Senior Director, Business Transformation | Corporate Finance

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 within the FTI Corporate Finance practice and works alongside colleagues in the Restructuring, Transactions Services and Economic & Financial Consulting (“EFC”) teams, providing a holistic offer for our clients and a rewarding experience for our staff.

At a Mid-management level, our 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 lead and manage 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

Tracking and analysing market trends and company financials for new insights

Identifying how to improve operational performance and create upside potential in complex situations

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 and issue resolution across multiple initiatives in multiple functions

Writing reports for senior audiences and presenting our work to C-suite clients

Developing, coaching and mentoring junior consultants

Working in the FTI Cape Town or Johannesburg office, with frequent working at 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

Team player and leader, open-minded, possesses cultural awareness and sensitivity

Strong people leadership skills, including coaching and people development

Highly organised and structured, with excellent problem solving skills

Exceptional interpersonal skills, builds good professional and personal relationships with client teams at all levels and across the firm

Strong stakeholder management skills in a variety of settings

Combines business sense and financial understanding with commercial capabilities

Excellent written communication skills, fluent in leading the production of client ready PowerPoint documents covering multiple workstreams and initiatives for senior audiences

Quickly gains comfort with content areas which are unfamiliar and drives content leadership across multiple workstreams

Adept at dealing with uncertainty and problem solving with incomplete data

Flexible to accommodate travel and disruptive hours

Mature demeanour and positive attitude, as well as sensitivity when dealing with clients

Basic Qualifications

Experience of leading a significant number of engagements with multiple workstreams within a top tier management consultancy, across different sectors and multiple functional areas

Additional industry experience an advantage

Educated to degree level in either Finance or Engineering. A professional certification would be an advantage.

Demonstrable 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 leading short, high intensity projects with tight deadlines, as well as longer term engagements driving results through implementation

Industry experience (e.g. consumer goods, retail, petroleum, transportation and logistics, or financial services)

Experience of managing projects operationally including resourcing, financials, ways of working etc.

Experience in supporting and driving business development activities

International exposure and experience an advantage

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced consulting skills with ability to go beyond the analysis to add value, influence change, innovate, visualise and create, while providing outstanding client service

Fluent English speaker and writer

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FTI Consulting is committed to Employment Equity and as such, preference will be given to candidates from designated groups, as defined in the Employment Equity Act, 55 of 1998.