Senior Associate Finance Consulting

About the Role

A career in our Process and Performance Management practice, within Finance Consulting services, will provide the opportunity to work alongside CEOs, CFOs, controllers and treasurers to optimise the structure of their finance functions and improve their contribution to the business. We support our clients by addressing the challenges of achieving appropriate standards of control, efficient back office opportunities and support to the business through insight and challenge.

As part of our process management team, you’ll help our clients develop an effective performance management framework that understands key business drivers and challenges, yet supports business decisions. Simply put, we help the finance function get equipped to deliver effective support to the business through process tools and capabilities.

PwC India is hiring for its Finance Effectiveness Practice within Management Consulting for Gurgaon and Mumbai locations. Seeking professionals with rich experience (6+ years) in finance transformation and/or shared services & outsourcing strategy, design, and implementation. Required Qualification: MBA/CA.

Key Service Areas:

• Insights: Enterprise Performance Management, planning and budgeting, costing, and reporting
• Business Transformation: Revenue enhancement, strategic cost management, asset productivity enhancement, post-merger integration services
• Finance Function Transformation: End to end transformation covering finance strategy, structure, people, process, technology and change aspects
• Efficiency: Efficiency in operating model (Shared Services Advisory, Outsourcing Advisory, SSC Build Operate Transfer) and efficiency in operations (process optimization for P2P, O2C, R2R, FP & Treasury, working capital etc.)
• Risk, Compliance and Control: Internal controls optimization, statutory compliance management, IFRS
• People: Finance talent assessment and management, finance leadership assessment and finance technical training
• Technology/Digital: Systems and data management including advanced technologies such as cloud, intelligent automation, AI-ML, analytics etc.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Client project delivery and management: project planning, solution design, execution, reporting, stakeholder management, issue/risk management, project financial management etc.
• Lead/Support in business development activities: client pursuits, go to market activities etc.
• Lead/support in creation of new solutions or methodologies
• Lead/Support in creation of thought leading content and white papers
• Coach and mentor other team members (if People Manager responsibilities are applicable)

Desired skills/qualities:

• Strong technical skills across design and implementation. Tool/System implementation experience is a plus.
• Client facing experience and ability to engage senior stakeholders. Ability to build and sustain relationships.
• Strong time management and multi-tasking skills
• Equally adept in being a team player and individual contributor
• Excellent communication – verbal, written, communication with impact & empathy
• Curiosity: ability to continuously learn, develop self; others through coaching
• Commercial orientation
• Open minded attitude with ability to receive and give feedback
• Willingness to undertake a fair amount of business travel
• Good exposure to the Indian market for both business development and engagement delivery.

Mandatory skill sets:

• FE, FT

Key Skills/Competency:

• Finance Transformation
• Process Management
• Performance Management
• Shared Services
• Outsourcing Advisory
• Finance Strategy
• Business Transformation
• Client Relationship Management
• Project Delivery
• Financial Controls