Strategy& - Payments - Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Job Description & Summary

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 a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. 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 Manager, 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:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

JOB PURPOSE

Develop and oversee detailed project plans. Identify, analyse and recommend business systems solutions to management having broad business impact. Establish detailed project plans and metrics, work plans, schedules, resource plans and status reports. 

JOB PROFILE

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Job Responsibilities:

As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Develop project plan and manage deliverables according to the said plan
• Provide direction by organising, planning and motivating the team,
• Resource planning and Time management,
• Developing and manage project budget,
• Analysing and managing risk,
• Monitoring progress,
• Suggest and apply best practices during implementation
• Good interpersonal skills,
• Good communication skill,
• Effective Problem solving,
• Negotiation skills.

Core Competencies:

• Should be aware of the latest technology 
• Management of interdependencies between project leads 
• Communication of delivery schedule to project stakeholders
• Taking early action to present action plans to manage blockers and slippages again plan
• Oversees creation of project WBS (workplan)
• Co-designs, develops, and implements all Project Management processes, including but not limited to: 
• scope change control(s), 
• issue management process, 
• change control process(es) and 
• project policies and procedres
• Co-manages adherence to schedule
• Collation of project status reports for project stakeholders

B.  PERSON PROFILE

ACCREDITATION

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1. Project Management certification e.g. (PMP, SAP Activate (old SAP ASAP), PRINCE 2)
2. PMP, Prince 2 or MPM

EXPERIENCE

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

1. Project Management experience
2. Implementation projects
3. Delivery management experience of a solution to go-live
4. Project Management (PMO) experience (5-10 years)