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Financial Services Finance Effectiveness Manager
Line of Service Advisory
Financial Services
IL-Chicago
NY-New York
61-80%
Full Time
27000BR
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 Financial Services Advisory practice is a large, growing team that provides business advice and related assistance to major financial institutions around the world. We are helping nearly every leading bank, insurance company, investment manager; investment bank, broker dealer and hedge fund translate strategy into action and address the challenges of cost-effectively leading and providing day-to-day oversight of finance, tax, human resources, operations, technology, regulatory risk and compliance.
As a team member of our Consulting practice, you will provide advisory services focused on implementing process improvement solutions that strengthen accountability, and promote effective financial processes and procedures at Fortune 500 organizations. Financial Management team members identify, assess, analyze and mitigate some of the most significant financial issues these organizations. Project work may include involvement with financial process improvement, financial alignment with organizational goals, and enterprise-wide finance transformation. .
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.
As part of the Advisory practice, Finance Effectiveness practitioners leverage capabilities to solve critical market issues impacting CFOs today. The Finance Effectiveness mission is to advise CFOs and assist their organizations to gain timely, cost effective access to accurate financial and operational information transforming the internal finance function from a purely transactional role to a more strategic and critical performance management role. The current focus is to help CFOs reduce complexity by:
- Standardization and simplification of our clients finance processes
- Improving Internal and External reporting
- Optimizing People and Organization structures
- Strengthening Performance Management, Budgeting and Forecasting Capabilities
- Optimizing Cash Flow and the Use of Capital
- Building and Maintaining Cost Effective Controls
Knowledge Preferred:
Thorough knowledge advising global organizations on improving efficiency and effectiveness in transaction processing, close/consolidation, budgeting/forecasting, and internal/external reporting.
Thorough knowledge in at least two of the following focus areas: shared service and outsourcing, finance transformation, performance management, financial systems optimization, and talent management.
Thorough functional knowledge of business intelligence and performance management software tools.
Skills Preferred:
Demonstrated intimate levels of knowledge and/or direct experience 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
Demonstrated extensive ability to contribute to the development of a business vision and manage implementation efforts with complex project management capabilities.
Demonstrated extensive ability and/or direct experience identifying and addressing client needs: building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of client relationships and community involvement; communicating value propositions; managing resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collections; and preparing and/or coordinating complex written and verbal materials.
Considerable experience as a team leader: supervising teams to create an atmosphere of trust; seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation; and coaching staff including providing timely meaningful written and verbal feedback.
Minimum Years of Experience Necessary:
6
Minimum Degree(s) and Certification(s) Required:
Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting or Finance required. Masters of Business Administration preferred.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.
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