PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS Looking for Finance Project Manager at Milwaukee, WI, United States Full Time

Job Description

A career in Finance, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to help PwC in all aspects of our Finance internal function including financial planning and reporting, data analysis, and assisting leadership with overall strategy. You’ll focus on recording and analysing financial transactions, paying and receiving invoices, maintaining financial statement ledger accounts, and preparing analysis and reconciliations of bills to detect fraud. Our Process Improvement and Management team helps identify opportunities and utilise lean methodologies that facilitate process improvement and efficient resource management. As part of our team, you’ll help evaluate existing systems within accounts receivable and payable, financial management and merchandise chargebacks to identify optimisation opportunities.
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 Manager, 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:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm’s/client’s expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:
High School Diploma

Minimum Years of Experience:
4 year(s)

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree Preferred:
Bachelor Degree

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
Demonstrates extensive abilities and a record of success leading projects including the use of traditional and agile methodologies. A detail-oriented self-starter who can work well within a team, and excel in a fluid environment, while still effectively managing multiple priorities and deadlines including the following areas:

• Exhibiting organizational skills with a focus in process orientation and attention to detail;
• Managing small-to-medium projects and working in large program environments and system implementations;
• Working with all team and IT project resources on small-to-medium size projects collaboratively;
• Working with leadership to help develop actionable and measurable project plans;
• Maintaining project deliverables, this includes coordinating and consolidating the feedback from the team, including updating the business cases;
• Helping to create and maintain integrated project plans based on information from the teams;
• Incorporating updates and changes to the integrated project plan and preparing reports and presentations for executive levels;
• Applying knowledge of the Firm to the Project Management activities to comply with Firm policies and standards, finance systems knowledge and background a plus;
• Working with proven project management specialization, with demonstrated handle on project management tools and processes;
• Leading virtual teams and collaborating with remote team members and other contributors;
• Exhibiting and understanding of a global mindset while working with team members and stakeholders throughout various countries within the firm, must be flexible and willing to work outside standard business hours as needed to achieve project success;
• Displaying persistence to drive activities and open items to closure, facilitation and communication skills, decision-making and problem-solving skills, and extensive team management experience;
• Applying project management and agile knowledge to identify, escalate, and identify team impediments that jeopardize success;
• Influencing project team members to identify and address project issues including, leadership and interdependent teams, and to promote self-directed teams; and,
• Delivering timely results and creative solutions with the highest quality, must be adept and agile in the face of competing or changing priorities and tight timelines.

Please note that, at this time, to be in-person at a PwC office, client location or PwC-sponsored events, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

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.

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.

For positions in Colorado, visit the following link for information related to Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act: https://pwc.to/coloradoifsmanager.

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