Line of Service
Advisory
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable
Specialism
Banking & Finance
Management Level
Associate
Job Description & Summary
At PwC our people in management consulting focus on helping clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. They work with some of the worlds largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. These individuals help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation unlocking data possibilities navigating risk and regulatory complexity optimising deals and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage. Management consultants help the worlds most significant organisations public and private quickly become more effective. They improve the way organisations operate; manage costs; better align people process and technology initiatives; support business growth to maintain or improve competitive edge and complete market and regulatory risk assessment.
As an industry focused management consultant at PwC you will play a vital role in helping clients within your particular industry specialty optimise their operations improve performance and achieve strategic objectives. You will leverage your industry relevant knowledge to analyse business data develop strategies support management teams collaborate across teams optimise tools and technology improve organisational performance monitor compliance and/or manage change.
Your Impact
- You will support project managers primarily within Core and Digital Banking transformations and business change projects in the financial service industry. You will advise the project management and sponsorship on core and digital banking and project management tasks.
- You will develop your skills in advising financial services clients on global transformation and change projects within PwCs Core Banking services within the Strategy & Transformation platform in Zurich.
- You will cover work in the area of transformations including advising reviewing and assessing all major phases of a transformation.
- You will manage key stakeholders and support the delivery of key transformation benefits including advise and review of the strategy design and implementation of core and digital banking platforms.
- You will also have the opportunity to support in M&A activities like IT and Operations due diligence assessments postmerger integrations and carveouts.
- You will work closely with our clients and PwC interdisciplinary teams both in Switzerland and abroad.
- You will deliver your tasks in scope time and budget and will adhere to regulatory and compliance requirements for financial institutions.
Your Skill Set
- You hold or are nearing completion of an excellent University / University of Applied Sciences Masters degree in Business Information Systems Business Engineering Business Administration Information Technology or an adjacent field that enables you to work with banks and technology service providers in the financial services industry.
- You ideally have between 1 and 5 years of work experience a background as junior project manager business analyst ideally with a banking and/or technology background.
- As a plus you have already been exposed to core and digital platform modernizations and implementations (i.e. Avaloq Temenos Finnova or similar core banking systems).
- You can demonstrate a track record of working in core and digital banking programs from initial assessment through the design & build including planning as well as and calibration.
- You like to be challenged and work independently with a pragmatic and handson approach but also excel as a team player with the ability to collaborate effectively.
- You possess very strong analytical skills and can operate in a wellstructured manner.
- You bring strong communication and writing skills and are able to converse in English and German at business level.
- You have a convincing and persistent personality coupled with sound people skills.
- You are capable to work in an agile and international environment combined with a mix of local and international engagements.
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Travel Requirements
Not Specified
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship
No
Government Clearance Required
No
Job Posting End Date
Required Experience:
Senior IC