Senior Associate- Business Planning & Forecasting- Operations

Position title

Position: Senior Associate | GDS CS Leadership Enablement

The opportunity

We are seeking a Senior Associate to join our GDS Client Service, Strategy, and Transformation Team. This pivotal role will support effective positioning of GDS Client Service organization within various internal and external leadership forums. The successful candidate will be expected to independently drive the development of deliverables, collaborating closely within the Strategy and Transformation (ST) team, GDS Service Lines, and other key stakeholders.

Your key responsibilities

• Keep track of the regular governance meetings and ad-hoc leadership forums needing leadership support
• Proactively plan for deliverables for the identified forums.
• Develop comprehensive leadership narratives in consultation with the CS ST Leader
• Independently initiate, plan, and execute the creation of deliverables in coordination with the ST team, GDS Service Lines, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure effective communication and alignment with internal and external leadership to optimize positioning.
• Organize and store deliverables systematically for future retrieval and reuse.
• Collate and track the execution of action items from leadership forums.
• Analyse raw data and derive actionable insights.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across service lines and functions.
• Support strategy and transformation initiatives by providing hands on support, insights, analysis, and recommendations.
• Assist in managing various components of operations of ST team including, Finance, Talent, Risk etc

Skills and attributes for success

• Good understanding of structure and functioning of EY, GDS and GDS Client Service organization
• Good understanding of various functions in the organization
• Fair understanding and exposure to organization / team operations
• Fair understanding of organizational KPIs and ability to interpret financial and other reports
• Very Strong MS Office skills - MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel
• Ability to deliver work products of the highest quality and overcome risks and issues to ensure timely delivery
• Ability to leverage Artificial intelligence tools to improve personal / team efficiency
• Ability to analyse large volume of data and draw conclusions
• Excellent written, oral and presentation skills
• Good analytical, judgment, critical and strategic thinking skills
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong facilitation skills with senior stakeholders in driving decisions and consensus.
• Ability to function in a rapidly changing, heavily matrixed and virtual environment
• Ability to prioritize, drive and adapt to changes quickly in a fast-paced environment
• Culturally sensitive, capable of handling interactions with a global mindset
• Exposure to project / program management

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor s degree or another relevant advanced degree from a reputed educational institution
• Experience: 6-8 years experience in similar role in a global environment
• Certification Requirements: PMP / other PM certifications not mandatory but preferred

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