Who We Are

WISE Consultancy is an advisory firm headquartered in Doha, Qatar. We partner with leaders to accelerate growth, build businesses and organizations and nurture young talent. Our teams of experienced and multilingual consultants have deep knowledge in the local and international markets, with 50 years combined banking, consulting and investment experience in Qatar. At WISE Consultancy, we provide a range of services relating to Strategic Business Advisory, Franchising, M&A support, Financial Advisory and Government Advisory. Together, these services and our talented professionals help address clients’ strategic needs in terms of growth, performance and governance. Our unique philosophy and passion are combined with a strong work ethic and extensive knowledge of the commercial industry. This has made us essential for both our partners and our valued customers.

The Role and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with, managers and directors to provide data-driven and analysis-rich deliverables deriving strategic insights as per the client requirements.
• The consultant is expected to work on Feasibility Analysis, Market Research and Business Advisory projects across industry verticals.
• The role involves a high degree of client engagement and requires strong analytical and project management skills.
• You will be required to assist in business development activities.
• Consultants provide the core of the analysis that helps WISE provides fact-based strategic and tactical insights to its clients.
• You will be‎ required to conduct in-depth secondary research and primary research, apply analysis techniques and derive insights.
• Your role will require that you independently manage small to mid-value engagements; primarily related to feasibility study and business plan development.
• This position will be based out of Karachi, Pakistan and may involve business travel within GCC region

Roles & Responsibilities

• ·Support the Project Manager/ Director either in Pakistan or Qatar for understanding client requirements, problem definition, designing the project approach, recommendations, etc.
• Demonstrate good understanding of the practice area (Government/ Corporate) and understand business needs and potential
• Conduct management interviews/ discussions
• Conduct extensive market / industry research (both primary and secondary)
• Analyze data to extract insights and identify patterns (qualitative as well as qualitative)
• Develop proxies and triangulations for difficult-to-get data points (such as revenue forecast data, market size numbers for niche industry segments, etc.)
• Analyze findings for relevant trends, patterns and insights and apply them to help the team arrive at solutions/ recommendations
• Develop detailed financial models, financial feasibilities and business rating models
• Interact seamlessly with team members to ensure we deliver high-quality strategy consulting assignments that exceed client expectations
• Take complete ownership of the work assigned and monitor work for junior resources assigned on projects
• Produce output in the form of Power Point, Excel, Word, MS project, Visio, etc
• Lead and deliver project presentations to clients
• Seek and assist in finalizing partners (vendors/ subject matter experts) for project execution as well as develop partner relationships as required for project delivery
• Proactively provide support for internal initiatives
• Provide required support for business development activities in terms of concept papers, approach notes, white papers, proposals, etc.

Qualifications

• Ideally 5 to 8 years of total experience with a minimum of 5 years in Management Consulting, with a notable consulting firm, working in Strategy consulting (major area of expertise)
• Preferred to have some experience of working with the Government sector
• Bachelor’s degree (Engineering/ Commerce/ Economics) from a top-tier university; with an MBA/ other professional qualifications (CA/ CFA) from reputed institutes
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Arabic fluency is added advantage though not mandatory