial capabilities
Strong written communication skills, able to produce client ready PowerPoint documents
Highly confident at dealing with uncertainty and problem solving with incomplete data
Flexible to accommodate frequent travel
Basis Qualifications
Fluent English speaker and writer
Educated to degree level or equivalent
Demonstrable post graduate experience at a major consulting firm serving financial services clients
Preferred Qualifications
Additional qualifications such as CFA or MBA an advantage
Additional industry experience or private equity an advantage
International exposure and experience
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FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.