Lead finance-focused consulting engagements to analyze financial data, design performance management frameworks, and drive budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning. Manage teams, mentor junior staff, build client relationships, deploy data visualization solutions, and identify cost-reduction and process optimization opportunities to improve enterprise financial performance.
The Opportunity
As a Finance Data and AI Manager, you will play a pivotal role within our Finance practice, specializing in consulting services related to financial management and strategy. You will analyze client needs, develop financial solutions, and provide guidance to help clients optimize their financial performance and achieve their goals. As a Manager, you will lead teams and manage client accounts, focusing on strategic planning and mentoring junior staff. You are accountable for project success, maintaining standards, and inspiring others to deliver quality. You will leverage your business knowledge to identify opportunities that contribute to the success of our firm, embracing technology and innovation to enhance delivery.
In this role at PwC, you will focus on enterprise performance management, helping clients improve their financial performance and decision-making processes. You will analyze financial data, develop performance metrics, and design performance management frameworks. Your responsibilities will include providing guidance on budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes to drive operational efficiency and achieve strategic objectives. You are expected to uphold professional standards and contribute to the firm's purpose and values, articulating them in a meaningful way.
Responsibilities
- Analyzing financial data to develop performance metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) for clients
- Designing and implementing performance management frameworks to enhance financial decision-making processes
- Providing guidance on budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning to drive operational efficiency
- Leading teams in the development of financial solutions that optimize client financial performance
- Utilizing financial management software to conduct complex data analysis and generate data-driven insights
- Building and maintaining meaningful client relationships to understand and anticipate their financial needs
- Coaching and mentoring team members to enhance their skills in financial analysis and management
- Conducting financial forecasting and modeling to support strategic objectives and decision-making
- Developing and overseeing the deployment of data visualization solutions to improve financial reporting
- Monitoring and analyzing financial trends to identify opportunities for cost reduction and process optimization
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 4 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Utilizing financial data mining for strategic insights
- Excelling in complex data analysis and visualization
- Demonstrating proficiency in financial forecasting and modeling
- Managing operational performance with advanced software tools
- Leading process optimization and performance analysis initiatives
- Embracing change and fostering innovation in financial management
- Developing and mentoring teams in financial planning and analysis
The salary range for this position is: $99,000 - $232,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
As a Finance Data and AI Manager, you will play a pivotal role within our Finance practice, specializing in consulting services related to financial management and strategy. You will analyze client needs, develop financial solutions, and provide guidance to help clients optimize their financial performance and achieve their goals. As a Manager, you will lead teams and manage client accounts, focusing on strategic planning and mentoring junior staff. You are accountable for project success, maintaining standards, and inspiring others to deliver quality. You will leverage your business knowledge to identify opportunities that contribute to the success of our firm, embracing technology and innovation to enhance delivery.
In this role at PwC, you will focus on enterprise performance management, helping clients improve their financial performance and decision-making processes. You will analyze financial data, develop performance metrics, and design performance management frameworks. Your responsibilities will include providing guidance on budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes to drive operational efficiency and achieve strategic objectives. You are expected to uphold professional standards and contribute to the firm's purpose and values, articulating them in a meaningful way.
Responsibilities
- Analyzing financial data to develop performance metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) for clients
- Designing and implementing performance management frameworks to enhance financial decision-making processes
- Providing guidance on budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning to drive operational efficiency
- Leading teams in the development of financial solutions that optimize client financial performance
- Utilizing financial management software to conduct complex data analysis and generate data-driven insights
- Building and maintaining meaningful client relationships to understand and anticipate their financial needs
- Coaching and mentoring team members to enhance their skills in financial analysis and management
- Conducting financial forecasting and modeling to support strategic objectives and decision-making
- Developing and overseeing the deployment of data visualization solutions to improve financial reporting
- Monitoring and analyzing financial trends to identify opportunities for cost reduction and process optimization
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 4 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Utilizing financial data mining for strategic insights
- Excelling in complex data analysis and visualization
- Demonstrating proficiency in financial forecasting and modeling
- Managing operational performance with advanced software tools
- Leading process optimization and performance analysis initiatives
- Embracing change and fostering innovation in financial management
- Developing and mentoring teams in financial planning and analysis
The salary range for this position is: $99,000 - $232,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
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