Senior Advisory Manager📣 Job Ad

About Mace Group and the Role

Mace Group, a leader in construction expertise and consultancy, is seeking a Senior Advisory Manager to join its team in Riyadh. This part-time role involves contributing to one of Saudi Arabia's largest and most significant mixed-use development programs. The successful candidate will lead integrated teams through various project phases, upholding Mace's commitment to unlocking potential in every project.

Project Context and Company Values

This unique project encompasses major mixed-use development, including sports facilities, entertainment, arts, and associated infrastructure. As a key delivery partner, Mace Group requires experienced professionals to drive project success. Our foundational values guide our approach: Safety first, ensuring a safe and inclusive environment; Client focus, delivering on promises and building long-term relationships; Integrity, always acting ethically and aligning with compliance; and Create opportunity, fostering continuous improvement and professional development for our people.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with governance policies, plans, procedures, and approval frameworks.
• Demonstrate strong leadership behaviors and uphold organizational values consistently.
• Lead the development and maintenance of complex financial models to assess project feasibility across diverse asset classes, including real estate, hospitality, leisure, retail, and infrastructure.
• Ensure financial models adhere to best-practice standards, incorporating sensitivity analysis, scenario planning, and dynamic assumptions.
• Stay informed on industry trends, valuation methodologies, and sector benchmarks to enhance financial modeling capabilities.
• Identify and evaluate risks and opportunities, presenting clear financial implications and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Partner with business units to develop, refine, and validate financial assumptions supporting key initiatives.
• Ensure consistency, comparability, and standardization of financial analyses across asset classes for portfolio-level reporting.
• Maintain governance of financial feasibility workstreams, ensuring adherence to internal policies, controls, and approval processes.
• Implement version control, audit trails, and standardized templates to improve transparency, accuracy, and replicability.
• Collaborate with Strategy, Development, and Finance teams to align financial feasibility outputs with organizational objectives.
• Communicate complex financial and modeling outcomes effectively to both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial feasibility analysis through automation and advanced analytics tools.
• Mentor and develop junior team members, strengthening internal financial modeling capabilities.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 8–12 years of experience in financial modeling, feasibility analysis, and investment appraisal, ideally within large-scale developments, mixed-use real estate, infrastructure, or diversified asset portfolios.
• Previous KSA/Middle East experience is preferred.
• Proven expertise in building and maintaining complex, dynamic, multi-scenario financial models using Microsoft Excel to advanced standards (including VBA/macros, if applicable).
• Strong understanding of discounted cash flow (DCF), IRR, NPV, sensitivity analysis, scenario modeling, and valuation methodologies.
• Familiarity with project finance principles, capital structuring, and funding models.
• Exposure to multi-asset class environments (*, residential, hospitality, retail, entertainment, sports, infrastructure).
• Understanding of land use planning, phasing strategies, and large master-planned developments.

Essential Skills and Competencies

• Ability to work cross-functionally with Strategy, Development, Design, and Finance teams to align financial feasibility outputs with strategic goals.
• Demonstrated leadership skills to set clear goals, motivate teams, and deliver results.
• Excellent communication skills for conveying complex financial and modeling outcomes to diverse stakeholders.

Work Environment

This part-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, offering an opportunity to contribute to a significant national development project within a collaborative and value-driven environment. Mace Group is committed to fostering a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace where wellbeing is prioritized.