SATIC: Commercial Specialist (Senior Associate) at PwC South Africa

• We are looking for candidates who bring in-depth market experience, fused with outstanding technical capabilities, who want to be a part of a community of solvers to tackle the biggest challenges in society.
• If you are looking for a career where every day is different, where challenges are complex and where you can make a real difference, then we want to hear from you.By choosing to join SATIC, you are choosing to work with teams all over the world, harnessing the power of world leading tech, and making a difference to real people’s lives. We are building one of the most innovative and exciting capabilities in the consulting industry. Taking the very best of our market leading approaches relating to business analysis, operating model design, change management, programme and project management, and transformation implementation.
• We believe that taking an enterprise level approach to transformation has the power to unlock the biggest opportunities our clients have, to improve efficiency and effectiveness, and ensure they deliver the outcomes required for the people and places they serve.

Summary

The Commercial Modeller will provide commercial analysis and detailed costing and pricing model support for live opportunities, including new business and extensions. The role works with opportunity teams across Lines of Service to gather costs, validate assumptions and ensure that the data and information feeding cost and price models is accurate, relevant and reliable.

Qualifications

• Certifications required: Bachelor’s degree in Business Management/Marketing/Economics/Mathematics/Business Science/Commerce or related field.

Experience required

• Strong Excel and modelling skills.
• Understanding of PwC costing and Line of Service financial structure.
• Experience using rate cards.
• Pricing expertise is highly desirable.
• Strong financial, business and commercial acumen.
• Ability to challenge and influence stakeholders in a commercial environment.

Responsibilities of role

• Provide commercial analysis to support managers and directors within the Commercial Excellence Team in decision-making.
• Own the creation and management of detailed costing and pricing models in support of live opportunities, including new business or extensions.
• Work with opportunity teams within the Lines of Service to gather costs and validate assumptions.
• Ensure the integrity, accuracy and relevance of data and information feeding cost and price models.
• Contribute to the development of the team by sharing best practice modelling skills and relevant analysis with other team members.

Desirable skill sets

• Advanced Excel capability and commercial modelling.
• Costing and pricing model development.
• Rate card application and pricing support.
• Commercial analysis and data validation.
• Understanding of PwC costing and Line of Service financial structures.
• Stakeholder challenge and influence in a commercial environment.

Role related attributes

• Self-starter with strong business acumen and good commercial awareness.
• Curious and comfortable working with ambiguity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to work across a dynamic and diverse environment, often to tight deadlines.
• Able to work closely with Partners and Sales Teams and build a broad understanding of firm-wide commercial performance.