Our client, a global consulting firm, is seeking a targeting analytics consultant for their team to support their clients in banking and financial institutions in the region - with experience in portfolio management performance analytics. The ideal consultant will have 5-12 years of relevant experience in data and analytics.

Roles and Responsibilities

Client Impact:

• Manage deliverable development and workstreams on projects across a range of industries and problem statements
• Contribute to and/or develop analytics strategies and programs for large, regional, and global clients by leveraging data and technology solutions to unlock client value
• Manage working relationship with client managers, and act as trusted and reliable partner
• Create predictive models using segmentation and regression techniques to drive profits
• Review analytics end-products to ensure accuracy, quality, and timeliness
• Proactively seek new knowledge and structure project work to facilitate the capture of Intellectual Capital with minimal oversight

Team Collaboration & Culture:

• Develop sound business recommendations and deliver effective client presentations
• Plan, organize, and structure own work and that of junior project delivery consultants to identify effective analysis structures to address client problems and synthesize analyses into relevant findings
• Lead team and external meetings, and lead or co-lead project management
• Contribute to the firm's intellectual capital and solution development
• Grow from coaching to enable ownership of day-to-day project management across client projects, and mentor junior consultants
• Develop effective working relationships with local and global teams, including business partners

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree with data and analytics experience in business intelligence and/or descriptive, predictive, or prescriptive analytics
• Experience managing clients or internal stakeholders
• Ability to analyze large datasets and synthesize key findings to provide recommendations via descriptive analytics and business intelligence
• Knowledge of metrics, measurements, and benchmarking to complex and demanding solutions across multiple industry verticals
• Data and analytics experience such as working with data analytics software (e.g., Python, R, SQL, SAS) and building, managing, and maintaining database structures
• Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills
• Ability to perform multiple tasks with multiple clients in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to communicate effectively in English and the local office language (if applicable)
• Eligibility to work in the country where you are applying, as well as apply for travel visas as required by travel needs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Additional data and analytics experience working with Hadoop framework and coding using Impala, Hive, or PySpark or working with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
• Experience managing tasks or workstreams in a collaborative team environment
• Experience coaching junior delivery consultants
• Relevant industry expertise
• MBA or master’s degree with relevant specialization (not required)

This is a 12-month contractual opportunity in Riyadh, KSA.