Are you interested in the opportunity to work for an industry-leading company that services Fortune 500 companies, and will give you the experience and exposure you need to build your career? If you are, then PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (www.pwc.com/us) is the firm for you. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC US) is well placed to help clients meet the challenges and opportunities of the US marketplace in the areas of assurance, tax, and advisory. We offer the perspective of being part of a global network of firms combined with detailed knowledge of local, state and US national issues. More than 163,000 people in 151 countries across our network share knowledge, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and deliver practical advice.
At PwC US, you will be part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued. We offer a flexible career progression model that allows for a variety of challenging opportunities throughout your career. We provide unparalleled coaching, mentoring, and career development programs; global opportunities; and state of the art technology-driven methodologies to help you provide quality service to our clients.
At PwC, you will find Advisory professionals with unparalleled financial and accounting expertise, knowledge of business processes, industry insight and technology, and customer relationship skills. Our Advisory professionals help companies anticipate, create and manage change. In short, we help companies to : (1) respond to crises, (2) improve business processes, and (3) transform their business. Note that across all of these solutions, we embed sustainability into our approach. This also includes helping clients to sustain prior changes that may have been undertaken to address a crisis.
Members of our Advisory practice provide a valuable service to our clients and strive to differentiate PwC by executing the following:
* We put our clients first: Each client situation is unique, and we tailor our approach to every relationship and engagement;
* We view the world from a client's perspective: From the initial client meeting onward, we listen first, and then assemble a hand-picked team from across the firm;
* We create lasting value for our clients: We bring together the precision, structure, and deep analytical capabilities of audit and tax and the creative mindset and problem-solving skills of consulting; and
* We focus on action, impact, and value: We don't just assess and recommend; we also help our clients implement with agility and flexibility.
Job Description
Diamond Advisory Services (Diamond), leverages core skills in strategy, operations, technology, risk, finance, and human capital to take a business problem from the root cause issue to resolution in a manner that delivers real value to clients. Diamond focuses on businesses that are strategically dependent on information, helping them to improve the economics and performance of their business.
Diamond Advisory Services include:
- Business design & performance improvement: Translate boardroom strategies into efficient ...euro-"business designs". Develop integrated and holistic leadership strategies, business and technology designs and strategic investment plans.
- Information advantage: Improve highest value decisions by extracting the untapped value of data and improving the client's information investments. Help clients build a core competency in advancing analytical skills and information architecture to improve decision-making and economic performance.
- Customer impact: Develop superior experiences across all interactions, leading to passionate and profitable customer relationships and top-line growth. Drive demand by helping clients integrate superior customer service across channels, products and services.
Execution: Turn strategies into measurable results. Deliver business and technology programs on time and on budget to produce exceptional results.
As a member of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory team, you will join professionals with unparalleled financial and accounting expertise, knowledge of business processes, industry insight and technology, and customer relationship skills. Through our capabilities in these areas, we assist our clients in translating strategy into action.
PwC offers advice and support for key client issues, using technology, data services and change management effectiveness skills to provide you with the best solution. IT Effectiveness services we provide include the following:
...euro-- Optimizing IT cost and performance
...euro-- Simplifying IT operations
...euro-- Managing IT business risk and compliance
...euro-- Strengthening sourcing competency
...euro-- Cultivating IT governance and leadership
Position/Program Requirements
Knowledge Preferred:
Demonstrates expertise and/or a proven record of success managing efforts in several of the following areas:
- Leading Business Design and Performance Improvement-related engagements within the Healthcare, Insurance, Financial Services, Consumer and Industrial Products and Services, Manufacturing, and/or Telecom industries, and/or the Public Sector;
- Creating and applying economic and business frameworks to solve difficult business problems;
- Directing management teams that develop overall business models that include detailed operations and technical designs required to implement their strategies, especially CIO, CTO and senior IT leadership...euro---s strategic and operational agendas; and
- Developing and communicating thought leadership in multiple areas that include IT strategy, enterprise architecture, technology investment portfolios, IT organization design, technology innovation approaches, complex IT program and roadmap design, IT measurement, IT governance and decision-making, emerging technology architectures (e.g. cloud, enterprise collaboration).
- Utilizing extensive functional knowledge of business intelligence and performance management software tools to manage Business Design and Performance Improvement-related teams and project management engagements
Demonstrates expertise about, and a proven track record of success with, advising global organizations on the improvement of business efficiency and/or effectiveness within the following areas: transaction processing, close and/or consolidation, budgeting and/or forecasting, and internal and external reporting.
Demonstrates expertise and/or a proven track record of success leading Business Design and Performance Improvement-related teams and project management engagement within a professional business services environment that focus on at least two of the following areas: shared service and outsourcing, finance transformation, performance management, financial systems optimization, and talent management.
Completed and obtained Masters of Business Administration degree is preferred.
Skills Preferred:
Demonstrates expertise and/or a proven record of success with identifying, obtaining and processing critical data (e.g. benchmarks) to challenge the status quo through innovative thought leadership in the application of standard industry practice solutions for high performing finance functions, including the following: internal and external reporting; people and organization structures; performance management, budgeting and forecasting capabilities; cash flow optimization and the use of capital; and, building and maintaining cost-effective controls
Demonstrates extensive ability to develop a business vision and lead implementation efforts with complex project management capabilities.
Demonstrates expertise and/or a proven record of success with identifying and addressing of client needs, including the following: developing and sustaining deep client relationships using networking, negotiation and persuasion skills to identify and sell potential new service opportunities; preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials; and defining resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collection.
Demonstrated expertise as a team leader, including the abilities to lead teams to generate a vision, establish direction and motivate members, create an atmosphere of trust, leverage diverse views, coach staff, and encourage improvement and innovation.
Minimum Years of Experience Necessary: 10
Minimum Degree(s) and Certification(s) Required:
Completed and obtained Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree 
Industry: Not Applicable to Practice
Department: Advisory