Shared Services & Outsourcing (Private Sector) - Senior Associate - London
- Location:
- London jobs
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Company:
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
- Job type:
- Permanent jobs
- Date posted:
- 24/11/2009 16:12
- Job id:
- 45991920
- Contact:
- Please click on the 'Apply For This Job' button below.
- Ref:
- Totaljobs/ADV02020
We need ambitious Shared Service Centres (SSC) & Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Management Consultants at Senior Associate 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 (FE) is one of our key competency areas providing finance advisory and change support to industry leading clients across a range of topics including Corporate Performance Management (CPM), Shared Services/ Shared Service Centres (SSC), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) advisory and Corporate Treasury (CT).PricewaterhouseCoopers is regarded as a global leader in the shared service and outsourcing advisory market in the UK and Europe. Our team provide world class full lifecycle shared service and outsourcing advice to the world's leading multinational corporations; in services that range from business case development and conceptual design through to implementation. Our Consulting team help the world's most progressive organizations of all shapes and sizes, to continuously evolve and adapt in the face of a constantly changing and increasingly complex environment. We help our clients react with agility to opportunities and threats by delivering ongoing performance improvements to allow them to gain and protect competitive advantage. We are focused on working in partnership with our clients to deliver real business transformation and change. The FE group are looking to continue its impressive growth through the recruitment of further outstanding consultants. The group provides knowledge and experience to help clients with a diverse range of issues which could include:
- Assessing & improving the role, organisation & effectiveness of finance functions.
- Feasibility studies for multi-functional SSC's.
- Design of the target operating model (TOM).
- Implementation and optimisation of SSC's.
- Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) advice on feasibility to transition to BPO providers.
- Supporting cost reduction exercises.
We are seeking to recruit individuals with SSC and BPO experience. 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:You will be educated to degree level, preferably within finance, engineering or another numerate subject; Further personal/ industry certifications and qualifications are valued but not considered essential ? e.g. CIMA/ACA/ACCA/CIPFA; MBA;We require experienced and credible individuals who have the technical skills and experience to operate in one or more of the following areas:
- Good understanding of accounting either through informal study, formal qualification or experience.
- Good understanding of business processes: Order to cash, purchase to pay and record to report (you do not need to be expert in all but should have an appreciation of each).
- Experience of process design or process improvement in the processes above.
- Lean or six sigma experience and / or qualifications.
- Good understanding of financial systems; ideally but not restricted to SAP and Oracle.
- Track record of business improvement and cost management underpinned by strong expertise in leading tools for business performance improvement.
- At least some relevant CIPS or TICE-E industry sector experience is essential so please detail this on your CV.
- Wider international exposure, preferably but not exclusive to Europe and Asia.
- Previous experience of top tier consulting practices would be preferred.
Also the following professional and interpersonal skills:
You will be able to demonstrate an ability to lead and work as part of an integrated team, solve complex problems under pressure, and have excellent communication skills. You will be analytically minded and have the ability quickly to assimilate and apply new techniques and knowledge to deliver insights and solve problems.
Responsibilities:This role will be mainly client-side, working within teams and supporting transformational work around shared services centres (SSC) and outsourcing engagement. Key Responsibilities:
- The position is focused on delivering change projects, as a team members or leading a small work stream, with a focus on SSC as part of a PwC/Client team. As such, you will be responsible for the production of project deliverables and relationships with some members of the client team
- 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 Senior Associate, your direct reporting line will be to a Consultant or Senior Consultant. You will work as a member of a team on assignments (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 - Essential.
- Lead and contribute to team success - Desirable.
- Be passionate about client service - Essential.
- Build and sustain relationships - Essential.
- Demonstrate courage and integrity - Desirable.
- Acquiring and applying commercial and technical expertise - Essential.
- Manage projects and economics - Desirable.
- Be open minded, agile with change and practical - Essential.
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.
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