Strategy& Financial Services Director: Corporate & Business Strategy

Company: PwC
Location: Chicago
Posted on: January 15, 2021

Job Description:

A career within Corporate and Business Strategy services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients solve their toughest problems and seize essential advantages by defining and evaluating strategies of all types. We analyse business and market trends to explore new approaches that help our clients make tough choices and surpass the competition. At both the business unit and corporate level, we help organisations with organic enterprise growth, pricing and profitability, shareholder value, and sustainable corporate strategies. To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future. As a Director, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to: Support team to disrupt, improve and evolve ways of working when necessary. Arrange and sponsor appropriate assignments and experiences to help people realise their potential and support their long-term aspirations. Identify gaps in the market and spot opportunities to create value propositions. Look for opportunities to scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments. Create an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart. I promote and encourage others to value difference when working in diverse teams. Drive and take ownership for developing connections that help deliver what is best for our people and stakeholders. Influence and facilitate the creation of long-term relationships which add value to the firm. Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct. Job Requirements and Preferences :Basic Qualifications :Minimum Degree Required :Bachelor Degree Minimum Years of Experience :7 year(s) Preferred Qualifications :Degree Preferred :Master of Business Administration Preferred Knowledge/Skills :Minimum of 9 years of strategy consulting or industry consulting experience preferred. Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities with, and/or a proven record of success directing efforts in the Financial Services industry (Banking & Capital Markets, Insurance, Asset & Wealth Management), either in professional consulting services or corporate roles, helping companies define and evaluate corporate and business unit strategies and investment portfolios, reflecting market, competitive and other external drivers. Specific areas of focus include Corporate Strategy, Business Strategy, Deals Strategy, Digital Strategy, and Not for Profit Strategy. Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities with, and/or a proven record of success directing efforts in leadership, strategic and creative thinking, problem solving, individual initiative, and the following abilities: Leading teams to generate a vision and creating an atmosphere of trust, leveraging diverse views and encouraging improvement and innovation; Building productive and collaborative relationships with team members and proactively providing and seeking guidance, clarification and feedback; Managing a team to successful project conclusions through problem solving global, enterprise-wide strategy issues; Identifying and addressing client needs: building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of client relationships; Communicating effectively in an organized and knowledgeable manner in written and verbal formats; and, Leveraging market research and quantitative and qualitative analyses to provide meaningful insights around clients' corporate and business strategies. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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