Head of Advisory Services
Core
Lead the firm's advisory practice, overseeing client service delivery, driving strategic growth, and ensuring regulatory, legal, and financial alignment across engagements.
Role type
Senior IC strategy & operations leader (advisory)
Builds
Advisory services for gaming, iGaming, and tech startups in Africa
Domain
Legal, regulatory, and business advisory in the African market
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Strategic planning, stakeholder management, regulatory compliance, team leadership, contract negotiation, business transformation, financial structuring, governance, market intelligence, policy development
Preferred skills
Master's degree in Law, experience in mid-to-top-tier professional services firms
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Define and drive growth strategy for the advisory arm, lead development of new advisory verticals, represent the firm with regulators and investors, oversee end-to-end delivery of high-impact advisory projects, provide hands-on advisory support on structuring and compliance, manage and mentor cross-functional advisory teams, set performance KPIs, build capacity within the legal and advisory department, develop frameworks and methodologies, ensure firmwide compliance with laws, guide the legal team in drafting and negotiating contracts
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
