The role
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At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We are a multi-disciplinary professional services Firm with a leading global strategy consulting practice.
We are a global team of practical strategists, committed to helping our clients solve their toughest problems by leveraging a world-class, international network to deliver solutions for a wide range of clients. Our primary role is to develop the core strategies for our clients and help them to realise practical results. Using a capabilities-driven focus, we are re-inventing strategy consulting as the world’s leading Strategy-through-Execution firm. We offer clients end-to-end services to build approaches for key development and commercialisation functions all under one roof, with a proven track record of execution and delivery, and unrivalled global scale and experience.
As a Senior Associate, you will play a central role in solving the most critical strategic problems. You will have the opportunity to drive transformational business change, working closely with Executive clients, Directors and Partners and leveraging PwC’s global network.
You will spend the vast majority of your time delivering client projects. In these, you will lead 1-2 workstreams, either independently or managing junior colleagues and clients. You will engage in hypothesis-led problem-solving, development of project approaches, execution of qualitative and quantitative analysis, client engagement and collaboration with the team.
Outside of engagements, you will build networks and engage with our sector consulting team, generate thought leadership, new propositions and initiatives based on your personal interests and insights; and drive your own personal development and that of your colleagues to deliver ever more value to clients.
What your days will look like:
1. Shaping, planning and executing complex strategic workstreams as part of client projects, with support from Managers, Senior Managers, Directors or Partners
2. Developing the hypotheses and insights to unlock challenging client problems
3. Undertaking analysis, translating the analysis into useful findings and quality assuring the results in conjunction with project leadership
4. Developing clear, persuasive and concise documents for Executive audiences
5. Building productive and lasting client relationships at all levels
6. Leading data gathering required to solve complex problems in a short timeframe
7. Managing the development of junior team members on projects and identifying opportunities for them to grow and build their skills
8. Building relationships within the PwC Network and proactively contributing to internal, firm-building activities
9. Dealing effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations
10. Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct
This role is for you if you are:
11. You have either strategy consulting experience with significant experience working with national and/or international clients; or experience in the Commercial/Business/Corporate Strategy teams of major companies
12. Deep focus on one or more of: corporate or business unit strategy, growth strategy, operations transformation, capabilities development, strategic cost reduction and digital disruption
13. Ability to lead self and others, in particular, experience in managing teams and coaching others to high performance
14. Experience in contributing to functionally, geographically and culturally diverse teams
15. Ability to apply top-down strategic thinking to complex, ambiguous and unfamiliar problems
16. Demonstrated ability to work with quantitative data and structuring quantitative analysis
17. Outstanding oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience in communicating with senior Executives in oral and written form
18. Ability to quickly and confidently develop relationships, including in challenging situations
What you’ll receive from us:
No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, ourare designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.
We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.