BRIEF COMPANY DESCRIPTION

At PwC, we connect people with diverse backgrounds and skill sets to solve important problems together and lead
with purpose—for our clients, our communities and for the world at large. It is no surprise therefore that 429 of 500
Fortune global companies engage with PwC.
Acceleration Centers (ACs) are PwC’s diverse, global talent hubs focused on enabling growth for the organization
and value creation for our clients. The PwC Advisory Acceleration Center, Bangalore is part of our Consulting
business in the US. The team is focused on developing a broader portfolio with solutions for Tax Consulting,
Deals, Transformation, Cloud & Digital, Cyber Risk & Regulatory and Managed Services.
PwC's high-performance culture is based on passion for excellence with focus on diversity and inclusion. You will
collaborate with and receive support from a network of people to achieve your goals. We will also provide you with
global leadership development frameworks and the latest in digital technologies to learn and excel in your career.
At the core of our firm's philosophy is a simple construct: We care for our people.
Globally PwC is ranked the 3rd most attractive employer according to Universum. Our commitment to
Responsible Business Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion, work-life flexibility, career coaching and learning &
development makes our firm one of the best places to work, learn and excel.

Apply to us if you believe PwC is the place to be. Now and in the future!

JOB OVERVIEW

Our Finance Transformation team works with our global clients to design and implement growth, operational and
customer focused strategies for sustainable competitive advantage. Our thought leadership and unparalleled
experience help clients turn formidable challenges into market advantage across the value chain and around the
globe. Additionally, our extensive expertise in various industries allow us to serve clients with consulting services
with a focus on the most profitable elements of the value chain to create scalable businesses that will deliver
increased sustainable profits.

Our Transformation Consultants work with the client and project teams to support global engagements from India
through activities that are driven towards delivering results - conduct analyses and develop insights, prepare excel
models, analyze large sets of data, capture as-is processes, prepare work plans, design to-be processes, support
project lead, work directly with client teams and facilitate meetings to enable decision making, organize and prepare
recommendations on client issues, and participate actively in new business development, thought leadership and
firm building activities.
Competency Overview: Finance Transformation

The Finance Transformation team works closely with client and project teams in the US to help CFOs and their
finance organizations identify, design, and implement programs that transform their finance functions to meet
today’s demanding requirements while continuing to provide valuable insights to the business.
We work across industries with strengths in core operational areas, such as:

● Finance strategy;
● Finance organization design;
● Finance and accounting operations improvement;
● Finance integration and transaction support;
● Financial Planning & Analysis;
● Digital in Finance
Our finance consultants help clients optimize all elements of their finance organization, including operating model
design, sustainable cost reduction, financial planning and analysis, shared service advisory including RPA, deal
transaction support, post deal integration, cash forecasting, and full scale finance transformation. This high
performing team helps CFOs identify, design and implement programs that transform their finance function to
meet today’s demanding requirements while continuing to provide value added insights to the business.

Position Requirements:

Key Responsibilities:

As a team member, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry
experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific areas of
focus include but are not limited to:

● Finance Strategy & Vision: Assist the finance function to define the finance vision, outline clear-set of
value proposition, define sustainable cost reduction model, prepare a roadmap for finance transformation
strategy, define and develop a finance target operating model
● Shared Services: Define finance service delivery model, perform feasibility study including location
assessment, conduct FTE/volume analysis, activity & process split, develop business case to support
implementation and program manage transitions

● Business Process Re-engineering: Performing current state assessments, conduct gap analysis,
identify areas of improvements in efficiency and effectiveness, remediate control gaps, build
transformation roadmaps, design future state by streamlining / standardizing the processes to enable cost
effective operations. Performance / KPI Management - define an effective set of performance measures
and KPIs which will focus the business on the delivery of strategy and business plans

● Deals related services: Post-merger integration and transaction support, assist with acquisition support /
Day-1 readiness for finance & accounting functions

● Financial Planning & Analysis: Assess the existing planning function, develop the vision for the
end-state planning cycle with a clearly articulated process and system improvement roadmap including
key milestones, expected benefits and impact of technology

● Close & Reporting: Optimize financial close process, design future-ready and regulatory compliant
reporting models, design models for cash flow reporting

● Working Capital Optimization: Analyze and define strategies for cash management, define cash
management process, enable transactional process efficiency to optimize cash flow and liquidity, evaluate
investment alternatives and make recommendations, drive the development of cash forecast

● Digital in Finance: Digital in finance including automation assessments, robotics process automation,
Finance Workforce of the future etc. Design and implement digital finance platforms and provide functional
expertise in implementations that enable higher efficiency, effectiveness and productivity among
leadership

Knowledge required:
An ideal candidate for the Finance Transformation practice of PwC Advisory Acceleration Center should be
proficient in one or more of the below:
● Demonstrate working knowledge in any of the areas of finance, management accounting, reporting,
shared services and / or knowledge in any sector
● Have strong business acumen, with an ability to understand how business processes and decisions
impact people and organization
● Ability to conduct walkthroughs, workshops and meetings involving various business stakeholders
● Good to have exposure to one of technology being ERPs / financial systems such as Oracle, SAP,
Workday, etc.
● Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products such as PowerPoint, Visio, Excel, Word etc.
● Working knowledge of any Digital Tools and accelerators such Alteryx, PowerBI, Tableau, UiPath etc.
would be an added advantage

Desired Skills:
● Strong analytical and numerical skills, and domain knowledge
● Effective storytelling and communication skills to various audiences (written and verbal)
● Strong work ethic, proactive and professional behavior
● Strategic and creative thinker, problem solver
● Supports engagement manager in delivering engagements by identifying and addressing client needs
● Exhibits strong ability to work independently as well as in a highly collaborative team environment
Educational Background:
● MBA from a premium B-School / Qualified CA / CPA / ICWA / CMA with relevant consulting experience

Additional Information:
● Travel Requirements: Travel to client locations may be required as per project requirements.
● Line of Service: Consulting Solutions
● Horizontal: Finance Transformation
● Past Experience: 2 - 6 years of prior relevant post - qualification work experience

PwC AC Bangalore refers to PricewaterhouseCoopers Service Delivery Center (Bangalore) Private Limited, with offices in Bangalore and Mumbai.

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