People Consulting - Manager - Financial Services - Dubai, UAE (FY26)

As a people and organizational change advisor you will work with clients in delivering their HR and workforce transformation and organisational agendas and providing change management support with large scale business transformation. We require people who can build our service offerings, understand client needs, grow our internal capability, and connect effectively across our global People Consulting and wider EY service lines to maximise our global knowledge and experience in supporting clients' people related business challenges.

You will be responsible for directing, designing, and implementing major change and people transformation programs across MENA related to large scale business and HR transformations for clients in the financial services sector. You will also develop people and change management strategies and business cases with measurable objectives.

In this role you will work in diverse project teams together with colleagues from different service lines to address clients' most complex issues and deliver full cycle large business transformation projects.

Additionally, you will proactively manage senior client stakeholders, deliver difficult messages, manage performance issues up to Senior Management, and create value for the client by demonstrating thought leadership, bringing new insights, and delivering service excellence. You will also manage and develop teams of consultants to deliver projects and pursuits in line with project plans and budgets.

You can succeed in this role if you are professional, quickly establish personal credibility, and demonstrate expertise as well as having a strong personal impact and resilience. You must be able to influence and persuade clients and stakeholders to gain support for major changes and key decisions.

Taking a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement, as well as being able to analyse complex problems and deliver insightful, practical, and sustainable solutions is a skill you are expected to have for this role.

Furthermore, being skilled in facilitating and encouraging collaboration among team members, motivating teams to maximise performance while demonstrating confidence and effectiveness in recognising and managing potential issues during client assignments will contribute to your success for this opportunity.

• A bachelor's degree in a relevant field (business psychology or organisational development); master's preferred.
• Strong insight and experience in working for and serving clients in the financial services sector such as banks and insurance companies.
• At least 5 years of work experience with a proven track record of delivering large complex business transformation HR value chain projects or change management and culture change projects.
• Be a subject matter expert in one or more of the following: HR transformation, organisation design, talent management, performance management, rewards, people aspects of change management whether operational transformation, cultural change, or technology driven change.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Prior work experience within a professional services or global consultancy firm.

• Experience working in large private and/or public sector organisations' human resources functions.
• Fluency in Arabic; both written and spoken.

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