Associate Consultant at FBDS, Nigeria

Location: Lekki Phase 1, Lagos

Duties / Responsibilities

• An Associate Consultant in our organization is responsible for the development and delivery of thought leadership and creative professional service solutions that relate to specific client needs. The successful candidate will report to a Senior Consultant and work closely with clients and members of the firm.
• Diagnosing business processes or organizational problems, and leveraging analytics to determine how our clients can seize new opportunities
• Driving a rigorous approach to solving problems in the context of global, economic, technology, and social trends
• Developing innovative answers to complex business challenges
• Recommending and implementing changes, and ensuring a successful transition to what’s new
• Work with clients to understand their needs and identify opportunities for value creation
• Develop business proposals and client presentations
• Develop strategy, plans, organization and/or process design, and effective deployment solutions (communications, KPI development, education, training, etc.) to ensure achievement of agreed outcomes for clients.
• Embed thought leadership as a discipline to consolidate FBDS unique value proposition
• Development of development-related research and benchmarking that enhances FBDS competitive advantage and professional reputation
• Achievement of internal KPIs for client satisfaction
• Consistently demonstrate alignment with FBDS values
• Develop strategy, plans, organization and/or process design, and effective deployment solutions (communications, KPI development, education, training, etc.) to ensure achievement of agreed outcomes for clients.

Core Competencies & Qualification

• The ideal candidate will have an outstanding track record demonstrating several key competencies.

Academic Requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree / HND in relevant discipline

Professional competence as demonstrated by:

• Minimum of 3 years core management consulting experience.
• Good project management skills and ability to manage two or more projects simultaneously.
• Strong commercial acumen.
• Demonstrated high-level analytical & problem-solving skills including the ability to analyze complex sets of data and develop compelling business cases.
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills, including the capability to develop and deliver good public presentations

Personal competencies as demonstrated by:

• Interest in being a part of, and growing with an innovative and emerging consulting solution providing firm.
• Presence and self-confidence.
• Interest in the development of Micro, Small, and Medium Scale enterprises.