Corporate Performance Management (Private Sector)- Management Consultant - London
- Location:
- London jobs
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Company:
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
- Job type:
- Permanent jobs
- Date posted:
- 22/11/2009 18:03
- Job id:
- 45991915
- Contact:
- Please click on the 'Apply For This Job' button below.
- Ref:
- Totaljobs/ADV02016
Corporate Performance Management (CPM), Management Consultants required at Management/ Consultant level for our growing Consulting practice based in London. PricewaterhouseCoopers is one of the world's leading professional services firm. Our Consulting practice is focussed on working in partnership with clients to deliver real business transformation and making change stick. Finance Effectiveness is one of our key competency areas providing finance advisory and change support to industry leading clients across a range of topics including CPM, Shared Services/ Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) advisory and Corporate Treasury (CT).PwC is a world leader in CPM. Our team service the change needs of the world's leading multinational corporations within the private sector, often required to co-ordinate projects on a global basis. Our work is focused on providing clients with better, faster and more cost effective information, both financial and non-financial. We are seeking to recruit individuals with CPM skills and experience to focus on delivering change projects with a focus on Finance transformation as part of a senior PwC/Client team. This opportunity is focusing specifically on Consumer and Industrial Products and Services (CIPS) and Technology, Info-Comms, Entertainment, Energy & Utilities industry sectors (TICE-E).You will be part of a highly skilled, specialist team within a wider group of finance change professionals. At the same time, you will be encouraged to initiate and develop new ideas. Our highly motivated team have an excellent track record of delivering high quality work to major international clients and has ambitious growth plans for the next few years.For more information about what we do in this space, please visit:http://www.pwc.co.uk/eng/services/performance_improvement_consulting_finance.html
Requirements
Joining our team as a Consultant, we would expect you to have experience of large change projects and performance management programmes, preferably within a major blue chip or consulting environment.At least some relevant CIPS or TICE-E industry sector experience is essential so please detail this on your applications/ CV. We are also looking for wider international exposure, preferably but not exclusive in Europe and Asia.In addition, we require all Consultant grade candidates to have:
- Education to Degree level. Additional qualifications such as ACA/CIMA/MBA are valued but not essential.
- Experience of projects in one or more of the following areas: Budgeting and forecasting, Financial Consolidation, Management reporting or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)/ Balanced scorecard.
- Demonstrable experience of involvement in a programme throughout the full lifecycle ? design, build and transition.
- Demonstrated ability to advise management on alternative solutions and risks with experience of presenting and influencing.
- Understanding of finance operating models, key business drivers and commercial information reporting systems in a multi-national corporate environment.
- A Knowledge of CPM and Business Intelligence (BI) systems and other relevant software.
- Confident approach, self motivated with excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
- A flexible & team focused working style within a multi-functional team.
- Preference will also be given to candidates with well demonstrated consulting experience.
- Experience of working in an international environment is highly desirable but not essential.
ResponsibilitiesThis role will be mainly client-side, leading teams and supporting transformational work and change engagements.Key Responsibilities:
- Delivering change projects with a focus on Finance transformation as part of a senior PwC/Client team.
- Contributing to our continued thought leadership to ensure that appropriate solutions are developed for clients.
- It is probable that your work will be part of wider transformational programmes and hence exposure to other finance and non-finance processes is desirable.
As a Consultant, your direct reporting line will be to a Senior Consultant or Director. You will work as a member of our team and be expected to lead workstreams or smaller engagements (team sizes will vary depending on client/project).
Key Core Competency Requirements:At PwC all our staff are required to demonstrate certain core skills, which we refer to as our 'global core competencies'. These are assessed throughout the application process, and candidates should make themselves aware of these, and how their own experiences may demonstrate each competency. You can also find out more about our competencies by following the below link:http://www.pwc.com/uk/en/careers/experienced/applying-to-pwc.jhtml For this role, please see below our desired competencies we will be testing at interview:Develop self and others through coaching - Desirable. Communicate with impact and empathy - Essential. Be curious: learn, share and innovate - Desirable. Lead and contribute to team success - Essential. Be passionate about client service - Essential. Build and sustain relationships - Essential. Demonstrate courage and integrity - Desirable. Acquiring & applying commercial and technical expertise - Essential. Manage projects and economics - Essential. Be open minded, agile with change and practical - Desirable. The recruitment process for this role will be:1) CV submission and full completion of our required Application questions for review.2) Two stage interview process based around our firm's Global Core Competencies (as detailed above) and testing.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com) provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders. More than 146,000 people in 150 countries across our network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice.
