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Finance Function Strategy Consulting Senior Associate

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Hybrid
Chicago, IL, USA
77K-202K Annually
Senior level
Hybrid
Chicago, IL, USA
77K-202K Annually
Senior level
Advises clients on finance operating models, organizational design, governance, process improvement, and transformation. Analyzes current-state operations, develops target operating models and implementation roadmaps, interprets financial and operational data, facilitates stakeholder sessions, supports change management, manages workstreams, and mentors junior team members. Builds client relationships and delivers recommendations that improve finance performance and align operations with broader business goals.
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The Opportunity
As a Finance Function Strategy Consulting Senior Associate you will help clients shape finance operating models, organizational design, governance, and operating rhythms that align with broader business goals. As a Senior Associate you will analyze complex challenges, build meaningful client connections, manage assigned workstreams, and develop deliverables while mentoring junior team members and deepening your understanding of the client's business context. In this role at PwC, you will use finance consulting skills to assess current-state processes, identify gaps and inefficiencies, support finance transformation and change management efforts, and translate findings into clear recommendations for leaders within our Finance Consulting practice.
Responsibilities
- Analyzing finance operating models, organizational structures, and current-state processes to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and redesign opportunities
- Developing target operating model recommendations for finance functions, including governance, roles, decision rights, and service delivery approaches
- Preparing client-ready deliverables that translate complex findings into clear insights, options, and implementation roadmaps
- Interpreting financial and operational data to support recommendations for finance transformation, performance improvement, and business case development
- Facilitating discovery sessions with finance and business leaders to gather requirements, validate assumptions, and shape solution designs
- Applying tools and methodologies to assess finance processes, reporting needs, capabilities, and workforce implications
- Supporting change management activities by assessing impacts, documenting dependencies, and helping teams prepare for new ways of working
- Contributing to workstream planning, task tracking, and issue resolution while managing assigned deadlines and deliverables
- Reviewing analysis and deliverables prepared by junior team members and providing mentoring, feedback, and technical guidance
- Building client relationships by anticipating needs, responding to feedback, and adapting work to shifting priorities and ambiguity
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 3 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Preference for at least one of the following fields of study: Accounting, Analytics/Data Science, Business Administration/Management, Computer Science/Information Systems, Economics, Finance
- Demonstrating finance transformation, operating model, or organizational design experience
- Interpreting data to inform recommendations for finance leadership
- Applying critical thinking to complex client challenges and ambiguity
- Building client relationships and anticipating team needs
- Guiding junior team members while upholding professional standards
The salary range for this position is: $77,000 - $202,000. 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.

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