Job Description

At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we're counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.
Job Title: Assistant Director/Manager - Sector SME - Industrials & Energy
Global Delivery Services (GDS) is one of EY's greatest global assets - a network of service delivery centers that supports all EY member firms, service lines, sub-service lines, geographies, and sectors. GDS services help EY win work, deliver faster, improve consistency and quality, and protect margins, while EY clients experience exceptional service from an efficient and effective global organization. EY GDS has an ever-increasing footprint across the world, including centres in India, Philippines, Poland, Argentina, Spain, Mexico, UK, Sri Lanka, and Hungary. At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we're counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.
Job Summary:
GDS runs a program that directly complements its efforts to grow GDS Client Services in alignment with the overall firm's strategy for sectors and accounts. The role is for a highly skilled professional with subject matter expertise in the Industrials & Energy (I&E) sector - primarily Oil & Gas and Power & Utilities - to be part of this program, driving projects and initiatives in the sector community specifically for the MENA region.
Purpose of the Job:

• Perform research and develop sector intelligence deliverables for Industrials & Energy (I&E) practitioners in GDS and EY MENA
• Design market-facing, insights-powered solutions to enable I&E senior leaders in GDS and EY MENA in their business development, client engagement, and thought leadership initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to share points of view (PoV) with EY MENA leaders and clients to showcase value from a sector standpoint thereby furthering partnership and trust.
• Help senior leaders at GDS to manage and nurture I&E accounts and associated stakeholders in EY MENA contributing to their demand generation efforts.
• Anchor efforts to build and engage a community of I&E practitioners at GDS, liaising with colleagues across GDS centres to build awareness about, nurture interest in and encourage thought leadership on I&E sector.
• Provide research, analysis, and insights support including any required analyses on market sizing, market share and market performance for key I&E pursuits for the MENA region, collaborating with client services and enablement services groups in GDS as appropriate.
• Support I&E accounts under the GDS Account Centricity Program with research, content development, program execution and reporting.
• Curate, consolidate and maintain a knowledge management repository of material such as credentials, solutions, accelerators, and market studies relevant to I&E sector from across the firm, to be readily leveraged by GDS and EY MENA practitioners.
• Provide program management support that includes among other things the following:
• Governance operations
• Account teams and sector community coordination

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate a deep understanding of business drivers, industry trends and their implications in the I&E sector.
• Identify business issues and trends in the sector that translate into key market-facing opportunities and initiatives for GDS and EY at large.
• Assimilate a variety of perspectives from different sources to provide deliverables with impactful analysis and actionable insights/recommendations that support points of view, or concept ideas, or solutions to business issues specific to the I&E sector.
• Develop a deep understanding of the firm's delivery models and its go-to-market strategy around accounts and sectors.
• Lead sector based consultative discussions with senior practitioners and leaders at EY as well as with clients.
• Contribute to account team and sector team level operational and brainstorming activities.
• Use qualitative and quantitative research and analysis methodologies to synthesize information, review data points and provide analytical insights.
• Leverage secondary research as well as the firm's research tools/databases to come up with analysis and insights as required for the various asks.
• Work on projects and initiatives both independently and within small and large teams, including virtual teams.
• Proactively assist in addressing issues that come up at the program or account level, demonstrating strong problem-solving skills building consensus across diverse, often global groups.
• Ideate ways and means to enhance the efficacy of the program.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly dashboards/ reports to track and report program progress.

Knowledge, Competency and Skills Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of databases, public information sources, and research tools relevant to the I&E sector
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex concepts to matured audience in a clear, concise style.
• Strong quantitative aptitude, comfortable with numbers
• Good critical thinking and logical reasoning skills
• Advanced storyboarding skills to present information with logical structuring and compelling visualisation
• Knowledge of strategy frameworks and statistical methodologies and analytics tools would be highly preferred.
• Professional maturity and executive presence to confidently interact with and present to leaders at Senior Manager and above levels.
• Advanced skills in MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Working knowledge of data visualization and analytical tools - Spotfire, Tableau, SQL, Power BI, etc. - will be a strong advantage.
• Ability to work with ambiguity in terms of scenarios and information.
• Project coordination skills to help steer teams to achieve goals against timelines.

Industry Knowledge:

• Sound knowledge of the I&E sector (primarily Oil & Gas and Power & Utilities) is required in terms of:
• Understanding of the market, its players and market dynamics
• Emerging trends, including the role of technology and AI in the sector especially in the MENA region
• Sound knowledge of key performance indicators and themes applicable to the sector

Other Requirements:

• Flexibility in working hours to accommodate workload and multiple time zones as needed.

Job Requirements:
Education:

• Postgraduate degree, preferably an MBA or equivalent from a premier B-school
• Graduation, preferably in Engineering, Management, Mathematics, or Data Science

Experience:

• Work experience of 8-12 years in a client serving role or in a captive setup in the domains of strategy, management consulting, business analysis, or industry research.
• At least 7 years of work experience in the I&E sector
• Experience of working in a global, cross-border, virtual environment would be preferable.

Certification Requirements:

• Any relevant and recognized industry certifications would be nice to have.

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