Partner – Financial Services

About Roland Berger

Role purpose

Client work and business growth

• Originate and lead mandates across banking strategy, growth, transformation, operating models, digital and technology, cost, productivity, and other CEO-level priorities.
• Develop relationships with CEOs, board members, business heads, and C-suite executives across Middle Eastern banks, particularly in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
• Shape corporate, portfolio, growth, customer, distribution, digital, operating model, and performance-improvement strategies.
• Develop priority accounts and a strong pipeline, converting senior relationships into sustainable partnerships and revenue.
• Bring regional banking knowledge and global trends and best practices across retail, corporate, and wholesale banking.

Engagement and team leadership

• Provide senior oversight and quality assurance on complex engagements, ensuring rigorous analysis, practical recommendations, and client impact.
• Build and mentor a high-performing Financial Services team and support the attraction, development, and retention of consulting talent.
• Collaborate with the global Financial Services network and other practices and geographies to serve Middle East clients.

External profile

• Represent Roland Berger with clients, regulators, industry forums, and other ecosystem stakeholders.
• Contribute to relevant banking thought leadership.

Required experience

• Have 15 or more years of professional experience, including substantial strategy consulting experience serving banks and financial institutions.
• Strategy consulting experience is essential; experience with a leading international strategy consulting firm is preferred.
• Currently work in the Middle East and have at least 3–5 years of recent Middle East experience.
• Bring deep Middle East banking expertise, particularly in Saudi Arabia and/or the UAE, and understand regional market dynamics and competition.
• Have originated and led major bank strategy and transformation engagements, with senior client relationships and commercial credentials.
• Have broad exposure to corporate and growth strategy, retail and corporate banking, customer strategy, digital transformation, operating models, productivity, and performance improvement.
• Have experience advising CEOs, boards, and senior banking executives.

Skills and attributes

• Bring commercial and entrepreneurial ability to originate business, build senior relationships, and develop major accounts.
• Use strategic judgment and problem-solving to turn complex banking issues into clear choices and executable solutions.
• Communicate credibly with C-suite executives and build long-term client trust.
• Lead complex engagements and multidisciplinary teams in demanding client environments.
• Develop consulting talent and collaborate inclusively across practices and geographies.
• Arabic language capability is an advantage but is not mandatory.