Principal Strategy Consulting Financial Services Payments

Kaiser Associates is a leading global strategy consulting firm with offices in Washington DC and London.

Kaiser delivers Growth Strategy and M&A Support to a selective and elite client base which includes 5 of Fortunes Top 20 Worlds Most Admired Companies. We are proud to be recognized in Vaults Top Consulting 30 Best Consulting Firms for Interactions with Clients and Best Consulting Firms for Retail Consulting.

Kaiser offers a distinctive consulting experience that combines the client prestige and diverse opportunity of a large firm with the closeknit community and entrepreneurial culture of a small firm. With a focus on strategy we offer development opportunities accessible senior leadership and an accelerated path to partner. For decades Kaiser challenged the heavy travel paradigm recognizing that many activities are best performed in Kaisers own offices and without any travel to the client site creating a healthier worklife balance for our consultants and greater value for cost to our clients.

Kaiser AssociatesFinancial Services & Payments practiceis seeking to expand its ranks with an ambitiousand motivatedPrincipalwho is energized by solving complex problems.Our Financial Services & Payments practice supports some of the largest companies in the space with clients spanning six continents in developing effective commercial growth and profit strategies with offerings in the specific solution areas of market opportunity assessment gotomarket strategies competitive strategy and product commercialization.

This Principal position offers a unique entrepreneurial experience for a candidate who has been part of a team with demonstrated success in advising and winning new large enterprise clients and who understands thepaymentslandscape as well as associated market and business issues. This position provides the opportunity to step out lead a team and experience the benefits that come with a more rewarding career trajectory including a genuine and rewarding path to Partner.

As aPrincipalyoull:

• Support the growth of ourFS&Ppractice offerings in the specific solution areas market opportunity assessment go to market strategies competitive strategy and product commercialization

• Lead business development workstreams to grow practice revenues

• Be a skilled analytical problem solver capable of breaking down diverse business problems into solvable pieces and synthesizing facts into actionable insights

• Lead small highperforming teams of consultants providing direction and coaching to help the team complete research efficiently and effectively apply appropriate strategic and financial analyses and successfully address the clients key questions

• Be responsible for managingFS&Pstrategy engagements from start to finish including defining and managing the teams work plan and timely of project deliverables

• Be a collaborative engagement leader with significant team management mentorship and leadership experience

• Present strategic conclusions and recommendations to Kaiser partners and client stakeholders

• SupportFS&Ppractice thought leadership and intellectual capital development

• Serve as a strategy and thought partner to clients and senior officers of the firm

Required Qualifications:

• 5 yearsof consulting experienceincluding manager level or higher experience specializing inFS&Pat a management consulting firm

• Demonstrated ability to generate new business within a management consulting context with proven abilities to attract acquire and develop client relationships

• BA/BS Degree from an accrediteduniversity or college

• An established and strong network within theFS&Psector

• Executivelevel presence and communication

• Demonstrated experience successfully leading workstreams and small highperforming teams

• Creative big picture thinking while maintaining keen attention to detail

• Ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple tasks (business development client management project management team management firm leadership)

• Foreign language skills preferred but not required

• Excellent verbal and written communication

• Excellent people management skills