Senior Partner – Transformation — Consumer-Finance Book

The mandate

A change in the economics of the sector has made urgent client demand for board-level transformation counsel not currently served at scale within a institutionally backed diversified financial-services platform. The immediate arena is the consumer-finance book during a capital-allocation reset. For mandate 015, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Senior Partner – Transformation operating perimeter covers approximately ₹3,450 crore in assets under oversight, with activity spanning several consumer-finance book customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Senior Partner – Transformation Financial Services remit carries direct influence over roughly 150 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The group board and the relevant risk and people committees want a Senior Partner – Transformation who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the consumer-finance book. The Senior Partner – Transformation Financial Services seat must resolve a capital-allocation reset, while preserving the underlying strengths of the consumer-finance book. For mandate 015, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Senior Partner – Transformation’s first year on the consumer-finance book is expected to end with trusted board access, signature engagements and a strong partner bench. In mandate 015, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a newly created Senior Partner – Transformation — Consumer-Finance Book seat approved as part of the next operating model; it is not an incumbent replacement. The board is running a planned 4–6 month search so the appointee can join ahead of the next capital and talent cycle. Current leaders retain their existing accountabilities until the consumer-finance book remit is formally activated. Confidentiality protects organisation design choices while the board compares external and adjacent-sector talent.

What you will own

• Set the Senior Partner – Transformation value-creation thesis for the consumer-finance book, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹3,450 crore in assets under oversight, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Senior Partner – Transformation Financial Services organisation of about 150 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the consumer-finance book economics and execution constraints created by a capital-allocation reset, with Senior Partner – Transformation-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Senior Partner – Transformation operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the consumer-finance book; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have originated and led board-sponsored work whose benefits survived beyond the engagement team’s departure in mandate 015.
• Build the Senior Partner – Transformation’s three-year succession and capability plan for the consumer-finance book, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Financial Services organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the consumer-finance book baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to client demand for board-level transformation counsel not currently served at scale, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Senior Partner – Transformation portfolio and organisation choices for the consumer-finance book, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable consumer-finance book trend against trusted board access, signature engagements and a strong partner bench, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the Senior Partner – Transformation’s agreed first-year consumer-finance book value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Senior Partner – Transformation forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the consumer-finance book’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Senior Partner – Transformation mandate’s highest-priority consumer-finance book risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical consumer-finance book talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Senior Partner – Transformation’s direct reports.
• A quantified Senior Partner – Transformation-owned improvement in the consumer-finance book operating constraint behind a capital-allocation reset, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 015: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a Senior Partner, Practice Leader or Operating Partner in a institutionally backed Financial Services or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the consumer-finance book, your Senior Partner – Transformation track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from banking, insurance, payments, wealth or regulated fintech will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Senior Partner – Transformation brief.

As a Senior Partner – Transformation candidate, you bring 18–22 years of progressive Financial Services or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 18-22 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of ₹2,000 crore and led an organisation of at least 100 people. Advisory seats require equivalent consumer-finance book client-value ownership and multi-disciplinary leadership.

For mandate 015, the board wants two transitions: a difficult consumer-finance book portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a capital-allocation reset. As the prospective Senior Partner – Transformation for this consumer-finance book, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 015 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Senior Partner – Transformation role in Financial Services is based in Pune; relocation is expected, although a structured weekly commute may be considered during the first quarter.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Senior Partner, Practice Leader or Operating Partner, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Financial Services governance forum.
• Proven Senior Partner – Transformation ownership of at least ₹2,000 crore and leadership of no fewer than 100 employees in a comparable consumer-finance book context.
• One completed Financial Services or adjacent-sector example of client demand for board-level transformation counsel not currently served at scale with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from banking, insurance, payments, wealth or regulated fintech; experience that is purely functional and lacks Senior Partner – Transformation-level consumer-finance book consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Pune location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 015.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Senior Partner – Transformation package is ₹2.2–3.0 crore fixed + performance variable, calibrated to the final consumer-finance book scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 015 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Senior Partner – Transformation appointment in Pune, centred on the consumer-finance book, offers regular exposure to the group board and the relevant risk and people committees. A structured client and conflict transition of up to 6 months can be accommodated for mandate 015.

Confidentiality

To protect the board, incumbent team and candidate, the organisation remains unnamed until a confidential conversation confirms mutual relevance for mandate 015. The operating facts have been rounded and blended expressly to remove identifying signals for mandate 015.