Strategy Consultant - Financial Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

A career within Organisation Strategy services, will provide you with the opportunity to develop, design, and implement organisational transformation to improve performance and generate lasting growth for our clients. We help identify an organisation’s strategic goals, assess the fit of the organisation against those goals, and then identify and implement the change needed to create a fit for growth business.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities and coach to help deliver results.
• Develop new ideas and propose innovative solutions to problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from from current trends in business area.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Share relevant thought leadership.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality, diverse relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Description of Duties

• Your key responsibilities will be to use strategic business consulting skills, to work with clients through all stages of strategy-based transformation projects. 
• You will provide support in the consultation with clients to identify, clarify, and resolve complex issues critical to clients' strategic and operating success.
• Primary requirements will include developing insights, conducting independent analysis, and developing hypothesis-based recommendations as part of the development of client specific transformational strategies.
• You will be expected to develop conclusions and recommendations, write reports, assist in client presentations and provide implementation assistance as required.

Key Attributes

• Comfortable delivering both formal & informal presentations both internally & externally.
• Strong written report skills are essential
• Ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the organisation (client and internal), establishing your credibility and gaining trust 
• Flexibility and commercialism to manage a diverse range of responsibilities in a dynamic & results oriented environment.
• Ability to work in teams in a strategic consulting environment as well as autonomously
• Excellent communication skills

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree from a top tier university and MBA from a top tier institution/ leading business school
• Foreign language skills and international work experience are an advantage

Characteristics

• Self-motivated and capable of developing innovative approaches to difficult issues
• Highly analytical and structured thinking (hypotheses-based analysis)
• Excellent quantitative skills and highly levels of attention to detail
• Flexibility in adjusting to highly varied projects and environments
• Resilience and ability to adapt in unfamiliar industries and functions 
• Good interpersonal skills, and ability to work in a team environment,
• High energy level