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Public Sector PMO Support Senior Associate
Line of Service Advisory
Public Sector
VA-McLean
0-20%
Full Time
27850BR
Are you interested in the opportunity to work for an industry-leading firm 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 169,000 people in over 158 countries across the PwC network are committed to deliver quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. People across the PwC 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 US, 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 PwC US 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.
The Public Sector practice of PwC is a fast growing, focused organization that is a trusted advisor providing business advisory and assurance services to the Federal Government. We are engaged in some of the Government’s most difficult challenges.
We are at work with every cabinet agency providing project management, business and financial planning for the Department of Defense, advising on data security, threat and vulnerability management for the Department of Homeland Security, and consulting on human capital and succession issues for the Internal Revenue Service.
PwC delivers premier management consulting services to the Federal Government using what we term the Auditors’ Lens™ to enable government agencies, their key programs and their leadership to achieve transparency, accountability and operational effectiveness.
We provide Program Effectiveness solutions in four primary areas:
Enterprise Portfolio Management - Execution of strategic, transformational initiatives; cross-functional business process redesign
Business / IT Program Management - Development of business case and value proposition, program management, monitoring, assessment / evaluation
Event Driven Crisis Management - Incident/event response (Rapid Mobilization), stakeholder alignment / communication, impact assessment/analysis
End to End Program Delivery - Strategy, governance, design, mobilization, management, delivery, assessment and remediation
Knowledge Preferred:
Considerable knowledge and experience in a Project Management Office for large programs in the federal government environment.
Considerable knowledge in one more of the following specialty areas: earned value management systems, governance, planning and controls, performance measurement and reporting, communications and stakeholder management.
Skills Preferred:
Considerable experience with federal project management, and federal consulting or federal project management experience.
Demonstrated experience identifying and addressing client needs: actively participating in client discussions and meetings; communicating a broad range of Firm services; managing engagements including preparing concise, accurate documents and balancing project economics management with the occurrence of unanticipated issues.
Demonstrated experience as a team leader: creating a positive environment by monitoring workloads of the team while meeting client expectations and respecting the work-life quality of team members; providing candid, meaningful feedback in a timely manner; and keeping leadership informed of progress and issues.
Minimum Years of Experience Necessary:
3
Minimum Degree(s) and Certification(s) Required:
Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree required. degree. Graduate level degree preferred.
Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or Six Sigma certifications preferred.
The role involves direct client interaction and leading or supporting specific project management tasks including; development of policies and procedures, commnications planning, process improvement, risk management, project scheduling, performance measurement and status reporting.
Job requirements include:
PMP or CAPM certification
Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work within a flexible team enviornment
Detail oriented, creative problem-solving ability and a consultancy mindset
SharePoint expereince a plus
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