Experienced Associate - Strategy -Enterprise And Functional Strategy GSandR

At PwC, our people in strategy consulting focus on providing strategic guidance and insights to organisations. They analyse market trends, assess business performance, and develop recommendations to help clients achieve their goals. These individuals work closely with clients to identify opportunities for growth, optimise operations, and enhance overall business performance. As a corporate and business strategy consultant at PwC, you will analyse client needs, provide consulting services across different strategic areas, and offer guidance and support to help clients develop and implement effective strategies that align with their business objectives and drive growth.

What does this role entail?

Our Strategy platform helps clients align business goals with enterprise-wide strategies, investments, and operating models. From shaping functional strategies to driving transformation at scale, the platform enables teams to deliver high-impact, insight-led outcomes. Whether advising on growth, cost, customer experience, or digital transformation, Strategy provides the strategic backbone for driving profitability, competitiveness, and market differentiation.

Our team partners with global clients to reimagine how businesses grow, compete, and create value in an era defined by AI, digital transformation, and technological disruption. We help organizations reinvent their business models, customer experiences, and operations through the intelligent use of data, automation, and emerging technologies.

As an Experienced Associate, you will support engagements that bridge strategy and technology, helping teams translate business requirements into actionable solutions, perform analysis, and contribute to the design and execution of digital transformation programs. You will collaborate closely with business leaders, technologists, and engineers to ensure business goals are supported by scalable, data-driven, and technology-enabled solutions.

Competency Overview: Enterprise & Functional Strategy

Enterprise & Functional Strategy (EFS), a key pillar of the Strategy platform, reshapes enterprise costs to fuel growth. It helps clients holistically transform enterprise cost structures in accordance with corporate strategy by re-allocating spend from commodity capabilities toward differentiating capabilities. Key capabilities include cost baselining and analytics, benchmarking, opportunity identification, value realization strategies, process optimization, functional transformation (e.g., SG&A, Finance, HR, etc. functions), enterprise operating model design, and more. EFS also embeds adaptive, cross-functional strategies to outperform market shifts - developing and executing go-to-market (GTM) strategies, market entry strategies, enterprise growth strategies, and boldly transforming front, middle, and back-office functions.

Thus, as changing business dynamics and processes drive disruption across industries, our community of problem solvers partners with client teams to ensure seamless alignment of their people, processes, and strategy.

Job Description

Job responsibilities include activities centered around client business challenges and opportunities, e.g., conduct analyses and develop insights, create financial models, analyze large sets of data, work directly with project teams, facilitate meetings to enable decision making, support analysis and client conversations, organize and prepare recommendations to address client problems, and participate actively in new business development, thought leadership and firm building activities.

Depending on the project, you will be involved throughout the project life cycle, adding value during the problem structuring and analysis phases. Responsibilities include understanding client’s capabilities, business context, assessing current organization structure and operating model, conducting end-to-end value chain diagnostics to unlock levers that can produce sustained performance improvement. Additionally, the role involves designing a future state structure, incorporating innovative solutions and emerging technologies, and enabling change management to ensure seamless integration and adoption of new processes.

Core Responsibilities of Experienced Associate would entail (not limited to)

Responsibilities

As part of the team, you’ll collaborate with experienced consultants and industry professionals to help clients address complex business challenges. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support requirement gathering efforts to capture business needs and translate them into clear, structured functional and technical specifications
• Assist in creating financial and operational business cases to quantify transformation impact and validate strategic investments
• Conduct primary and secondary research to understand industry trends, client challenges, and emerging technology opportunities
• Perform diagnostic assessments and data analysis to identify process inefficiencies, cost levers, and opportunities for digital enablement
• Contribute to the design, testing, and rollout of AI-driven tools, automation workflows, and data or analytics platforms that address client challenges
• Gain understanding of how cloud architectures, APIs, and data platforms support digital transformation at scale
• Work closely with Managers and global client teams to prepare presentations, data-backed recommendations, and project documentation
• Support communication and adoption efforts to ensure successful implementation of new digital tools and processes
• Participate in internal knowledge-building initiatives, case study development, and digital accelerator creation to strengthen PwC’s transformation capabilities
  
  

Knowledge Preferred

Candidates are expected to demonstrate foundational knowledge in one or more areas of technology, along with strong analytical skills to effectively understand and address client needs:

Must-have Skills

• Apply analytical, problem- solving, and critical-thinking skills to evaluate operational challenges and improvement opportunities
• Interpret and visualize data to produce actionable insights and executive ready recommendations
• Demonstrate self-awareness, adaptability, and commitment to PwC’s quality standards, ethics, and values
• Ability to break down complex business problems into structured analyses and derive actionable insights
• Interest in connecting business objectives with digital and technical solutions; ability to document and communicate requirements clearly
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI, with exposure to Alteryx, Tableau, or low-code/no-code tools being an advantage
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary and global teams
• Eagerness to learn, explore new technologies, and stay current on digital transformation trends and enterprise systems
  
  

Good-to-have 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
• Awareness of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), integration patterns (APIs), and enterprise data platforms; familiarity with emerging technologies and AI tools
• Comfort working with numbers and models to evaluate ROI and build business case inputs for transformation initiatives
  
  

Your Opportunities at PwC

Learn: Develop business acumen, technical, and technology skills

Apply: Diverse opportunities to showcase your skills in a supportive environment

Grow: Harness your leadership potential to expand your career

Eligibility Criteria

• MBA / PGDM from a premier/ tier 1 B-School
• 2 - 4 years post MBA relevant experience in strategy consulting with expertise in large scale transformations (Growth Strategy, Business Model Reinvention, Enterprise Digital Value Transformation, ERP), business strategy, business value acceleration, enterprise-level growth
• Exposure to a multinational environment will be an added bonus
  
  

Why PwC

Innovative problem solving: Harness your curiosity and act as an agent for change in society.

Opportunities and emerging technology: Gain access to a global network of experts and resources, build your credentials and experience.

Professional growth and learning: In-depth training programs and mentorship options to support your personalized growth and development journey.

Inclusive and collaborative culture: Thrive in a collaborative environment that values diverse perspectives and champions inclusivity.

Skills-driven work: Develop business acumen, hone your technical skills and explore diverse opportunities to showcase your skills.

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