Business Analyst/Senior Business Analyst– Global Sports Management Consulting
Portas Consulting is the leading management consulting firm dedicated to sport. We believe in the power of sport and physical activity to transform lives, communities and nations. We provide inspirational leadership to power this transformation, having fun and showing the passion for doing what we love.
We help sports leaders across the world on their most important, complex and urgent challenges and opportunities to achieve more for their organisations such as:
- Delivering significant and sustainable business performance
- Transforming organisations and develop future sport leaders
- Driving increased and more effective funding into sport
- Achieving lasting positive change in society
We have exciting opportunities for a small number of Business Analysts/Senior Business Analysts to join our team based in Riyadh. A full on-boarding programme will be provided, and you will have the opportunity to develop core consulting skills, as well as developing a deep understanding of the sports sector.
Our projects are wide and varied, spanning strategy, organisation, governance, project management and implementation. Recent examples include:
- Creating a holistic transformation plan for a national football league to compete globally
- Developing a business plan for new sports businesses
- Developing a product roadmap for a football club to maximize and diversify revenue streams
- Developing strategies to support the growth of motor sports, then evaluating social and economic impact
- Developing a strategy to maximise participation of women in sports
The main responsibilities are but not limited to:
- Undertake research, conduct analysis, draw out insights and synthesise findings
- Develop independent sections of client documents and presentations
- Contribute to team problem-solving and help develop recommendations
- Help prepare and conduct interviews, workshops and meetings
- Build productive day-to-day relationships with client team members
- Support team planning and process management
- Support Portas business development and internal firm-building activities.
We are looking for exceptional candidates from top universities or business schools who fulfil the following requirements:
- Excellent academic record
- Previous consulting experience is highly beneficial
- Highly numerate, with strong quantitative and conceptual problem-solving ability
- Demonstrate a clear passion for sports and physical activity
- Self-directed, proactive and entrepreneurial
- Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to thrive in a team environment.
- Highly proficient in English essential and Arabic beneficial
