Corporate finance |Government & Infrastructure |Assistant Director | Egypt

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In an international firm like Deloitte, our strong global presence is complemented by our local reach and market knowledge. A career in Financial Advisory Services with Deloitte Corporate Finance Limited will equip you with a deep understanding of the local and regional business landscape, enabling you to identify opportunities and risks to our clients’ businesses. In addition, your breadth of vision will be engaged, as you match our global resources to our clients’ advantage. Our FAS practice encompasses a broad range of specializations and services but whose common goal is to offer strategic services to clients throughout every phase of the economic cycle. With such a wealth of specializations, you will have the opportunity to pick the one most suited to you.

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• Helps client make confident decisions based on sophisticated analyses of available information to drive deal success

• Leads engagements and provides strategic direction to the team to deliver a superior client experience

• Develops relationships, establishes credibility with, and instills confidence in clients

• Understands drivers of growth, profitability, and cash flow as well as a client’s financial statements and key performance measures

• Identifies relevant business trends, economic forces, and industry practices and can confidently discuss with the client

• Advises client to make decisions that positively impact return on investment; provides subject matter expertise on sector trends and leading practices

• Sets direction regarding the development and compliance of standards, guidelines, and service agreements

• Maximizes deal value by influencing the business on financial and operational decisions in transaction area of expertise

• Combines expertise in one stage of a transaction with a deep understanding of a particular industry/sector and advises on integration points an critical focus areas

• Builds and improves client’s underlying alliance capabilities in identifying, evaluating, negotiating, implementing, managing, and governing alliances — based on Deloitte leading practices, frameworks, and methodologies

• Participates and leads aspects of the proposal development process, ensuring all integration solutions are compatible with overall architecture goals, product strategy, and standards

• Develops an effective and realistic funding strategy tailored to client’s development plans and related financing requirements

• Advises client on complex infrastructure and capital projects by applying market leading expertise and in-depth knowledge of local markets and infrastructure asset types

• Provides industry and functional experience as well as peer group benchmarking of financial metrics to help clients identify performance gaps and drive data driven decision-making

• Acts as a role model, embracing and living our purpose and values.

• Actively contributes to building the talent pipeline; creates a talent experience that attracts, develops and retains top talent and high performing teams

• Creates opportunities to drive impact; anticipates client needs and delivers superior results by leveraging each person’s strengths to build high performing teams across businesses and borders

• Builds deep relationships across a diverse network and uses a flexible influencing style to gain buy-in and drive impact

• Translates broader strategy into a compelling team vision and goals; aligns the team and sets priorities to achieve objectives

• Applies deep knowledge of disruptive trends and competitor activity to drive continuous improvement

• Establishes a strong leadership brand and inspires followership through passion, integrity, and appreciation of others

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or any related field

• A recognised accountancy or relevant financial qualification

• 10+ years of experience in financial consulting within the government, a private sector bidder or another advisory firm working on one or more of: PPP, project finance, outsourcing, or similar service contracts

• Expertise in the funding and financing of major projects, gained from either working within government or as an adviser

• An excellent understanding of the financial and commercial aspects of government infrastructure and/or service contracts;

• Experience of working with financial models and government business cases or strategy deliverables;

• An understanding of public sector procurement procedures

• Experience of designing and building complex financial models; business case and/or report writing

• A track record of successful business development and originating new business in an advisory context

• Experience of working with contractual documentation for government infrastructure and/or service contracts

• Dedication to delivering quality results;

• Ability to multi-task and appreciation of the commitments to working within an advisory practice

• A logical and methodical approach to problem solving, with an ability to think laterally

• Good project management skills and an understanding of governance requirements and risks

• Demonstrate strong team leadership skills and the ability to manage team members deliver projects

• The confidence to work effectively with clients;

• Strong Interpersonal & Communication skills.

• Advanced level of technical proficiency and computer literacy particularly with spreadsheets (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).