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Senior Director - Consulting & Analytics

Mumbai Permanent View Job Description
This is a senior consulting leadership role responsible for driving business growth, managing strategic client engagements, and expanding a leading payments-focused advisory practice across India and South Asia. The position combines business development, executive stakeholder management, and delivery of high-impact transformation initiatives for banks, fintechs, merchants, and other participants in the payments ecosystem.
  • Lead strategic payments consulting engagements across South Asia.
  • Build a high-growth advisory practice within a global industry leader.

About Our Client

Our client is a globally recognized leader at the forefront of digital payments and financial technology, enabling secure, seamless, and innovative commerce across markets worldwide.

With an unparalleled network, deep industry expertise, and a strong focus on innovation, the organization partners with some of the largest financial institutions, fintech companies, merchants, and payment ecosystem participants to drive business growth, digital transformation, customer experience enhancement, and profitability. As part of its continued investment in consulting and advisory capabilities, the firm is seeking an experienced consulting leader to help shape the future of payments across India and South Asia.

Job Description

Reporting to the regional head of consulting, the Senior Director will play a pivotal role in driving the growth and delivery of strategic advisory services across financial services and payments clients in India and South Asia.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Building and managing a strong pipeline of consulting opportunities across banks, fintechs, merchants, and payment ecosystem participants.
  • Driving achievement of consulting revenue and business development targets.
  • Leading high-value consulting engagements from opportunity identification through project execution and successful closure.
  • Advising senior executives on growth strategy, digital transformation, payments innovation, customer experience, portfolio optimization, and profitability improvement initiatives.
  • Developing trusted C-suite relationships across client organizations.
  • Collaborating with sales, product, marketing, risk, and client management teams to identify strategic opportunities and deliver integrated solutions.
  • Scaling practice capabilities through development of repeatable consulting offerings, intellectual property, and thought leadership.
  • Acting as a subject matter expert on payments, financial services, and digital transformation trends across the region.
  • Coaching and developing consulting talent while fostering a high-performance culture.

The Successful Applicant

The ideal candidate will be a commercially driven consulting leader with deep financial services and payments expertise, coupled with a strong track record of client acquisition and executive advisory work.

Key requirements include:

  • 15+ years of experience across management consulting, payments, banking, fintech, or broader financial services.
  • Current or recent experience at the Principal, Associate Partner, Junior Partner, Director, or Partner-1 level within a leading strategy consulting firm, particularly with significant Financial Services practice exposure.
  • Demonstrated success in generating and closing consulting opportunities while managing senior client relationships.
  • Strong expertise in strategy development, business transformation, digital payments, customer growth, and operational improvement.
  • Experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder engagements and presenting to C-level executives.
  • Strong commercial acumen with ownership of revenue targets, P&L management, or business unit growth responsibilities.
  • Exceptional analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Prior exposure to payments, merchant acquiring, digital banking, cards, fintech, analytics, credit risk, or adjacent financial services sectors is highly preferred.

What's on Offer

  • Opportunity to join a globally recognized market leader transforming the future of digital commerce and payments.
  • Exposure to some of the most strategic banking, fintech, and payments institutions across India and South Asia.
  • Platform to influence C-suite decision-making and industry-wide transformation initiatives.
  • Leadership role with significant responsibility across business development, consulting delivery, and practice building.
  • Highly visible position offering strong long-term career progression within a world-class global organization.
  • Competitive compensation, performance incentives, and the opportunity to build a lasting impact within one of the fastest-growing sectors in financial services and technology.
Quote job ref
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Job summary

Function
Consultancy, Strategy & Change
Sub Sector
Corporate Strategy and M&A
What is your area of specialisation?
Financial Services
Location
Mumbai
Job Type
Permanent
Job Reference
JN-082026-7084311

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