Financial Services Advisory Director

Job title:Financial Services Advisory Director - Banking Sector
 Company: PwC
 Location:Charlotte, NC
  Position Type: Permanent
  Employment type: Full time
Deadline: Jun 25, 2013
  eFC Ref no:  1222820

 Job description:

The Financial Services industry is operating in a challenging environment due to global economic pressure, increasing regulatory demands and capital requirements as well as significant operational and technology changes. Our growing Financial Services Advisory practice provides management, technology and risk consulting services to help major financial institutions around the world respond to their most complex business challenges. The Financial Services Advisory practice is composed of three industry sectors: Asset Management, Banking & Capital Markets and Insurance.

Our Operations consultants help clients realize competitive advantage from operations. This high performing team translates business strategy into operations strategy and transforms operations to drive both growth and profitability. Specific areas of focus include global footprint and network design, product innovation and development, sales and operations planning, procurement and sourcing, manufacturing operations, service operations, logistics, and capital programs.
Position/Program Requirements
Knowledge Preferred:
Demonstrates proven expertise and success with developing for global clients optimization strategies related to financial processing, closing, consolidation, budgeting, forecasting, and internal/external reporting

Demonstrated proven expertise and success with leading teams and project management engagements in a professional business services environment in at least two of the following focus areas:
- Shared service and outsourcing
- Financial transformation
- Performance management
- Financial systems optimization
- Talent management

Demonstrates proven expert-level functional knowledge of business intelligence and performance management software tools

Skills Preferred:

Demonstrates proven expert-level abilities and success with identifying, obtaining and processing critical data (e.g. benchmarks) to challenge the status quo through innovative thought leadership and application of industry-specific solutions for high-performing financial functions, including:
- Internal and external reporting
- People and organization structures
- Performance management
- Budgeting and forecasting capabilities
- Cash flow optimization and the use of capital
- Building and maintaining cost-effective controls

Demonstrates proven expert-level abilities and success with developing a business vision and leading implementation efforts with complex project management capabilities, identifying and addressing thoroughly and consistency client needs by:
- Developing and sustaining deep client relationships using networking, negotiation and persuasion skills to identify and sell potential new service opportunities
- Preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials
- Defining resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collections

Demonstrated proven expert-level abilities and success with leading teams by generating a vision, establishing direction and motivating members, creating an atmosphere of trust, leveraging diverse views, coaching staff, and encouraging improvement and innovation

Minimum Years of Experience Necessary:10 years of relevant experience in Financial, Healthcare, Federal or Products and Services Industries

Minimum Degree(s) and Certification(s) Required:Bachelor's Degree

Additional Requirements
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred
‘-Masters of Business Administration preferred
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